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Working on thinning out my stash of Sweet 1/144 Sea Kings. Next up will be a Belgian Mk. 48, as depicted in the kit instructions: More recent online photos of the same aircraft, #RS01 (serial WA 831, now residing in retirement in the Royal Museum of Military History in Brussels), show that it later acquired the larger 'hat box' search radar dome; this is offered as an option in certain of the Sweet releases of the kit, and I had one left over in the spares box, so on it went. The kit also includes options for the six-blade tail rotor as used by most European Sea Kings, and the 'clean' sponsons (without the original sonobuoy pallet and MAD boom used by the early USN models). The kit's pre-molded rescue hoist is a solid vinyl blob, so I cut it off to replace it with something a little more refined. All the 'greebles' which distinguish different models of Sea Kings - aerials and sensor fits, as well as details like pitots and mooring cables - will need to be added with bits of wire and styrene rod & strip. Not completely finished, but here she is nearing the painting stage: More as things develop. Thanks for looking in.

The latest Airfix releases are in stock now. First up is the re-issued A04015A Martin B-26B Marauder The kit has decal options for "The Big Hairy Bird" of the 599th BS, 397th BG as seen on the box top and "Flak Bait" of the 449th BS, 322nd BG in olive Drab/Neutral grey. Also out now is the A04063 Westland Sea King HAR.3/Mk.43 This kit has marking for XZ586 in 78 Squadron special markings and a Sea King Mk.43 of 330 Squadron, Royal Norwegian Air Force.

I’m chuffed with how the last turned out so thinking on (since I used to live on the West coast of Scotland & rock climb) an 819 squadron Navy Sea King recovering a fallen climber Holding page while I gather my thoughts and bits and pieces https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/REVELL-04411-1-72-SEA-KING-MK-41-SKUA-MISSILES-MODEL-KIT-15-00-BUY-IT-NOW/311975907089?hash=item48a3368f11:g:ZsUAAOSwF71Z2UiJ https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/MA7267 https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/PJ721126 http://www.gaugemaster.com/item_details.asp?code=FA151084&style=&strType=&Mcode=Faller+151084

AFV Club is to release a 1/144th Sikorky SH-3A Sea King kit - ref. AR14405 Source: https://www.facebook.com/AFVCLUB.TW/photos/a.1512888545423326.1073741955.236926266352900/1512888992089948/?type=3&theater V.P.

Had the chance of a brief tour of the airframes used engineering training at HMS Sultan IMGP7754 by Phillip Wilmshurst, on Flickr IMGP7768 by Phillip Wilmshurst, on Flickr IMGP7763 by Phillip Wilmshurst, on Flickr IMGP7852 by Phillip Wilmshurst, on Flickr IMGP7851 by Phillip Wilmshurst, on Flickr IMGP7837 by Phillip Wilmshurst, on Flickr IMGP7833 by Phillip Wilmshurst, on Flickr IMGP7823 by Phillip Wilmshurst, on Flickr IMGP7806 by Phillip Wilmshurst, on Flickr IMGP7797 by Phillip Wilmshurst, on Flickr IMGP7796 by Phillip Wilmshurst, on Flickr IMGP7770 by Phillip Wilmshurst, on Flickr IMGP7755 by Phillip Wilmshurst, on Flickr Sea King Rotor head IMGP7746 by Phillip Wilmshurst, on Flickr Willy

This photo is of a Royal Navy recruitment poster I picked up about 10 years ago. It shows a Sea King HC.4 on IFOR detachment to Split-Divulje in Croatia, flying low over the Cetina River gorge at Omiš. The code letter on the nose is 'C' but, other than that, I have no clue as to the identity of the airframe - can anyone tell me what serial and what squadron? And does anyone have any other photos of this aircraft at that time?

I was thinking about projects for the future and wondered what was the best (cheapest) way to get a 1/48 HC.4 Sea King. I have a Wessex HU.5 kit in stash and a Lynx HMA.8 with the backdate kit to make it an HAS.2. Was thinking a Falklands war Helicopter display would be quite satisfying. Would the Revell boxing of the SH-3H US Navy Sea King be a good starting point? Is there any resin available to make the changes to the landing gear? Has anyone got any plans to bring out a kit in the near future that I'm not aware of saving the whole expensive and messy business of 'making' an HC.4 from bits and bobs. Airfix scaling up their 1/72 Junglie would be awesome! Thanks. :-)

fairly hot of the press...but the german navy (said this before) require extra sea king for training so they are getting a number of ex RN sk mk5s . Heliops will be operating them out of the former MCA hangar at Portland which of course is on the site of RNAS Portlands hardstanding. Fear god honour the king

Hi all, I was given Airfix's new boxing of the Sea King HAR.3 for Christmas so in an effort to hit the ground running in 2017 I've decided to haul 2 older boxings from the stash and build the three together. My intention is to finish the aircraft as follows: XZ586 Sea King HAR.3, 202 Sqn A Flt., RAF Boulmer (from the new Airfix HAR.3boxing) XZ590 Sea King HAR.3, 202 Sqn A Flt., RAF Boulmer (from the old Airfix HAR.3 boxing) XV699 Sea King HU.5, HMS Gannet SAR Flight (from the Airfix HAR.5 boxing) (modified from the new Airfix HAR.3 boxing using decals & possibly some parts from the Airfix HAR.5 boxing) ZA314 Sea King HC.4, 848 NAS, RNAS Yeovilton (from the new Airfix HC.4 boxing) Mystery project (from the old Airfix HAR.5 boxing). What's already becoming incredibly clear is how far the Airfix kits have advanced between old and new boxings. I was originally going to build the old ones OOB as a quick mojo builder but I'm now debating doing some detailing to the interior. I'll stick some pics up once there's something to show Stu

Hi all, I think I've set myself a bit of a tester this time! I've got the Airfix Sea King HC4 to have a go at and in a moment of madness I asked Mrs Wasacop which version I should do--all green or the green/white camo? No prizes for guessing which one she went for (and to be fair I agree with her)-- you got it the green/white one! My question to those who know about these things is how much would I have to enlarge a scan of the painting guide to make some masks for this bad boy? Thanking you all in advance for any help on this one, Hilly

Hello All, A while ago I built Sea King "Old 66" for the Helicopter GB. For the Vignette GB I went on to build a base incorporating the Apollo 11 command module to show a moment from the mission recovery. I didn't manage to get any decent pictures of it because of time/weather/travel, but I grabbed some today and thought I'd put them up here. Well it's space AND diorama AND aircraft... I photograph outside, and the moving rotors in the first shot are not a fancy effect, but the wind gusting in my back garden! The Sea King is 1/72 and the command module is 1/96. The scratch build WIP for the command module is described here. Thanks for looking, Adrian

I have both the Airfix HAR.3 and HC.4 boxings of their new 1/72 Sea King. As my preference is generally to do combat aircraft, is it possible to backdate either (or both!) of these kits into Falklands War machines? If so, what would that entail?

I havent seen this version finished so I thought I would put mine up. I do like the yellow RAF rescue helicopters as the last picture wll testify. This is a superb kit and the interior detail is very good shame a lot cant seen if the doors are shut. I have however opened the aircraft up I did the kit version but have just notice that i missed off the directional spot at the rear of the fusalage. Too late now. I had a spare air filter from a revell kit so I used that instead and when the airfix decals went on and the microset had done its job I was rather pleased with the result. Otherwise all straight out of the box Very good value kit will be buying more. Normal rules view from 5ft Rodders ooops that blade nees bending down A theme is developing here :-)

Hello All, I built the Airfix old mould (1969) Sea King for the Helicopter III GB. It's on a stand measuring 3" by 3 1/2" and there's a picture of the Apollo 11 Command Module on the stand to give it some context: The mission here is to build a vignette of the scene shown in the photo, with the helicopter hovering above. The stand is a 1/4" thick balsa block with plastic card around the sides. So I need a command module, floatation bags and figures, and some ocean! For the command module I have seen some very expensive kits on Ebay, which include the LCM and/or Service Module, which I don't need. So for the capsule itself I thought I might get away with building a plastic card model based on a paper model pattern available freely on the web: It's for a 1/48 model, so I printed it out at 66.7% to get 1/72. Placed on the stand, it looked a bit too big, so I tried making a half-scale copy of the original 1/48 size one to give me 1/96 scale: This looks a lot more manageable and gives a bit of "forced perspective" to the scene. It's also about the same size as the one in the photo, so that works well. For the floats and dinghy I will be using two-part putty I have a choice of two-part advanced wood filler (too fast, no good for modelling), milliput (could do) or a strip of two-part filler in blue and green halves that you knead together until it is a uniform colour. The last one doesn't go entirely rigid and is hard to sand, but I think it would be the easiest to use. I will probably make my own figures for 1/96 scale, and I'd like to put one or two in the helicopter doorway too. Thanks for looking, Adrian

I have purchased the Sea King mk3 and have found that the decals are not fully"varnished" See picture below. Is mine a one off or is a fault on them all like the canopy was on the 1/24 Typhoon. The areas are marked I dont want to soak them off to find I have problems if anyone has the same kit can they have a look to see if theres has the varnish missing also. No point asking Airfix for new if they are all the same. Area marked is where there in no varnish. That said I have a spare old airfix mk3 set 2 sets of modeldecals with a yellow and a grey falklands A/C and the modelart set so it isnt that big a problem Sorry for the poor quality of picture and on a slant but I know that britmodeller dont like pictures that can be used to make copies Rodders

Hi, what scale is a Sea King helicopter from Heller Humbrol Bobcat / Bobkit? Not Airfix tooling but snap fit from Heller mould. Is it 1/72 like their Super Puma Cougar and other Bobkit kits (Transall, OH-6, Harrier T4, F-16 and Phantom) or is out of scale? Thanks

Well you heard it first but standfast the mk7s still very much in service but there may well Be a limited return of a few mk 5s to support well better not say but it's in Europe. This is a gen dit!

Hi Guys & Gals...I present to you, my lastest completion. The New Tool Sea King. It took me 3 attempts to get the camo half decent, the 3rd of which was achieved by 8 hours of masking.

Hello All, I started the Airfix classic Sea King over the Easter weekend. I'm hoping to build it as "Old 66", the helicopter that recovered the Apollo 11 capsule. Ultimately I'd like to do a diorama, but I will settle for finishing the helicopter before the GB ends! First, the kit. There are actually two boxings - 66 has a frogman and a net, and some extra decals for "66" as well as for the original "63": Sprue shot: The decals are well past their sell-by date, so I bought some after market ones from Hannants. These are for the Apollo 13 recovery but it's possible to get a "close enough" Apollo 11 version from them with some judicious trimming (apparently the Apollo 8-11 decals are available again now but this is what I bought): The fit of the parts was excellent when the moulds were new: The pilots are the standard post-war Airfix pilots, with rather unhelpfully crossed legs. The plastic is just about soft enough to cut the limbs apart and bend them into a more useful pose: I've detailed the kit seats, made a more accurate instrument panel and added pedals: Pilot #1 in place. Apparently in a helicopter the left-hand seat is for the co-pilot. Didn't know that! I found it easier to glue the control sticks to the figure, not the floor, so I can paint it all as a cohesive unit rather than having to fiddle with the hand fit later on. As the hatch will be open, I need some interior detail. First I put in a ceiling below the motor section, made from curved plastic card: Then some detail (some taken from photos, some made up) inside: The folding seats were made from plastic rod, stretched sprue and wine bottle foil: And painted: I thought I'd have pilot #2 looking over his shoulder to see how the recovery was going, so this guy got some serious surgery: He was given a uniform made from acrylic putty, and I had to add a new nose because there wasn't one on the figure (although the other, nearly identical, pilot was fine). Anyway, I painted them both up: And we have got to here: I need to detail the instrument panel and centre console, then I can think about installing everything and closing it up. Thanks for looking, Adrian

We've got three great new Airfix Aircraft Model Kits including one great Starter Set that's ideal for those new to scale model building! First up we have the Newly Tooled 1/48 Scale Gloster Meteor F8 Kit, next the 1/72 RAF Red Arrows Hawk Kit and last but not least, the 1/72 Westland Sea King HAR.3 Starter Set! Stocks of these kits may be limited, so order soon to avoid disappointment! For full details, please see our newsletter.

Afternoon all, With 848 NAS standing down today, bringing an end to 37 years of service for the mighty Sea King HC4, I thought I'd share a few images by way of a personal tribute to one of my favourite aircraft of all time. Having lived relatively local to Yeovilton all my life, the Junglie has played a huge part in my interest in aviation, and I'll miss it greatly. All the shots posted have been taken at various locations across the South West, with the final four taken as the aircraft set off on the Monday's farewell tour, the last time I'll see this wonderful machine fly... Westland Sea King HC4 ZD627/WO Royal Navy RNAS Merryfield 08/06/11 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Westland Sea King HC4 ZD627/WO Royal Navy RNAS Merryfield 08/06/11 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Westland Sea King HC4 ZD625/P Royal Navy RNAS Yeovilton 09/07/11 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Westland Sea King HC4 ZF115/WV Royal Navy Okehampton Camp 13/05/12 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Westland Sea King HC4 ZF119/WY Royal Navy Okehampton Camp 13/05/12 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Westland Sea King HC4 ZF115/WV Royal Navy Okehampton Camp 13/05/12 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Westland Sea King HC4 ZF119/WY Royal Navy Okehampton Camp 13/05/12 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Westland Sea King HC4 ZE426/WX Royal Navy RNAS Yeovilton 22/06/12 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Westland Sea King HC4 ZE426/WX Royal Navy RNAS Yeovilton 22/06/12 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Westland Sea King HC4 ZF115/R Royal Navy RNAS Yeovilton 22/06/12 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Westland Sea King HC4 ZE426/WX Royal Navy RNAS Yeovilton 22/06/12 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Westland Sea King HC4 ZG820/I Royal Navy RNAS Yeovilton 12/07/13 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Westland Sea King HC4 ZF214/L Royal Navy RNAS Yeovilton 12/07/13 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Westland Sea King HC4 ZF214/L Royal Navy RNAS Yeovilton 12/07/13 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Westland Sea King HC4 ZF117/X Royal Navy RNAS Yeovilton 13/07/13 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Westland Sea King HC4 ZA310/B Royal Navy RNAS Yeovilton 13/07/13 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Westland Sea King HC4 ZF117/X Royal Navy RNAS Yeovilton 13/07/13 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Westland Sea King HC4 ZF117/X Royal Navy Merryfield 25/06/14 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Westland Sea King HC4 ZE427/K Royal Navy Okehampton Camp 10/05/15 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Westland Sea King HC4 ZE427/K Royal Navy Okehampton Camp 10/05/15 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Westland Sea King HC4 ZF116/WP Royal Navy Okehampton Camp 10/05/15 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Westland Sea King HC4 ZE427/K Royal Navy Merryfield 10/06/15 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Westland Sea King HC4 ZE427/K Royal Navy Merryfield 10/06/15 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Westland Sea King HC4 ZF116/WP Royal Navy RNAS Yeovilton 09/07/15 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Westland Sea King HC4 ZF116/WP Royal Navy RNAS Yeovilton 11/07/15 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Westland Sea King HC4 ZG821/G Royal Navy SPTA 12/11/15 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Westland Sea King HC4 ZG821/G Royal Navy SPTA 12/11/15 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Westland Sea King HC4 ZA298/Y Royal Navy RNAS Yeovilton 21/03/16 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Westland Sea King HC4 ZA298/Y Royal Navy RNAS Yeovilton 21/03/16 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Westland Sea King HC4 ZA295/U Royal Navy RNAS Yeovilton 21/03/16 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Westland Seaking HC4 ZA298/Y Royal Navy RNAS Yeovilton 21/03/16 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Farewell, old friend...

The following images have been taken at various locations around Cornwall since Jan 2016. Unfortunately the few remaining 771 Squadron Sea Kings have been rather elusive. Locations here include Bodmin Moor, Davidstow airfield, Godrevy etc:

Sea King HC.4 Sets - For Airfix Kit 1:72 Eduard These sets are intended for the new Airfix kit. Interior Set This set contains one colour nickel fret, and one plain brass fret. The plain fret contains parts for the main internal bulkheads with their integral equipment racks and cable runs, also the flooring areas at the pilots feet. The nickel fret has another bulkhead part, the instrument panel, overhead panel, rudder pedals, and seatbelts for the pilot seats plus all the troop seats in the back. Exterior This set is on one traditional brass fret, it contains parts for the exterior. It has the external plates for the air filter box assembly, the main door external step, the interior for the main cabin door/steps, external tail rotor part, both external racks for the mounted jamming system, windscreen wipers, and a plethora of external hatches/inspection covers, and aerial mounting plates. Masks The die cut masks are for all of the helicopters glazing and the wheels. Review samples courtesy of

After the HC.4 variant ( http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234972969-airfix-a04056-westland-sea-king-hc4-172/) Airfix is to release a 1/72nd Westland Sea King HAR.3 kit - ref. A55307 Source: http://www.airfix.com/uk-en/news/workbench/jet-provost-and-sea-king-updates/ V.P.

Hey all I happened across a rather striking paint scheme on a CH-124 Sea King.... This dates from 1999 when the RCAF was celebrating its 75th Anniversary. This seems to be the only picture available of this particular Sea King. Does anyone know if there's ever been a decal sheet for these markings? Likewise, does anyone know of any other pictures? Regards ANS