Tag: USMC

• Sikorsky H-19 – Part Four – Utility

  

  I often used to watch a television program in the 50’s and 60’s called ” Whirlybirds “. It featured adventures and rescues centred around two pilots and a Bell 47 helicopter – the US Army Sioux. I realise now that Hollywood made the 47 do a lot more than ever it could. It is a…

  Dick Stein

  May 15, 2025

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, design, helicopter, History, Model Airplane, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Korean War, USMC, Utility Helicopter

• Sikorsky H-19 – Part Two – The Common Colour

  

  In scale model building the two most common colours are Thewrong Green and Thewrong Grey. I have elected to use the first of these as the interior shade for the Sikorsky. It is related to the inside colour of USAAF planes and is likely to have carried over to Army and Marines aviation after the…

  Dick Stein

  May 12, 2025

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, design, helicopter, Model Airplane, Painting

  design, interior colours, USMC

• Bell AH-1 Z -Part Three – The Viper Vinished

  

  I really should have taken more pictures whilst building the Viper, but it was a Club Day build and went ahead by leaps and bounds. The final product has proved yet another lesson for me; one may be pleasantly surprised as readily as be dismayed. I’ve experienced the latter enough times with eastern European kits…

  Dick Stein

  June 21, 2021

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Chinese models, Colour Schemes, finances, helicopter, Lacquer, Model Airplane, Painting, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Bell, helicopter, USMC, Viper