50th Anniversary Vietnam War Group Build

Nice to see this off and running. I hope to be joining you guys in about 4 kits time, but will defiantly be following along.

In a few minutes I will start taking pics of for the kick off of my build.  I will probably have a running WIP build in the armor section and cross post the link (assuming that is OK) since it will probably be easier and get more traffic in the armor forum.

Brian

Yes, crossovers are allowed NH. No problem with you posting here and there.

Oh we have some good stuff already! Hogs and Puff!

To quote Shang Tsung from the movie Mortal Kombat....."It has begun"

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Brian

B_One Fixer I see the MM III badge did I miss something?

MKelley, the Monogram Mafia III gb is happening right now...B1 is an absolute beast an finished his two builds already...I'm pretty sure there's still time to jump into the gb, Stik is hosting that one as well..

LoL Thanks YG, MKelley like YG said I finished up my second build for the group today. But there is still plenty of time to jump in.

.....and the winner of the speed round is.......B-1 Fixer!!!  Great job on the Eagles, BTW.

Thanks ! well since I seem to be the speedy one here is my progress on the UH-1C hog.

I got the cabin finished. However the last time I built this kit I was 8. Building it now I am realizing how sparse it is. So instead of being a OOB build I decided to order the cobra resins update kit to bring it to a correct C model huey. Plus it could use a little sprucing up. When the resin kit arrives I will post more pics.

Dang, B-1.....off to the races again?????? I didn't know that Cobra made a resin set for the Huey Hog...will have to research that!  Looking good so far, Speedy!!

Everyone's builds are looking good so far.

I have a question...in terms of lowest flying in a close air support role, which would most likely fly the lowest during an attack, the A-37 or A-1? Also, if anybody knows off the top of their head, is there a "lowest" altitude they recall reading/hearing/knowing about during one of such attacks? Also, I read a book about FAC's in vietnam but he was in an observation plane...would the way they coordinated the attacks be about the same if it was an FAC on the ground?

I'm gonna be doing research into this eventually but right now I'm swamped with pre-semester readings and work so I thought I'd ask here first...and yes...this does pertain to something I'm thinking about doing for this gb

Found an official source that said napalm drops from an A-1E were often done at 50ft....anybody know if the same would hold true with an A-1J?

I am sure the parameters for all versions of A-1s while dropping Napalm would be the same. The performance of the aircraft and ordnance would not be altered.

As far as whether the A-1 or A-37 came in lower and slower, I would wager it to be the A-1. I have seen A-37s in operation and the operate about the same as an A-10, which is also low, slow and pretty damn impressive to watch in action when putting ordnance on target.

Ground based FACs are going to often co ordinate with and thru airborne FACs, but one does not need the other to operate. While the airborne FAC has the advantage of putting a smoke rocket on target to mark whatever he has found to use that as a reference point to the other aviators, the ground based one does not have that sort of ability. Although he can use smoke grenades, or terrain features easily identified from the air as visual refence points to talk in an air strike.

Look up Combat Controller Teams (Air Force) or ANGLICO (Marine Corps) to get more information on how those two types did their jobs in Vietnam

Dave - thanks a lot!

B_one fixer - good luck with that Huey, it will be a challenge!

Now I've been away on a hiking trip for a few days and now I'm kicking off that scooter. Here's a basic photo:

I test fitted the hull halves and the fit is very nice. As can be seen the panel lines are sweet, too. What you can also see in the photo is a little resin from Pavla - the cockpit/front wheel bay part that you can compare to the kit part, still on the sprue below. The resin part has some nice switches on the side panels, and nice tubing in the wheel bay, and fits the fuselage halves drop-in. There's also the new ejection seat, with seat belts.

Now I have to start painting and detailing the cocpit - let's see how this turns out. Hope to see other builds start soon, good luck with them and have a nice day

Paweł

Nice to see your Scooter here Pawel. As soon as I get my Gemini Spacecraft finished up in the next few days I will get my build here started.

Looking good there B_one.

And good to see another build under way. Its getting busy.

Going to start in the next day or so..

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JASONS

Going to start in the next day or so..

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There is just not enough time in the day sometimes... too many projects...

Stik, thanks so much for steering me in that direction...I've found what look to be a couple of great sources on ANGLICO that I'm gonna run with

I am happy to have helped.

I'm going to try my best to salvage my a-7a to keep it out of the boneyard, but here's where I'm at so far...
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Hello everybody!

I'm slowly movin' on with the scooter. Currently I'm painting the cockpit:

Thanks for looking, have a nice day

Paweł

Is that the kit cokpit or AM ? either way its lookin good !

B_one fixer - thanks a lot! That's a resin cockpit and ejection seat by Pavla, a Czech company.

How is your Huey progressing? Good luck with it and have a nice day

Paweł

Here is a progress update on the AC-47

the standard box cover shot.

Cockpit area

I know it is a little blurry but, it is the best photo I have at this time.

Ready to install the interior guns etc.

The interior with the miniguns set, ammo boxes added, blast blankets attached and flare boxes installed.

Ain't that a classic!

By the way: should the instrument dials be white?

Thanks for sharing, have a nice day

Paweł

Pawel

By the way: should the instrument dials be white?

Very nice work so far on Puff!

Here is a shot of the IP,, black dials with white markings

Pawel, Stik, the instrument panel is a decal from the kit. I tried the usual paint the panel white then black. Scrape off the black to show the white. The detail was so thin that I was not able to get it to work. That is when I put the decal in there.