Korean War Hospital Train

Very nice diorama, it captures the feel of the event. Ah yes, the Bell 47/OH-13.  Only helicopter built with the fuel cell above the exhaust manifold.  John in Lansing, ILL

Great modeling! 

Love it!

BOIN106, Very handsome modeling. Unique. Different. Beyond interesting! And well executed, even instructive, as far as I am concerned.

FrankM

I really like that one! You really did a fine job! 

I once flew in an OH-23 helicopter (which I assume yours is) in S. Korea (1969) to the DMZ as ground crew to guide a VIP flight landing at an outpost in the DMZ. Funny, it was just for show. The pilots did what they wanted. Anyway, it was a windy day and it seemed like you would fly forward five hundred feed and be blown back 200. Because Vietnam had top priority for new equipment, they didn't replace those helicopters until 1970. I was happy I got a chance to fly in one.  

Most people don't know because the news from Vietnam was far more important, but we also got hostile fire pay for going into the DMZ six times a month. The reason we got it was because of things like this:

 "When a Raven (OH-23) of the 59th Aviation Company strayed north of the Korean DMZ in August 1969 it was shot down and the crew were kept prisoner until released on December 2."

When flying into the DMZ you would hear through the headphones when you were picked up by North Korean radar and they were tracking you.

Sorry to distract, thought it might be interesting.

marker posted:

I really like that one! You really did a fine job! 

 

I once flew in an OH-23 helicopter (which I assume yours is) in S. Korea (1969) to the DMZ as ground crew to guide a VIP flight landing at an outpost in the DMZ. Funny, it was just for show. The pilots did what they wanted. Anyway, it was a windy day and it seemed like you would fly forward five hundred feed and be blown back 200. Because Vietnam had top priority for new equipment, they didn't replace those helicopters until 1970. I was happy I got a chance to fly in one.  

Most people don't know because the news from Vietnam was far more important, but we also got hostile fire pay for going into the DMZ six times a month. The reason we got it was because of things like this:

 "When a Raven (OH-23) of the 59th Aviation Company strayed north of the Korean DMZ in August 1969 it was shot down and the crew were kept prisoner until released on December 2."

When flying into the DMZ you would hear through the headphones when you were picked up by North Korean radar and they were tracking you.

Sorry to distract, thought it might be interesting.

Awesome stuff, Marker.  I love hearing stories about people's experiences...especially in the military.  Thank you.  Matt

That modeling is a S*M*A*S*H hit.

boin106 posted:

It was March of 1951 when a hospital train pulled off the Southern Pacific Coast main line and onto a siding in the town of Baiwslaiw, California.  The siding was part of the California National Guard Armory; home to the 38^th Infantry Division, 2^nd Squadron, 20^th Cavalry Regiment.  The Army train was off-loading wounded who had just arrived from the fighting along the 38^th Parallel in Korea.  Soldiers in this Guard unit assisted the passengers.  Many would go home.  Some seriously wounded patients were airlifted to the hospital by an Army Bell H-13 helicopter.

Great Quonset hut.  Whose?

Oh, yeah, and the rest of the scene is great, too.

Had the displeasure of spending a couple of Korean winters  in one of those Quonset huts.

Steve

Very nice series of photos and a good story to go with them.  

And it generated some interesting responses, too.

Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

Had the displeasure of spending a couple of Korean winters  in one of those Quonset huts.

Steve

I had two uncles...one in the Army and one in the Marines.  Both were at the Chosen Reservoir.  Every time we had a family get-together, and much libation had been consumed, they would argue over which service branch left who to freeze at the reservoir.  Matt

Forty Rod posted:

boin106 posted:

It was March of 1951 when a hospital train pulled off the Southern Pacific Coast main line and onto a siding in the town of Baiwslaiw, California.  The siding was part of the California National Guard Armory; home to the 38^th Infantry Division, 2^nd Squadron, 20^th Cavalry Regiment.  The Army train was off-loading wounded who had just arrived from the fighting along the 38^th Parallel in Korea.  Soldiers in this Guard unit assisted the passengers.  Many would go home.  Some seriously wounded patients were airlifted to the hospital by an Army Bell H-13 helicopter.

Great Quonset hut.  Whose?

 

Oh, yeah, and the rest of the scene is great, too.

The Quonset Hut is an old kit made by Plasticville.  It was actually short, in length, so I bought two of them and glued them together.  You can find them on eBay for $10-15.  Matt

Nice job Boin. My Dad was in Korea.

great work   thanks

Matt, great job. Proud of you as always my friend. Don

boin106 posted:

Forty Rod posted:

boin106 posted:

It was March of 1951 when a hospital train pulled off the Southern Pacific Coast main line and onto a siding in the town of Baiwslaiw, California.  The siding was part of the California National Guard Armory; home to the 38^th Infantry Division, 2^nd Squadron, 20^th Cavalry Regiment.  The Army train was off-loading wounded who had just arrived from the fighting along the 38^th Parallel in Korea.  Soldiers in this Guard unit assisted the passengers.  Many would go home.  Some seriously wounded patients were airlifted to the hospital by an Army Bell H-13 helicopter.

Great Quonset hut.  Whose?

 

Oh, yeah, and the rest of the scene is great, too.

The Quonset Hut is an old kit made by Plasticville.  It was actually short, in length, so I bought two of them and glued them together.  You can find them on eBay for $10-15.  Matt

Thank you.  I need two about fifteen inches long each.  I'll start looking.

marker posted:

I really like that one! You really did a fine job! 

 

I once flew in an OH-23 helicopter (which I assume yours is) in S. Korea (1969) to the DMZ as ground crew to guide a VIP flight landing at an outpost in the DMZ. Funny, it was just for show. The pilots did what they wanted. Anyway, it was a windy day and it seemed like you would fly forward five hundred feed and be blown back 200. Because Vietnam had top priority for new equipment, they didn't replace those helicopters until 1970. I was happy I got a chance to fly in one.  

Most people don't know because the news from Vietnam was far more important, but we also got hostile fire pay for going into the DMZ six times a month. The reason we got it was because of things like this:

 "When a Raven (OH-23) of the 59th Aviation Company strayed north of the Korean DMZ in August 1969 it was shot down and the crew were kept prisoner until released on December 2."

When flying into the DMZ you would hear through the headphones when you were picked up by North Korean radar and they were tracking you.

Sorry to distract, thought it might be interesting.

I did too Howard.

Ron

marker posted:

I really like that one! You really did a fine job! 

 

I once flew in an OH-23 helicopter (which I assume yours is) in S. Korea (1969) to the DMZ as ground crew to guide a VIP flight landing at an outpost in the DMZ. Funny, it was just for show. The pilots did what they wanted. Anyway, it was a windy day and it seemed like you would fly forward five hundred feed and be blown back 200. Because Vietnam had top priority for new equipment, they didn't replace those helicopters until 1970. I was happy I got a chance to fly in one.  

Most people don't know because the news from Vietnam was far more important, but we also got hostile fire pay for going into the DMZ six times a month. The reason we got it was because of things like this:

 "When a Raven (OH-23) of the 59th Aviation Company strayed north of the Korean DMZ in August 1969 it was shot down and the crew were kept prisoner until released on December 2."

When flying into the DMZ you would hear through the headphones when you were picked up by North Korean radar and they were tracking you.

Sorry to distract, thought it might be interesting.

I was there in 69-70 as part of the Joint Security Area so I was in the DMZ the whole time. We did not rotate in and out.

Steve

The last CH-34(Revell kit) heads to Davis-Monthen.

John in Lansing, ILL

All I can say is excellent job. You have hit the "nirvana" of modeling with this.....

Boin

That's  some great modeling. Followed with some great feedback.

I guess Korea still reaches out to a lot of us in one way or another.

Our oldest son (Army) did two one year tours in Korea in the past 20 years.

He flew Blackhawks on the first one then  Chinooks on the second. But, I bet he would like to fly one of the OH-23 air frames Howard was in.

Larry

Great modeling!

Peter

Very cool. Great scene construction as it looks like a real story is going on from real event(like you took it from actual pictures).

marker posted:

I once flew in an OH-23 helicopter in S. Korea (1969) to the DMZ as ground crew to guide a VIP flight landing at an outpost in the DMZ.

 "When a Raven (OH-23) of the 59th Aviation Company strayed north of the Korean DMZ in August 1969 it was shot down and the crew were kept prisoner until released on December 2."

Sorry to distract, thought it might be interesting.

Hiller H-12/Army OH-23.  Pilot plus two in the cockpit.  The H-13 in the diorama carries the pilot plus one in the cockpit.  H-23 fuel cell is below the engine whereas the H-13 fuel cell is above the engine. OH-13s are shown at the beginning of each MASH episode.   John