Scratch build the bullet chute for the side door miniguns...

I stole these two sets of minigun from another kit and for the VNAF set up, there are the bullet chute attached to catch the bullets when they are firing like these photos reference. I sketched something up so I know exactly what to do.... The making of the bullet chute in progess... Here are the finished chutes mounting to the guns and ready to paint....

VNAF 213th Helicopter Sq. UH-1H Gunship - Da-Nang AFB.

I've been away for too long....it's about time for some updates... Cockpit and pilots painted and assemble...I used a matt black paint for undercoat then finished off the pilots and seats etc. with artist oil paints....applied straight on...just like doing oil painting on canvas....

Happy New Year...

Remembrance 40 years of the Paracel battle Jan 19 1974 - Jan 19 2014.

1/35 UH-1H VNAF 213rd Helicopter Squadron, Da-Nang AFB

This is the kit....1/35 scale UH-1D by Dragon. And I am going to modify it to the H model.

And here is the plan, initially I wanted to build a "slick" Huey like this illustration with a rare camouflage of the 217th HS based at Binh-Thuy AFB.

Then I changed my mind to do a gunship of the 213rd HS based at Da-Nang for the memory of a friend of our family who was the 213th gunship pilot, a truth hero who passed away recently...

Photo editing...

These days...with computer and technologies, we can play more with the models after they're finished and instead of sitting on the shelves or in display cases...we can make them like real aircrafts flying in the sky....and here is my Dragonfly in hot, low level flying in supporting ground troops of the RAVN...

Finish model...

These photos were shot on the roof of my car and use real background...:)