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MRC FROG?
Zacman
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New South Wales, Australia
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Posted: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 - 02:39 PM UTC
The door gunner would he have some sort of cord or mount for the M60? or would he have just a seat belt on? also Would there be two gunner's?
Also the M-3 granade lancher's ammo belt and the drum, could that go behind the co-pilots seat ? or was it strapped to the back cabin wall?

There was some one that was doing this model a few months back, they had put wires of the engine and instrument pannel, dose any one know what section it was it under? Thanks.
mother
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New York, United States
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Posted: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 - 09:46 PM UTC
Hello Mark,
Ok...as for the door gunner, well the weapon would be either hung with some sort of a bungie or a mount.



Here are two great sites I like to use, this one and here

The gunner is most times belted off with the belt. It has a saftey line that he would attach to that was attached to one of the tie down rings to the side wall.



I can't find the photo of the 40mm grenade launcher, but the feed chute belt run forward between the pilots seats. It really runs between the center instrument panel and the co-pilot seat, and down through the floor behind the instrument panel.

As for the post you saw here, is this the one you saw

Joe
Zacman
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New South Wales, Australia
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Posted: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 - 11:54 AM UTC
Joe,
Thank's for the info, yep that's the site, Any further up dates to the model?
Zacman
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New South Wales, Australia
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Posted: Monday, September 11, 2006 - 12:53 PM UTC
Dose any one know how to put the mini-guns together?
HeavyArty
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Florida, United States
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Posted: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 - 06:15 PM UTC
They go together as the instructions show, just take your time. Another note. If you plan on using the 40mm grenade launcher, don't use the mini guns. The C model could not carry both systems and all their ammo and still get off the ground. The standard set-up was 40mm GL and 7-shot rocket pods, or miniguns and rockets, but not both. Academy got that part wrong.
Zacman
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New South Wales, Australia
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Posted: Thursday, September 14, 2006 - 03:07 PM UTC
Thanks for your reply Gino, in my kit there is no istructions for the mini-guns, I was undecided in the armament that i was going to put on the chopper, i have gone with the m-5 on the nose, i just want to put the mini-guns together to see what they look like and for the life of me i can't work it out.
Thanks for your reply.
Mark.
HeavyArty
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Florida, United States
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Posted: Thursday, September 14, 2006 - 05:56 PM UTC
Sorry, forgot that the Frog kit doesn't use the miniguns. Here you go.
Zacman
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New South Wales, Australia
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Posted: Friday, September 15, 2006 - 07:22 AM UTC
Thank's Gino, you have been a great help.
eerie
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United Kingdom
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Posted: Sunday, October 22, 2006 - 03:05 AM UTC
Does it had fitting problems? Cos mine had some gaps under the fuselage.
mother
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New York, United States
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Posted: Sunday, October 22, 2006 - 03:44 AM UTC
Fit problems, none on this end. I have heard some complain about the fuselage fit, not sure why, but no nothing here and I built both Huey’s from Academy.

Joe
HeavyArty
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Posted: Sunday, October 22, 2006 - 06:32 AM UTC
No problems here either. As long as everything is lined up inside, it should go right together. I have built four of them with no issues.
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