I finally found it!! Ive been looking for years for a model of a CH 46. Ive not only now found one but it has the markings for HMM 162!!

Its gonna take a little modifying cause its an E model and I'm gonna haf to rummage for old photos to get the paint correct cause they have it bedecked in grey. If any of y'all have any good photos of old 46s Id love to see them....its been a long time since I was up close and personal with a frog and I want this to be accurate. Thanx in advance!

Don't forget about making one for Ron Mann. I can see him playing this for hours on end....Joy will have to take it away from him at Bed Time.....

Drmwvr,

What version of -46 are you lookin to build if not an Echo? The same company that makes the Echo version- Academy -just came out with a "CH-46A/D US Marines Vietnam" version. Probably save you a lot of time and headaches if that's what you're looking for.

Now you tell me!! I paid $50 for this one at Hobby Lobby.....Where are they hidding the D models??

Sir,

Take that Echo back to Hobby Lobby, I bought stuff from them when I was in TX and they were always pretty good at customer satisfaction. Either that, or Ebay the thing. Hell, I might even bid on it there and make one of our HMX planes. Here's a couple links to look at for the A/D version:

http://www.squadron.com/SearchResults.asp?offset=0

http://www.rollmodels.com/

Also look here for some fellow helo model builders:

http://cs.finescale.com/forums/16/ShowForum.aspx

found zip...thanx anyway I found 46s but they were Navy or had no pics...this E model has the Sqdrn stuff for 162 so I'll just modify it a lil... the folks that might see the finished product wont know the difference anyway.

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Ive not only now found one but it has the markings for HMM 162!!

That should have doubled the price of it!!

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Originally posted by Drmwvr:
found zip...thanx anyway I found 46s but they were Navy or had no pics...this E model has the Sqdrn stuff for 162 so I'll just modify it a lil... the folks that might see the finished product wont know the difference anyway.

Found zip at hobby lobby or squadron?
http://www.squadron.com/ItemDetails.asp?item=MH12210

Don't know what's involved in modding an E to A/D, but hope it works out for you. Maybe post pics of the finished product? I'm currently trying to do one each of all the types we have here at HMX: VH-60N, CH-46E, CH-53E, and H-3. Should eat up most of my spare time.

Didn't 162 have the glossy paint job with the American flag on the forward pylon when you were with them?

White lettering and numerals?

They didn't start going to the drab green IR and black lettering again until the E models came out.

All the F models were bright and shiny, if I remember corretly.

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one each of all the types we have here at HMX: VH-60N, CH-46E, CH-53E, and H-3. Should eat up most of my spare time.

If its still set up like it was when I was there,
get with of the 'Sikorsky store' guys.
They used to could get ahold of completed VH-3 models.

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hey try this site
www.squadron.com they have some good models from all of the different companies

My brother got me the CH-46A/D kit, even though I never worked on phrogs. The markings are for HMM-262 (A model), HMM-265 (A model), HMM-165 (D model) and HMM-364 (D model). There's even decals for the inside markings of the aircraft. Should be fun.

lol, ive flown on this plane many times- good ol "pig" 05... it's even got the 261 bull on the pylon. lol, that could be me letting the deuce rip out of the window!!

http://www.squadron.com/ItemDetails.asp?item=MH2226

see there red, yer famous!