Huge Huey .....get yer 'Nam on

[PanzerWomble]

2026 , year of "do new Sh!t" 

Last time I built a helicopter was .....er ....1982 ..same year as my damn car 😂

Trumpeters 1/35 UH1B has mixed reviews , namely the quality of the rivets ...to which I say "Meh" , will it look like a Huey ? It's all in the paint folks . Oh and a build log too ...

Poor Match looks underscale . 

turn on.... tune in....and drop out...Easter weekend Bank Holidays cometh. 

 

Cue some sweet Creedance 

 

 

[GusMac]

Love the original, but Clutch's cover of this sounds even better to my ears. Neil Fallon's vocals really add to the anger of the lyrics

[PanzerWomble]

1 hour ago, GusMac said:

Love the original, but Clutch's cover of this sounds even better to my ears. Neil Fallon's vocals really add to the anger of the lyrics

Good shout , not heard that version before ....yup it really kicks ass . 👍

[KevinM]

I almost p/u the Huey gunship the other day Guy  the ole Revell 1/48

[PanzerWomble]

5 minutes ago, KevinM said:

I almost p/u the Huey gunship the other day Guy  the ole Revell 1/48

That's Vietnam era tooling 😂 . 

[PanzerWomble]

Update 

Parts go together usual good fit 

Floor paint chipped 

 

Detail painting 

Painted every switch and dial .......no I'm lying 

 

Roof , Engine and rotor head, most of this won't be seen later 

 

 

Final fit for seats and then close the body up . 

Laterzz

 

PW

[PanzerWomble]

Oooh, unrelated saw some BUFFS and a Bone at Fairford today .

My mate reckoned 'BUFFS and Bones' sounds like a bad 1990's boy band .  

 

 

 

[KevinM]

2 hours ago, PanzerWomble said:

Update 

Parts go together usual good fit 

Floor paint chipped 

 

Detail painting 

Painted every switch and dial .......no I'm lying 

 

Roof , Engine and rotor head, most of this won't be seen later 

 

 

Final fit for seats and then close the body up . 

Laterzz

 

PW

Nice weathering Guy looks realistic

[DocRob]

Like Kevin said, nice painting and weathering. Looks like a workhorse.

Cheers Rob

[BlrwestSiR]

You don't see many Hueys getting built. I did the Academy UH-1C a few years ago. Looks like this one goes together a bit better. 

[PanzerWomble]

So to answer your question Carl , yes it needed a bit of clamping and CA , I think the front was slightly warped ...

 

First some weight in case it decided to tailsit

 

Mind da gap 

 

Is all closed up and played ball  

 

Cue some tunes ....

Everyone gets everything he wants. I wanted a chopper, and for my sins, they gave me one. Brought it up to me like room service. It was a real choice helo, and when it was over, I never wanted another

 

[Martinnfb]

Epic movie, epic music, epic build. Following