“Anybody had first hand experience with the Seminar kits?”
Their 1/35 B and C kits are pretty good. They are not as detailed or refined as the Academy UH-1C kits. They do offer the only UH-1B kit in 1/35 though.
I remember seeing that at the time, or at least a still sequence in AW & ST. If I remember right it was about 1969 and it was a Sikorsky factory crew.
Those models are hard to find or costly . I wanted one of those . .
If you have a Seminar Huey make sure you open the box and put the rubber ammo feed chute in a baggy or something (or maybe just throw it away. Something in the rubber reacts with the kit plastic and mine melted into the main rotor.
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There is a man on ARC giving one away for free: www.arcforums.com/…/index.php
Coming late to the party as I don’t get on as often as I used to. ALL UH-1N’s, as has been mentioned, have a right handed tractor tail rotor which is the same as the larger tractor tail rotor found most AH-1 models. The big problem wit the panda/Dragon kit though is the nose. It looks really bad. Almost upside down in it’s shape. I would strongly suggest the Cobra Company upgrade sets.
Ray
Hay,I can give you a opened kit that is complete.Also, this version carried at one time rotory guns.I got this information from an old Viet Nam UH-1 pilot who flew w/that unit on the box art.
My email is. benzay@comcast.net
He was looking over a year ago. I doubt he still is as this kit was reissued w/new decals earlier this year.
Your friend is mistaken. No US long bodied UH-1D/H flew with miniguns as a gunship. Also the kit boxart is incorrect in that it has a long-bodied UH-1H wearing markings from a short-bodied UH-1C. Your friend probably flew a UH-1C that had mini-guns mounted.
Gino,
He could very well be talking about a Nighthawk, many of which did fly with minis in the door. If he was there he might actually know what he did.
Ray
Maybe, maybe not.
Anyways, back in 2014 when this was a living thread, Stik posted those two great box art photos. I remember I built the one thats shooting up the bridge, it was a birthday present and I must have been about 11 which would make it 1967?. Height of the war then, it meant a lot to me. I didn’t bother to paint it as it was a really nice green color.
For most who build scale models, irrespective of the subject, we learn a little about ourselves, our subjects and others every time we construct a kit.
Special mention to SILVER - your assistance has been greatly appreciated.
To all who have contributed, thank you.
My friend flew them Later part of the war .He stated that many UH-1’s were Jerry rigged w/many kindes of weapons not shown to the normal media.I can’t verify that because during the Viet Nam war I flew F-100’s ,F-105’s.
I on a normal basis build model aircraft but this time I checked out the Helo forum and stumbled on someone who needed help.It may be a year ago but it was worth checking it out.Your help is great also.Now you know of makeshift versions of UH-1’s from someone who did that.If any one ever Jerry rigged my F-100 or F-105,1 would not be alive .
I couldn’t agree more, sir. I knew nothing about Hueys when I started researching a build of one of my Father’s birds back in 2005. Now I have persoanlly climbed on dozens and even flew in a few!
I know this thread is old, but if you need any other Huey bits, just let me know. I have a LOT of Huey kits!
Ray
Silver,
It wasn’t just the late war birds that got unusual mods. Check this link out for a thread I started years ago on unusual Vietnam Hueys. Napalm dropped from a Huey, anyone?
Ray
Unusual Vietnam Hueys
I still stand by my statement that no long-bodied US Army Huey (UH-1D/H) mounted the miniguns on the gunmounts off the sides in a gunship configuration. That is what UH-1B/C models (and later AH-1G Cobra Gunships) were specifically designed/used for. UH-1D/H were troop transports, not gunships. The need for troop transports outweighed the need for a larger gunship.
Yes, there were some D/H model Lightships and Firefly setups that mounted miniguns and .50 cals on pintle mounts, but not the way they are depicted in the Revell kit; Revell got it wrong. I already knew about these versions though, so nothing new.
I’m not saying anything bad about your friend, but sometimes the exact details of things that happened many years ago are remembered a little fuzzy, especially when you have to worry about other people shooting at you as opposed to exactly what piece of gear you are using or flying. Hell, half the time, I can’t remember what I had yesterday for lunch, nevermind exactly what my HMMWV looked like in Iraq a few years ago.
A photo is worth more than anything.
Yes, like my F-in-law said when I asked him what color his WW2 plane was…
“How the hell would I know, I was too busy climbing in and out of the damn thing”.
There’s an intersection here that I notice often.
A whole lot of folks have been in, on or around military hardware, as an example of a subject. A much smaller group of people have the visual acuity, eye for detail and color sense that answering very specific questions requires. And a segment of those are modelers.
So to get that in combination with first hand knowledge of the subject, and a good memory to boot, is pretty rare.
I agree w/ you very much,and it is great information not everyone can get from other modelers .I took interest in the helicopter modeling side of the house.I have started a project of a 1/32 scale AH-64 Apache from Revell to super detail it.All opens up including scratch build engines.I have access to a real AH-64 at the local military base near by.I have several friends who fly and work on Apache helo’s.it will take w while to complete But it will be spectacular to see when finished.Its going to be very hard to match.It will be displayed at a national if it ever were in Seattle.I will post it on the forum.I will work on a very interesting 1/24 scale UH-1 that is out there.I will get your information and other correct info to complete a Veit Nam version also opened up in a maintenance scene .Having a large scale exposes to greater detail and craftsmanship of the modeling hobby.Thanks for your help.Note::It will take about a year to complete these projects.