Gino & ODAbasher:
Wayne Mutza's WALK AROUND UH-1 GUNSHIPS states to the effect that the only long fuselage
(D/H) heavily armed Hueys were RAAF and VNAF but a couple of pages later he says,
"Long-fuselage Huey variants were designed primarily for the troop transport role; however,
they qualified as gunships when equipped with offensive armament." It depends on whose
definition you want to accept but by and large, MOST gunships were B or C models.
Monogram had a 1/48th B/C (?) model that's old as the hills but has been re-released a few times
and should be available. It's a very simple, easy build. In more recent years, MRC released
a 'C' in 1/35 scale that had come out under other company names I think in two versions,
and it was nicely molded. This is the kit you should get!! There were also 1/35 "D/H" kits
fairly recently under the PANDA co. name and is very good and I think it came out as a troop
carrier slick and a gunship but as Gino said about the Revell kits, if you want a gunship
you should be taslking about a B or a C model. As per the Revell kit, check out Ebay
or if you can get to any model shows, or check some of the mail order companies online.
FYI there's another thread about HUEYs talking more about detailing a Huey model.
Good luck!
Howie