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Part way through the H-13D/E cockpit assembly.... A little more detail painting some touch ups and some shoulder belts.... It's pretty plain jane... But that's what they were in the early Korean war.... Essentially they were considered as nothing more than air jeep's, many had only single controls, they would send one out to some coordinates on a map, pick up your passenger, (if you could find them) and come back to base... Radios were quickly added to them as they made the job a lot easier... But for the first ones out there in the first few months of the war, it took a lot of courage to do air evac missions... If you went down, you were on your own...
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Thanks Dan.... (although I'm a bit rusty with the paint) probably should have used a marker...
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Neither have I Alan, I suspect they didn't mark them for some reason probably cause they weren't used in mass formation so they really didn't need it... (most military vehicle markings were for unit identification on the battlefield.... Using the kit supplied markings would be a non-sequitur for an SDF vehicle....
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Ok Instrument columns.... I added the battery box to the H-13D column, it was missing from the kit.... Next up, the cockpit floors/cabin interiors....
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Thanks Greyhawk... Yeah there is a lot of those missed roads in everyone's life.... everyone could write a book about them.... {chuckle}
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There was a lot of field expediency going on that's for sure, substitution was the word for mission critical equipment, whatever it took to keep it going... Yep, illegal beer, (according to my father) but that was overseas, Korea and Japan... He said there was many a time the seniors got together with some of the more promising young troopers fresh from the states (particularly the young "shavetails" ie. gold bar generals as he called them) to pass a few cases around and "Instruct" them on how the military "Really" functioned out here... {chuckle} great stories even if some of them weren't exactly completely true.... I suspect your right, My father told a lot of stories, but the real serious ones he would get all silent and refuse to talk sometimes... There was a lot of therapy in those stories...
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Thank you Mark, I certainly hope so... there wasn't a lot of that during WWII or Korea, The WPB was still in effect until 1956 and all military production and procurement went thru them, there wasn't a whole lot of shopping around to fill shortages, they always had at least two suppliers for every critical part... it was required in the contracts... After that was another story though... the WPB was shut down and open bidding was established much like it was prewar... And of course the typical contractor shenanigan's that brought with it... Those old guys were the best weren't they, they would just love to, as they would put it, bring the young guys along on how it really is.... (and was) a lot of veteran experience was taught and great stories told... (while disposing of prodigious amounts of illegal beer I've been told, gotta teach the young'uns right you know, according to my father)
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Instrument Columns... The kits different columns... Of course the H-13H's column is on the left and the H-13D's is on the right.... Now the H13H's has the radio direction finder antenna (the loop on top) which is going to have to come off... The basic training birds generally didn't have such equipment, the H-13D's I added the battery box, the kit had the shelf but not the box, notice that there is no radio mounted to the column.... The early air ambulances didn't have a radio.... You can easily see as time went on the avionics for this bird were in a constant state of upgrade and retro fitting... Early 1950's H-13D Bell built Air Ambulance, no radio at all... Below, an early 60's H-13H A USAEU Major Generals taxi.... note everything they could possibly carry as an extra accessory is on this bird.... And of course below, a Ft Wolters H-13H... It carries the big radio in black with the grey column, (notice no direction finder antenna) avionics box behind the engine and battery installed out on the boom as a balance weight... They did a lot with these birds, constantly upgrading them... So the columns will be Aircraft Grey with black instruments and one big huge black radio on the "H" model.... Onward..
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I suspect your right Mark, the chrome rocker covers come directly from civilian production as the engine was a direct descendent from their four cylinder light commercial aircraft engine... The black radios, that exact style of electronics package appears to be black in all variants I've come across, retro-fitted to "D"'s up to new installs in "S"'s so since that is what the kit has that is what it will get painted... One of the problem of researching this aircraft is that there are very very few that are in their original issued condition... 6500 were built over 40 some odd years and when the military were finished with them they were scooped up in the civilian market quickly... Of course having to be type certified and upgraded to get their flying certificate, not very many retain their actual military look... Good military service pics are hard to find... Museum restos are easy to find but then they are restorations... Hopefully they will be presentable when done and look something like the real in-service machines...
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Thanks my friend, I'm trying to make them as authentic as I can... Interesting stuff there at Reskit, nothing to help here, but they have some very nice stuff for a few others in my stash..... And in the correct scales as well....
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Aircraft interiors, H-13 interiors, except for a few specialized birds, the aircraft interiors were Aircraft Grey, with Olive Drab seat cushions... Instrument columns were the same with black faced dials and radios... With these two birds we are dealing with essentially the same column... Some differences in electronics fit due to the date in service but still essentially the same thing... H-13D/E column... H-13G/H Column... A lot of times the radios mounted in the later versions wee painted black, which was pretty standard for a training bird... even though in this one the radios are grey... Although I just might make this image my exemplar, it fits what is in the kit well and has the right colors in the right places.... And here is a "D" model that has been upgraded to the G/H avionics standard.... Note the bigger black radio outfit on top of the instrument column... This is the outfit the Revell kit carries... still debating on grey or black electronics on the training bird...
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Thank you Dennis, sometimes one must get on with it... life doesn't stop for anyone...
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Good deal Brother, welcome aboard...
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That would be a no in my book as well, the 352 Cabover pete can be had for under 50.00 and the 40' fruehof trailer is common... $120.00 for a set of ancient probably unusable Budweiser decals?You can build the artwork and have them printed for less than 120.00
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Ok the kits Lycoming O-435 basically finished except for touch ups.... I added a bit more chrome to the rocker covers so they shine a bit more... Why they put chrome on a military bird I haven't a clue... But it's there... It does have a belt and pully to drive the fan, but the upper engine mount has to go on first so it will come when it's time to mount the engine... 12 of 13 parts total..... Next step is the instrument columns... Onwards My friends...
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Lycoming O-435, The Model engine... The first seven pieces, lots of painting... That is chrome on the rocker covers, no good way to get a shot of it though... (but you can see a hint of the green reflection from the build mat) Next up the intake & exhaust systems, all of five parts... Few parts, all painting on this one... Onwards...
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Hi Yan, Thanks for the interest.. (and the reminder) It's going to take a bit of time to drag everything out and go over it... I haven't forgotten this one... I'm currently doing my H-13 dual build and will be open to restarting another when that is done... At that point I will list the what's and where's I have made to bring this into line with the real deal... It kinda got side tracked in shipping limbo and that was before they shut down the shipping due to covid..... Shipping is probably a lot worse now.... (Austria is still blocked for shipping to the US from most locations there) There's a good chance I will pick this one back up when done with the H-13's, Bluejay Four is a complete restart so that can wait... It's been sitting for almost a year and a half now.... Time to get her on the road....
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Thanks Mark... Yeah those dropped "R"'s are a pain, thanks, fixed... {chuckle} Flyin finners strike again...
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It's not a bad kit Brother, lots of parts... the Revell kit has fewer parts but the detail scribing is much better... Currently I'm working out the colors... It seems like they were painted all different colors depending on where they were manufactured... In the top pic above a German museum machine, the engine is all grey, in the lower pic an Italian machine the engine is black, the US machines I have detail pics that show an olive drab engine with bare steel cylinders, steel exhausts, chromed intakes and rocker covers and black accessories... An operating in service machine... Still working out how I wish to paint it... Model Lycoming engine... Block and cylinders on the left, oil, coolant pumps and starter on the right... 4 parts so far... {chuckle} Break out the old painting skills...
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One Franklin O-355-5... (17 of 18 parts of her) Next up, the Lycoming O-435, The H-13H engine... Onwards brothers....
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Happy to be back doing something, thanks brother..... Happy New Years to you as well my friend...
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And Happy New Years to you too Brother... I never let it go, just had the world falling in on me for a while... Have decided that I need to take some time for myself if I don't I will get lost in everyone else's world... This is a good respite... Doing something useful for a change... Going slow, plugging away, enjoying a leisurely stroll down the creation path... A relaxing journey.... Lets take a walk.... {smile}
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Preliminary painting done... Now on to the oil tank, fan shroud and cyclic control horn.... Onwards.....
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For grip, the mass is insufficient to store any heat whatsoever so in a very hot environment they would radiate heat quickly... Compressed air picks up heat when it is compressed as does most compressed gases... Allowed to normalize temp in the surrounding environment, its very temperature stable.... although a quick de-pressurization would condense any water in the air.... Pressure drops gasses get colder... Pressure rises, gasses get warmer...
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