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Tale of 2 H-21's
Mustanger
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Posted: Saturday, August 25, 2012 - 06:16 AM UTC
Would the tires on the derelict helo be flat (dry rot and all that)?
DougCohen
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Posted: Saturday, August 25, 2012 - 10:54 AM UTC
I did flatten them a lot as I thought the same thing maybe it is not enough but on the base they will be sunk in so stand by and then we shall see
DougCohen
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Posted: Saturday, August 25, 2012 - 02:43 PM UTC
more weathering and some rotor hold rods



DougCohen
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Posted: Saturday, August 25, 2012 - 02:43 PM UTC


DougCohen
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Posted: Monday, August 27, 2012 - 01:35 AM UTC
the junk yard is ready now for the helicopter



DougCohen
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Posted: Monday, August 27, 2012 - 06:43 AM UTC
first one is done now I need to get the Special Hobby kit back on track.





DougCohen
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Posted: Monday, August 27, 2012 - 06:44 AM UTC



Jessie_C
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Posted: Monday, August 27, 2012 - 05:41 PM UTC
That's really great Doug. It may need some evidence that the birds have been visiting though...
DougCohen
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Posted: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - 08:41 AM UTC
Oh yea
Jess I will be putting a nest in and posting the pictures soon, I forgot about that.
Jessie_C
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Posted: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - 01:05 PM UTC
I was thinking more along the lines of the evidence on this lightning but a nest wouldn't hurt. And possibly some dust and graffiti on it as well? Maybe not so obviously offensive as what the hooligns put on the lighthing...
DougCohen
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Posted: Sunday, September 02, 2012 - 02:15 PM UTC
Jess
how is this?




DougCohen
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Posted: Sunday, September 02, 2012 - 02:15 PM UTC
oh and some bird poo too!
Jessie_C
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Posted: Sunday, September 02, 2012 - 02:34 PM UTC
Awwwwwww, Mrs bird and her family!
Jessie_C
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Posted: Monday, September 03, 2012 - 03:35 PM UTC
Seeing your model has me tempted to try and recrate this scene out of my Dad's career.
DougCohen
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Posted: Friday, January 04, 2013 - 01:31 AM UTC
Jess
I just saw your post with the picture of your Dad's H-21, that would be fantastic to do, and in 1/72nd scale the Italieri kits would be light enough to work and they are great models. Go for it Girl!
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Posted: Friday, January 04, 2013 - 09:57 AM UTC
Hi Doug,

outstanding work!!! Perfect!
This is an interesting color scheme I have never seen on a German H-21 before. Is there a photo source for that?

Keep building!

Regards,

Sebastian
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Posted: Friday, January 04, 2013 - 03:54 PM UTC
Doug,
Your work is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Excelent
DougCohen
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Posted: Monday, January 07, 2013 - 02:53 AM UTC

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Hi Doug,

outstanding work!!! Perfect!
This is an interesting color scheme I have never seen on a German H-21 before. Is there a photo source for that?

Keep building!

Regards,

Sebastian
I was in Germany several years ago with a US Army assignment and saw this helicopter abandoned in a wooded area. The German army and Air Force flew many H-21 helicopters in the 60's and 70's in lots of roles. You can find some pictures on airliners.net. I just love the way the German insignia looks on aircraft

Sebastian
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Posted: Tuesday, January 08, 2013 - 06:50 AM UTC
Hi Doug ,

thanks for reply! There are a lot of nice pictures of the H-21 on Airliners.net.


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I just love the way the German insignia looks on aircraft


That´s the reason why I cannot leave my hands from post war Bundeswehr stuff...



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I was in Germany several years ago with a US Army assignment and saw this helicopter abandoned in a wooded area


May I know where this was?

Many thanks and best regards,

Sebastian
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Posted: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 - 04:28 AM UTC
it was in Wertzburg
Middle_Franconian
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Posted: Thursday, January 10, 2013 - 07:47 PM UTC
Thanks Doug. You mean the area near Würzburg?

Your article infected me. I am thinking about building the 1:72 Italeri issue of the H-21. This issue gas very nice markings:


Italeri H-21 1:72

Best regards,

Sebastian
Jessie_C
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Posted: Friday, January 11, 2013 - 02:47 AM UTC

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I am thinking about building the 1:72 Italeri issue of the H-21. This issue gas very nice markings


I don't know if it's coincidence, but the RCAF option in the Italeri kit just happens to be the one doing the lifting in the picture I posted above
DougCohen
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Posted: Friday, January 11, 2013 - 03:53 AM UTC
it is fate, now you must do it.
Jessie_C
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Posted: Friday, January 11, 2013 - 05:25 AM UTC
I've been wracking my brain trying to figure out a way to mount them so they're secure and stable, and not getting very far. Bent wires in the place of the lift cables seemed the obvious way to go, but they'd either be horribly out of scale or so floppy that the whole thing would fall over
I think that I might have to go for the latter stages of the operation. Here's 610 back home at RCAF Greenwood with 591 in the background.


My Hobbycraft kit will become 610 while the Italeri will be 591
DougCohen
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Posted: Friday, January 11, 2013 - 06:23 AM UTC

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I've been wracking my brain trying to figure out a way to mount them so they're secure and stable, and not getting very far. Bent wires in the place of the lift cables seemed the obvious way to go, but they'd either be horribly out of scale or so floppy that the whole thing would fall over
I think that I might have to go for the latter stages of the operation. Here's 610 back home at RCAF Greenwood with 591 in the background.


My Hobbycraft kit will become 610 while the Italeri will be 591


I think that a little out of scale wire would do the trick, and you could cheat alittle by having some guide wires hanging to the ground with personel manning them and these would stabalize the hovering helo.
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