This
is the Panda Models UH-1N kit which is an upsized Italeri kit, some people said.
I wanted to build an armed Marines Huey like the ones which do convoy escort
duty in
Iraq
for 1st MEF. I am not very skilled in scratch building but I tried to
add a FLIR, Chaff/Flare dispensers, the ‘disco light’ and those nice
‘green boxes’ atop of the cabin. Don’t be upset if it looks not very good;
I am always learning and trying to do my best.
The
kit decals can't be used for a modern Huey, so I decided to scan them and change
their colour in Adobe Photoshop. Then I printed the new decals myself. I also
added Squadron Insignias of the HMLA-367; surely I know, the insignias don't
match with the 'modified' kit decals, but it looks great in my opinion.
On
my pictures you can see also a display base which I was able to build in one
nice afternoon. I just used some plaster and ‘Island Grass’ which I bought
in a do-it-yourself shop.
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For
the display base, I took some ideas from Gerd Kuijpers’ article in the
Tool’n’Tips section of ARC. I took a wooden board and put on the plaster to
form some rugged desert/mountain terrain. In the last layer of plaster I added
some little stones to simulate mountainous terrain; then I glued on some of the
‘Island Grass’. After the plaster had dried, I painted the whole thing with
bright yellow paint (perhaps it’s just a little too bright, isn’t it?).
The
soldiers who just got out of their Huey are some Tamiya Modern US Soldiers; for
me they are some Recon Marines who are going to secure a terrorists hiding
place. I attached some clear sheet plates to the Soldiers feet; I didn’t want
to glue them to the display base.
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I
attached some photos of our youngest cat and my 1/35 Humvee, LAV-25 and M1A2 to
the end of my article. The cat likes very much to occupy the additional seat
which I put in my room for me! Cats are very good in demonstrating what real
full time holiday is.....
Out
of
Switzerland
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