my wife lets me hang them in the bedroom. My only problem is now she is slowing my stash expansion down until I get building again once she gets my work space sorted out. I have been sick for a while now and they think I may be in the early stages of parkinsons so have to get building before the shaking takes over completely

Hi Hisham, and Everyone Else! Here's a thought- Quite a few years ago, (probably close to 40) I remember reading an article in one of the long-since out of publication "SCALE MODELLER" Magazines... The article showed, I believe done by Shep Paine, an old MONOGRAM 1/32 or 1/24(?) UH-1 Huey, which displayed some REALLY GREAT scratch-built "Air Cav" figures dismounting onto a base of VERY HIGH "Elephant Grass" as would have been present in the "Arizona" of South-Central Vietnam. The helicopter was mounted via a wire coat hanger, which extended from the base, and into the belly of the Huey. The wire was completely obscured by the "Elephant Grass", which just barely brushed up against the Huey's Belly Pan, thereby creating the illusion that the Helo was hovering just above ground. I've been thinking of doing something very similar. If one isn't very timid, then the Door Gunner which is posed with his Machine Gun pointing down, could be extensively modified into a more "horizontally-oriented" figure. I've done this kind of extreme re-positioning with figures before, as I'm an avid figure modeller, among my many other interests. It wouldn't be that hard for an experienced figure modeller to accomplish this kind of thing... Anyway, as I've stated previously, I wish SOMEONE would release a 1/35 US Marines UH-34D "Choctaw". These were the "REAL" WORKHORSE helicopters of the US Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. I think that it's a real shame that NO manufacturers have as yet released this important and famous Helo. I can remember watching the daily 6 o'clock news coverage of the Vietnam War on TV EVERY evening with the rest of my family, all through that very trying conflict. This was the United States' FIRST Television War, and it seemed like we witnessed the Marines' UH-34s performing VITAL tasks on TV on a daily basis. We didn't see armor nearly as much, even though we knew that the Army and Marine Corps had heavily committed the use of armor in Vietnam. What sticks most in my memories of TV-Vietnam were the very vivid images of US Army soldiers and Marines during the TET Offensive... Hue, Khe Sanh, Da Nang, Saigon, Quang Tri and a MYRIAD of other places with strange names. Unforgettable were the images and sounds of American War Correspondents' voices trying to make themselves heard over the constant din of battle and the distinctive, staccato beating of Army and Marine helo's rotor blades... I was just a boy back then, and for me, it was like looking into Hell, itself...

Hi, Al and Gino! Fully concur with both of you guys and your statements that many of today's modellers DEMAND PERFECTION in their "SHAKE AND BAKE" model kits, without having to put any "elbow grease" INTO ANYTHING! I haven't built ANYTHING "straight-out-of-the-box" since I was about 8 years old, in 1961... Yeah, that's right, I was a "fuss-pot" even at that tender age... Not that I was doing any major conversions, or the like...

Bonjour,

Honestly, it sh!ts me about people saying that models who want a "shake and bake" kit aren't willing to put time and effort into a kit and do some scratch building. I would rather model companies get it right the first time, and give us something that is advertised on the box, and not something that "looks about right". That would be a good start, as you have something that looks pretty good, then all you "master modellers" can go ape and super detail the hell out of it if you want. I don't think it is too hard to ask for what is supposed to be an accurate kit out of the box.

encore un superbe jeux de figurines je possede un UH-1D dragon + les pieces resine CMK j'ai en commande les deux U.S.helicopter crew & la M23 j'espere que les U.S. heli door gunners seront dispo tres rapidement vladi un ou deux jeux de figurines U.S G.I.s embarquer dans le UH serait le bienvenue esperant que cela se fasse

bonsoir vladi depuis avril 2015 j'ai vue que 2 nouvelles figurines allais sortir( U.S heli door gunners ) et a se jour 17 juillet elle ne sont pas encore en vente que se passe t'il cdt alain

Likewise, when will the Huey Pilot figures be available as well?

Gino, if you're talking about these guys, they are available.. I have a set coming in the mail from Hobbyeasy.. but I guess the one I ordered was the last one because they are now out-of-stock.. but they should be restocking them soon.. or you could check Luckymodel Hisham P.S. Strange, I just checked Lucky and they list it as "Future Release" while Hobbyeasy had it for a while?