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Post by tcoat on Mar 8, 2023 10:33:06 GMT -5
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Post by mustang1989 on Mar 8, 2023 10:52:17 GMT -5
Man.....the good model turnouts just keep on coming. Very detailed diorama with some great building techniques involved.
Which kit is that Huey from?
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Post by tcoat on Mar 8, 2023 11:39:14 GMT -5
Man.....the good model turnouts just keep on coming. Very detailed diorama with some great building techniques involved. Which kit is that Huey from? It is the old Academy "Heavy hog" kit. Highly recommend it or any of it's reissued versions if you can find one.  |
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Post by mustang1989 on Mar 8, 2023 12:32:38 GMT -5
Man.....the good model turnouts just keep on coming. Very detailed diorama with some great building techniques involved. Which kit is that Huey from? It is the old Academy "Heavy hog" kit. Highly recommend it or any of it's reissued versions if you can find one. 1/35 scale no doubt! Some of the best times of my life have been spent in a Huey. I was a crewchief for 8+ years and it was the best job I ever had.  |
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Post by tcoat on Mar 8, 2023 12:49:30 GMT -5
It is the old Academy "Heavy hog" kit. Highly recommend it or any of it's reissued versions if you can find one. 1/35 scale no doubt! Some of the best times of my life have been spent in a Huey. I was a crewchief for 8+ years and it was the best job I ever had. In their infinite wisdom the Canadian Army sent me to Germany for two years back in the 70s with the specific job of fueling helicopters in the field. The fact that Canada had no helicopters in Germany at that time was irrelevant. I did get to pour fuel into a pile of different NATO aircraft though. |
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Post by mustang1989 on Mar 8, 2023 12:57:23 GMT -5
1/35 scale no doubt! Some of the best times of my life have been spent in a Huey. I was a crewchief for 8+ years and it was the best job I ever had. In their infinite wisdom the Canadian Army sent me to Germany for two years back in the 70s with the specific job of fueling helicopters in the field. The fact that Canada had no helicopters in Germany at that time was irrelevant. I did get to pour fuel into a pile of different NATO aircraft though. Nuthin' but good memories and experiences there. Funny how an agency as big as the military can send us for a specific job and then when we get there......it turns into something totally different. The memories that come with that are most always good though when we think about how few of us get to participate in stuff like that. |
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Post by tcoat on Mar 8, 2023 13:03:15 GMT -5
In their infinite wisdom the Canadian Army sent me to Germany for two years back in the 70s with the specific job of fueling helicopters in the field. The fact that Canada had no helicopters in Germany at that time was irrelevant. I did get to pour fuel into a pile of different NATO aircraft though. Nuthin' but good memories and experiences there. Funny how an agency as big as the military can send us for a specific job and then when we get there......it turns into something totally different. The memories that come with that are most always good though when we think about how few of us get to participate in stuff like that. It was different. We had very few resources back then so in the morning I could be pumping jet fuel into a Belgian Starfighter and after lunch swap out the modular fuel pods in the truck and be pouring gasoline into a jeep in the field.  |
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Post by mustang1989 on Mar 8, 2023 13:32:47 GMT -5
Cool photo!! That looks like an ol' Duece!!! I've got LOTS of time in those things!!!
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Post by tcoat on Mar 8, 2023 13:40:55 GMT -5
Cool photo!! That looks like an ol' Duece!!! I've got LOTS of time in those things!!! That was a brand new 5 ton. I was the first regular driver for it. |
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Post by mustang1989 on Mar 8, 2023 13:59:46 GMT -5
Cool photo!! That looks like an ol' Duece!!! I've got LOTS of time in those things!!! That was a brand new 5 ton. I was the first regular driver for it. I should've spotted that. Now that I'm looking at it closer it's got the same body but a different chassis. Bad a$$ trucks nonetheless. |
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Post by chromdome35 on Mar 8, 2023 14:17:37 GMT -5
Man, I love this scene! That you have a personal connection to it makes it even more special.
I love all the details, you even have a Mermite can in there. I have a real one I use as an indestructible cooler at times) They are getting hard to find anymore, especially with the inserts.
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Post by garydavis on Mar 8, 2023 16:21:53 GMT -5
Man, I love this scene! That you have a personal connection to it makes it even more special. I love all the details, you even have a Mermite can in there. I have a real one I use as an indestructible cooler at times) They are getting hard to find anymore, especially with the inserts. Those Mermite cans were good. But...by the time my 1st Shirt got to my location (we were on reforger in Germany and I was way up front in the woods above Hohenfels..11D20 Scout)
The coffee tasted like cough syrup...the powdered scramble eggs had turned GREEN and the bacon & the toast was as hard as hockey pucks!  Soooo...I grabbed a few slices of the bacon, diluted the coffee with canteen water, poured some on the bread to soften it up a little, put the bacon between the now SOFTER bread and ate it! My crew (5 guys) saw me do that and thee of them followed suit. I'll tell ya...that tasted better than some of the WWII C rations we had on board our M113 A1.
tcoat...The M113 APC and M551 Sheridan in your dio...really look good. Brought back some GREAT memories. Very good Builds. The Huey just flat looks AWESOME!
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Post by Leon on Mar 8, 2023 16:46:12 GMT -5
Great looking builds and dio there!
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Post by buddho on Mar 12, 2023 21:39:49 GMT -5
Great job on the dios, the figures, vehicle and huey are well done.
I worked with a Vietnam vet named Lynn Bates, who was a crew chief on a huey, one of my best friends who I miss dearly.
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Post by Steve Zuleski on Mar 13, 2023 10:41:21 GMT -5
Fine Nam dios! Man, yall area bunch of "ol farts, HA!
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Post by tcoat on Mar 13, 2023 11:54:02 GMT -5
Fine Nam dios! Man, yall area bunch of "ol farts, HA!  |
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Post by transammike on Mar 14, 2023 16:38:50 GMT -5
All great looking builds there!!
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Post by tcoat on Apr 16, 2023 14:09:11 GMT -5
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Post by garydavis on Apr 30, 2023 10:25:27 GMT -5
That last DIO looks AWESOME, tcoat...
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