RMCS Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Fantastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight_Flyer Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 An excellent build and paint finish. I did happen to see one in flight as I was in Hong Kong during the 80's. Very young at the time but no mistaking the profile of a Wessex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan214sqn Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Very very nice ! Love the detail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 That is utterly outstanding work... Really good to see this finished off Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Stunning build with all these details and the great paint job ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniele0865 Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 I followed the whole WIP day by day and it was amazing to see what you were doing. Now I can't find other words than stunning for your complete model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrek51 Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 WOW that's awesome, the colour in the rotor bay is bang on, lovely build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 So this is where you parked it. What else can I say? Wonderful Walter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Amazing work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMP2 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Ah, there it is finished. Took your time, didnt you? Ive been watching this build for a long time and aside from the obvious loveliness, it always amazed me how you avoided knocking the fiddly bits off when handling it. So bloomin well done for that too. At the risk of letter bombs and whatnot, the paint looks a little rough in finish in places, surface finish I mean. It bugs me. Had similar happen to me when I think I didnt thin the paint down enough. Only solution I can think of is to strip it all back and start again, no other option. So. Whats next for our inspiration? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazza68 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Just !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendie Posted January 6, 2016 Author Share Posted January 6, 2016 At the risk of letter bombs and whatnot, the paint looks a little rough in finish in places, surface finish I mean. It bugs me. Had similar happen to me when I think I didnt thin the paint down enough. Only solution I can think of is to strip it all back and start again, no other option. So. Whats next for our inspiration? Surface finish ? are we talking houchin, or Wessex ? The surface finish on the houchin is all down to me and I'll take the blame for that. The surface finish on the Wessex is down to italeri and their toolmaker. I think I mentioned this back early in the build If you take a look at the base kit - you'll see on one side that there is an insert in the mold - and they have not bothered to align it properly, resulting in a noticeable step around the cabin area. The toolmaker has also screwed up when it came to surface finishing. Normally a mold designer will call out a surface finish to SPI specs (from A1 [smoothest] to D3 [roughest]) - The finish on one side of the Wessex is worse than D3. - No amount of paint would ever disguise that finish Usually for molds like this, they will EDM die sink the rough shape, then finish off the desired shape with another "finish" die sink tooling, after that comes the polishing (the SPI finish) - it looks like they have rough finished with EDM die sink then not bothered to do any finish up work at all. - I have seen a better quality surface finish on roughed out molds - before they are even finished off! It's the old adage - Quality, Speed, Cost - pick two 'cos you'll never get all three - looks like Italeri went with speed and cost After this kit I have very little respect for italeri, neither in their research, nor in their execution of design and manufacture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Monday Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Very nice build. Wish I could build em' like this. BM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markyp1489 Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 (edited) Superb modelling skills and a wonderful Wessex. Just a shame you were not a airy fairy then we would have had a proper version from the Senior Service! Edited January 7, 2016 by markyp1489 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Wow, great looking Wessex, really nice work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sailorboy61 Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 cracking job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatbox8 Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Wow! Did a double take with the first photo. I thought it was a gate guardian somewhere at first. A stunning piece of work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMP2 Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Surface finish ? are we talking houchin, or Wessex ? The surface finish on the houchin is all down to me and I'll take the blame for that. The surface finish on the Wessex is down to italeri and their toolmaker. I think I mentioned this back early in the build If you take a look at the base kit - you'll see on one side that there is an insert in the mold - and they have not bothered to align it properly, resulting in a noticeable step around the cabin area. The toolmaker has also screwed up when it came to surface finishing. Normally a mold designer will call out a surface finish to SPI specs (from A1 [smoothest] to D3 [roughest]) - The finish on one side of the Wessex is worse than D3. - No amount of paint would ever disguise that finish Usually for molds like this, they will EDM die sink the rough shape, then finish off the desired shape with another "finish" die sink tooling, after that comes the polishing (the SPI finish) - it looks like they have rough finished with EDM die sink then not bothered to do any finish up work at all. - I have seen a better quality surface finish on roughed out molds - before they are even finished off! It's the old adage - Quality, Speed, Cost - pick two 'cos you'll never get all three - looks like Italeri went with speed and cost After this kit I have very little respect for italeri, neither in their research, nor in their execution of design and manufacture I noticed it on the Wessex on the darker grey "footprint" area where the steps are on each side mostly, with some in the green around there too. Please dont think Im picking at it, I meant only to help with future stuff as the build is brilliantly done, I just spotted those little bits and thought "aw, thats a shame". I cant see it in the grey of the camo, could well be hidden by the colour/light and its down to the plastic as you say, I really dont have the knowledge that you do regards the molding stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendie Posted January 7, 2016 Author Share Posted January 7, 2016 ah... that was completely deliberate. I was actually trying to make it even rougher than that. The grey "footprint" area (on the real 1:1) is painted on with anti-slip paint which is like a mixture of sand and paint so that area on the fuselage is definitely not meant to be smooth Take a look at this photo ( http://nabe3saviation.web.fc2.com/images8/waWW-411.jpg ), zoom in and you'll see what I mean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wagtail Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Absolutely brilliant, amazing detail which only comes from that real familiarity with the subject. Really well done love it! Brings back happy memories of hopping on the shuttle flight from Sek Kong down to HMS Tamar and trips out to Lantau on exercise Fiery Orient Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendie Posted January 7, 2016 Author Share Posted January 7, 2016 (edited) as long as it was Tamar and not the BMH on the Monday morning special! Edited January 7, 2016 by hendie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMP2 Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 ah... that was completely deliberate. I was actually trying to make it even rougher than that. The grey "footprint" area (on the real 1:1) is painted on with anti-slip paint which is like a mixture of sand and paint so that area on the fuselage is definitely not meant to be smooth Take a look at this photo ( http://nabe3saviation.web.fc2.com/images8/waWW-411.jpg ), zoom in and you'll see what I mean Aaaaah, I see. Well, good that I noticed then. What do I win? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendie Posted January 7, 2016 Author Share Posted January 7, 2016 you won the coveted post number 72 spot in this thread !!! Congratulations!!! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMP2 Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Beats a "One year out T-shirt" I guess. About that Houchin. Just how much pain was it building it? I use CA for etch stuff, it sticks (usually) for me, not too keen on the solder stuff as I tend to be a bit messy with that. But I do need one, maybe two, just the building of the things scares me and Ive not done a biggish etch thingy before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendie Posted January 8, 2016 Author Share Posted January 8, 2016 Most of the pain was caused by my own ham-fistedness. It's a pretty well thought out kit, and very accurate from photo's I checked out (the memory isn't that good I'm afraid). I've seen others build them using only superglue and it seems to work for them. I just don't get on with superglue at all and prefer to solder joints wherever possible as it leads to a much stronger joint. The big parts were easy - it was the smaller parts like the toggle clamps that frustrated me as I was always knocking them off If you are careful with handling then I'm sure CA would be fine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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