Bell 206 Jetranger, H-58 Kiowa, and Bell 222

[Archangel]

What if the US Army had picked the Bell 222/430 over the New version of the Bell Jet Ranger ARH-70 or the UH-72. It seems that the UH-72 is having problems working when the inside temps go above 104 degress.

[Archangel]

Or this for the Coast Guard.

[LemonJello]

How many weapons stations could you fit on one of those?

Add some door guns, too.  Miniguns at that.

[Archangel]

I'm thinking that it would have to be like the Australian Hueys during the 70s. The gun and rocket pods would hang just in front of the rear doors.

[elmayerle]

For an armed version, how about on the ends of the sponsons and a plyon above each sponson.  That way, there's no interference with the main landing gear and non clearance problems on the ground.  With the door so far forward, that seems, IMHO, the most plausible route (do it right, and the structure to support the pylons can be worked into some of the required structure for the man landing gear to reduce weight growth from adding armament0.

Since the door are all comparatively forward here, I reckon that'd work better than 'tween the front and rear doors.

[bagera3005]

your first image is a 222

[Jschmus]

I knew there was a thread for this somewhere here.  I give you the Zafar 300, developed in Iran from the Bell 206 airframe.

[Shasper]

Both the B222 & B430 are considerably larger (almost the same as the AH-64) than the ol' 206, so you'd be able to see it coming from alot further away . . .

If the Army was smart, they would've refitted the later model Cobras with 4 blade rotors & the MMS from the 58Ds, now that would have been a real armed scout ;-)

[jcf]

Both the B222 & B430 are considerably larger (almost the same as the AH-64) than the ol' 206, so you'd be able to see it coming from alot further away . . .

If the Army was smart, they would've refitted the later model Cobras with 4 blade rotors & the MMS from the 58Ds, now that would have been a real armed scout ;-)

You could do that in 1/48th by cross-kitting the Monogram AH-1S with the Italeri AH-1Z (which isn't a service Zulu, being closer to the earliest development machines.) Yer on your own for the MMS.

[Jeffry Fontaine]

There was a mast mounted sighting unit included in the 1/48th scale Fujimi and Hasegawa OH-6/Hughes 500 kits that were armed with the TOW missile pods (two round missile launcher units that had a smooth aerodynamic fairing).  While it is not what you would find on the OH-58D it would certainly provide a source for your MMS issues. 
If that does not suit you there is also the Italeri Panther and Tigre attack helicopter kits which have a MMS included. Another style MMS was originally included in the original issue of the Panther PAH under the Revell of Germany brand name. 

[Archangel]

The Testors Hughes 500 kit has tow missile launchers and a MMS as well. I converted one a long time ago into one of the bad guy helicopters from Airwolf by giviung it a civilian paint job of mostly white with red trim going under the main part of the body and over the top. I armed it with two 19 shot 2.75 inch rocket pods from the Huges 500 kit.

Edit. I just found out the Testors kit and the Fujimi kit are one and the same. Still not a bad kit just could use more details.