JSI UH-1C Huey Improvements?

Birddog · Post by **Birddog** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 6:21 am

I was looking over JSI's website the other day at all the old 21st Century toy molds they have. My attention came to the Huey and I wondered what they might do to improve it.

If JSI were to re-release the old Huey mold, yes the C model, what would you want to see changed?

The two areas that I see an easy change in are:

1. Paint Scheme: What do you think would be a good paint scheme?
2. Armament: Addition of mini-guns or twin 60's to the outer end of the weapons pylons.

What would you like to see in the two areas above or in general?

King O' Fools · Post by **King O' Fools** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:30 am

Well, this would be one cool paintscheme:

http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/badcattoys_2067_417853372

And here's the real thing:

http://www.174ahc.org/mike-2.htm

And with a riveting story to boot.

Once Mo arrived, he found what we had. You can't fly through bamboo. He couldn't get close to them, so he had to hover over the top and try the winch.

Bruce had been hit twice with .51 cal rounds. His left femur was shattered into three pieces and the leg had swollen up nearly twice its size. Another round had gone through his lower left leg. Souders had a chunk of metal through the back of one of his legs.

Jansen and Adams moved Marshall to the winch and I believe Adams carried him and held his leg together, up into the dustoff ship. I probably imagined it, but I thought I could hear his screams from above the turbines as we circled close by.

Souders went up next, and finally Jansen. It was while Jansen was loading that the winch jammed, and there was Bob, just dangling. They yelled to him to hold on tight and Mo kinda lifted out, dragging Jansen through about twenty yards of brush.

We followed them back to Khe Sahn, all the time hearing this eerie whistling sound from our blades. When we shut down, we found that a .51 tracer had nearly cut our leading blade spar in half, about four feet from the end of the blade. The top of the blade, where the round went through, was burned about six inches towards the middle of the blade. We left the aircraft at Khe Sahn where it was hooked back to Quang Tri for new blades and patchwork.

Shark 161 was our first gunship lost. Higher-ups determined it was just too hot to attempt to lift it out. According to Gary Harter, it was blown up by an Arc Light, within days. And once again, according to Congress, Wilder and I were outlaw trespassers. (Six of Fred's photos below, but see account and Fred's several photos on 1971 History Page: "Medevac Rescue of Surfer's Crew").

Source: http://www.174ahc.org/bio-16o.htm

This one's a B model, but I also like the paintscheme:

http://img530.imageshack.us/i/huey3fl4.jpg/

Pickelhaube did a great job with the sagami mod. Maybe JSI could try to do something similar and, yes, provide a whole crew. That would be, err, nice, but won't happen (considering their current stance on figures).

Birddog · Post by **Birddog** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:35 am

Nice choice. The same unit was suggested on another 1/18 board. Just a plain 174th bird with no personalized markings like "Easy Rider" on the side.

Plus include the 40mm grenade launcher on the nose.

Tambo · Post by **Tambo** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:12 am

I just want a plain jane Slick Huey with some M-60s mounted in the doors.

Razor17019 · Post by **Razor17019** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:58 am

I want one that shoots real bullets when you push a button...
JSI - I challenge you!

Birddog · Post by **Birddog** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:08 am

What do you all think about a Navy Seawolves scheme?

King O' Fools · Post by **King O' Fools** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 1:02 pm

Not bad: http://www.seawolf.us/index.asp (that .50 caliber MG mounted on the side must be quite a sight in action). Of course, that means they should release a PBR too.

Dauntless · Post by **Dauntless** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:54 pm

Anything but silver like the only one I have the Air America.

I'm ok with OD Green. I did like the Air Cavalry one with the crossed swords on the nose.
US Navy would be cool too, but I want a Vietnam Huey first.

Birddog · Post by **Birddog** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 5:33 pm

Dauntless wrote: US Navy would be cool too, but I want a Vietnam Huey first.

The Seawolves were a Navy unit during Vietnam. You could get both with this scheme....

sledgehammer · Post by **sledgehammer** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 4:03 am

The 3 OD green ones already released look pretty good to me, but "Easy Rider" is one sweet looking chopper. I don't think theres a scheme out there that comes close to it.

sledgehammer · Post by **sledgehammer** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 4:04 am

The 3 OD green ones already released look pretty good to me, but "Easy Rider" is one sweet looking chopper. I don't think theres a scheme out there that comes close to it.

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 1:54 pm

I think we need another Air America Huey

kevrut · Post by **kevrut** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 5:35 pm

A "DUSTOFF" would be good. I've made two of these.

sledgehammer · Post by **sledgehammer** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 7:52 pm

Awsome dustoff Kevrut. Are those decals?

flyboy_fx · Post by **flyboy_fx** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 8:04 pm

mi9ne would be in modern german colors.

Did the modern germans ever use hueys?

Razor17019 · Post by **Razor17019** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 8:17 pm

kevrut wrote:A "DUSTOFF" would be good. I've made two of these.

I have the other one!

It's awesome!

Razor17019 · Post by **Razor17019** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 8:18 pm

kevrut wrote:A "DUSTOFF" would be good. I've made two of these.

I have the other one!

It's awesome!

Birddog · Post by **Birddog** » Sat Sep 05, 2009 6:29 pm

How about this camo scheme:

UH-1B 82nd Aviation Battalion "The Falcons" 1966-67

I know it's a B model Huey, but I don't think there is that much visual difference between the B and C model is there?

What do you think?

russcal · Post by **russcal** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 12:37 am

Birddog wrote:I know it's a B model Huey, but I don't think there is that much visual difference between the B and C model is there?

Heya, Birddog!

To liberally quote from wikipedia:

"The "Charlie" model was fitted with the 1,100 shp (820 kW) T53-L-9 or L-11 engine to provide the power needed to lift the weapons systems in use or under development at the time. It incorporated the new Bell 540 rotor system with 27-inch (690 mm) chord blades. The increased power lead Bell's engineers to design a new tailboom for the "C" which incorporated a wider chord fin on a longer boom and larger synchronized elevators."

Wider (chordwise) rotor blades, longer tail boom, larger tail fin, and noticably larger elevators.

Hope this helps!

Russ
Proud son of Rose and Wes