1/24 Revell Bell/Volkswagen Heli-Combi

Gallery Article by Alvis 3.1 on Jan 2 2015

Silly Week 2015

 

      

What if Abbie Hoffman won the 1964 US Presidential Election, and set his country upon a course of free love and peace? What would the helicopters of the Vietnam conflict have looked like in that Hippie Reality? Well, that's what I was thinking when I decided to build this fun little vehicle....

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President Abbie Hoffman charged his country with a new course, one of Peace, and "volunteers" flooded to join the new Peace Army. They travelled the world, bringing peace and love to strife torn areas. Often they flew in the newly designed Volkswagen-Bell Type 2 Helicopter, knows as the "Hippie Huey", or the "HippyHoppy".

Spray bar fitted "HippyHoppies" were instrumental in ending the Vietnam War. Professor Ellsberg, heading the Pentagon, and Dr. O'Leary, inventor of Aerial LSD, won the Nobel Peace Prize for ending the Vietnam War in 3 days. The Viet Cong, after having been sprayed with LSD, spent 2 days running from imaginary dragons, and were quite happy to surrender to the US Peace Army. Truly, times, they were a changin'....

This odd combination of Hippie Culture and the Vietnam War was built in 1/24 scale using a Revell Germany Type 2 Volkswagen Van, and a Revell USA 1/32 Bell Huey Cobra, with scratchbuilt details and home made decals. The hippies came from Ebay, already pre-painted. I think the one may be a "narc", but I can't be sure.

Alvis 3.1

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Photos and text © by Alvis 3.1