MASHATU Huey

[cthulhu77]

"practice makes perfect"

That's what I keep on telling the missus. She wants a kid.

[pyro-manic]

Weapons-wise, how about a couple of GMGs/Mk.19s - they'd be ideal for heavy-hitting part of the load-out, maybe along with a .50. Alternatively, seeing as this is in the future, what about an XM307-type weapon?

[John Howling Mouse]

Holy Arsenal, Batman---that XM307 makes Rambo's RPG's look like tin-plated toys.

Hmmmmm....

[grayman]

Hi folks,

Just an errant thought...rather than the Huey-gunship look, how about something a bit more colonial...I'm thinking one or two water-cooled vickers MMGs (keeping in mind their use into the 1970's/80's, particularly in Africa), and perhaps a 0.30-cal M1919, bren, lewis gun, VGO or RPD on a flexible mount.

Taking this a touch further, what about a jury-rigged cluster of RPGs as the air-to-ground missile package? 

[Weaver]

Like the idea of this one JHM - watching it with interest.

On armament, I agree with most of the others on the need for .50 cal to provide some stand-off vs the poachers AKMs. There are any number of podded .50 cal MGs on the market, all of which will go on the Huey in place of the rocket pods. Some of them even include up to six 2.75" rockets, either in integral tubes or in an external pack under the pod (RPs are useful for firing illumination or smoke rounds, even if you don't want to tear up the scenery with HE).

FFV Unipod: 1 x .50cal
FN ETNA pod: 1 x .50cal plus 4 x 70mm external RPs
AEREA Multi-task pod: 1 x .50cal plus 6 x 70mm internal RPs
There's at least one pod with 2 x .50cals in it, but I can't find the name of it.

Some info: http://www.fnherstal.com/index.php?id=311


I like Sotoolslinger's idea of a Barret on the door mount: you could have it on a fancy stabilised , anti-vibration mounting for accurate "heli-sniping".

[Sauragnmon]

He's got a point, Weaver does - flare and smoke rockets would serve to be quite handy when you're putting a stop to poachers.

Stabilized door-barret would be pretty damn cool, but I don't know where you'd get a nice gyrostabilized movie projector mounting like that.

XM-307 would be pretty damn cool as well - I saw that thing on futureweapons, it's just insane.  You can actually set it to a timed-fuse mode where it basically works like a flak cannon and the rangefinder sets the round's timer to detonate a distance you set off the backdrop.  Set it up to detonate three or four feet off the ground, you're hitting all the juicy parts of your targets from a helo mounting.

[sotoolslinger]

Yeah you got to mock up the 307 it looked really cool on Future Weapons. If your going to do door mounted Barretts hang em from the ceiling with an armature 

[nev]

Poachers run around in small,crap vehicles

That was until the poacher/gamekeeper arms race started....

[B777LR]

Poachers run around in small,crap vehicles

That was until the poacher/gamekeeper arms race started....

Actually, when i lived in Tanzania, some Arabic king/prince came by a bit too often with 2 C-130s, a 747 and some Jeeps, and went hunting... (that was legal though)

[John Howling Mouse]

Poachers run around in small,crap vehicles

That was until the poacher/gamekeeper arms race started....

Yep, exactly the plot of my backstory.  Some wacky rich people out there who end up paying *anything* for live game animals they can show off within their celebrity grounds.

[Ian the Kiwi Herder]

B*gger - At work so cannot see the pics

B*gger

Ian

[Ian the Kiwi Herder]

Now I can see the pics....... and I like it !

Ian

[John Howling Mouse]

It's coming along...slowly.  Into the small bits so far this weekend, the little stuff that might not even show when it's done but at least you guys will have seen it.
Ammo box:





And a scratchbuilt spotlight that took several hours.  Made mostly of throw-away bits, here it is unpainted:









Then, painted and weathered:

[John Howling Mouse]

Oops, we're on a new page now?  Go back a page to see other stuff.  Haven't yet figured out my software's re-sizing settings yet.

Anyhow, can't have an anti-poaching helo without some nasty firepower.  The unpainted collection of bits and pieces (heck, even I don't know where half of them came from):







And, painted.  Stupid camera with a bazillion megapixies, shows every bit of dust and flaw, etc.  I blame the camera.
Yeah, I know, the belt-feed chutes are admittedly hokey: just some laminated layers of aluminum tape that I grooved and painted over with a wash afterward.  They'll do.









Some doors and skid-mounted guns too:

[Eddie M.]

Sweet! I like how you made your ammo feed belts.