"Pat Flannery" wrote in message
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The really amazing model was the transparent Monogram 1/24th scale Bell
UH-1 "Huey" helicopter.
It took forever to spin up to full speed, but God help you if that main
rotor ever hit you at full RPM. :-D

I didn't have a transparent UH-1, but the one I did their regular UH-1 model
(at least I think it was a Monogram). I modified so that it would spin the
top rotor via an electric motor and a couple of LEGO gears. Luckily on this
model the fuselage cover easily slid on and off, so everything was hidden.
Boy that thing would spin that main rotor *fast*. ;-)

Unfortunately, my painting skills weren't that great at the time, so the
overall appearance was rather shabby and like almost all of my (poorly
built) models from that era, it was likely destroyed by fire crackers.

Jeff
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