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Exquisite... Colin

Looking good, a neat idea with the pilots control column. Colin

Neat choice, shame about the transparent parts! We need then down here in South Africa for our forest fires. When the previous government wanted to buy then, the UN read BOMBER in water bomber and they were embargoed! We now use a mix of aged Huey's and a S-60! Colin

Mothers, models and dusting are not a happy combination...

Hi, I've had a passion for the Whirlwind for a long time, stacks of ref and built some conversions for the Italeri H-19 in 1/72nd scale under my long defunct ROTORcraft label. The kit is definitely not for beginners and it is over engineered just like Mini-Art! Hopefully, I'll get it to the finishing line soonest! Thanks for looking in. Colin

You have come this far, persevere. I'm with you, I'm hitting snags with the S-55! It's frustrating. Colin

Hi, progress has been slow, to say the least! The build keeps throwing up problems! Some of the parts are overly thick, the cabin door 30%, yes it fits into the opening but I wanted to pose it in the open position, to show off the cabin interior. I have ended up reducing the thickness of the rear face to allow it to sit closer and look more prototypical! Similarly, the cockpit windows are designed to fir into the openings. The cabin windows are overly thick and have a curvature them. I sanded the sides to get then to fit, the curvature I will have to live with! On the positive side, after my bloops with the moulded in landing lights. I have made a new set, which could/should have been in the kit. I found some clear spheres on a child's play bracelet, cut then in half and . Then I hollowed them out with my mini drill and a round grinding piece. A small hole was drilled in the rear face and a dot of black paint added to reproduce the lamp element. I then filled the front with 3 Second UV glue. They were painted by brush with Mr Hobby, Mr Colour SM 206 Super Chrome Silver. We shall see how they look when fitted. For now, back to the main rotor blades... Thanks for looking in, as always, comment are welcome. Colin

Ooooh! An interesting project, you have piqued my interest, especially as it's FAA. Colin

Looking good, what's not to like about a Vulcan build? Colin

Looking rather sharp. There is a lot of kit in the cabin!!! Thanks for the heads-up re Zini kits. Colin

I saw the box art and thought, YES a Navy cab! Then I saw you have chosen crab! A tad disappointed but however, I'll still follow your build. The Alley-Cats parts look very good. Colin

Looking good, I recently picked up for a song, the old Monogram kit. It's showing it's age, so I have squandered some cash on some upgrade parts. I may go with the kit decals , when I get around to it... Colin

Excellent work Mark, doesn't look like the shoulder is giving you too much grief? Looking at the results, got me thinking, I need to build one of these. Then, I came back to reality, I have far too many projects underway and, again, it's not my era. Colin

Looking good. I see the rotor mat is leaning forward, was that one o the problems you encountered? Colin the Wessex nut.

Hi, many thanks, it's a neat kit for its age. I'd fancy one in 1/48th but where to put it once built? Hanging from the ceiling....