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OH 6's in Vietnam
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Posted: Sunday, November 09, 2014 - 03:45 AM UTC
I am going to build three different OH 6 models together to compare them as I go. The first is the AMP kit, the second is the old Tamiya kit, and the third is the Academy kit.

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Posted: Sunday, November 09, 2014 - 03:55 AM UTC
this is the AMP kit, I started it a while back and wanted to get it finished up, so while a
I looked at decal choices I found a great sheet from Fireball of aeroscouts in Vietnam and could not decide on which one to do so decided to do three.
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Posted: Sunday, November 09, 2014 - 03:56 AM UTC
this is the old Tamiya kit
DougCohen
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Posted: Sunday, November 09, 2014 - 03:57 AM UTC
this is the Academy kit with a Quickboost OH 6 conversion tail, it also has a new 4 blade rotor head to back date the MD-500 to an OH 6
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Posted: Sunday, November 09, 2014 - 04:01 AM UTC
some more work to get the Tamiya and Academy OH 6's up to the point of the AMP kit.



the Academy kit is a redo of the Hasegawa kit but with scribed panel lines and it is almost interchangeable with the AMP kit so they both come from the Hasegawa kit in one way or another.

the panel on the left is the Tamiya and on the right is the Academy
DougCohen
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Posted: Sunday, November 09, 2014 - 04:05 AM UTC
they are of course all 1/48th scale, the Tamiya has the shorter landing skids that are accurate for a Vietnam Loach, it is smaller in most dimensions than the other two kits. I am not sure which is correct and since they are so close I am not too worried about it.

one good thing about the AMP and Academy kits being interchangeable is that the AMP kits clear parts are not very clear so I will replace them with parts from an extra Academy kit.
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Posted: Sunday, November 09, 2014 - 03:02 PM UTC
Will be followed with a lot of interest!!!
DougCohen
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Posted: Monday, November 10, 2014 - 06:53 AM UTC
early OH 6's had the upper portion of the windscreen tinted very dark, this was done by painting with an airbrush with clear green and then clear blue then clear green and then clear blue again.
DougCohen
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Posted: Monday, November 10, 2014 - 06:54 AM UTC
progress on the AMP kit


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Posted: Monday, November 10, 2014 - 06:54 AM UTC
progress on the Tamiya kit

DougCohen
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Posted: Monday, November 10, 2014 - 06:55 AM UTC
and on the Academy kit

DougCohen
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Posted: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 - 03:59 AM UTC
IP and fire bottle for the Tamiya


DougCohen
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Posted: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 - 04:00 AM UTC
IP and fire bottle for the Academy



DougCohen
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Posted: Saturday, November 15, 2014 - 10:14 PM UTC
progress on the helo's, painting starting

Tamiya
DougCohen
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Posted: Saturday, November 15, 2014 - 10:14 PM UTC
AMP
DougCohen
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Posted: Saturday, November 15, 2014 - 10:15 PM UTC
Academy

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Posted: Saturday, November 15, 2014 - 10:57 PM UTC
Doug,
A really good looking build you've got going. In particular, I like the choice of OD paint, what brand is it? At least on my monitor it looks to capture pretty well the brownish hue that a lot of the U.S. Army equipment had during the 1960's. I was stationed in the I Corps area of Vietnam in '69 and the difference between our "Marine Green" equipment and the army stuff was quite pronounced. Again, you've done some great work, keep it up.
Duane
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Posted: Sunday, November 16, 2014 - 05:42 AM UTC

Quoted Text

Doug,
A really good looking build you've got going. In particular, I like the choice of OD paint, what brand is it? At least on my monitor it looks to capture pretty well the brownish hue that a lot of the U.S. Army equipment had during the 1960's. I was stationed in the I Corps area of Vietnam in '69 and the difference between our "Marine Green" equipment and the army stuff was quite pronounced. Again, you've done some great work, keep it up.
Duane


I use Tamiya paint and this color is a mix of 80% Olive Drab XF-62 and 20% Yellow Green XF-4. makes a pretty good Army OD from this period.
DougCohen
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Posted: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 04:58 AM UTC
decals now on, this is the AMP kit with the decals that come in the kit of Hugh Mills mount. I used Pledge floor finish for an over and undercoat for the decals


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Posted: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 04:59 AM UTC
the Tamiya kit with Fireball decals of a ship called Snoopy
DougCohen
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Posted: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 05:01 AM UTC
the Academy kit with decals from Fireball, of an Aeroscout OH6 that had its tail replaced and flew with it in primer yellow.
DougCohen
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Posted: Thursday, November 20, 2014 - 06:44 AM UTC
dull coat applied and lights


AMP kit
DougCohen
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Posted: Thursday, November 20, 2014 - 06:45 AM UTC
Tamiya kit
DougCohen
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Posted: Thursday, November 20, 2014 - 06:45 AM UTC
Academy kit



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Posted: Saturday, November 22, 2014 - 09:44 PM UTC
weapons for the Loaches



the boxes are scratch built from card stock, the red M-60's are from Italieri OH-13 kits, and the grey one is from the Gallery H-34. the grey mini gun is the one from the AMP kit and the white and tan one is from an Academy HH-60. The smoke grenades are rod stock and wire bits.
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