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Papa-Echo-64 wrote:

Question: The Ramp on the old CH47-A's Besides the top load/walk area.....was the lower recessed/side portions and the back (aft) of the ramp interior grey?

Yes, all was grey except the topside, but after being used a few weeks, they turn different colors.    

......I guess this next pic shows that the rear STRUT is definitly OD and it sure looks like the side portions of the ramp are grey......but in Nam was it the same????

Yes, they were the same... however, concerning the wheel struts, the example picture I posted earlier of the aft left gear well on "Easy Money", and you asked something about if it was OD or interior grey... well, you can't really use that picture as a color guide because the airframe had been sitting out in the elements for over 25 years.    I saw some gear struts painted black, some painted OD, and some were almost a camouflauge grey... it just depends on what aircraft you're going to make, and how much weathering you're going to apply.

I can't help it... I keep finding these great pics!.....This is a pretty cool GO GO photo.

Yes, that's "Co$t of Living", #64-13145, with the "Stars & Bars" bleeding through the OD along the oil slick just below the engines.   (also notice the color of the gear struts on Go-Go 5... they're grey, like the ramp sides)

 Thanks.

Take care,

Frank

COOL! 

Thanks Frank.......I don't care what they say about you down at the VA.....your alright!

Here is one other cool pic I found from the 228th ASHB at Bear Cat

oldhooker wrote:

Papa-Echo-64 wrote: Question: The Ramp on the old CH47-A's Besides the top load/walk area.....was the lower recessed/side portions and the back (aft) of the ramp interior grey? Yes, all was grey except the topside, but after being used a few weeks, they turn different colors.     ......I guess this next pic shows that the rear STRUT is definitly OD and it sure looks like the side portions of the ramp are grey......but in Nam was it the same???? Yes, they were the same... however, concerning the wheel struts, the example picture I posted earlier of the aft left gear well on "Easy Money", and you asked something about if it was OD or interior grey... well, you can't really use that picture as a color guide because the airframe had been sitting out in the elements for over 25 years.    I saw some gear struts painted black, some painted OD, and some were almost a camouflauge grey... it just depends on what aircraft you're going to make, and how much weathering you're going to apply. I can't help it... I keep finding these great pics!.....This is a pretty cool GO GO photo. Yes, that's "Co$t of Living", #64-13145, with the "Stars & Bars" bleeding through the OD along the oil slick just below the engines.   (also notice the color of the gear struts on Go-Go 5... they're grey, like the ramp sides)  Thanks. Take care, Frank

Troy,

"They wouldn't be saying stuff about me down at the VA if they'd keep the dad-burn bedpans on the bottom shelves like I tried to get them to... I get a *crick* in ma back jus reach'n for 'em!"    

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Pharoah,

Well, when parts, components, and accessories are needed but do not exist, one can wait on them to show up in aftermarket, or do them ones self.      Q: "But doesn't aftermarket supplies mean less trouble?"  A: "Only if you'd rather spend less time modeling!"

 The Ramp .50 mount is basically a series of different shaped flat pieces; study pictures of the real thing, use paper or pieces of a model box to cut out and test fit individual pieces.... once all the pieces are the right size, cut them from sheet plastic and glue them together at the correct angles.     

Take care,

Frank