Boss Hobby 1/18 Huey Helicopter - Kit Build for Gi Joe Vietnam Era Vehicle
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 มี.ค. 2023
- You can get this kit on amazon: amzn.to/3FmyQxF
In this video we build the Hobby Boss Huey. We missed out on the 21st century toys release at Toys R Us. This is a nice alternative.
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We need more 1/18 vehicle kits like this
Yeah I wish they’d rerelease some of those old 1:18 toys. Thanks for watching.
It's true, right? As a fan of Joe comics, not so much the cartoons, I'm frustratedly trying to find a Chevy Bel-Air Nomad in 1/18! Affordable, that is.
@@georgetrapp6666 If companies were smart there is a fortune to be made with kits like this!
Someday I'll build my own company selling out this kind of 1:18 kits
Interesting idea, repurpose toy molds, don't assemble in the factory, but sell them as kits, pretty cool imo.
Yeah I guess it makes a lot of sense, especially with a historical military kit of this type. Thanks for watching.
This is a really impressive model. It makes me wonder what other action figure-friendly mass market model kits are out there.
Yeah there might be some other great kits out there.
Hobby Boss has made a true 1:18 Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier 2.
I've built so many military models. I've never seen 1/18 . Great idea from Hobby Boss. They tend to do unusual subjects
Yeah wouldn't it be great if a company made a line of 1/18 models. Be so fun, if it just for kitbashing.
Saw this video, discovered the model, took your advice, bought the kit. I would say it took me about 15-20 hours to finish. Some notes to others thinking about it:
1. It's indeed huge. With main rotor, it's easily 3 feet long.
2. It took me about 4-6 hours to sort the pieces for spray painting into olive, flat black, grey. The instructions weren't clear about painting order.
3. Don't paint surfaces that slide together into place. E.g. main rotor connections, little mounting nub for rear rotor.
4. Spray from multiple angles so you don't wind up with bare surfaces.
5. Check fit before you assemble so you can adjust fit, especially the two halves of the main body. Try the two halves and sand down what's needed before you try to fit them all around your finished cockpit.
6. Check that the sliding doors can slide past the marker lights top and bottom. You may need to file down areas so the doors can open smoothly.
7. Don't jam the tail into the main body. Lightly work in the snapping grips so they'll bend going in. It would not be fun to snap the receiving ring inside the body.
8. Make room. This is going to be a centerpiece. :-)
Awesome! And great notes. It is huge. Good example of why the Joe toys aren't true 1:18.
@@ActionRobotPunch The crew-served door minigun mounts were tricky. Is it me, or do they attach to the frames by just those little prongs into the two slots? It seemed a finicky and weak connection, unless I did it wrong.
You know, i think it was a missed opportunity by Larry Hama and the crew to introduce real Vietnam vets like GySgt. Carlos "Whitefeather" Hathcock.
The dialogue between Gung Ho, Leatherneck, Mainframe, Sgt. Slaughter and Hathcock would have been amazing.
He's even got his callsign already established.
Maybe you should write into them with suggestions for the new comic. Thanks for checking out the video.
Thanks for making this man! I was really curious about it and was told by someone else "it's definitely a model not a toy" so I had initially given up on the idea of using it. Thanks to you I now know that it will in fact work!
Glad I could help! And thanks for watching.
Glad I watched this video. I had no idea that 3 pack even existed. I will definitely be keeping my eye out now
Yeah it's pretty cool that Hasbro made and official set. Thanks for watching.
Thanks for making me aware of this kit! I will definitely be buying one
Awesome, that's great to hear.
Way cool. Would've loved this back in the early 80's
Yeah this would have been great as a kid.
Wow brought back memories. I had that comic. My first and only joes were stalker and snake eyes. My mom bought them for me when I broke my arm in 2nd grade.
Cool story! Thanks for watching.
I'd like this model for my own. Yours looks terrific. I don't own the classic 3¾" original Joes (and Storm Shadow) of these models, but for the 4" 25th-30th Anniversary and onward, I customized their entire platoon, Wade Collins, Ramon Escobado, Lonzo Wilkinson, Tommy Arashikage, Snake-Eyes, and Dickie Saperstein. Had fun with the details, including the photo in Snake-Eyes' hat, the rope sling for his M-60 and the shaded eyes under his hat; the radio and antenna, and tattoo for Ramon; the quiver, arrows, headband and shoulder towel for Tommy; like you the silencer, scope, and electrical-taped spare clip for Lonzo; the sunglasses and pinned-up brim for Dickie as well as the grenade thrower; the backward cap, Swedish K submachine gun for Wade. And, when visibly necessary, dog tags for all. Wish I could show my photos, I had the same thing in mind when I snapped them, let the backyard lawn go an extra week without mowing, and photographed them in tall grass, finding a patch that was a little drier than green. (Same photography tactic when capturing a shot of all my custom Ewoks!)
Wow that sounds awesome. Thanks for sharing that explanation. It is fun how we can create a jungle in our own backyards, just like when we were kids.
@@ActionRobotPunch Sometimes when I start a project, I get carried away. Not always a bad thing!
Amazing work and great video!
Thank you so much.
That looks great! I added that to my shopping list and now have to see if they have more Joe scale models like this.
Very cool. Thanks for watching.
I didn't see much in the way of 1:18th model kits unfortunately.. mostly WW2 planes.. though I did see a 1:18th Harrier and F86 Sabre jet
Just bought mine can't wait to build and play with it I've been saving up my money cause I'm a 14 year old boy so yea and you action robot punch inspired me to buy one
Wow that’s great! Take your time and have fun with the build. Thanks for watching.
Wow, this looks amazing. Great job.
Thank you very much!
I also shared this on most of the GI Joe boards I'm on on Facebook... :) Great work though
Thanks and glad you enjoyed it.
Love It!!!
Great video! Nice work and love the production value in the presentation!
Much appreciated! Glad you enjoyed it.
Can’t be any harder than kitbashing a true 1:18 scale MASK RHINO from a Peterbilt model. I think I’ll grab one, thanks!
Awesome. Still waiting for Hasbro to do another MASK Gi Joe mashup.
@@ActionRobotPunch right? Seems like a no-brainer to me, but….Hasbro
Did you make a rhino?
@@yojoeturner I did
I’d love to see, is there a link or anything?
Great job! Congratulations from Spain.
Awesome! Thank you!
Wow that's incredible. Seems so odd a lot of those vehicles aren't manufactured anymore.
Yeah, it seems like the end of ToysRUs was the end for some of these lines. Thanks for watching.
WOW really cool
Thank you 👍
Pretty cool my man, definitely going to get one of these and when I do I'll just paint it and customize it to my own liking such as making my own stickers probably give it us marine colors and maybe add some extra firepower and make it a proper gunship with rocket pods mini guns and m-60 machine guns.
Sounds great. Thanks for watching.
Long time you give use a nice story yo joe
So many stories I want to tell but so little time. More to come for sure.
You should start looking at the Dollar Tree playsets, The military action figures are $1.25 and the playsets are $5. I just bought the Cobra Helicopter and the Humvee Playset for $5, with a little bit of Spray paint and some decals you'll never know the difference.
I picked up a little chopper at the dollar store. Came with some rockets and a pilot. It has some good custom potential. Thanks.
@@ActionRobotPunch yep, gotta find deals where you can these days, Like I said in a previous video, my grandson was given a suitcase full of action figures and not just G.I. Joe, but all the other action figure genre's too.
There's a Hobby Boss 1/18 AV-8B Harrier 2. GI Joe-sized. Just sayin'. :-)
That would be a nice GI-Joe counterpart to the Cobra Rattler. More than a match.
Because of this video getting me into these 1:18 models, I bought one. It's sitting in my hobby room, waiting for me to start it.
Oh that's really cool. The Harrier is such a great aircraft. I think it would have made a great Gi Joe or Cobra toy. I'm sure it'll be fun putting that kit together.
@@ActionRobotPunch Took almost two months to build it. Wasn't a short job. Dwarfs the Skystriker.
@@equesfuscus Do you like it? I bet it's pretty big.
@@ActionRobotPunch The Skystriker is 56cms long. The AV-8B Harrier is 81.4 cms long, exact to scale. It can be built with removable wings and tail for storage. Missile and bomb loadouts are easily changeable, not glued on.
yikes! I could nt believe the price of those toy helicopters...
even yours was nt so cheap considering all the stuff you had to use.
you really were into having this badly.
I never was much into this story, I had my own, this made little sense to me.
I was way more about the release of the toys and the file cards.
it seemed far fetched to me that these characters had any link before getting in the team.
especially continuing with the hard and impotent masters afterwards.
Zartan being involved only made things worse..
however, wow, you did a great job to make that copter look great!
I had no idea that these figures were ever made, they look rather fab!
it really looks very close to the comic scene, quite convincing!
I find the scale to be perfect, it scales very well with the figs, and that s what counts to me.
awesome work bro!
Yeah I’m just glad to finally have this. Thanks for watching.
I picked up one of these last year but I haven’t put it together yet because I need more space first
Cool Dustin, hope you can get it built soon. Thanks for watching 👍
A fantastic job, I love it yeeaaaah maaaximooo like, new subscriber, my support and greetings yeeeaaah maaaximooo
Thanks for the sub!
Thanks for doing this video.
I've had one of these kits since almost two years, still in box because I'm afraid to screw it up since I've never done any scale modelling. But you make it seems so easy that I want to try to assemble it right now.
If you are interested, there's a 1/18 Harrier sold by hobby boss too although I think that one's a little more expensive. I've also seen they have some ww2 german planes. On monkeydepot they are taking pre-orders for a fully painted 1/18 Mig-15 in 4 different variations if you want to check it out too, for a decent price.
Oh great I hope this helps. I would definitely hit all the parts with some paint before assembly. And yeah, it’s not a very complex build. I wish they’d make a 1/18 hind helicopter. Thanks for the comment and for watching.
@@ActionRobotPunch a Hind helicopter would be the dream of many!
Oh and I forgot to ask... will we see this Huey in one of your video stories?
Thanks again!
$500 is insane. Just wait a while. Theres always going to be another one coming out sometime somewhere. This is a classic chopper.
Yeah I hope you're right. It just seems like that was a special time and we won't see this kind of size and quality ever again, especially at such low prices.
you might have been able to buy G.I.Joe decals or stickers for better customizing
Good idea. For this I wanted to keep it US army, vietnam era, so I just kept the standard tags.
@@ActionRobotPunch just wish Hasbro would have made one for G.I.Joe
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Was Wade Collins in that comic, or did he come in later?
He wasn't in this first telling of the story. Later on they expanded the story to include more of the soldiers in their squad.
Wade doesn't make it to the helicopter. He gets bullets in him, and becomes a POW. Neither does Ramon Escobado, and sadly, Dickie Saperstein steps on a landmine.
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I feel like the only thing this scene you made is missing is an .mp3 of Fortunate Son playing on loop
Totally. Any Creedence playing with this thing flying over some grass would be great. I keep wanting to make such a video but keep putting it off. Thanks for watching.
Is it possible to motorise the back and main rotors do you think?
Yes. There's a video on youtube of someone who did it. I was thinking of doing it but didn't have the time. But it can definitely be done.
cool video where did you get the Stalker rifle to turn out that way and where did get the parts and pieces for it ?
I made it custom. It's Frostbite's rifle, then I drilled out and glued a plastic sprue to the front and added some paint. Really easy mod.
okay cool thanks for the info
@@ActionRobotPunchFor silencers - custom sliced plastic Chupa Chups lollipop sticks work nicely too, sometimes, although yes, they're white and you have to paint them.
Like to make a order of the 1/18th scale of the cobra.
Thanks for watching.
Fantastic !!! Thank you for sharing, I have to try the Krylon Camo paint. Does Krylon have a clear coat? I also really like your grass mat there you have, it seems to even have a rotor wash effect. Did you customize that as well? Where did you pick that up? Thanks again, enjoying your channel.
I used a generic matte clearcoat that I had. I've had trouble finding the Krylon Camo so I'm going to try something new. But I won't use rustoleum. I've had trouble with that type but Krylon always comes through. The grass mat is from Warsigil. I bought it a few years ago and it's just great. Thanks for watching.
Thanks for the reply and introducing me to Warsigil, I just took a quick look at their stuff and that is an amazing find, never knew of them if you can believe that. Really appreciated !!!
Awesome, I will definitely get this one. Did you gave it a clear satin coat?
Yes, to seal in the decals and give it the toy feel. Thanks for watching.
@@ActionRobotPunch thanks, I will do the same!
🤔 I prefer a matte finish, a dull coat, when the subject in question isn't glossy in real life. ModelMaster spray acryl #1969 with the green stripes on the label.
Another great video
Question where did you get veitnam snakeeyes stalker stormshadow
I got them as a 3 pack off of ebay. It's pretty pricey now but I'm they can be found.
@@ActionRobotPunch thanks man 🤘
I would like to order a 1/18th scale of a Huey cobra model.
Cool. I got this kit from eBay. I’m sure they still offer them.
Which metallic paint did you use?
I think it's a citadel paint. Chainmail or something like that. Thanks for watching.
Thank you
Did g.i joe can fit inside and sit?
Yes. They fit in the seats and look great inside the chopper.
What glue should I use?
amzn.to/3KiGye4 I used this Zap It Glue.
Thanks!
that is super awesome and Hasbro was too stupid not to make it, That is what G.I.Joe needs an awesome Huey
Yeah could have been cool. I do think the Tomahawk really functions like a huey with the open sides. It looks like a chinook but is too small, especially that little ramp in back. Thanks for watching.
Thanks for the video, after viewing I decided not to buy this kit, the ratios don't seem to be right.
Glad the video was a help 👍
Do you customize the 3 o-ring 'Vietnam era" figures, or you can buy theses?
They came in a comic three pack from Hasbro. I did customize Stalkers rifle.