This was a piece I did for my Dad's cousin. Fred Wellhouser was a chopper crewman in Vietnam. He was a Navy man, in an unique unit called the "Seawolves". They were an attack squadron that supported the brown river navy and the seal teams in the river delta regions of Vietnam. They flew UH-1 Huey's that were heavily armed- usually more so than their Marine and Army counterparts. I could not post this in November because the figure was a surprise gift.
I used the Verlinden 120mm chopper crewman. They essentially wore the same uniforms while on combat patrol. For more on the Seawolves, check this link: http://www.seawolf.org/index.asp

Great job bringing a rather boring uniform to life Matt. I always love these family projects.

Colin

Great painting, even down to the wear on the boots

John

great job

Great work on an old verlinden figure, some of these come up a treat still. Love your paint work
Ben

Very nice job on this one Matt. I really like it.

Good work Matt.
Not easy to put life into this figure, well done.
Keith

Great Job!
For Seawolfes have look at :
http://www.vwam.com/vets/navy/brownwater_prsaccnt/scrseawolves.htm
http://www.sealtwo.org/usnseawolves.htm
http://www.seawolf.org/index.asp
There's also book :

Great work on a top subject.
Gordon

Fantastic painting. Great present. And thanks for highlighting another Nam unit.

Peter.

I wouldn't be surprised if VP sold a few more of those just because of your posting and fabulous painting.
Very nice indeed.

Steve

Great job Matt. Well done. Your Dad's cousin should be pleased.