discussion We Were Soldiers ,b,;;;

[monica]

well I,have not done anything from this time,being the Vietnam war,and did real like this movie,
about major,H,Moore and the battle of la Dang,were on the last day ,he and his men,run to the hill,
and into an ambush ,of the Vietnamese,and just in the nice of time,his,choppers,show up to save them,
what I,m going for is some think ,like the pic,shown ,
well lets hope so,:smirk:
well have made a start on the old girl,and wow is she a monster,but a fun build,have not done one before,
and using the ,Revell,Ben UH-1D ,Attack Chopper 1.35,
that suits what I,need,
hope that you like my idea for this build,
did get some done,and base coated,before this furry,one came along for a sleep,so will wait for her to go,before,
starting the paint work,as if its no good for me,well I,m not going to harm ,my little friend,:smiling:so will wait for her
to go,ans should have time before Graham comes on,:hugging-face:

 

[papa 695]

Nice one Monica, I nice idea for a diorama, and not a bad film too.

 

[rtfoe]

Hi Monica, nice...I built this kit too looong time ago. If I can remember quite a good kit for an old casting. Modified it to a slick.

Nice idea and a good movie until the ending which was Hollywood drama but fun. For me the best part is the cut off platoon fighting for their lives and surviving.
Here's a pic of the same kit you're building for reference...

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Cheers,
Richard

 

[Jim R]

Hi Monica
Great idea for a dio. The helicopter is huge. Looks like you are off to a good start.
Jim

 

[monica]

Nice one Monica, I nice idea for a diorama, and not a bad film too.

thank you Ian,so glad that your liking it so far,:smiling:

Hi Monica, nice...I built this kit too looong time ago. If I can remember quite a good kit for an old casting. Modified it to a slick.

Nice idea and a good movie until the ending which was Hollywood drama but fun. For me the best part is the cut off platoon fighting for their lives and surviving.
Here's a pic of the same kit you're building for reference...

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Cheers,
Richard

thank you,Richard,the pics do help a lot,your right at about the Hollywood drama but fun,but makes for such a great build,lol,:smiling:

Hi Monica
Great idea for a dio. The helicopter is huge. Looks like you are off to a good start.
Jim

thank you ,Jim,oh she is huge,would have more done,but the bad,AB,is giving me hell,just dose not won,t to spray,try to mix the
same each time,but oh no wont play nice will it,

 

[Guest]

Hi Monica.
Can see now why you had been asking about the helicopter a while back.
We don't see many dioramas of Vietnam ,so will grab a seat next to Jim and Richard .
John.

 

[Steve Jones]

She's gonna take a lot of paint! The build seems to be going well. Sorry to hear about the issues with the airbrush. Hopefully it will all come good in the end

 

[monica]

Hi Monica.
Can see now why you had been asking about the helicopter a while back.
We don't see many dioramas of Vietnam ,so will grab a seat next to Jim and Richard .
John.

Hi,John,yes always have a reason,for asking some thing,thats one reason for doing this nam one,
and do have one planned,for after this one,
so glad that you do like this idea,and glad to have,Jim,Richard,John along as well,:smiling:

She's gonna take a lot of paint! The build seems to be going well. Sorry to hear about the issues with the airbrush. Hopefully it will all come good in the end

hi Steve,well ,I can say it did use a lot of paint,and ,I,battle the whole time with the AB,Always do for dome reason,real
don,t know why,some think with the paint for me,never mix the same each time,
but so glad that your liking it so far,:smiling:

 

[monica]

well hears the progress on this old,girl,paint on and windows in,with some oops glue,
were I,real don't won,t it,and real don't know how to clean it up,:flushed:,know ,thats why I,like Armour :smiling:
but oh well,later when dry will get it together,also made a start,on the crew,
well hoping you are liking it

 

[stillp]

Looking good Monica! Can you sand the excess glue off and micromesh where it was?

Pete

 

[scottie3158]

Hi Monica,
Great work so far.

 

[Jim F]

Hi Monica,
Great start on the Huey, the film is great but if you get the chance read the book, there is a second book which is a reunion of Hal Moore and the vietnamese general aong with a number of the other combatants which is on my to read list,
Jim

 

[monica]

Looking good Monica! Can you sand the excess glue off and micromesh where it was?

Pete

thats a good question,Peter,I,do think sand will scratch it to much,maybe true some atone very lightly ,and use a clear,over it,
or turn it into dust lol,

Hi Monica,
Great work so far.

thank you,Paul,do glad that your liking it so far,:smiling:

Hi Monica,
Great start on the Huey, the film is great but if you get the chance read the book, there is a second book which is a reunion of Hal Moore and the vietnamese general aong with a number of the other combatants which is on my to read list,
Jim

sounds an interesting book,Jim,will have a look for it,dose interest me that ,type of reading.,
glad that your liking it so far,thank you,:smiling4:

 

[Jon Heptonstall]

Hi Monica.
Looking good.
Another excellent book is Chickenhawk by Robert Mason detailing his time as a Huey pilot in Vietnam.Hours of flying routine trips interspersed with landing in hot LZ and the effects on personnel- great read.
Jon.

 

[Guest]

I concur with you Monika on paints !
Sure it will work out, it it was armour we would throw mud on it, but don't know :sad:
Good luck .
John.

 

[scottie3158]

There was a book knocking about on an exercise in Germany in the early 80's about the hughy in the front was a couple of pages showing the layout and the key to the instrument panel and switches and by the time you had finished the book you could almost fly one from the descriptions in the book.

 

[monica]

Hi Monica.
Looking good.
Another excellent book is Chickenhawk by Robert Mason detailing his time as a Huey pilot in Vietnam.Hours of flying routine trips interspersed with landing in hot LZ and the effects on personnel- great read.
Jon.

There was a book knocking about on an exercise in Germany in the early 80's about the hughy in the front was a couple of pages showing the layout and the key to the instrument panel and switches and by the time you had finished the book you could almost fly one from the descriptions in the book.

thank you,Paul,Joh,should make for good reading take me foe ever ,as i get sleepy when i read,:relieved:

I concur with you Monika on paints !
Sure it will work out, it it was armour we would throw mud on it, but don't know :sad:
Good luck .
John.

oh how easy with armour it is to cover thig,but with flying things a little bit harder lol,

 

[rtfoe]

Hi Monica, great progress. :thumb2:

Aircraft are a different process in assembly than armour. It needs a more delicate approach to seam lines which if unlucky will need copious amounts of fillers and sanding. The ubiqitious mud is not much help to cover mistakes as they don't fly in the sky to splatter the aircraft. :smiling4: I wear different hats when switching genres.

Hi Monica,
Great start on the Huey, the film is great but if you get the chance read the book, there is a second book which is a reunion of Hal Moore and the vietnamese general aong with a number of the other combatants which is on my to read list,
Jim

Read the first one. Highly recommended.

Hi Monica.
Looking good.
Another excellent book is Chickenhawk by Robert Mason detailing his time as a Huey pilot in Vietnam.Hours of flying routine trips interspersed with landing in hot LZ and the effects on personnel- great read.
Jon.

Have that and was inspiration for my Huey build.

Cheers,
Richard

 

[spanner570]

Monica, a bit of hard luck there, but I wouldn't worry a fig about the glue on the windows. These things flew many times every day in dust, rain, heat, you name it. The last thing on anyone's mind would be cleaning side windows. So I suggest a simple well watered dose of Lt. Grey on the side windows, then streak them a bit. Your machine is modelled in combat, not in a glass case.

Excellent start.

Ron

 

[monica]

Monica, a bit of hard luck there, but I wouldn't worry a fig about the glue on the windows. These things flew many times every day in dust, rain, heat, you name it. The last thing on anyone's mind would be cleaning side windows. So I suggest a simple well watered dose of Lt. Grey on the side windows, then streak them a bit. Your machine is modelled in combat, not in a glass case.

Excellent start.

Ron

hi,Ron,thats a great idea,I,was thinking along ,soing some think like that,:thumb2: