Another reason why Dragon should come up with second set of seats for those who want to use PE instead. The holes are too far inside so the seatbelts may not go thru. I cut the holes before I glued the seats in. sawed off the molded box and replaced with PE box.
I have ordered M60 upgrade set from Cobra Company and I hope it arrives soon. Most of the interior is complete except for the seat belts which I will add after they all are painted. Who knows I will build another helicopter? I always wanted to build one from Vietnam War with 1st Air Cavalry decal which the set has and a figure from Apocalypse Now. Gino- Thanks! OK I will go ahead and order the decals set. Gene- I don't think the foot petals are visible once they are inside. spent few more hours at the workbench today but I haven't taken pictures. I have applied Zap CA glue to make them smoother. But I had difficult time making holes on the sides for the PE seatbelts. Good thing I had Dremel so they were sanded off. I wish Dragon did better job to include seats without molded seatbelts. the instrucions want me to use those foot pedals. Taking advantage of PE, I sanded down the molded metal guard/stands whatever you call those? I just sanded down the molded details on the dashboard as they were not that great. I am so glad I got this kit instead because it comes with great PE sets. Instead of starting a new thread I didn't want to loose all of the valuable information you have provided me earlier so I just changed the thread subject. I am going to post a WIP here right after this. it would be very helpful!įinally, I have started working on the Huey few nights ago. So I googled and I couldn't find good pictures of black Hueys. According to his wife, a black Huey would be great. this was his unit insignia.ĭuring his time in Alaska, he served with the 1st Cavalry 'E" troop. Is it because they were operating under cover of secrecy while dealing with missiles? He flew between missile sites. He also told his wife his black helicopter had minimal or no markings. His helicopter was all black with black markings.
He told his wife his favorite part was doing time for Pershing Missiles unit in West German. Alaska, West German and he was part of first Gulf War. I hope I wrote down all information correctly. He was with 193rd company under 56th Field Artillery brigade. However her wife was able to get the information. She tried to get pictures from his old crew but no available. How typical! Only picture his wife has found. He flew many helicopters and believe it or not he doesn't have pictures. It builds into a very nice model, but I was told there are some fit problems. I don't know if you could ask him about the seats. If he flew in the US, they normally did NOT use the armored seats there, since they were easy to add or remove but add extra weight. The only thing I see that you might have to leave out is the seats. That model belongs to my brother, but was built by Joe Kline, an aviation artist (one of the best). I think it was used on the model shown at this web page location: The second kit adds nice detail to the cockpit area. The door gun kit is the standard Viet Nam style mount, and I don't know of any changes later,but then I left the Army in the mid 70s. He has been very helpful in the past, and will respond to questions. I would suggest that if you have questions on the Cobra kits, email Chris, the owner. I think your right about it being a version of the Panda kit.