Husky Help!!!

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[:)]Greetings,

I recently purchased the old Testors HSO H43-B Husky kit and I cannot seem to find any refferance picks of the interior cargo area. Can someone help me on this?

I’ve found plenty of exterior and cockpit shots online but nothing inside the back.

Are there any books avalible or does someone have any picks they could send?

I really need some help on this one!

-Ed Taylor

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Don’t have any pics either, but this may help. Cobra Company has an interior detail set for it. At the least, you can see his interpretation of the cabin interior.

CC HH-43 detail set.

Good luck.

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Ed,

I don’t have any references either. I think a lot of the birds were configured for Airfield Crash and Rescue and had a huge tank in the back for fire suppression.

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Thanks,

While browsing this forum I’ve found a few helpful picks showing the interor.

I’m still looking for more info ( the more the merrier).

The pick I saw was of the H43-F which I suppose is different than the B. There are seats in back that look almost like the ones found on Hueys. Did the B verson have these as well? How much difference was there between the B and F?

Also I did checkout Cobra Company. I might just order the set if its still avaliable but, the price, WOW!

my tally: Testors H-43B- $7 (with discount)

Interior set - $44.95

OUCH!

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Here is a link to a walk around that includes some interior photos. I thought that there were some interior photos in the Kaman H-43:An Illustrated History by Schiffer books, but didn’t find any clearer photos.

http://www.cybermodeler.com/aircraft/hh-43/huskie11.shtml

I

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Ed,

I was looking at one of my CSAR and aeromedical sites and found a link to this site. http://pedroafrescue.org/links.htm It has lots of links to other HH-43 sites.

Doc

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I did the research/photos for Cobra’s detail set and I had A LOT of detailed photos. If it’s not in the Cobra set, you don’t need it. I know the set’s expensive but it includes a lot of “stuff.” The cost was driven by the huge number of molds required plus the etched metal. The actual kit is pretty bare inside. With the kit and the resin set, you only need to do three things to have a great model.

  1. The decals. Decaling is tricky: the letters that crossed a camouflage demarcation line shifted colors (e.g., brown to green or green to brown).

  2. A safety net across the cabin opening in the back (I always saw them fly without the rear doors since that is where the firemen sat, IIRC.) The net was a red webbing (1 inch wide straps) set 2 inches apart. I used Chartpak tape in the appropriate width and that worked great.

  3. Build a fire suppression kit which was always carried beneath Pedro. When they responded to a crash/emergency, the first thing they had to do was get airborne, then go into a hover and hook up to the fire suppression kit.

Good luck.

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The Cobra kit is a good way to go. I wish they would come out with the fire suppression pack they carried under the aircraft. The interior was rather sparse with the internal framing covered over with red cargo nets down to the low sitting metal bench seats. the only paddes seats belonged to the pilot, co-pilot, and medic/mechanic which was located at the opening of the right side door. Even that one was not much more that a padded seat on the cargo floor with a padded back rest. In S.E.A. the clamshell doors were removed and a yellow cargo net was placed across the rear opening. They also carried a force jungle penetrator that was stored vertically along side the mech. seat and I believe it was held in place by a metal ring on the floor and a metal strap that locked much like a fire extenguisher, that was attached to the forward bulkhead partly behind the co-pilot’s seat.

I haven’t looked at my Cobra set lately, so I don’t know if it has the loudspeakers in the front, the flood lights on the bottom or the optional float packs the mounted on the sides below the level of the doors.

I picked p a bood on the Pedro in Barnes & Noble. It’s part of the Schiffer Military Collection and by Wayne Mutza. I also have a copy of the flight manual from a place called Crystal Publishing Co. in San Antonio. My copy is dated 1966, updated to 1972 and includes changes, operational and safety suppliments.

If yo need anythin else, let me know. She made for an interesting ride but was still my favorite.