1/72 Hobby Boss H-34 & Airfix O-1

by Tuan Tonthat

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This is my 2nd submission to ARC.  Hopefully you'll enjoy this dio as you did with my first one here.  Heheheheh
The Hobby Boss H-34 was easy and quick to build as it doesn't have many parts and fits really well.  The old Airfix kit was relatively easy because I got rid most of the parts in order to make a damaged bird.

This dio is based on a foto of an event that took place almost 40 yrs ago in South Vietnam.  A casualty of the Tet Offensive in 1968 was this Cessna O-1 Bird Dog of the VNAF 110th Observation Squadron detachment at Hue Citadel Airport.  When disassembled, it was airlifted from Hue to Danang by this VNAF H-34 of the 213th Helicopter Squadron.

Last but not least, I'd like to dedicate this to the brave men and women of  VNAF (The South Vietnamese AirForce).

Tuan

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Photos and text © by Tuan Tonthat