Booty003 Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Hi Guys, I have a few Hueys in the stash and will be building at least one as a 'Dust Off' bird - can anyone shed any light on how the litters / stretchers were configured and if this were different across the various Huey types that were used? Cheers, Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Some pictures on google if you look. https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=uh-1+dustoff&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi49fO0ttLUAhUsKcAKHfa8DTQQsAQIIw&biw=1920&bih=950#q=uh-1+dustoff&tbm=isch&tbs=rimg:CWOfLu7kbYpKIjjWrYEjkLl5zQOeKj6tYZFdY2ZfiNiUV8EnlIjGNvYUTNFo2-swMHKeQlBtmKGBxkM4Klk-ECb_1WioSCdatgSOQuXnNEfgopkHNrctCKhIJA54qPq1hkV0RM_1YRNRqdMx8qEgljZl-I2JRXwRHF_1HSH2aDnmyoSCSeUiMY29hRMEapKAHa0EQ-jKhIJ0Wjb6zAwcp4RlkCwR5WiQPEqEglCUG2YoYHGQxG69lwIKQmsTSoSCTgqWT4QJv9aEaQTVFUnp0_16 Julien 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trenton guy Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 Pictures are consistent with my recollection. Left to right across the back of the cabin. UH-1 wasn't long enough in the other direction. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booty003 Posted June 23, 2017 Author Share Posted June 23, 2017 Cheers guys - I have already scoured Google images but haven't found any images that show the detail of the inside of the cabin. Were they stacked 2 or 3 high Trenton Guy? Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trenton guy Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 Booty, Sorry for the long delay, been asleep at the switch. Two high. The UH-1 cabin wasn't very tall either. Can you tell I spent a fair amount of time in them during that wonderful year, 1968. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booty003 Posted July 3, 2017 Author Share Posted July 3, 2017 On 30/06/2017 at 3:33 AM, Trenton guy said: Booty, Sorry for the long delay, been asleep at the switch. Two high. The UH-1 cabin wasn't very tall either. Can you tell I spent a fair amount of time in them during that wonderful year, 1968. Thanks buddy, the more I read and learn about that particular war the more I am in awe and deep respect. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 Phil, You must have read Chickenhawk by Robert Mason? Still one of my top ten reads. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chickenhawk-Robert-Mason/dp/0552124192/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1499202346&sr=1-1&keywords=chickenhawk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intruder503 Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 (edited) 50 minutes ago, Pete in Lincs said: Phil, You must have read Chickenhawk by Robert Mason? Still one of my top ten reads. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chickenhawk-Robert-Mason/dp/0552124192/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1499202346&sr=1-1&keywords=chickenhawk One of my favorite AirCav books. The other 2 worth finding are "Lest We Forget: The Kingsmen, 101st Aviation Battalion, 1968" by William C. Meacham and "Wings of the Eagle: A Kingsmen's Story" by W. T. Grant. Ironically, those books actually reference each other as Grant became a wingman of Meacham. Edited July 4, 2017 by Intruder503 I can't spell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyf117 Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 (edited) Content withdrawn - I will NOT be threatened by a moderator, simply because I queried the actions of another... Edited June 27, 2020 by andyf117 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 6 hours ago, Pete in Lincs said: Phil, You must have read Chickenhawk by Robert Mason? Still one of my top ten reads. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chickenhawk-Robert-Mason/dp/0552124192/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1499202346&sr=1-1&keywords=chickenhawk I used to correspond with a pilot who flew with him and he said some of it was made up and other members of his sqn disowned him for the book? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 Now that's a shame to hear that. Maybe a touch of the Pierre Clostermann's? It still manages to convey what it must have been like though. And I'm very glad I didn't have to be there. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booty003 Posted July 5, 2017 Author Share Posted July 5, 2017 I have read Chickenhawk and Low Level Hell and will look up the others recommended by Intruder - Cheers guys. Have got the mammoth 'The Cat From Hue' to make a start on when I get some free time! I am in 2 minds as to buy a kit to use the stretchers from or just do a bit of scratch building to make them - won't be anything too difficult to do (sprue and foil). Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 7 hours ago, andyf117 said: The AB-205 Ambulance version of the excellent ESCI UH-1 provides two stacks of three stretchers, to be fitted one each side, as visible in the box art: https://www.scalemates.com/kits/135912-esci-9006-ab-205 The configuration with 3 stretchers on the side was and still is used by the Italian Army AB-205s, although generally there are only stretchers on one of the sides leaving the rest of the cabin available for medical personnel. The same helicopters however also employ the 2 stretchers on the rear configuration as recalled by Trenton Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booty003 Posted July 5, 2017 Author Share Posted July 5, 2017 I've ended up buying the old 1/72 Revell UH-1D SAR kit, comes with 6 stretchers so I can do a B and D flavour Dust-Off Huey, already have the decals. Phil 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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