skiny Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Had a look inside the box n thought oh this looks nice,so made a start before dinner.Bit fiddly putting the seats in but got them in the end, colours arnt a perfect match but close enough.Fittings are quite good ,so far so good,(famous last words)sunday (3) by skellitor59, on Flickr sunday (2) by skellitor59, on Flickr sunday (1) by skellitor59, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Got a couple of these in the stash, will be following. Nice start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragtag Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Good start Skiny, I assume you're building an HC.4? I'd be interested in the reference photos you used, if any? I'm just starting out on my HC.4 and all the photos I've found so far seem to show blue seats. The walkaround on the HC.4 is well worth a look if you haven't already seen it: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skiny Posted January 3, 2017 Author Share Posted January 3, 2017 17 hours ago, Ragtag said: Good start Skiny, I assume you're building an HC.4? I'd be interested in the reference photos you used, if any? I'm just starting out on my HC.4 and all the photos I've found so far seem to show blue seats. The walkaround on the HC.4 is well worth a look if you haven't already seen it: Its was supposed to be the helicopter prince Andrew flown in the south Atlantic sea King HAS.5 (XZ574) BUT as i couldnt get one, i opted,for a later model on hopefully "add on "the bits n pieces (big bulbus thing on top, flotes.)no reference photos as such except the one,s on google from the fleet air arm. yes a lot of the seats are blue but theres a verity of colours used in the sea kings.french blue is the colour stipulated in the instrucktions and as i have a limited budget and range of colours i used what colour i saw in a photo on google.Not the best way for accuracy but its the nearest one to french blue.For what you can see from the outside its not that important IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragtag Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Ah I see, I'll be interested to see how you convert this to the HAS.5 spec then - I'm just about to start converting one to an HU.5 myself. Does that mean you've used the HAR.3 Search and Rescue Starter Set as your base model? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skiny Posted January 3, 2017 Author Share Posted January 3, 2017 2 hours ago, Ragtag said: Ah I see, I'll be interested to see how you convert this to the HAS.5 spec then - I'm just about to start converting one to an HU.5 myself. Does that mean you've used the HAR.3 Search and Rescue Starter Set as your base model? Just the HAS 4 with the green n white jungle stripes.Got a small bottle top for the thing on top ,(I cant remember what the hell it is now) and two nebulizer nodules ( they look about right) for the floats /pontoons , not sure of other bits n pieces i will need. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragtag Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Sounds like you'll be doing some proper modelling then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 5 hours ago, skiny said: Just the HAS 4 with the green n white jungle stripes.Got a small bottle top for the thing on top ,(I cant remember what the hell it is now) and two nebulizer nodules ( they look about right) for the floats /pontoons , not sure of other bits n pieces i will need. That'll be the sea searcher radar lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skiny Posted January 4, 2017 Author Share Posted January 4, 2017 Managed to get an hour in on the sea king this afternoon.All dry fitted ,check,every thing in position ,check, glue check,tape up,check sit down for an hour,check remove tape ,check disaster strikes,check.Well what can i say ,i know it was going to well.Right behind the engines (image 1 and 3) a small part had sprung up and dried hard creating a step.and small gap at the back of the engine encasment(image 2),hay ho thats modeling for you.i shall whittle away at it in the morning ,get filled in and try n make some pontoons for this(any ideas would be welcome) monday (1) by skellitor59, on Flickr monday (2) by skellitor59, on Flickr monday (3) by skellitor59, on Flickr monday (4) by skellitor59, on Flickr Thanks for looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 looking good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skiny Posted January 10, 2017 Author Share Posted January 10, 2017 Oh dear,painting and decorating was my second trade and i could spend all day happily painting animals ships,cars ,on walls.Done a few models after a 40 year break last year,Vulcan,Harrier and Victor.Not as good as some on this site but better than i expected with having disablitys now and fading health(poor eyesight, shakes through drugs "priscription drugs" i may add),.Iv used spray in the past n touched up with the hairy stick and this is my 1st attempt at fully painting a model with a brush.WELL I dont think this is a very good start even though its a 1st coat of green.Not sure weather its brushes( tried different ones)hombrol paints,or what but it looks like a 5 year olds been let loose in a paint shop.I,ll give it a couple more coats but me thinks it will be stripped back and will go back to what i know. IMG_1585 by skellitor59, on Flickr IMG_1586 by skellitor59, on Flickr IMG_1588 by skellitor59, on Flickr IMG_1589 by skellitor59, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Its moving on... what mk are you doing again ... Bit confused since it's camo with a radar dome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragtag Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 I think earlier Skiny said it was going to be a HAS.5 (XZ574) but with that radome maybe plans have changed Skiny: a couple of pics in this article for you of the time period you're looking for: http://www.aviation-pictures.co.uk/sea-king-has-5-xz574/ (you'll have to look behind some bloke that got in the way of the shot though - who does he think he is?) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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