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ALEX'S 1/144 SCALE MODEL COLLECTION
UH-1B / HH-1K HUEY GUNSHIP PAGE
MANY YEARS AGO, I WAS IN THE US NAVY RESERVE AT NAS NORFOLK, VA
ASSIGNED TO HELICOPTER ATTACK SQUADRON LIGHT FOUR [HAL-4]. WE WERE THE REDWOLVES.
THIS SQUADRON WAS A DIRECT DESCENDANT OF THE VIETNAM ERA SEAWOLVES, HAL-3.
WE FLEW HH-1K HUEY GUNSHIPS IN SUPPORT OF THE SPECIAL WARFARE COMMUNITY ON THE EAST COAST,
INCLUDING THE SEAL TEAMS BASED AT LITTLE CREEK, VA.
This page was last updated on: December 19, 2016
MONOGRAM MODEL'S "NAVALIZED' 1/24 UH-1B GUNSHIP
VINTAGE ENTEX MODELS POCKET PAK 1/144 UH-1B KITS
IN MY COLLECTION
VISIT MY VISITOR GALLERY, AND AVIATION ART PAGES!
GUNNERY RANGE AT FORT PICKETT
ROCKET, GUNSIGHTS FROM SCRATCH
HOIST
COLUMN AND CONTROL PENDANT
BUTTONS
MAPCASE WITH MAPS
FROM TISSUE PAPER
HAND DRAWN AND COLORED
PILOT'S HARNESS CONTROL REELS SEAT BELTS AND SPRINGS
ICS [COMMUNICATION] CORDS AND CONTROLS
FIRE EXTIGUISHER
NEXT TO CO-PILOT'S SEAT
ON FLOOR.
LIFE RAFTS, HORSE COLLAR
[RESCUE SLING]
FROM EPOXY PUTTY.
ICS CORDS AND CONTROLS FROM WIRE, SEAT BELTS AND HARDWARE
FROM MASKING TAPE AND WIRE
ANTI-COLLISION LIGHT AND ALL NAVIGATION LIGHTS FROM COLORED CLEAR PLASTIC
SWASH PLATES. PITCH CHANGE LINKS, AND DUST BOOT
FIRST AID KIT FROM 1/35 TAMIYA FIGURE
BACKPACK
AND SEAT SPRINGS FROM WIRE
SEATBESTS, LIFERAFTS, HORSECOLLAR
[RESCUE SLING]
THE KIT DOES NOT COME WITH A RESCUE HOIST. ALL RESCUE HOIST COMPONENTS FROM SCRATCH.[ THE WINCH COVER IS TOO SMALL DAMMIT.]
NATOPS PILOT'S POCKET CHECKLIST FROM SCRATCH USING YELLOW AND BLUE CARD STOCK WITH WIRE RINGS AND DETAILED WITH A FINE POINT SHARPIE PEN
HOIST CONTROL PENDANT
HANDGRIP
WITH
THUMB SWITCHES
AND BUTTONS
FOR POWER, MOVING THE HOIST BOOM, AND RAISING AND LOWERING THE HOIST HOOK
THIS NAS MEMPHIS VP-67 LOCKHEED P-2V7 IS THE FIRST NAVAL AIRCRAFT
I EVER TURNED A WRENCH ON IN 1974. I WAS 18.
WE HAD TO CHANGE THE BOMB BAY CURTAIN,
WHICH WAS A BITCH, AND WE NEVER CHANGED ANOTHER ONE THE WHOLE TIME I WAS THERE. THANK GOD.
AFTER THREE YEARS ON THE P-2'S,
WORKING ON THIS NAS OCEANA VC-12 MCDONNELL-DOUGLAS TA-4J SKYHAWK
WAS LIKE WORKING ON A GO KART.
THE HUEYS WERE THE MOST FUN.
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LOADING THE 2.75 INCH ROCKETS
PLAYMATE DASH TWO [WINGMAN]
LOADING 7.62 LINKED AMMO FOR MINIGUNS
LOADING 7.62 LINKED AMMO FOR MINIGUNS
INTO THE CANS UNDER SEAT
CREW CHIEF BILLY THAYER CATCHES SOME Z'S
SOME DIPSHIT TRAINEE
WHO NEVER GOT HIS WINGS
WAITING FOR TAKEOFF AS AN HM-12 RH-53 MINE SWEEPING SEA STALLION HELO TAXIS PAST
PRE-FLIGHT INSPECTION BEFORE TAKEOFF
PREPARING TO LAND ON A SHIP
THEY MADE IT! MAYBE WE WILL TOO.
MAP READING EXERCISE. HANG A RIGHT!
LOW-LEVEL FLYING. WATCH OUT FOR THAT TREE!
OUR COUSINS, THE AH-1 COBRAS AKA SNAKES
GETTING SOME GAS AT AN ARMY GRASS AIRFIELD
WITH SCRATCH-BUILT DETAILING DESCRIBED IN THE PICTURES
CO-PILOT'S SHOULDER HARNESS AND REEL
ALL NAVIGATION LIGHTS FROM COLORED CLEAR PLASTIC
ALL NAVIGATION LIGHTS FROM COLORED CLEAR PLASTIC
