Hey all. I am in need of a little help. I have a Huey gunship era Vietnam. I canot find any good pictures to base my model after. I want this to look good It is for my boss who flew one in 'Nam. Any help will be glady taken. Thank you.
The first topic in the FSM helicopter forum provides a plethora of information on the Huey in Vietnam: /forums/744659/ShowPost.aspx
Good luck, there are plenty of guys here to help.
Andy
Which kit do you have? If it is the 1/32 Revell UH-1D gunship, you won’t find any pics of them. The US Army didn’t use D models in the gunship configuration. A, B, and C models were the primary UH-1 gunships till the AH-1G Cobra gunship came on line in '67. Check out the above Huey posts to see lots more info on them.
Find out what Unit your boss was in and do a search. A lot of Aviation Units have Web sites with good info. You might get “lucky”. He should have a few pictures you could use, unless this is a surprise. If you are using the MRC/Academy kit there are a few things that you need to correct. I am planning a couple posts to point out the details needed on UH-1C and UH-1D/H Main Rotor heads to make them accurate since there seems to be a lot interest in Hueys lately.