160th SOAR group build??????

Maybe it's a little too specific a Group build

BUT

Im soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo in!
Night Stalkers are my favorite subject!

I have a project in mind that would fit greatly in this GB:
A hovering Black Hawk with rappelling rangers (close to "Hotel Olympic")!

It's a little ambitious so I don't know if I'll manage in a year, but as a "plan B" I have a 1/72 MH-47E, two 1/35 Little Bird and a 1/35 "Delta - Hook" waiting to be converted to an "Echo".
As you see I have many options.

Wow...I don't have any chopper kits in the stash currently...but I would most certainly be "IN" on this one! I've also had some insanely complex dio ideas - namely one involving a certain pair of snipers getting inserted via little bird on to crash site #2...if only I can make myself "wreck" a 1/35 scale blackhawk.

Great idea! 

Now that would be a BIG diorama!

As far as this GB goes, I do have some kits that qualify... now to pick one... 

I'm in...This is my unit.  I'll be doing a few MH-47E's and what ever else I can get my hands on.  Does anyone have a list of all the kits that are available?

I'll be happy to assist on some of the details. I just can't get specific with some of the systems for security reasons.

Hey Tambo,when did you go to the 160th?I had a close friend who was a MH-60L crew chief on the C2 blackhawk flying that day down in Somalia.Maybe you can post some pics of a C2 MH-60 for a build I'm doing for a memorial to him.

dupes wrote:

So far the only kits that I know of that come with correct markings are both 1/35 scale - the DML AH-6 Little Bird and the Academy DAP Blackhawk. You rotorheads know of any aftermarket decal sets that would be applicable? Or any other kits in 1/48 that are the right variants?

Actually the DAP markings are not correct since they are yellow and should be OD, Dragon's are right: there are NO decals!

Cobra Company makes a few decal sets in OD in 1/72 1/48 and 1/35; in 1/35 they make a full sheet with stencils and all. 

There are model kits in 1/48 but without the correct decals.

hawkwrench wrote:

Hey Tambo,when did you go to the 160th?I had a close friend who was a MH-60L crew chief on the C2 blackhawk flying that day down in Somalia.Maybe you can post some pics of a C2 MH-60 for a build I'm doing for a memorial to him.

From 1996 till current.  Send me a PM and I'll see what I can do for you.

Also as far as the markings on the Aircraft...it all depends some are Black some are OD and some a few other colors.  Not all our aircraft are Black. 

 I think that what ever I build I'm going to donate to the regiment to put on display in our HQ.  If anyone wishes to do the same I can make it happen.  I really want to do a Diorama of Roberts Ridge and dedicate it to my fallen brothers.

I know it was me telling you to inform yourself about issues, but I can also tell you that here Groupbuilds are veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeery flexible: it's up to the host to decide rules.

Personally I'd prefer to have it here. 

BUMP!

Hello! Where is everyone?!

dupes wrote:

...while fairly obscure, seems like a great idea to me!

Seems like we are the only ones left!

If hawkwrench doesn't mind we could take control and give it a start, fixing some rules first, like start date end date if aftermarket are allowed etc.

I'd say start now and try to end for Oct 3rd, like hawkwrench originally proposed. Scale any, resin, photoetch, scratch and all aftermarket allowed.

As for me, I'll build Italeri's 1/72 MH-47E using Eduards photoetch and Cobra's decal sheet. 

I'd like to stress that I'm not trying to steal this thread but I'd say we give it a go since October 3rd is closer than you might think! 

hawkwrench wrote:

Anyway,Your in the driver's seat now for this group build I far as I'm concerned.

What ... ME in charge?! You can't be serious!

Ok, so my first act is to summarize the points that have been said so far:

• This GB is about the 160th SOAR "Night Stalkers" (so not the TV Show)
• Any of this regiments helicopter past and present
• Any scale
• Any aftermarket
  
• Start date Jan 7th 2008
• End date Oct 3rd 200, in order to "celebrate" the battle of "The Mog"
• No join deadline, just be sure to be done for Oct 3rd (that goes doubly for me!)

This been said, I'm open for suggestions and modifications to the rules.

Participants (in order of appearance): 

• hawkwrench
• stikpusher --> "I do have some kits that qualify... now to pick one..."
  
• Avus --> Italeri 1/72 MH47E with some aftermarket
  
• dupes
• Tambo --> "a few MH-47E's and what ever else I can get my hands on"

Is there going to be some sort of swanky badge for this one?

I'm currently on the hunt for the DML 1/35 AH-6 Little Bird...have a bajillion GB's going, but I'll probably start working on it whenever I manage to get a hold of one.

Tambo, any ref pics you have of AH-6's that you could shoot my way...?