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Excellent, thank you very much

A silly question. Does anybody know if Wasp main blades were tapered or had a constant chord? I am building the Fujimi kit and the blades as supplied, apart from being far too thick, are heavily tapered. I have been unable to determine either from photos or drawings a definitive answer as some look tapered and others not

Wow!!!, I can’t believe how good that Wessex looks. It is absolutely magnificent.

Not built any Sword kits but I will not be able to resist this. Been waiting for this in 1/48 for so long, it’s arrival is on a par with the Airfix Sea King

Canberra T17s could be fitted with tip tanks or ‘pods’ which were tanks modified to hold a chaff dispenser, and as a result were subtly different to the standard tanks

Hi Everybody, I am building Airfix Sea King as the above a/c as it was in May 1981 when detached to HMS Hermes. In the photo I took at the time, the unit seahorse emblem is applied to the starboard front fuselage but is partially obscured by the sponson support. It appears to have the RN ‘crown’ above it and is on a lighter blue background than the airframe colour. My question is this, would this emblem be applied to the port side? I have also not found any other photos with the crown above the seahorse. Thanks in advance

When RN Wessex were used for SAR work, the waterproof sea tray was fitted along with ‘curtains’ around the cabin sides. They were normally light green in colour but I have seen them in dark green as well. There was also a stainless steel strip at the entrance from the cabin door

Lovely job so far, can’t wait for the kit to hit the shops. No more searching ebay for reasonably priced Hasegawa versions!

I don’t think that they were referred to as HCC22. As with the Wessex HU5 VIP aircraft, they retained their original designation

It depends whether anyone has fallen from the transmission deck and bounced off the exhaust on the way down. Ask me how I know!!!!

Nice Bucc, looking forward to building mine

Excellent result! I was on this unit in the green era post Falklands. That is a really nice Wessie V

That is a lovely Sea Fury!

Really nice Bucc built to a high standard

Belcher Bits did a resin 1/48 Navy Lynx. I have one but have not built it yet so can’t comment on how it goes together or if it is still available