I have had a busy day doing other stuff but grabbed an hour at the workbench this evening to base up some helicopters for both the FAE and FAP / AEP. I added a second Mil-Mi8 for the Peruvians, as I thought one was a bit stingy, then balanced that out with two Super Pumas for Ecuador. These aren't mentioned in the online article that I'm using as a key reference but I've seen more than one photograph of troops being air landed from Pumas during the Alto Cenepa conflict, so I'm sticking to my guns.
I also worked out how to base the smaller Tumbling Dice helos using 5mm diameter thin magnets that I pinched from a Battlefront tank kit, where they are used for traversing turrets. These are wide enough to bridge the gap between the skids, which would otherwise prevent a normal magnet from attaching properly. Thus equipped, I added a Gazelle and a Bell UH-1 to the FAE helicopter line up, these being used as FAC's, for SAR missions and even ground attack. I finished off by assembling the Hercules for the FAE, although what I will use it for or why I need it, I have no idea!?
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