1/35 Huey questions

[orion2]

Hello,

 

Having recently found a Dragon 1/35 UH-1N, I'd like to find ways to detail it a little more. CMK makes a couple interior sets, I believe I could use most of the parts.

 

But my question is about the rotor mast : do the UH-1D and UH-1N share the same main and tail rotor masts ? Reskit makes these and they look lovely

 

 

 

Thank You

 

Marc

Edited June 8 by orion2

[thierry laurent]

Well, yes and no! With regard to Huey nothing is really simple because airframes are flying for more than half a century! The twin Huey had slightly different parts that were used on some single engine Huey named Huey 2. For instance the NASA used some. However, if you are thinking SEA war airframes compared to eighties twins, there were differences. Nonetheless the Panda/Dragon parts are so clunky that I have no doubt the Reskit UH-1D parts would look better than the twin Huey kit parts.

[orion2]

Merci Thierry

[mudrat]

If you are building the UH-1N, the Rotor mast is the same except its painted black. on the UH-1D/H  the tali rotor is on the opposite side as the N. On the N, at the fwd side of the base of the vertical fin, there are screen panels. On the D/H there are louvered vents that take up the same footprint as the N's screens. There are oval panels on the aft end of tail boom. on the N, these  panels have RHAW antennas on them. on the D/H, thes panels are blank. On the D/H there are handles  aft of the horizontal stabilisers on the tail boom. they are blancked off circular plates  on the N.  IF you are building the N, the vertical fin trailing edge is a straight line from the tip to the base of the fin. On the D/H. at the top of the fin, the last few inches curve inward. This all can be found in photos on the interweb. I spent all of May backdating an N profile illustration to a UH-1H.

[orion2]

Thanks for the info