What's the best 1/35 Academy kit to do a RAN Huey. Frog or Hog?

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After catching the bug with my Dragon 1/35 Australian Army Huey, I have decided to do a Royal Australian Navy Huey in the RAN markings… I am able to get Academy kits easily, and so wondered which kit would be easier to convert Frog or Hog?.. Any suggestions…

Chris

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The Frog and Hog kits are the same. The only difference is the weapons and decals. The Frog kit has all the weapons options from all previous Academy/MRC UH-1C kits. The Hog kit has only one weapons option.

There was a thread here recently on RAN UH-1s and it was a consensus that they were mainly UH-1Bs. Cobra Company has a set to backdate the Academy kits to a B model.

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Chris,

Another option is the Siminar UH-1B in 1/35, but the MRC/Academy kits are better. By the way, I have never seen any pics of RAN birds armed, certainly not in a Frog or Hog configuration, so it really doesn’t matter what weapons you get. Good Luck!

Ray

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Thanks guys, appreciate it!

Chris