uglyfatbloke | 03 Mar 2015 8:32 a.m. PST |
Any suggestions for helicopter models/kits/toys for 28mm Vietnam games? I'm well into what I call my my 'sphere of ignorance' on this, so any and all suggestions welcome. I'm in the UK which may make it difficult to get some products, but will happily use 1/72 helicopters. |
15mm and 28mm Fanatik | 03 Mar 2015 9:00 a.m. PST |
You can find cheap 1/48 Huey Iroquois and Cobra chopper kits on Ebay. 1/72 is for 20mm and hence too small for 28mm. |
haywire | 03 Mar 2015 9:17 a.m. PST |
yeah, I would go with the 1/48. They may be "big" but since a lot of 28mm are heroic, it works better. |
Jcfrog | 03 Mar 2015 10:38 a.m. PST |
Anything that lands would want to be on scale…. And that will take space! Only in flight, better smaller to add distace effect+ easy+ price+ weight… |
uglyfatbloke | 03 Mar 2015 11:03 a.m. PST |
It's been a while, but I've been in them quite enough to know that I'm not keen on being in them. jcfrog; only in flight, hence I was thinking of 1/72, but maybe a more 'in scale' one to have as bit of crashed scenery or objective marker. I was hoping there might be some suitable die-cast models- 1/72 perhaps- that would be sturdy (I'm very clumsy as well as fat and ugly) and maybe even avoid painting. |
Lion in the Stars | 03 Mar 2015 11:35 a.m. PST |
"Helicopter advice?" Yeah…don't fly in them unless you really have to. Been described to me as "10,000 spare parts flying together in a loose formation." Sounds about right.
Not to forget: "Helicopters don't actually fly, they just beat the air into submission" And the full version of that first quote: "A helicopter is 10,000 spare parts flying in loose formation around an oil leak, held together with lockwire" |
uglyfatbloke | 03 Mar 2015 11:57 a.m. PST |
Lockwire? Whatever happened top good old gaffa tape? From my old roadie days I recall that 'if a job can't be done with gaffa, God did n't mean it to get done in the first place.' |
Gaz0045 | 03 Mar 2015 12:54 p.m. PST |
Helo's are fun to watch…..horrible to be in. For a 'crashed' helo in 28 mm …… link Edit-the 'Vietnam' reference has only just registered! |
hocklermp5 | 03 Mar 2015 5:19 p.m. PST |
For a 1/48 LOACH AMP Models in the Ukraine are the best bet. No doors, minigun, and decals for "Miss Clawd IV", Hugh Mills, author of "Low Level Hell", bird. I bought four total from two different sellers on Ebay. $25 USD to $28 USD depending on which seller. Free Shipping and in my hot little hands in around 10 days. Mind, this was during the revolution and chaos there. |
LostPict | 03 Mar 2015 7:30 p.m. PST |
I did a big 28mm vietnam project last year: link I went with the cheap 1/48 Revell Hueys Hogs on Amazon. Here are mine after a grest modeler built and painted them for me: link I also found some cheap diecast CH-46 Sea Knights from New Ray. I also had Tamiya AD Sky raider and a Testo rs OV-10 Bronco built to round out the air support. |
hocklermp5 | 03 Mar 2015 9:18 p.m. PST |
I need to clarify the "no doors" comment about the LOACH. Scouts flew with no doors both to see better and be able to get the hell out fast if shot down. I believe Mills was shot down four times in LOACHes, thus "Miss Clawd IV", and once in a Cobra on his second tour. I bought the Revell Huey Hog and the fuselage halves don't match up. It was so bad putty and sanding wouldn't work. I guess yours didn't have that problem. I went shopping on Ebay for an OV-10 and bought an old "Hawk" kit. I believe Testors bought Hawk out and now Testors belongs to someone else. Hawk turned out nice models and Testors did not change them much. Anyway, the Hawk OV-10A was a model of the prototype complete with the "Tri Service" on the tail. It was intended for Army, Air Force and Navy. Designed to use roads for runways, and all sorts of support roles. Also the guys that came up with it were going to mount recoilless rifles on it! The Air Force added all kinds of equipment to it until it had to use runways and have a 40 foot wingspan instead of 30 foot. I thought the Hawk model looked strange and found out it had a 30 foot wingspan and sponsons under the fuselage that stuck straight out while production aircraft sponsons were angled downwards to help with lift and provide less drag. I like the short wingspan but the straight sponsons look strange so I got a Testors OV-10 while they were still cheap and used the sponsons from that kit. I notice OV-10s still in use have a four bladed propeller. I bought two Airfix 1/72 F-51D Mustangs that are dirt cheap and had four bladed props that were perfect. For some reason Hawk often used a green plastic that was almost neon. Really detracted from the quality of their kits. |