Hello to all,
just sittin over a project with a F-100 in maintenance position standing in its revetment.
SO, how would you construct or build such revetments.
For any help many thanks
Thomas
Well Tango, if you need sandbags for it you could make them out of rolled milliput or other type of putty then cut and shape etc. There’s been some articles on it in FSM I belive.
For corrugated walls that I"ve seen in a lot of pictures you could buy some beams and corrugated sheet from plastruct or one of the other companies and build it with that.
Some one else can probably give you more specifics. Hope this helps a little.
Eric
Prior to 1966, most aircraft were parked side by side on an open ramp. After the VC airmailed some greeting cards to some of the air bases in 1966, revetments started going up.
Revetments were three sided, built with corrugated steel. The height varied from around 10 to 12 feet high and 24 to 48 inches thick. They were filled with sand as blast protection. The back wall was dirty with exhaust soot as well as the rear part of the revetment
Every fourth or fifth revetment had a conex (a shipping container) used for storage of hyd fluid, oil, etc. Along the wall were spare drop tanks, wheel and tires, or common use items.
Revetments varied in size. Some were single acft revetments and some double acft revetments. The single revetment would have a yellow 10 inch wide line painted in the center for use as a guide for the nose gear track. Where the nose gear was to be parked would be a yellow square. On double revetments there would be two yellow lines for parking of the assigned aircraft, plus a larger 14 inch wide yellow line in the center for parking of larger aircraft.
I have seen the corrugated steel in 1/72 scale only. In 1/48 scale you would have to scratch build it. Several years ago I had plans to build a revetment for use with my 1/48 scale F-4D, but gave up on it when I discovered I would be spending more time building the revetment than time building the aircraft.
Thanks Eric and Bermny for your constructive help.
Do some research on the “gunfighters of Da Nang”
They had their planes in a hostile area, had planes in revetments, and also had the worlds largest wing insignia ever painted (to show off to the enemy)
Hope this helps… http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hall/6171/index15.html