Just finished watching Rambo II when he goes to rescue MIA POWs in Vietnam. Haven’t seen it in years. I built the old river gunboat and very poor UH-1 Hog by Monogram way back when. I know the large scale 1/24 UH-1 they also reboxed wasn’t the right one either.
I know it was filmed in Mexico using the Mexican Air Force for assistance. Even the ground crew, ambulances and support vehicles use Mexican roundels.
I did some searching and find it being called a UH-1N. Which kit is best to represent this movie prop? With this in mind, being the most accurate version isn’t important, just one that would fit the bill, preferably in 1/48 scale.
I didn’t see any builds of the new baby yet, but if it’s really this good and you want to get funky, you might transplant the Italeri engines on the -D fuselage - that could get you a nice model! On the Italeri choppers the fuselage is always the same, just different parts for the engines. Good luck with your build and have a nice day
It also wouldn’t work to just slap the Italeri N parts on the KH D model to make a nice N model. Firstly, the Italeri parts are nowhere near as nice as the KH ones. You would also need to add a lot more than just the engine area. The N has a different nose, new main and tail rotor blades, a different instrument panel, etc., etc., etc… It is not just a dual engined UH-1D.
No, the fuselage is the same basic length and other dimensions, the new pointy nose makes it look longer though. All the long-bodied Hueys (D, H, & N) had the same fuselage and tail length. The below chart shows the different versions and how they add up in legth pretty well.
Those are both really nice builds. It takes some work to build museum quality Hueys out of the kits that are available and those two are something special!
Well now you got me curious as to what my rides were. I never paid much attention but see now a huge diff in the door layouts even though they were never closed. Gotta go look at some old pics.
