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Navy Seawolves weapons, Suggestions and mount references needed

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  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Tip O' da Mitt (Northern Michigan)
Navy Seawolves weapons, Suggestions and mount references needed
Posted by albymoore on Thursday, January 26, 2006 2:02 PM
Hi Guys,
If I may pique the collective wisdom of the FSM helicopter gang, I'm going to build a 1/35th MRC UH-1C Huey, which will have USN HA(L)-3 Seawolves markings (I may even invest in the Cobra Co UH-1B conversion set and back-date my Huey as it looks like a majority of Seawolves Hueys were B models). According to some pics I have (courtesy of http://www.seawolf.org ) and Squadron's UH-1 Huey Gunship Walk-Around, Seawolf UH-1s carried either door mounted .50 cal M2HB machine guns, or crew-operated 7.62mm XM-93 miniguns (in addition to the usual XM-21 weapons combo or XM-158 rocket launchers). Anybody have any idea where I might a close facsimile of these weapons? The closest I have seen is the parts in Cobra Co's UH-1N Weapons set (not sure though if they fit the time-period). Also, I could use some good references for the various door gun mount systems. Thanks for any help.

Cheers,
Alby

"I know what it wants now...the void has swallowed the light and the machine wants my soul"

  • Member since
    August 2004
  • From: Maryland
Posted by Chief Snake on Thursday, January 26, 2006 4:19 PM
Cobra Company is set to release the M-93 weapons system in 1/35th scale within a few days. The applicable weapons parts to do what you want are available within my "stuff". The TK mounts are VERY, VERY similar to the USAF weapons mounts in the Panda UH-1N Gunship kit so I would start there in making them, shouldn't be too much problem. There are other places to look to get a good idea of the TK set up that you may have. Email me to work up a plan for "custom" purchase.

Chris M

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Tip O' da Mitt (Northern Michigan)
Posted by albymoore on Thursday, January 26, 2006 4:46 PM

Hi Chris,

Thank you for the reply, great news on the XM-93 weapons systems. E-mail inbound.

Cheers,

Alby

"I know what it wants now...the void has swallowed the light and the machine wants my soul"

  • Member since
    February 2003
  • From: phoenix
Posted by grandadjohn on Thursday, January 26, 2006 8:23 PM
Alby, for your M-2 HB you can get that out of any 1/35th weapons set, only difference would be in the pintle mount itself
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