How about a BIG helicopter?

Post by **aferguson** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 12:31 pm

BBI was/is supposed to have come out with a 1/18 Hind..

Wings_&_Armor · Post by **Wings_&_Armor** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 7:46 pm

A 1/18 Hind would be beautiful! I remember when I was young
Air Defense Artillery grunt back in the 80's out at Fort Irwin and
the NTC folks used a real Hind against us. The thing was huge
and very impressive. Looked like a mean SOB. Almost hated to
even simulate shooting it down

Timbo · Post by **Timbo** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 7:53 pm

I had a chance to climb around in the Hind while it was undergoing maintenance at Ft. Rucker. The thing is freaking huge!

ostketten · Post by **ostketten** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 6:14 am

I had a chance to climb around in the Hind while it was undergoing maintenance at Ft. Rucker. The thing is freaking huge!

Yep, I think they are pretty heavily armored too, for an aircraft anyway, think they used to refer to them as "flying tanks" or some such, although you can bring one down with an RPG as the Mujahideen discovered in Afghanistan back in the day.

Post by **aferguson** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 10:27 am

you can bring one down with a big net, if you thow it into the tail rotor.

It's a beauty though. I really hope BBI goes ahead and releases it.

momaw nadon · Post by **momaw nadon** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 11:33 am

ostketten wrote:
I had a chance to climb around in the Hind while it was undergoing maintenance at Ft. Rucker. The thing is freaking huge!
Yep, I think they are pretty heavily armored too, for an aircraft anyway, think they used to refer to them as "flying tanks" or some such, although you can bring one down with an RPG as the Mujahideen discovered in Afghanistan back in the day.

Yeah, unlike the unrealalistic Hind taking a RPG to the cargo area in the movie Red Dawn. Still a good movie though, but that part always bugged me.
momaw nadon

ostketten · Post by **ostketten** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 1:39 pm

Yeah, unlike the unrealalistic Hind taking a RPG to the cargo area in the movie Red Dawn. Still a good movie though, but that part always bugged me.
momaw nadon

Yeah, I remember that one as well... a bit of smoke pouring out the side doors and so on... Most people who have never served in the military have no clue the tremendous wallop that an RPG can deliver, the concussion alone can kill quite effectively if it detonates in a tight space like the interior of a copter, never mind the fragments from the rocket body and the jet of molten plasma designed to eat through armor plate, nasty...very nasty.

momaw nadon · Post by **momaw nadon** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 2:24 pm

I would have thought the RPG would have cripled the Hind and brought it down or at least killed the pilots, but for it to just shake it off (in a maner of speaking) and keep going, was a little far fetched.

Does anyone know what type of Helicopter they used as the base for those Hinds in Red Dawn? I only rember the angular shape of the cockpit which no Hind has.

momaw nadon

lsc1002 · Post by **lsc1002** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 3:19 pm

aferguson wrote:i believe they used a French Puma in Rambo and i thought they did in Red Dawn too but others say it was a heavily modified Sikorsky S-55. I'd have to see the movie again and look at the rotor hub/engine area. That would give it away.

Aferg is right on about the Rambo Hind but I am still not sure about the Red Dawn Helo. S-55 could be the base platform though.

Wings_&_Armor · Post by **Wings_&_Armor** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 3:17 pm

Hey Aferg,

Noticed Mike doesnt seem to comment as much as before.
Any idea if a Hind (or any new aircraft) are planned any time in the near future?

Post by **aferguson** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 6:23 pm

wait and see..

Morian Miner · Post by **Morian Miner** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 6:47 pm

What should BBi do next? Warthog or Hind? Warthog or Hind? Man, I would prefer to see a Hind, but how about that for two vehicles to be released at the same time. Talk about "Go Ugly!"

Birddog · Post by **Birddog** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 7:55 pm

That would be unbelievably cool to see a Warthog and Hind released at the same time.............rather "Go Ugly Earlier" but I for sure wouldn't turn down a Hind.....

Hope we see both.

Go Ugly Early in 1/18 scale!

Still waiting and wishing for a 1/18 A-10 Warthog.

momaw nadon · Post by **momaw nadon** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:22 pm

If bbi does a Hind, I'll dance a Jig. That would be the coolest.

BTW anyone know of a great large scale model of the Hind? I wonder if there is an accurate 1/48 scale one or bigger out there. I don't really do models, but that would be a cool whirlybird, to build.

momaw nadon

momaw nadon · Post by **momaw nadon** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 11:59 pm

lsc1002 wrote:
aferguson wrote:i believe they used a French Puma in Rambo and i thought they did in Red Dawn too but others say it was a heavily modified Sikorsky S-55. I'd have to see the movie again and look at the rotor hub/engine area. That would give it away.
Aferg is right on about the Rambo Hind but I am still not sure about the Red Dawn Helo. S-55 could be the base platform though.

I saw Red Dawn tonight and noticed the Hinds in Red Dawn couldn't be Sikorsky S-55. The cockpit, engine cowling, tail boom, tail rotor, and cargo hold were not like a S-55, so I did some searching on the web. Found out that they were in fact SA 330 Pumas. A much larger helicopter than the S-55 and the tail and engine cowling are a prefect match. Just thought some of you might want to know.
momaw nadon

Post by **aferguson** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 6:14 am

i think Trumpeter makes a 1/32 or 1/35 model of the Hind.

There are a couple of 1/48 models as well. Easy to find.

KAGNEW · Post by **KAGNEW** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 7:47 am

Trumpeter's is 1/35, looks good sitting next to my 1/35 Chinook

momaw nadon · Post by **momaw nadon** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 2:05 pm

That Trumpeter 1/35 scale Hind is awesome. I might have to get me one. Very detailed kit. Thanks for the head up on that aferguson.
momaw nadon