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HELLENIC ARMY, 1/48 UH-1H/V Kitbash Italeri/ESCI

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HELLENIC ARMY, 1/48 UH-1H/V Kitbash Italeri/ESCI
Posted by charliehuey on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 10:53 AM

Wanted to share this my former UN huey Transformed to a Hellenic Army Huey

I kitbash the Italeri and ESCI kit since the Italeri Kit have great parts and the ESCI have great part also like the main rotor system I prefere the ESCI one. The ASE is complete homemade with soda cans and plastic, all antenas are made of Guitar strings , flotables are made of palstic parts for the weathering I use pastels, and model master green mixing paints and airbrushing

Have a great day everyone

 

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Posted by Fatpigdog on Tuesday, April 25, 2017 2:47 AM
Nice Huey ! I like the paint job , what are the long pieces on the top, next to the engine ? I have not seen that before , is it some type of filter ?
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Posted by Befudled on Tuesday, April 25, 2017 9:38 AM

The huey looks nice in Hellenic colors. I didn't know Greece operated them. Nice work!

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Posted by midnightprowler on Wednesday, April 26, 2017 6:14 PM

Beautiful.

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Posted by falconmod on Thursday, April 27, 2017 1:02 PM

Where did you get your Greek decals?  I'm trying to find some for several projects in the works.

John

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Posted by charliehuey on Thursday, April 27, 2017 1:12 PM

Hello Jhon 

I made it at home with vinil 

but I know someone that makes them give me the day to put you in contact with him 

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Posted by charliehuey on Thursday, April 27, 2017 1:12 PM

Thanks my friend 

yes they have many Hueys 

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Posted by charliehuey on Thursday, April 27, 2017 1:15 PM

Yes they are debris deflectors 

Thanks brother 

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Posted by charliehuey on Friday, April 28, 2017 5:45 PM

falconmod

Where did you get your Greek decals?  I'm trying to find some for several projects in the works.

John

 

 

Hey John

write to this docipaul@yahoo.co.uk he makes great decals!

and he know how to make the Hellenic ones

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Posted by falconmod on Monday, May 1, 2017 11:42 AM

Cool,   Thanks  I will.

John

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Posted by HeavyArty on Monday, May 1, 2017 11:55 AM

Fatpigdog
...what are the long pieces on the top, next to the engine ? I have not seen that before , is it some type of filter ?

charliehuey
Yes they are debris deflectors 

Actually, they are not.  They are heat shields to make the engine area appear cooler so that a Soviet Strela heat-seaking missile will not lock onto the engine area.  They are part of the Anti-Strela kit which included the engine heat shields, toilet bowl exhaust to direct the hot exhaust into the rotors to cool and disipate, and a heat shield on the underside over the oil cooler (which was also a major heat source).  The Anti-Strella kit was added towards the end of the Vietnam war as Strella ant-aircraft missiles came into use.  The Strella is basically the Soviet equivelant to the US Stinger missile. 

You can see all of these features on the below ROK (S. Korean) and Dept. of State (I think) UH-1Hs.  The DOS one also has an inlet particle seperator (debris deflector) just forward of the heat shields, just behind the rotor shaft.

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Posted by charliehuey on Monday, May 1, 2017 6:25 PM

Gino is correct

 

sorry I dont know that much about huey parts and the names :)

 

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