UH-1H Sgt. Daniel Wilson memorial build.

Now that I installed these last parts I noticed a gap in the floor board

Made interior pylons

Found a lock washer a long time ago and though that is I build another Huey, it would make a great rear end turbine.

Use folded fine mesh screen to make upper engine screen

Cut open hole for cargo hook. We called this area the "hell hole", because if you dropped a tool it could get real nasty.Also made a mount for the cargo hook.

Now to make lightening hole for seen framing inside hell hole. plan to extend hydraulic control tubes down fron swash plate. Had to trim base of transmission in order for tubes to reach down. Gary

I'm still researching the tail numbers. It might be in my Army logs that I have now that I think of it. It will look like this one pictured.
This is the person I remember most. Sgt Daniel Wilson, KIA in Cambodia 1970. He was a UH-1H crew chief that I flew with as a part time door gunner. He was killed while I was home on leave after I extended my tour of duty. Gary

More progress, Added screens

 

Looking good!

Hello Gary!

NIce lookin' Huey - and you seem to know exactly what you're doing building it! It's the first time I see somebody cut out the hell hole. I have always wondered what's inside it? Isn't it ridiculous that no scale model of the Huey in any scale gets it right?

Good luck with your build and have a nice day

Paweł

Pawel

Hello Gary!

NIce lookin' Huey - and you seem to know exactly what you're doing building it! It's the first time I see somebody cut out the hell hole. I have always wondered what's inside it? Isn't it ridiculous that no scale model of the Huey in any scale gets it right?

Good luck with your build and have a nice day

Paweł

 

Either Heavy Arty or Gino put up a couple of pics of the hell hole in Bedlam's huey build here a month or so ago.

Nice build and a good way to honor the young man.

goldhammer

Either Heavy Arty or Gino put up a couple of pics of the hell hole in Bedlam's huey build here a month or so ago.

Yup, that's me, one in the same.  The "hell hole" pics are here, towards the end of the post: 

http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/16/t/170951.aspx

They were actually in response to a request by Pawel.

Good looking build so far.

Hello!

Gino - thanks again for posting those! Maybe I should have written "I always wondered what's inside the hell hole until Gino posted the photos" - I guess I have abbreviated it a bit too much :-)

Anyhow - isn't it funny that no schale model, even the large scale ones, have this feature done, and very few people correct this?

While building the Huey for my brother I have found, that just cutting the hole out and painting the insides black already helps the looks of the finished model a lot:

Good luck with your builds and have a nice day

Paweł

Added instruments and wiring to the rear of the instrument panel.Panel painted and hood extended.Top of transmission was cut down to lower collective lever. The rotor mast will have to be shortened also. Flight controls finally are completed. Thanks Gary

Hello!

Those innards look good! Good luck with your build and have a nice day!

Paweł

Excellent.

Made and installed seat belts, installed seats, collectives and cyclic sticks. Made from soda can, ammo can and a tool box to go under the crew chiefs seat. Also 3 smoke grenades. Gary

Gary,

  That is one beautiful looking bird you have going there.

       Ray

Centaur567

Hi Ray!! Nice to hear from you again. Long time no see.Gary

 

Indeed it has, Gary!  Glad to see you still building Hueys.  I can't wait to see what you do with this one.

    Ray

That is some really nice work Gary.....Cheers Mark

I didn't like the gap in the floor, so I filled it in. Painted ammo cans and tool box. This morning I glued the fuselage together.

This is a question for Ray. Is there a differance of main rotor mast hight between the C model and the H model? I have a really good drawing of the C model in Pete Harlem'c book about building Monograms C model. Sunny Beaches Gary

Gary,

  Unfortuantely, the UH-1C mast is for the 540 rotor system and the UH-1D/H has the 205 rotor system, so there are quite a few differences.  I think these pics of UH-1D/H masts and rotorheads I have taken over the years should be pretty adequate for what you need though.  Let me know if there is another view you need.  Keep in mind the black masts and heads are only accurate for mid-80s birds onward and the Vietnam ones had bare metal and gray rotorheads and masts.  I hope these help.

   Ray

Looking good, Gary.

   Ray

Hi Ray, I finally got a chance to see your photos. They are blocked at work. What I want to know is the overall height of the mast. The one on the model seems a little high. Thanks Gary PS I built the CH-53E you saw at Werner Robins a few yrs ago.

Oh, I rememebr you and your 53 very well, Gary.  you gave me a tail rotor drive chain from a Cobra.  Still one of my prized posessions.  I'll see what I can find on the mast height.

   Ray

Once the chin bubbles were added they needed to be sanded down and polished to be flush with the fuselage.A small strip of plastic simulates the cowling hinge. Gary

Centaur567

Hi Ray, You probably wouldn't recognize me now since last seeing you. I've lost 30 lbs. One of my neighbors thought my wife was "stepping out " on me when she saw us at the mall. Gary

 

I think I got those 30 lbs you lost, Gary!  The kit is coming along great.

    Ray