cchapman195 Posted December 22, 2014 Posted December 22, 2014 My first attempt at a military Helicopter. All paints are craft acrylic paint from Walmart.
Belugawrx Posted December 22, 2014 Posted December 22, 2014 Very nice Amazing that these even flew.. Looks like a ladder with 100 lbs of jet fuel strapped to it!! Weathering makes it! Nice job Cheers
Ace-Garageguy Posted December 22, 2014 Posted December 22, 2014 Amazing that these even flew.. Looks like a ladder with 100 lbs of jet fuel strapped to it!! Even more amazing is that these weren't jet-fuel-burning turbines like most helos are today, but gasoline-burning flat-six-cylinder aircraft engines standing on end. Much less power for their weight than turbines.
DrGlueblob Posted December 22, 2014 Posted December 22, 2014 (edited) -And boy, did they use oil! I got to fly around Roswell NM. in a 47. The pilot/mechanic was there for the weekend.. He had two 55gallon drums of AeroShell for the leakin' thing.. Edited December 22, 2014 by DrGlueblob
Belugawrx Posted December 22, 2014 Posted December 22, 2014 -And boy, did they use oil! I got to fly around Roswell NM. in a 47. The pilot/mechanic was there for the weekend.. He had two 55gallon drums of AeroShell for the leakin' thing.. Roswell you say,.......?
cchapman195 Posted December 23, 2014 Author Posted December 23, 2014 Thanks everyone for the comments. I was not aware they leaked oil and ran on gasoline. So glad I posted. I learned more about it.
Guest Posted December 23, 2014 Posted December 23, 2014 Nice. Two things, run a bead of paint along the edges of the door openings, there were frames there, also, the MASH decals are actually incorrect for this bird, it is a Bell Sioux H-13H, the bird in MASH is a H-13D. a bit differently shaped canopy and single fuel tank, and straight tube skids. MRC has a correct MASH era bird. The H-13H was used in Vietnam.
62rebel Posted December 23, 2014 Posted December 23, 2014 pretty neat build. "armor-scale" helos are fairly new to the arena and if you hadn't pointed out those differences i'd have been absolutely ignorant of them.
Guest Posted December 24, 2014 Posted December 24, 2014 Here is a 13 d, small tank, and 13 h, dual tanks.
cchapman195 Posted December 24, 2014 Author Posted December 24, 2014 Man, this has been quite enjoyable. I have steered away from military because I know nothing about them. This has been quite an enjoyable learning lesson. Thanks guys.
Agent G Posted December 24, 2014 Posted December 24, 2014 Pilots of those lil beasties were taught to never exhale forcefully when flying in chilly weather as the entire bubble would fog up. It could, and did, ice up inside as well for the same reasons. Steel "extremities" I tell you, brave men. G
dw1603 Posted December 29, 2014 Posted December 29, 2014 Even more amazing is that these weren't jet-fuel-burning turbines like most helos are today, but gasoline-burning flat-six-cylinder aircraft engines standing on end. Much less power for their weight than turbines. Worked on these in the British Army, the Siuox AH.1 (Bell 47G-3B 1) Powered by a Lycoming TVO435 of about 270 bhp. I have driven cars with more powerful engines. I recall that the thing was held together with P clips and Pal nuts, a kind of pressed steel locking but that you had to fight all the way on and off. Most of them were inacessible too, so I developed a set of ambidextrous skills that still serve me well today.
GLMFAA1 Posted December 29, 2014 Posted December 29, 2014 Speaking of the Lycoming six cylinder- wasn't that tucker's airplane engine? greg
cchapman195 Posted December 29, 2014 Author Posted December 29, 2014 Thanks again for all the comments here. I am learning so much and appreciate it. No knowledge of military has kept me away from building military. Thanks to you guys for adding another aspect to building them. The history lessons to go along with it.
Chuck Most Posted December 29, 2014 Posted December 29, 2014 Nice! I've got one of these kits kicking around myself.
dw1603 Posted December 30, 2014 Posted December 30, 2014 Speaking of the Lycoming six cylinder- wasn't that tucker's airplane engine? greg Tucker's engine was based on the Franklin 0-335, an engine developed to power the Bell 47. Unfortunately Tucker bought the company and cancelled all the aeronautical work to free up production capacity for the Torpedo. The rest, they say, is history.
bbowser Posted January 7, 2015 Posted January 7, 2015 Very cool model, certainly looks the part even if it's not exactly correct.
Roadrunner Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 I started to convert mine to an early gunship, but never got very far with it.
slusher Posted January 9, 2015 Posted January 9, 2015 Really nice. Have not seen one of these kits in a long time....Thanks for sharing..
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