Small Scale Military Headquarters

Spikeman You’re just so damned determined to make me cut those bloody crew-chief window open aren't you :wink: Feed belt- I've given these a lot of thought seeing I need to make some for my AH-6 conversions, so far I've been experimenting with the using cable ties (Zip-locks) for this purpose, not t...

For each one of you that make a kick ass 160th bird and post picks I'll send you some unit patches and swag to go with your display free. I'm planning on making 2 of them to go in my classroom to help teach my students here on the SOAR airfield at Ft. Cambell. G'day Tambo That is a really generous ...

G'day pcoughran Thank you for the kind offer, I am more than happy to see how things pan out a wait for the opportunity. I have to admit that I have had another set offered up to me as well, with both these sets I would then be able to make up some mission specific variations that I can swap out at ...

G'day All If anybody has a spare set of removed/unused BBI Blackhawk (Pavehawk) ordnance arms (hard point winglets) kicking around that are surplus to their requirements and would be willing to sell, I'd like you to contact me, would also be very interested in acquiring the associated drop tanks as ...

For the umpteenth of who knows how many times I've just had my Blackhawk out trying to look at the best way to cut the crew chief windows without doing any major disassembly, sadly as with every other time I but my bird back up on the shelf no closer to any kind of solution. So it was not a total wa...

Mat’ n All Just a quick note about the mini-gun mounts, from my initial observations, I've got this strong feeling that the external mounts are used on the USAF HH-60's (Pavehawks) while internal mounts are used on the Army MH-60's (SOAR) ones. If this is true, for the sake of accuracy the decision ...

Reference images..... http://blogs.sun.com/gildas/resource/HH60%20helicopter%20US%20Army.JPG http://www.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/051018-F-3488S-017.jpg http://www.masdf.com/altimeter/nellis2005/gnd/IMG_3607.jpg http://farm1.static.flickr.com/63/201671091_0448294b51_o.jpg http://www.af.mil/...

Mat’ I’ve always thought that the probe tip resembles the tip of a ball point pen, I wonder if there are any oversized pens out there that could be used as a basis for this part, alternatively the seeker head of a 1/48 scale AA missile (Russian) may be a good source as well. I'm sure I found a close...

MH-60L walkaround.....
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/A ... alk338.htm

Will you be doing both the HH-60 and MH60 radomes? I'n like to keep mine as an army SOAR version and not a USAF one. MH images (largeish) http://www.specialoperations.com/Aviation/Black_Hawk/Photo_Gallery/mvc-120f.jpg http://www.specialoperations.com/Aviation/Black_Hawk/Photo_Gallery/mvc-131f.jpg ht...

Hey Mat' The FLIR pod is basically a barrel/cylinder with a domed head so vacuum-forming the whole thing should be a viable proposition. For FLIR lenses on solid items I usually use some chrome sticker medium that have which has been recoloured with textures, to try and mimic the highly (mirror like...

G'day Mat Put me down for a No.2 kit please. Also additionaly to radar many of these birds also have FLIR pods located on the centreline just below the nose and IR detectors on the upper nose cheeks..... Real images http://www.moody.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/050311-F-0000W-003.jpg http://ww...

Next question A-10A, OA-10A or A-10C? Most will probably opt for the A-10A or OA-10A seeing these are both true war veterans, but I’d also like to see the C models as well. I guess in reality apart from the instrument layout (all those nice new MFDs of the C model) and a few extra ariels here and th...

Since there were no true 1/18 scale Predator figures Uhm, what about the Takara Microman figures? Hard to get and quite expensive but excellent with proper 1/6th style articulation on a 1/18th figure, I'm still hunting for mine, pardon the pun. http://www.ageowns.com/mpb/images/alien/microman/avp_4...

G'day All As I said from the start much of this project is as proof of concept for my planned ultimate MH-6 and AH-6 conversions, so as I was waiting for yet another batch of filler to set, I decided to pursue an idea to make customising the shortened skid more robust and neater. With this in mind I...

I used to make scale models from the ground up 1/72nd mostly being my scale of choice (and I still have boxes full of unmade kits that now I myself will probably never build), I also used to be in a club and attend numerous model comp’s (sometimes even being asked to be a judge), but then one day I ...

Plan B, all back together now..... http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l116/305th/500MD4.jpg Here are a few externals. Note the new Anti-torque pedals and modified sight window. http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l116/305th/500MD6.jpg http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l116/305th/500MD7.jpg Here are a c...

Looks to be the same as the one I got, which is the Comic-con exclusive that has the cigar chewing scuplt. The 3 1/4 looks to be just a typo, should have been 3 3/4.

Aferg

Mezco already make one (along with Abe, Liz and some others) and its's really quite cool (I've got one).



Here's a link to a review http://www.mwctoys.com/REVIEW_061108a.htm.

More of that plan B diversion..... Well for what it’s worth here is my finished defender sighting system, it’s not a totally accurate piece, but it more or less loosely resembles that of an Israeli Defender that I Googled, here’s the link to that site for those who are interested http://www.primepor...

Plan B..... I was going to show you a picture or two of my FLIR MFD mod' on the S1 Defender so I removed the bubble to make the picture taking a little easier, a quick cruise of the web before I broke out the camera revealed that the sighting system in the left hand seat is a far more complex arrang...

Gonna look cool!! 8) I hope so..... I just ordered four miniguns with ammo' cans from Marauder GR. Two will be held in reserve to utilise on a future MH-6 conversion. As I am leaving the other S1 in a Defender format I have a spare weapons platform that I will be able to use as well. In regards to ...

G’day All It been a long while since I put a knife to anything and I have many an uncompleted project languishing on the shelf just waiting for that certain little bit of inspiration to reignite the completion process, so I hardly need to start on anything else, however back on April 15 of this year...

They say that to cure an addiction you must first recognise that you have one, so here goes..... Hi my name is David and I’m a modelalcoholic. .....didn’t work. The problem is that I’m already extremely bad at remembering names and now I have the added issue of confusing which real name belongs to w...

G’day All I’m off on yet another tangent, I’m looking for the Sideshow Toys 1:6th Hellboy (big Red) figure (I believe it was available in a deluxe and regular version and the regular one would be fine), I know these were a 2004 release or so release and frankly my chances are slim to none at all, bu...