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  1. Thanks for these little build tips along the way Alistair - makes for a very useful reference build for the rest of us. Chris
  2. I've made a little bit more progress on my Wessex & have ordered a couple of @hendies detail sets - I studied the photo below of Wessex N7-216 (WA216) when it was suspended up in the air at the National Maritime Museum in Sydney NSW - it was subsequently moved to the AWM in Canberra (I read online it is in pristine condition) This photo, which I found somewhere on the internet, provides a good view of the Wessex underside & the covered over Sonar well Based on this photo I removed the Sonar well from the kit part & fitted a rectangle of plastic card. I decided that when I get the transmission bay set from @hendie I will display the port side access/work panel in the open position but decided not to open the starboard side as it seems to get a bit fiddly where it has a sliding? panel to accommodate the winch assembly when opened. The panel was cut away from the fuselage side - I referred to the 4Plus book which has a couple of photos of the open work panel & added the framework & a piece of 20 thou plastic sheet to represent the surface I assume the mechanics stand on when doing maintenance. I was not sure how much of the inside of the starboard closed panel will be visible once the transmission assembly was installed & fuselage closed up, so I added some framework just in case making them closer together than my initial pencil lines. Having looked at @hendies HC2 build I suspect the transmission bay deck may have to be hacked around a bit so am waiting to see. Thanks for looking bye for now. CJP
  3. Removing the masking tape is always nail-biting stuff but it seems to have turned out ok for you - you got the curve of the demarcation between EDSG/SKY going up the fin spot on - I don't think I have ever unmasked a model & got it right first time on my models, invariably had to do touch ups & tweaking of the lines - great work. Chris
  4. I did a bit of a clean-up around the frame & then decided to spray a coat of paint to see how it all looks - I picked a Tamiya XF14 a light grey green colour which is something like the interior colour I want - will still experiment with tones & washes to get a well-used look but I am happy with XF14 to start things off. The photo with the cabin on its side is closest to the actual colour on the model. t I ended up cutting a recess for the fire extinguisher as the more I looked at it the more it bugged me. Thanks to @perdu & @Heloman1 I have been investigating incorporating some of @hendies Wessex goodies & have made initial contact with him - meanwhile I have been reading Hendies WIP of a Wessex HC2 - all 84 pages of it - https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234971153-wessex-hc2-a-dauphins-stablemate-520-days-later-its-finished-why-yes-it-is-indeed/ Thats it for now so we will see where I go next with this build. CJP
  5. Great work on the Sea Furies CC - your model display case must be enormous! Chris
  6. Beautiful brushwork on your Beaufighter Chris as usual! - have you decided what's next model on your build list? Chris
  7. Awesome work on those vortex generators Tom they really lift the model - I can appreciate why you did it over a couple of evenings! Chris
  8. Thanks Anthony - really appreciate your comments👍 Chris
  9. Nice little model - water base is impressive
  10. Wow that is impressive! - love your metallic finish.
  11. Thanks, SteveMc those are great photos - I haven't been there for years, do you know if they transferred some of their aircraft to HARS at Albion Park?
  12. Thanks, rodenlee - there are no particular builds I can think of, I just did a search here on BM and found a few builds modellers had done over the years - this is one RAN model that inspired me to start mine. https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235124407-148-ran-sea-venom-faw-21-target-tug/ I didn't find any real problems building it, the tail boom/tailplane alignment was a bit fiddly for me. Other than that, just the usual work putting a limited run kit together & adding what extra detail you want in your model. Chris
  13. Great work Simon - rapidly getting to the point where you gather all of these bits together & assemble them - the EDSG & Sky can't be far off now.
  14. I still don't have this seating business 100% sorted in my head but @perdu that is amazing detail you have done with the ASW operators positions.
  15. Thanks Navy870 - Is this the bench you referred to? - can you advise what the cabinet on right hand side & metal box on top are? - image from HMAS Albatross RAN museum Wessex. Chris
  16. Thanks Alex - I probably will take up your advice & scratch build the seats if needed - all depends on the era I model, @john ellis advised above that one configuration was when they removed all of the ASW gear but retained the ASW seating arrangement when in the utility role. Chris
  17. Thanks Hendie, I enjoyed scratch building the interior and have been nudged by @Heloman1 & @Perdu towards getting your MRGB/rotor head set to improve on the kit parts so is a PM the best way to contact you? Chris
  18. Thanks again John - that was something I was wondering about.
  19. Ok I will definitely look into it & cost of getting it here- thanks!
  20. Ok Colin I've noted that - I have seen Hendie's resin Wessex parts & been wondering if I need his rotor head & MRGB set! Chris
  21. Thanks John that really helps narrow down where I am going with this Wessex - I'm thinking I will place it in the era where the ASW equipment was removed and they were used in the utility role prior to the troop seating era - all I need to find out is what the ASW seating was - I am waiting for a book the Gregorys Westland Wessex Owners Manual which I'm hoping will a good source of information on all marks. Chris
  22. Thanks Colin - yes, I am already following your Green Parrot build so any more tips like above appreciated. Chris
  23. Hi - I decided that never having built a helicopter kit I would remedy that by pulling the Italeri 1/48 WESSEX HAS1 out of my stash. I had a search on Britmodeller and found several builds of 1/72 & 1/48 kits as RAN HAS31's so that firmed up my decision to make the kit as a RAN HAS 31B. I took the photos below in the late 80's at Cooma Airport NSW when two Wessex were on exercise transporting soldiers from the airport to various spots in the local countryside. Some good RAN Wessex walkarounds here http://www.grubby-fingers-aircraft-illustration.com/wessex_walkaround.html - just follow link HELICOPTERS>WESTLAND for three different aircraft. I'm not sure if the HAS31A was purely in an antisubmarine role & the 31B utility as in the photo but I leaned toward modelling it in the utility role - maybe someone could clarify on that? So armed with the 4PLUS book and referring to the Grubby Fingers Wessex walkarounds I took the plunge. I also found references on BM in the various builds on here including some with useful photos from Navy870 with of things like the main rotor fold jig in place on the aircraft. When I opened the box, I found that I had luckily purchased a Scale Warship Rotor Fold etch & a Rotor Craft folded tail rotor resin upgrade for the kit - other purchases lurking at the bottom of the box were two Wessex HAS31 decal sheets & a Scale Warship Helicopter Deck Grill & tiedowns. Sooo I plan to make the Wessex all folded up with the cabin door open & I wanted to make the cabin interior detailed - the kit does not have the "dog box" on the Beetleback fairing for this version so whether the build would go ahead depended on whether I could scratch build a passable "dog box" I started by making a mould for the dog box from a piece of pine & then vacuformed it from some 40thou plastic sheet - I then had to carve a recess in the beetle back to accept the shape of the dog box fairing & remake some of the beetleback fins I had been a bit heavy handed with. I decided the fairing was good enough to keep going & would largely be tucked in behind the folded rotor blades, so I turned my attention to the cabin interior. I made use of the RP Tools strip cutter which was very handy when you need to cut several strips the same length. I decided to make the cabin interior framework more prominent by overlaying the frames in the kit with Evergreen 20thou square strip. Various gussets & boxes were represented by its of Evergreen plastic, pipes with fine lead wire & electrical cables from electrical wiring with insulation stripped off & teased out into bundles At this point after studying the RAN Wessex walkarounds I noted that the cabin roof extended only about halfway along the cabin and from there back the curved roof structure of the airframe is visible so I decided to try & incorporate this feature. I wrapped a piece of 40thou sheet around a metal tube with copper wire to hold it in place & plunged it into a cup of boiling water - after a few minutes it had taken up the curve I needed. Next step was to shape it to fit the rear cabin - photo below shows it glued in & frames added - the square of white plastic is there temporarily to help align it. The cabin roof part was cut so that it stopped between the two port windows & then the quilting was sanded back & filled with Vallejo putty followed by sanding. The forward bulkhead was detailed with plastic card & wire to make it look a bit more like the walkaround photos - I note the fire extinguisher should sit in a recess & I may or may not fix that - a piece of 5mm plastic tube was filed flat one side, cut to fit into the framework & added to the rear cabin roof to represent the tail rotor shaft housing. The fuselage halves were masked along the mating surfaces prior to painting of the cabin interior. Having done all that the following shows the glimpses of the interior when closed up temporarily. I'm still thinking about the "troop seating"? that fits along the cabin wall but just noticed that the new Airfix Sea King has them on the sprues for one of the kit versions - the other option is to scratch build them. Thats it for now! CJP
  24. I'm still jumping between your & Spookytooth's builds - both very informative for a future build of mine if they ever go on sale in Oz. Chris
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