Trump Hook front-end rework

And today, this here  fling-winger got one!! I drooled all the way from the hobbyshop and home. could not wait to open the puppy and have a long good look at it fer sure!! I am PLEASED! Now all I need is a 1/35th TH-55 or Schweizer 300C/CB...

Winnie wrote:

And today, this here  fling-winger got one!! I drooled all the way from the hobbyshop and home. could not wait to open the puppy and have a long good look at it fer sure!! I am PLEASED! Now all I need is a 1/35th TH-55 or Schweizer 300C/CB...Hi winnie!! Great to hear the you got one!!!!    Did you get a good price?? I sure am enjoying mine!!   I plan on getting another one soon. I'm lookig forword to getting me the CH-47D due out later this year. Mark

Reading these posts is like going back in time. I was an Innkeeper from 84 to 87 so we probably crossed paths. The name Primm sounds awfully familiar and I definately remember a/c 500 on those many walks across the Blackcat ramp to and from work.

I have to be honest, from the pictures I've seen here, I was looking for more detail than is apparently on the Trump Chinook. Do I understand correctly that there aren't any seats in the kit. Also, is it possible to make a C model out of it? Although its been 20 years and a lot of Chinooks later, I've alway had a fondness for the C I crew, 67-18510 "Christine".

I also have a large database of pictures and I'm around Chinook everyday so if anyone needs something, I can help.

R Wood

Wile E wrote:

Reading these posts is like going back in time. I was an Innkeeper from 84 to 87 so we probably crossed paths. The name Primm sounds awfully familiar and I definately remember a/c 500 on those many walks across the Blackcat ramp to and from work. I have to be honest, from the pictures I've seen here, I was looking for more detail than is apparently on the Trump Chinook. Do I understand correctly that there aren't any seats in the kit. Also, is it possible to make a C model out of it? Although its been 20 years and a lot of Chinooks later, I've alway had a fondness for the C I crew, 67-18510 "Christine". I also have a large database of pictures and I'm around Chinook everyday so if anyone needs something, I can help. R Wood

Well, the name "Wood" sure is familiar. I was a Blackcat from 81-84, 87-90 and 94-95. I crewed 67-18546 the first go around, then 74-22278, and 88-00062 the second tour, the third tour I was a Flight Platoon Sergeant and ran Production control the last seven months I was there. Remember "Duffy's", "The T Club", "The Top Hat"? Richochet Alley, Soju and "The Drunk Bus"?

You probably know Micky LaBelle,Rich Sparks.David Stone, et al. Check out Mark Feller's Chinook Crew Locater website if you haven't yet...  

http://www.chinookcrews.com/

there are quite a few guys from the 213th and 271st listed there who were there the same time we were.

Yeah, the kit is pretty nice, but I think it would be easier to wait for the D model and convert that to a C model, (Different aft pylon, Blades, Engines, etc....) The front end of the kit looks like it is set up for a D and the aft pylon, engines, and aft gear set up for an A. The cargo hook in the kit is for a D, and there are a bunch of antennae that are right for a D but not an A. Also you were right, there are no troop seats and no 'guts' for the aft pylon and ramp interior.

There have been some posts here by some very talented people that shed some light on the shortcomings of this kit. Most people who don't know much about CH-47s wont notice or care.

I believe there may be some corrections/conversions in the works for this kit, so I think I'll wait and see what comes out.

Jonathan Primm

 

Hey Wile E.

On your Question about making a CH-47C with the Trump CH-47A, I have to agree with Jon Primm. Wait just a few more months for Trumps D model becouse I has much more in commin with the C model than the A model does.  I sure am looking forword for the D model to come out.

Mark

Wile E wrote:

Reading these posts is like going back in time. I was an Innkeeper from 84 to 87 so we probably crossed paths. The name Primm sounds awfully familiar and I definately remember a/c 500 on those many walks across the Blackcat ramp to and from work. I have to be honest, from the pictures I've seen here, I was looking for more detail than is apparently on the Trump Chinook. Do I understand correctly that there aren't any seats in the kit. Also, is it possible to make a C model out of it? Although its been 20 years and a lot of Chinooks later, I've alway had a fondness for the C I crew, 67-18510 "Christine". I also have a large database of pictures and I'm around Chinook everyday so if anyone needs something, I can help. R Wood

510?  Wow, I remember that tail number, too. :)  IIRC, the Inbreeders, er, I mean, Innkeepers (sorry, old habits die very hard.. even 20 years later!) had a bird over there that had the tandem hooks like a D.  Was that 510?  My memory is fuzzy as hell, but I remember there were a couple-three aircraft in the 271st that were, well, "odd" (Fat Cow configured, etc).  Ours were a whole lot more homegenous. Matter of fact, I can't even think of one of our aircraft that was really truly "out of the ordinary" for a C-model. 

I'm waiting on the release of the D kit to make a Chuck.  I figure since the aft pylon detail (apart from the C-box cooler cutout) will be more Charlie-like on the D, it will entail a lot less rework to just wait.  I think it would be 100% easier to fill the aft pylon notch than it would be to rebuild or adjust the afte edge of the pylon.  Not to mention that the Delta kit is going to come FRBs vs metal blades..  May have to do some filling on some of the cooler screens on the forward/aft pylon, but that's minor.

I'm still trying to down-sample my 213th videos from the 1980s that I have.   Johnny, when I get a DVD whipped together with all the videos on it, you get DVD #1. :)

later!