Julien Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 I have enjoyed you photos of the pongo lynx, the only ones I have are of Mk3’s and Mk8’s when I was at Portland on AMG. If you dont mind sharing I would love these for the Lynx walkaround as we have nearly only the modern Lynx pics. Tony (sniperUK) sent me some great Army ones from operations in the 80's. Those older pics can be gold dust for the modeller. Cheers, Julien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevUK Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Hey guys, need some colour advice before i go head first into my build, i dont use humbrol colours as i dont get along with them too well, so im stuck with Revell and Tamiya acrylics at the moment, has anyone worked out a colour conversion specfic to this kit yet? AH7 is the one im doing in the Army markings - Dont want to mess it up as the Lynx is one of my favourite helicopters second to the Merlin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wafu Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 If you dont mind sharing I would love these for the Lynx walkaround as we have nearly only the modern Lynx pics. Tony (sniperUK) sent me some great Army ones from operations in the 80's. Those older pics can be gold dust for the modeller.Cheers, Julien Hi Julien I'll see what I can dig out. A long stint in front of the scanner for me then. I have some of the Mk8 when they came into service and made a visit to RAF Shawbury. I have one after being recovered from Lyme bay. She was swept off the back of the ship in 'high seas'. A trip to the loft for me tonight then. Cheers the Woo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg B Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Navy 1 Army 0 then again the Navy have always led the way Te He !! Yep, you were screaming that from the rooftops after the last Army Navy game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkippyBing Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Yep, you were screaming that from the rooftops after the last Army Navy game. To be fair the Western Samoa B team are very good... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Hi JulienI'll see what I can dig out. A long stint in front of the scanner for me then. I have some of the Mk8 when they came into service and made a visit to RAF Shawbury. I have one after being recovered from Lyme bay. She was swept off the back of the ship in 'high seas'. A trip to the loft for me tonight then. Cheers the Woo Thanks for that, look forward to seeing them. Julien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regulus Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 I think the HAS.3 was shelved, too many differences in the fuselage from the HMA8 / Super Lynx to get them from the one tooling. Has this actually been confirmed? No HAS.3? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynx7 Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Has this actually been confirmed? No HAS.3? Certainly confirmed that the releases have no HAS3 and I'm almost certain Airfix dont plan on doing one either. Tis a shame as the work required would have been relatively minimal. But it would have pushed the price up quite a bit adding an extra sprue. Fear not, help will be at hand! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Xtradecal have a sheet coming for the Lynx Lynx part 1 Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Xtradecal have a sheet coming for the LynxLynx part 1 Stephen Last year Airfix had a HAS3 in there Gift set section with ICE Lynx marking, so lets hope they still do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoenL Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Ed and I are working on some decals as well. Got my kit a few days ago and it certainly looks lovely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wafu Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Thanks for that, look forward to seeing them.Julien Well I have scanned the photos but havent got a scooby Doo how to load them on to this site. I know, I know, I can keep 5 helicopters in the air but I can't put a few photos on a site. I will email them to you if you want I can just about do that. Cheers the Woo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard E Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 (edited) Other than the decals has any news about aftermarket or conversion sets surfaced yet ? Edited April 22, 2012 by Richard E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Well I have scanned the photos but havent got a scooby Doo how to load them on to this site.I know, I know, I can keep 5 helicopters in the air but I can't put a few photos on a site. I will email them to you if you want I can just about do that. Cheers the Woo. Cheers, email is fine, i just PM'ed the details Julien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynx7 Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Other than the decals has any news about aftermarket or conversion sets surfaced yet ? News will be released in time. Rest assured its been worked on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard E Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 (edited) Other than the decals has any news about aftermarket or conversion sets surfaced yet ? News will be released in time. Rest assured its been worked on Do you want/need a wish list? Edited April 22, 2012 by Richard E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sniperUK Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 News will be released in time. Rest assured its been worked on Fast roping frame, and certain balls etc that hung outside the AH.7 plus the boxes for in the cabin please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spfparker Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 If anyones interested here a few photos taken today at the Museum of Army flying of their Lynx http://s1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc397/spfparker/Lynx/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynx7 Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 If anyones interested here a few photos taken today at the Museum of Army flying of their Lynxhttp://s1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc397/spfparker/Lynx/ Perfect photos, spfparker! I misplaced my photos of TOW launchers and your photos have saved me strolling across the road to take some pics of the cab in the museum Just be aware that the aircraft is a Mk7 despite the older style tail rotor blades. Due to the chronic shortage of AH7 tail rotor blades, they were removed and replaced with older AH1 style opposite direction blades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeronut Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Another point to remember about the tail rotor on the museum's Lynx is to IGNORE the rotor lock and remove before flight tag. They were just something knocked up by the museum staff to stop 'inquisitive fingers' turning the main rotor via the tail rotor. It may have the wrong tail rotor but yaw pedals must be in even shorter supply as it hasn't got any at all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Last year Airfix had a HAS3 in there Gift set section with ICE Lynx marking, so lets hope they still do it. The HAS3 Gift set was replaced by an HMA8 Gift set when they realised that a HAS3 needed much more tooling to do. http://www.airfix.com/airfix-products/roya...&sortorder= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eclarson Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 And I can say without fear of contradiction that it is worth every penny. I was lucky enough to get my hands on one in mid Jan to build for Airfix Model world mag (my build review will be in Mays issue). I'm currently in the middle of building the HMA8 and that too is very very good! Tony, I just received my May AMW. Excellent job on your Airfix Lynx and superb article! I'll be referring to it often when I build mine. Cheers, Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teenmodeller Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 I'm 3/4 through building the 8 at the moment (my second review for AMW mag, got this one about 2 months ago). I'm more of a 7 bloke and dont know my way totally around an 8 but does the 8 not have a broom cupboard? The kit doesnt appear to replicate it (as it does on the 7). You will really enjoy building this (despite a couple of minor frustrating bits). Can you also confirm which decal sheet you have? The ones I have from Airfix were test shots and I'm not 100% sure I've got the full navy decal sheet?Cheers PS Do you have any pics of the Fwd Av bay? I'm planning on leaving nose bay open. I would pop North side and have a look but I'm on leave for the next 2 weeks! Saw your review in the mag. Your Lynx looked great and has made me buy one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jens Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 The HAS3 Gift set was replaced by an HMA8 Gift set when they realised that a HAS3 needed much more tooling to do. I really hope they will release the earlier HAS2/3 (and Mk.23 and Mk. 80/90 also). Jens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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