This Reference DVD
from Werner's
Wings provides pictures of the UH-1 Short Bodied Hueys. Photos
that were mainly taken by Ray Wilhite. A separate Reference
DVD is available for the UH-1 Short Bodied Hueys.
This is a photo only DVD and
provides 1636 photos of the following aircraft:
101 photos of the HH-1H 70-2470 Hill Aerospace Museum
155 photos of the HH-1N 158551 USS Alabama
5 photos of the Huey armored seat
16 photos of the Medevac gear
38 photos of the Rogers arkansas vietnam memorial UH-1H
11 photos of the T-53 engine
65 photos of the UH-1D 64-13895 Pima
63 photos of the UH-1D 65-12882 Ozark Military Museum
21 photos of the UH-1D 59747 Enterprise, Al
28 photos of the UH-1D-H Medevac Ft Rucker
41 photos of the UH-1H 66-01204 Mid America Air Museum
36 photos of the UH-1H 66-16325 Daleville, Alabama
42 photos of the UH-1H 66-16478 Canon City Colorado
39 photos of the UH-1H 68-15287 Drake Field Air Museum
37 photos of the UH-1H 68-15584 Redstone
90 photos of the UH-1H 68-15691 Kankakee NG Gateguard Len Lundh
216 photos of the UH-1H 68-16104 Army Aviation Heritage Foundation
12 photos of the UH-1H 68-16404 Ft. Rucker
38 photos of the UH-1H 70-15713 Ft. Rucker
31 photos of the UH-1H 72-21483
15 photos of the UH-1H 59567 Ft. Rucker
11 photos of the UH-1H RNZAF
76 photos of the UH-1N 96603 Hill AFB Air Show
76 photos of the UH-1N 158269 HMLA 773
52 photos of the UH-1N 160455 HMLA 269
122 photos of the UH-1V 69-15271 Flat Iron
65 photos of the UH-1V 70-16393 Flat Iron
79 photos of the UH-1V 70-16465 Flat Iron
16 photos of the UH-1Y 166769
10 photos of the UH-1Y 166771
29 photos of the YUH-1D 60-06030 Ft. Rucker
I will provide a tiny sampling of
photos that are found on this DVD. The images on the DVD are
massive........I have resized them to a much smaller size for this article.
Click on
images below to see larger images
To me the big question is picture
quality, picture size and what is in the photos.
Regarding picture quality.
Although some of the photos were shot indoor in less than ideal lighting conditions.....the bulk of the photos are either well lit indoor photos
or sunny outdoor photos.
Picture size and resolution
Most of the pictures are 2 or 3 megs in size and offer very high resolution. These are the quality and size of photos that will will not find on the web.
Subject matter in the photos.
This is the critical area. Do these photos provide the sort of detail and visual information to permit the
super detailer to detail any area of his Long Bodies Huey from the engine to the interior/exterior?
After all all the photos in the world are useless if they don't contain the info
that is helpful. With 1636 photos.....there is some very good coverage of
all of the areas of interest to modellers....such as main and tail rotors (even
from the top of the main rotor), engine, although the small number of photos of
the weapons, sights, or attachment points was very limited (this could be
because the Long bodies Hueys didn't carry much in the way of weapons
systems......I'm no Huey expert so I don't know). For the interior you get plenty of cockpit and instrument panel photos as well
as a walkaround of the armored seat out of the chopper. You also get
photos of the Medevac gear as well as plenty of cockpit photos and rear
passenger/cargo area. You also get a small number of shot videos of
choppers in action. Plus you get photos of the engine removed from one of the
choppers and sitting on a display stand as well as photos of an engine installed
in at least 2 different choppers with the engine access doors opened up. The photos also focus
on the rear interior passenger area as well as all the tiny little areas of the
Huey that would only be of interest to a serious modeller. Another thing
that is interesting is you also get the Operational Service history listing of 8
of the Hueys included on this DVD.....Operational history listings that includes
Vietnam etc. This is not long text story type operational
history......just brief lists of dates, locations, Units, Post and
country. Often we forget the long battle history of aircraft when we view
them in the quiet surroundings of a museum.
This is a vewry nice follow up to
the Vol 1 DVD that delt with the Short Bodies Hueys. I will openly admit that I was
quite skeptical of the idea of paying $12 for a DVD of photos when the internet
provides so many photos for free. But after opening a large sampling of
photos on this DVD and viewing all the thumbnails, I have to admit this DVD does
provide plenty of photos of those critical areas modeller like ot pour detailing
into. Sure there might
be certain thing that aren't covered.....but for a good all around reference
photos....this DVD seems to hit the mark very well.
You can purchase this DVD directly from Werner's
Wings website.
Steve
I would like to
thank Werner's
Wings for
providing me with this review sample.
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