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I made mine from aluminium foil and Tamiya tape. Here you find the photo: https://www.scalemates.com/profiles/mate.php?id=10037&p=albums&album=31431#218

Those Pictures are great! Thank you so much! I'll show you, what I used them for.

I thought another question in this forum could be as succesful as the last one because this is the motherland of the juglie. My Sea King is nearly finished (LINK ALBUM) and I'd like to display it with the outer blades tied to the fuselage. I found the very helpful walkaround in this forum but it would be perfect, if anyone could provide me with some information about the backside of the tip socks. Do they look exactly as the frotside does?

This guy used Tamiyas German Grey. Looks good to me. Perhaps add a little white for the scale effect. LINK LINK 2

I used XF-62 on my HC.4-project. https://www.scalemates.com/profiles/mate.php?id=10037&p=albums&album=31431

Had to look up "gust lock". Thank you for your nice feedback. Are the c/b-panels right? I think I'll do the scheme from the set. I have some Model Alliance decals for an IFOR version (LINK) but I think I will do the version from 2009 because I have better reference for that scheme. Allthough IFOR looks better - I don't like the golden numbers too much... Is there anything I hve to be aware of? I think I'll use XF-62 from Tamiya for th green. I've seen some builds with that colour and they look O.K. to me.

Again thank you all for your help. Without this thread I wouldn't know of the c/b panels. Now I made some for my Mk.4: LINK to scalemates-album Since I didn't found a photo of the panel over the pilots seat I had to guess. On the photos it looked slimmer than the other panel.

For everyone interested: I found two videos on youtube where you can actually see the c/b panels! In the first video both panels are visible but the panel over the pilots head looks a little bit smaller. Could be the perspective. In the second video only the left panel is visible.

Actually it does! Thank you a lot. That gives an idea, how it could look like. And this is fitted on both sides of the central overhead console? EDIT: Found some more pictures: Picture 1 This seems to be a German Mk.41 Picture 2 Picture 3 Picture 4

Do you have any pictures of that circuit breaker panel? I have tons of Sea King pictures on my harddrive but no picture where such a panel is visible. I tinted the windows and now I would like to add that console so I can close the cockpit. Pictures: https://www.scalemates.com/profiles/mate.php?id=10037&p=albums&album=31431 First I wanted to use aluminum foil but the sandwich bags where in the same drawer - the rest is history.

Thank you. It's great to hear that from someone who knows the Sea King as good as you do. Sadly i haven't seen any photos of those heating ducts. It was hard enough to find fotos of the blackpipe.

Thank you for answering the question - that will help a lot. Since imageshack doesn't want me to show photos anymore you can have a look at my build here: https://www.scalemates.com/profiles/mate.php?id=10037&p=albums&album=31431 Any suggestions for the colours? I'd like to do the arctic camo.

Hello gents! There is an Airfix HC.4 on my workdbench right now and I came across a question that all the pictures on my HDD can't answer: Are the top windows tinted in the same blue-greenish colour as the german version is? On most pictures it looks more greyish. Also the Airfix instructions say that the main coulour for the camo is BS381C 298 Olice Drab for the arctic scheme. On this forum I read the Sea Kings were switched to NATO Green. When did that happen? What would be a suitable Tamiya- or Gunze-colour ?

Both hints are so great! Thank you so much! Made my day!

Yes, I did. I hoped for some gems of a private image-collection.

Hello! On my bench there`s the new Airfix Sea King HC.4 and right now I'm still working on the interior. I think Airfix did a great job with this new Sea King and some details are over the top. The only thing I don't really like are the troopseats. They don't look like fabric, they look like the real seats are beeing made from solid material. Now I'm thinking about scratching some new ones but I suffer from two problems. First problem is that I could need some more pictures of the real seats in folded and unfolded position and the second problem is that I need an idea what material I should use. I don't want to get stuck here so any help is welcome. Here's the actuak status of my build: PS: If you have any good ideas for the soundproofing on the cabin walls, you're very welcome too!

What else can I say than "Thank you all!"? I'm very happy that you like my build.

You've got to love the finish! What a beauty!

Thank you all! A little bit - here are some Pics from the thread at arc: http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index....howtopic=175334 cockpit (Eduard pe-set): seats (Eduard pe-set and car leather for the seat cushions): cabin seats (Eduard pe-set): cockpit view (scratchbuild fire-extinguisher and some photocopied pe-parts) : side walls (aluminium foil, wires and sheet): sunblinds (paper and copper wire): First hand informations always help. Since they would never tie-down a Merlin on the flightdeck the way I did, it was a what-if anyway. Thank you for sharing you knowledge with us.

First of all I'd like to thank everyone for the posítive feedback. For me the Merlin is one of the best looking Helicopters out there (If only our Navy would take them as a Sea King replacement ) and so I'm happy I didn't bugger it. ...and this is why I like this forum. Thank you for this Information. Did this Helicopter actually touch the flightdeck of HMS Ark Royal at all? Yeah - the Sea King is a real beauty. Naturally there are some Sea Kings on my "to-do-list" (and on my stash). Of course the first one will be a Mk.41. Yes - it took some time... I hope there isn't a gap. Here's a picture I took during the build.

Since I got so many tips from this forum that were essential to finish this this model I'd like to show you my Tiger-Merlin. It took more than a year to build this model and it started as a practice build to try out some new techniques. I never used pe-parts before, I never did a display base and I never used figures before. This model shows ZH860 that was given some tiger stripes for an airday in Culdrose in 2002. It kept that look throughout it's mission on the HMS Ark Royal in February 2003. Two kits were used: I used the Revell kit no. 04410 and the Italeri kit no. 1248 for the small wraparounds at the rotorhead (not included in the Revell kit). Also used pe-parts from Eduard, White Ensign Models and Airwaves were used and finally the Royal Navy Deck Crew from The Aviation Workshop. I like Navy-birds because the Navy suffers the same problem as me: lack of space. I like folded planes and helicopters not only because they save space but I also think they look quite interesting. My favorite helicopter type is the Sea King but the Merlin is definitely second! I like the elegant shape. The Melin was given some covers and rbf-tags and the scenery could be an "open ship" on board of HMS Ark Royal so the crew mounted some stingrays and Mk.11 depth charges to show some of it's weapon equipment. The torpedos were included in the kit but the depth charges were scratch built. The intake-covers were used from the Eduard-set but the exhaust-covers are scratch built too. The rbf-tags were made from receipt-paper. The hinge for the tail was detailed with some extra-wire and styrene. To make the rotorblades foldable it was necessary to do major changes on the rotorhead. The base was made from a slat that was with a layer of sandpaper on it. All lines and numbers were airbrushed. The mirrors are a mix of kit-parts (housing) and steelwire (rods). On this picture you can also see the scratch built sunblinds. Here's the "Aircraft Director" checking the Merlin. The white trousers were first coated in e very light grey and than drybrushed with white. I used the same technique for the blue jacket (that became a bit too light actually). After painting I gave the figures a brown wash and a matt cote. Here's the "Plane Captain" shortly before jumping into the Merlin. I mounted the figures with a little pin of steel wire so they are moveable. And here's the face of the Merlin. Sadly Revell gave it a very wide bar in the midlle of the windscreen- I sanded it down and made a new one by painting a fine line. Since it was a tryout-built I learned many new techniques and tricks and of course it's not perfect in every detail but I liked building it and I hope you like it too.

Perfect build - 10/10! Looks like the real thing!

Thank you all for the very kind comments! I started this build to practice with my new airbrush-set. Before that I used a brush to colour my builds and there was no chance for preshading and other airbrush-tricks.

This is my 206A that I finished last year. Since I live in Kiel, where these are often seen guests, I thought I should have one for the shelf. U18 was built in Emden in 1973 and is now based in Eckernförde. Eckernförde is 18 mls northwest from Kiel. The submarine class 206A will be replaced with the class 212A. It was built oob and I only replaced the large antenna and the "cage" that protects the sonar on top of the bow. The periscopes of these subs wear different camo-schemes so I had to use some reference. I used these pictures: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U18...%28dark1%29.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U18...%28dark1%29.jpg I hope you enjoy these pics.

That would be a nice idea for a diorama but I think I made the wrong Merlin for that scenery.