For those of you interested in the H-43, here’s some shots of some of the ones that I had to fly on occasionally for base recon flights in Thailand during Vietnam.
Nice photos! thanks for sharing, its good to see the machine in her element.
Isnt that an MD-3 in the background? Would be great to have one of those in scale!
David
Howdy ikar01,
Thx for the pics of this ship, and Thank You for your Service as well Sir. 
Are these photos of yours the only ones you have, or do you have more posted on another site? Reason; Reference photos are always useful, welcome, and one can never seem to get enough!
Thx again for the post.
regards,
Tread.
Excellent photos ikar01 . Perfect timing as well . I’m right in the middle of building my 1/72 Mach 2 Huskie . I had the little guy all glued together , putty and sanded , almost ready to start masking when I noticed tiny little specks of dust stuck on the inside of the canopy . With no way of getting in to wipe it clean , I decided to cut open the doors on both sides of the fuselage and then carefully removed the canopy to clean out all the muck from filing and sanding . Ironically I was thinking of cutting the doors to pose open when I first started the kit a week ago but thought it would be to much work . If there is an easy way and not so easy way of building kits , I seem to find the not so easy way of doing things [banghead] . Anyway the H-43 should look better with the doors open and the photos you posted ikar01 will certainly help me . Especially Shots of the rotors , I will have to scratch build those small extensions on the rotor trailing edge ??? Thanks for sharing . Kind regards Helo 53
So far most of my photos can be seen on this site: http://www.usaf-sig.org/
I found it through an announcement in the ARC site. They are a fairly new site and are dedicated th the USAF from after WWII on.
I checked with my wife who used ot be a crew chief on C-130s and she said that most likely that was a MD-3 cart in that picture. It would be easier to tell if you could see the control panel though.
How was the Mach 2 kit? I have one sitting here but haven’t started it yet.
Most of the time the doors were kept open because of the heat and the clamshell doors were taken off a long time ago for that and other reasons. The opening in the rear was covered with a yellow cargo net to keep people and cargo from falling out. THere was also netting lining the left and right sides in the cargo bay.
You deffinately need the control surfaces. Dou you have the 1/32nd scale kit? It will help you see what they look like and where they go. If you want, I have a copy of the H-43 flight manual and can post some pictures from it if you want.
I did buy Testors 1/32 scale HH-43 and it has been a lot of help identifying some parts . I already posted some progress pic’s last week of the huskie . You can find it if you search back a couple of pages and you can see and read what I had done so far , although as mentioned I’ve now made some changes . It’s interesting about the rear doors being left off , Mach 2’s kit required a lot of work at the rear roof section . I’m now wondering if it would have been a lot less work and should I consider making more alterations . [%-)] Helo 53
I’ll break out my -1 on the 43 and put out diagrams that should show antenna wire placement and other things.
I wish someone would put out an updated kit of her. Are you intending to add the floatation devices on the side below the doors? There are also the speaker and floodlight systems that could be added. If you look closely you might be able to see that the top windows were tinted too.
I just looked at the pictures you posted on the other entry. Looks like a fun kit. One thing though, the interior was all grey, no red seats. The pilot and co-pilot seats were red, as well and the seat cushion used by the mechanic/medic at the side entrance. The only other color was teh cargo netting on the sides and the forced jungle penetratorand fire extinguisher attached to the bulkhead that seperated the two compartments.
I appreciate all the additional info ikar01 , I went ahead and removed the rear canopy I had already glued on ; and have added some thin plastic strips to the bottom edge of each side door to make up for thickness of the razor saw cut . I must admit the little guy looks much better with a squared off rear end . Very cool . Also I can repaint those rear seats grey with a small paint brush now that the rear is all open . The kit does come with a small dome that fits under the fuselage I suppose this could be the flood light you mentioned as well as a small speaker for the front . Thanks again ikar01 please keep the tips and info coming I greatly appreciate all the help I can get . Kind regards Helo 53 .
That dome goes on the lower left side like in this photo. It’s not all that tall. THe lights are mounted at different points on the bottom of the aircraft. I ususally take a small,round piece of plastic, put a small rod in that and the light and add a line for the power to the back. In 1/32nd I also add a formed shield around the light by using thin paper.
Ikar,
Thank you very much for posting your photos – very nice reference material. I too have a 1/32 Testor’s kit in the stash, and also a Cobra Company resin detail set to go with it.
I’d love to see anything from your flight manual you’d be willing to share.
–Andy
Here’s a couple of pages for now, I’ll post some more after work.
These are about the only ones you should need. The rest are just close-ups of specific instrument panels and technical data.
Hope it helps.
Thanks again ikar01 , I copied the specs you posted , they will be excellent referrence material . I greatly appreciate all your help . Kind regards Helo 53 .
Ikar, this is GREAT stuff! Thanks for your effort in going through the trouble to scan these pages! It will all definitely make for a detailed, and daunting (lol), buildup. The 1/32 kit sure does scream for lots of detailing, and the Cobra Company resin combined with your drawings will really keep the standards high.
And you have drawings of the Fire Suppression Kit – that is awesome. I have seen a couple photos online, and dreamed up the idea of scratchbuilding one to pose alongside my Huskie. Adding your drawings to my references sure makes me consider it more seriously.
Thanks again,
Andy
Anytime. Later I’ll break open my -1s on the F-106, T-33, and A-1E. I also parts of maint. manuals for the C-130.