abat Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 What would people recommend as a base kit for the above. I'd be interested in both 1/72 and 1/48 scale. It would be built as an RAN unit. I've googled like crazy but nothing really jumps out. Cheers, Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Italeri has a number of kits of early Hueys in 1/72 scale, all based on the B. I believe that all the boxes have the same plastic inside, so you can buy the UH-1B or the AB-204. The UH-1B kit is in this year catalogue, so should be easy to find. From what I know, the rotor is not correct in span though, not sure if this applies to all types or only to those with the longer rotors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abat Posted March 11, 2014 Author Share Posted March 11, 2014 Thanks Giorgio, That looks good. Looks like eduard does an etch set for the italeri kit and Hawkeye does RAN decals. All set to add to my stash! Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRK4m Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Concerning the short-cabin Hueys Italeri produced three different vriants of their superb 1/72 kit: UH-1B, UH-1C and UH-1H/AB 204. Using various layouts of sprues they differ in rotor blade chord, rotor diameter, fin chord, rear fuselage length and many minor items. Other short-cabin (a little bit better than Italeri) 72nd scale offering comes from Hobby Boss, but here I'm not sure, whether all these variations are properly covered - frankly speaking I haven't bought the HB Hueys yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOHN ELLIS Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Andrew If you want to build an RAN UH-1B, I would suggest you identify which one you want to build first. When I was working on them, we had 4 and they were all in different configurations. On the flight line, no 2 were the same. John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abat Posted March 13, 2014 Author Share Posted March 13, 2014 Thanks John, that's valuable background. I picked up an italeri kit today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Having builkt the Italeri kit and purchased the HB kit, the Italeri looks a better kit. If you look for the old Heli-kit-news site, I think there was an artile on the different rotorheads. The Roger Evans did an article in SAM a few years back. I did a conversion in my ROTOCraft range for the roof mounted hoist cover. Have a look on the A2zee site if you are interested. Colin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abat Posted March 13, 2014 Author Share Posted March 13, 2014 Thanks Colin, I had a look at your hoist on a2zee. Can i presume it will fit the uh-1b kit? And here's the airframe I will attempt at Nowra FAA museum with a hoist in place. Hawkeye does the required decals. http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/albums/Iroquois-N9-882/IMG_8300.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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