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Airfix is to release in Summer 2025 a 1/72nd Westland Wessex HC.2 kit - ref. A04068 Source: https://uk.airfix.com/products/westland-wessex-hc2-a04068 Box art Renders Schemes V.P.
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Didn't really enjoy this one - some significant fit issues, and the brittle plastic caused my hair to go grey with the number of times I snapped parts! The old SA330 needs a lot of scratch-built additions in terms of aerials, sensors etc to create an HC.2 version - an interesting introduction to plasticard, and one that was actually quite fun. I love this livery and haven't seen a model of it to date. Having fancied a 1/72 Puma for ages, I'm glad I've done it... but won't be going back there until someone brings a new kit out!!! Too many mods to mention but the significant changes were: shortening the u/c legs aftermarket rotor blades from Whirlybird, and some Eduard etch cutting away the kit main rotor shaft as it's bizarrely thick and not at all like the real thing - a replacement was made from plastic tube masses of aerials, sensors etc and I replaced those huge, thick door rails with some scratchbuilt slim ones. Airbrushed black primer, then masked the stripes and sprayed Hataka medium sea grey. Aftermarket decals were by Model Art. The diorama cards are Noy's Miniatures, and the crew member perched in the door is one of the amazing Reedoak figures, which my rubbish iphone pic really does not do justice to! (To be able to mould a tread pattern in the sole of a boot at 1/72 scale is mindblowing...), Thanks for looking!
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WESTLAND WESSEX HC Mk.2 XR525 pics from Julien. airframe at Cosford
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Heritage Aviation is working on a new 1/48th Westland Wessex full kit (so not only on a correction or upgrade set for the soon reissued Revell kit). A glimpse at this project: http://www.heritagea...st-news-2-w.asp V.P.