Hawkwrench Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 (edited) Finally after years of wanting to know information about my friend Joe Pascetti's bird he crewed down in Mogadishu-Super 63, I have been able to befriend many crew chiefs and pilots who were there and was given many pics of OGS and their MH-60L's. So tonight I finally started building it. First I had to correct the instrument panel and center console to represent close to what they looked like on the real MH-60L. The caution/advisory panel is located on the bottom left of the console on the real thing. KH's panel, though very nice, represents a later year panel and has the CA on the instrument panel itself. So I took and cut down and sanded the Academy part and shaved off the detail on the console and glued it in place. Next i shaved off the detail on the KH IP and replaced it with some PE detail parts from Airscale. Here's 2 pics of the C2 bird taken while down in Mogadishu. Tim Edited April 30, 2019 by Hawkwrench Fancherello, Gazzas, Durangokid and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 Interesting project, Tim! Sounds like you have some pretty reliable resources to draw from. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dukie99 Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 I have subscribed to this one. Super cool project and very nice start. Love to see the period photos, very inspirational. I have not yet pulled the trigger on the KH blackhawks but I fully intend to build one of each version. Will you be using Werner's Wings Irene! decals? Cheers, David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkwrench Posted April 30, 2019 Author Share Posted April 30, 2019 (edited) Yep, I was actually part of the research team for Werner's Wings. My name is in the credits. It's an excellent sheet!!! Tim Edited April 30, 2019 by Hawkwrench Dukie99 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VladHVAC Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 Really looking forward to this build as i am doing it myself. I've noticed a couple of guys who are doing really nice builds have zinc chromate chipping in the rear cabin. I've seen reference of it in the cockpit but never in the rear. In fact, i haven't seen much chipping in rear cabin at all. What are your thoughts? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkwrench Posted May 2, 2019 Author Share Posted May 2, 2019 I personally never saw a cabin with zinc chromate chipping on the floor, but that doesn't mean they're not out there, just that all the hawks I worked on only had some floor chipping that was silver. Tim VladHVAC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VladHVAC Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 Thanks Tim I am building this kit and also have all the Academy versions with Cobra resin and Big Ed sets. I'll be following your build closely. Cheers Joe from YellowCake models Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1 Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 On 4/29/2019 at 8:23 PM, Hawkwrench said: Here's 2 pics of the C2 bird taken while down in Mogadishu. Tim Off to a great start Tim. Question- what’s that in the chin bubble? Can’t tell if it’s a sign or something inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkwrench Posted May 3, 2019 Author Share Posted May 3, 2019 The pilot was a Vietnam veteran who would always throw his armor in the chin bubble of his Huey. He did the same thing flying for TF 160. By the way, that's the cockpit floor armor you see. Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1 Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 16 hours ago, Hawkwrench said: The pilot was a Vietnam veteran who would always throw his armor in the chin bubble of his Huey. He did the same thing flying for TF 160. By the way, that's the cockpit floor armor you see. Tim Not sure I follow - is that the pilot's body armor in the bubble or is that a fixed "cockpit floor armor" which (I assume) would be present on the other side as well? Did this guy have a second issue of armor that he wore or did he feel safer with his armor in the bubble? Personally, I'd rather be wearing this stuff! If you have any other detail shots of the cockpit floor armor, I'd love to see what this looks like. Regards, John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkwrench Posted May 4, 2019 Author Share Posted May 4, 2019 (edited) That was the floor armor you see in the pic and unfortunately no I don't have any cockpit floor pics Tim Edited May 4, 2019 by Hawkwrench Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1 Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 3 hours ago, Hawkwrench said: That was the floor armor you see in the pic and unfortunately no I don't have any cockpit floor pics Tim So that floor armor was a 160th specific mod? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkwrench Posted May 5, 2019 Author Share Posted May 5, 2019 Yes and No. When I was in, in the 80's, we had floor armor called BASS that we had in our hawks. We didn't have the cockpit floor armor though. TF 160 apparently had the entire floor and cockpit armored up. Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkwrench Posted February 26, 2020 Author Share Posted February 26, 2020 (edited) Double post Edited March 12, 2022 by Hawkwrench Pete Fleischmann, Stalker6recon, BiggTim and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkwrench Posted February 26, 2020 Author Share Posted February 26, 2020 A little bit more work on the console. I added the parking brake handle and the chaff dispenser. Here's the console and IP finished. Tim Landrotten Highlander, Stalker6recon, BiggTim and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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