WIP Helicopter fighter from the Grave Yard

chrisonord · January 27, 2011, 01:43:57 PM

After being inspired by the helicopter fighter thread, I dug a dead PAH-2 out of the bone Yard in the shed, along with a dead Dauphin and a few other non helicopter bits. The PAH-2 got its tail cut off as did the dead Dauphin, and the fan tail got transplanted onto the PAH-2.
The nose has a new Radar in it and a new set of stub wings stolen from a dead OV-10 Bronco suitably modified and stuck on the fuselage.
Weapons will be 4 or 6 AAM's 2 fixed .50's in one sponson and a fixed 30 mm cannon in the other sponson. The landing gear is scratch built and fixed in position. New tail wings will also be scratch built from card or suitable stuff from the dead models stash.
Cheers,
Chris.

GTX · January 28, 2011, 11:19:26 AM

Tophe · January 30, 2011, 09:59:30 AM

Keep faith and this helicopter may live again...

Army of One · January 30, 2011, 10:13:25 AM

I likee..........

.........what you gonna call it....? AH1 Frankenchopper..?? awesome example of plastic recycling...!!!!!

pyro-manic · January 30, 2011, 10:43:27 AM

Looks good so far! What missiles are you going to give it? A few Sidewinders/ASRAAMs, or a whole heap of Stingers/Starstreaks?

chrisonord · January 30, 2011, 11:17:37 AM

Quote from: pyro-manic on January 30, 2011, 10:43:27 AM
Looks good so far! What missiles are you going to give it? A few Sidewinders/ASRAAMs, or a whole heap of Stingers/Starstreaks?

I was thinking of putting 4 sidewinders on the stub wings, with 2 under fuselage pylons capable of carrying AMRAAM's. Although I could arm it with a pair of ASRAAM's instead of a pair of sidewinders I suppose, I have done a bit more work to it now so I shall get some more pictures done of it.
Cheers,
Chris.

Taiidantomcat · January 30, 2011, 12:44:49 PM

Quote from: Army of One on January 30, 2011, 10:13:25 AM
awesome example of plastic recycling...!!!!!

Seriously! And it looks like it all fits like a glove

chrisonord · February 02, 2011, 03:41:15 PM

Well this thing is nearly finished now, and I would like to thank Zombolt for planting the seed for this build, as the bits would be still sat in the dead stuff box in the shed. I am not too happy with the canopy as it is in a bad state, and the other one is not much good either.
I just need to sort some decals for it and the AAM's and its done.

Cheers,
Chris.

ChernayaAkula · February 02, 2011, 06:05:31 PM

The nose radar, tricycle undercarriage and fixed guns give it a bit of Ka-50Sh touch. Very nice!

Taiidantomcat · February 02, 2011, 06:13:11 PM

very nice!

Army of One · February 03, 2011, 07:37:49 AM

Coming along really well there.........looking forward to the finished article.......great paint scheme as well......

pyro-manic · February 03, 2011, 08:54:14 AM

Nice camo!

Zombolt · February 03, 2011, 05:36:51 PM

Quote from: chrisonord on February 02, 2011, 03:41:15 PM
Well this thing is nearly finished now, and I would like to thank Zombolt for planting the seed for this build, as the bits would be still sat in the dead stuff box in the shed.
[awesome pics here]
Cheers,
Chris.

I'm just happy to see that other people thought it was a cool idea : D