Airfix Westland Sea King HU5

[Nigel Heath]

That interior looks fantastic!

[Gremlin56]

Certainly is fantastic Dan, it will be a shame to seal it up eventually after all that work and detailing.

 

[Dads203]

Thank you very much chaps for the likes and the comments, I’m really chuffed with them  

I’m hoping to get the fuse closed up this week and start on the exterior detailing soon so stay tuned 

 

Regards

 

Dan 

[Martian]

It all looks the business to me!

 

Martian

[AdrianMF]

I love that interior! The colours make it look like one of those "Look and Learn" cutaways. Real shame to close it up. Your weathering on the well-used grey cabinets takes me right back to all the storage units I used to work next to in Portland some 30 years ago!

 

I'm really admiring your Green Stuff work too. The talcum powder trick is filed away.

 

Regards,

Adrian

[Dads203]

Cheers Adrian, 

I know that almost all of it will be tucked away and not to visible to the casual observer, but I look at this a practice, not sure yet what for 

but its honing my skills for some thing. I do like to push myself and its all good practice, it might not be 100% accurate but I like 

to think that some one will have a look and think that it's a damn good job 

 

So I've worked on the spotlight on the underside of the front end, I used a MV lens, rescribed the housings and added used Micro Kistal Klear 

to glue in in to place, I might need to amend and rework the two spots in front of this one now.

 

 

 

So,  the interior received the Velcro strip that's behind the seat, just a simple task of masking up and spraying 

 

 

I've also decided  to do a late HU5 , I need a FLIR and down link antenna. 

 

 

 

Apologies for the crap pics, its late , dark and I've had a few glasses of some fine red vine 

I could not find any pictures of this set on the internet at all, so here are my fine pictures for all to see, Whirlybirds should really do some serious marketing 

of their products. its letting them down in my opinion. Let the people know what they are getting and the sky is the limit. ( 2 months searching and researching for this small item )

I had to buy it to see what you get as I could not find one single picture of this set, hopefully it should help others on their quest  . ( it’s not expensive  and saves an hour or so scratching it ) 

 

 

 

 

Enjoy 

 

Dan 

 

[Massimo]

Great scratch building and realistic effect on that interior!!!

[Dads203]

Cheers Chaps 

 

Just been sorting out the decals for this build, I got these little beauties, a great set and a must 

for anyone doing a 771 NAS Cab, to me they look perfect so I thought I must share a few photos.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

looking forward to using these 

 

Cheers

 

Dan 

[heloman1]

Looking good, one reservation re the Model Art decals which are superb normally. The black outline to the white codes should only 1/4 inch (very faint), however they look a tad too thick. Just my personal opinion having worked in the Sprey Shop, where I hand masked such lettering/codes. I'll reserve judgement once you have applied them.

 

Well done to Len Newman for his input on this sheet.

 

Colin

[huvut76g7gbbui7]

On 26/11/2017 at 10:51 PM, Dads203 said:

and think that it's a damn good job

I don't think that I am alone in thinking that so far you have exceeded that goal.

[Martian]

Its going to look gorgeous in those decals.

 

Martian

[Dads203]

Thank you chaps

 

Moving on to the front end and the underside of the nose, decided to bin off the Airfix 

clear light bit that they provide and used some MV lens. Glued in with Micro Kristal Klear which 

is still a bit foggy at the  mo as it's not yet fully dried.

 

 

 

 

I've also added the sea anchor shackle with some fine brass wire.

 

 

Enjoy 

 

Dan 

 

 

[Mike]

That interior is looking gorgeous, and those lights are a good idea too.

[Dads203]

Cheers Mike 

 

The Krystal Klear has started to dry do the lights are looking much better.

 

 

I've started working on the crew, getting them in their new office and looking right.

 

 

 

The Pilot had to have the collective added to his hand as the kit part didn't look right. A new one fashioned from plastic rod and painted up.

 

 

 

 

Sorry for the pictures, its getting dark and the workshop lights are really rubbish.

 

 

Dan 

[Ex-FAAWAFU]

Just keeps on getting better.  Sad to see my old Squadron (819, which provided Prestwick SAR in my day) being reduced to a sub-set of 771 (fine squadron though they might be).

[andyf117]

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[Dads203]

9 minutes ago, andyf117 said:

A question Ex-FAAWAFU might be best placed to answer - how easy is it to fly a helicopter when you can't reach the pedals?

Distinct area of daylight between them and the crew's boots in that last picture! lol

 

 

Oh Andy, you are a one 

(I'm putting it down to that Cornish air you are now breathing)

 

Quite clearly P1 in the right hand seat is flying and P2 is reading a copy of the News of the World, he's not even got his hands on the controls mate 

 

 

 

 

PS ....Both crew are now glued in 

 

Cheers 

 

Dan 

[perdu]

But he is only using the brakes  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Although he and his oppo both look rather good

 

[Dads203]

As I'm adding the FLIR unit, I decided to add a bit more detail, the Whirlybird unit is a bit basic 

in detail, The support bracket is very simple and lacks a lot of the detail found on the real item.

So I scratch built a new one, it looks a bit more like the real deal.

 

The lens were added to the FLIR unit using some plastic card and then fared in using magic sculpt, the Whirly bird item is the grey resin bit to the right.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The flood light and bracket has been removed from the side of the sea king in preparation to fit this,

and I'll modify the downlink antenna as this is also a bit basic. 

 

 

Enjoy 

 

Dan 

 

 

 

 

[Ex-FAAWAFU]

On 11/29/2017 at 4:42 PM, andyf117 said:

A question Ex-FAAWAFU might be best placed to answer - how easy is it to fly a helicopter when you can't reach the pedals?

Distinct area of daylight between them and the crew's boots in that last picture! lol

About as easy as driving a car if you can't reach the steering wheel; it can be done, but it doesn't always end very well.

[Martian]

36 minutes ago, Ex-FAAWAFU said:

About as easy as driving a car if you can't reach the steering wheel; it can be done, but it doesn't always end very well.

Sounds like you tried it Crisp!

 

Martian

[Dads203]

A tad more work on the FLIR fit tonight, I've added the downlink antenna and the wiring, I'll remove the resin rod dipole 

and scratch up a plastic one, I think the resin rod is a bit to short.

FLIR turret base has been detailed up a bit more, i'll probably add this after the fuse is joined up as it will get in the way of cleaning up the joints.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A bit more work around the lens area of the FLIR turret and it should be good to go :-) 

 

Dan 

 

[Dads203]

Sorted the antenna, its a push fit so I can remove it for joint clean up.

 

 

 

 

Cheers for looking 

 

Dan 

 

 

 

[Winnie]

hope you have a way to fit the Observer's window... I had the seats installed in my HC.4 before I realized the window was not in, I managed but it was difficult!

[Dads203]

Cheers Winnie, the floor at the moment isn’t glued into position yet, it’s all just test fitted and taped up for adjusting 

Got a few more bits to add yet before final closure.

 

Dan