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Ah so that,s what KUTA means! well just what I need to finish off these two that have lain untouched for months. this is how the build has gone so far Here

Sea Lynx Mk.88A 83+21 MFG-3 Norsholz Build for the Lynx Single Type Group Build (Build thread HERE).

I have decided to join this GB with one of my 1/48th scale Airfix Lynx kits. I will finish it as Danish Lynx Mk. 90B S-249 as it was shortly before crashing off the coast/harbour in Greenland in 2011. Luckily - and perhaps due to the RN exchange pilot's skills - the crew escaped the crash without serious injuries. Apart from the Airfix kit I will use decals from the Belcher Bits resin Lynx and some details from the Eduard sets. This is S-249 as it looked in 2004: I have just opened the Airfix kit and started cleaning some of the larger parts. Jens

Hi folks,sorry if I have missed this somewhere on this site as there,s a lot of info here,but can anyone point me in the right direction of a photo of the gun carried on the German navies lynx on operations.as a reference for my Revell Lynx. many thanks Steve.

1:32 Westland Navy Lynx Mk.88A. 1:32 Revell (04652) Revell have released a new tool kit of the latest mark of Naval Lynx to serve with the German Navy History The Westland Lynx was born out of a late 60's requirement for a multirole replacement for the Scout/Wasp and was to be more advanced than the UH-1 Iroquis therefore offering a viable alternative to US helicopters in the export market. Originally a joint venture between Westland and Aérospatiale (with Aérospatiale taking a 30% share in manufacturing), the intention was that the French Army and Navy would buy Lynx and a reciprocating agreement would see the UK Armed Services buying Puma and Gazelle. Unfortunately, the French Army subsequently cancelled its requirement for Lynx and therefore the Army Air Corps, Royal Marines and Qatari Police became the sole users of the Battlefield variant of the Lynx. The Naval variant has enjoyed a far greater export success with 16 foreign Navies employing various marks. The Lynx is a twin engined machine with a semi rigid rotor which enables exceptional manoeuvrability and precise handling which makes it very suitable for ship borne operations. A variant also holds the world speed record for helicopters. The initial Naval variant of the Lynx, known as the Lynx HAS.2 in British service, or Lynx Mk.2(FN) in French service, differed from the Army Lynx AH.1 by having a tricycle undercarriage and a deck restraint system, folding main rotor blades, an emergency flotation system and a nose-mounted radar. The subject of this model kit is a German Navy (Marineflieger (Mfg)) Mk.88A which is itself an upgrade from the standard Mk.88 by the addition of Rolls Royce Gem 42 engines and an under-nose radome with 360° sweep radar. The Mfg Lynx, unlike RN Lynx do not feature folding tails. The Kit Moulded in white plastic which seems to my observation to be slightly on the soft side, the kit features both finely engraved panel lines and raised details where required to represent the actual details of the real aircraft. I am not a fan of white plastic used for kits, whilst it will help where you have large areas of white to paint, I feel that it makes checking for surface flaws during construction more difficult because of the lack of contrast and of course it has made photographing the sprues for this review a more difficult task. However, whilst not readily apparent from the photos, the detail is exceptionally good, certainly one of Revell's finer kits and care will have to be taken during construction to ensure detail is not lost if any filling and sanding is required. For more detail, a built up test shot in grey plastic has been featured in the Rumourmonger area of the forum here. A full cabin interior featuring sliding side doors, textured side walls, and roof. The modular dipping sonar equipment racks complete with observers seat are also provided. These are very well represented and with some careful painting and some additional cabling details added by the modeller will really enhance the interior. The cabin also has a fit out option for a heavy machinegun and mount complete with gunners seat and multipart passenger seats. A detailed cockpit with instrument panel (decals are provided for dials, screens and gauges) and multipart seats together with optional open pilots doors will build up into a fine representation of the front office. The undercarriage, rotor head, and transmission casing is also finely detailed out of the box. The exterior has also received a lot of attention to detail with raised patches, intakes, aerials, sensors and other lumps and bumps peculiar to the Mk.88A being provided. Again, careful reading of the instructions to open location holes and what parts are required for what option will be required. Finally, there are frames and pylons to carry the 2 x Torpedoes or 2 x Sea Skua anti ship missiles provided. Instructions The Instructions are clearly laid out in Revell's usual style and printed on off white recycled paper. Careful attention will need to be paid by the modeller as to what interior option he is building, as they require different fit outs. In total, there are 93 construction stages detailed before the painting options are reached, although some will be skipped depending on what fit out you are building. My gripe as ever with Revell instructions is that unfortunately the paint call outs are solely for their own brand paints with some needlessly complicated mixes being required to make a required shade. Whilst I can understand the 2 x orange colours required by one of the decal options not being readily available out of the tin, the other colours are available ready mixed by other manufactures. Please Revell, you make some cracking kits at a great price, a BS, FS or RAL number would provide a quick and cheap fix for what seems to be a recurring source of irritation for both modellers and reviewers alike. Instructions Marking Options Two marking options are provided: Option 1: A display machine (83+09) of Mfg-3 based at Nordholz in 2006 celebrating 25 years of Lynx Operations. This option has a very striking fuselage and tail art scheme of a lynx painted down both fuselage sides. The base colours are Dark Blue over a white underside. The scheme will require some careful masking and the mixing of 2 x orange paint colours will be required as the decals just provide the Lynx's marking details. Masking details are provided in the instructions. Option 2: A line machine (83+12) Mfg-3 based at Nordholz in 2010 in the later Grey (possibly medium sea grey) scheme with white undersides. The decals are glossy, very finely printed and have good colour density and representation. Full stencils for the aircraft are provided. According to the sheet they are designed by Syhart Decals (who specialise in display schemes) and have been printed in Italy for Revell, whilst they are not Cartograph, they certainly have plenty of detail and look to be of a higher quality than normal. Accuracy It's a dangerous thing to say on an online forum, but it does look like a Lynx to me! Unfortunately, I'm not in possession of scale plans to lay the kit against to check dimensions. Neither am I going to comment on the accuracy of the surface detail other than I would suspect that like the RN Lynx, no two Lynx will be exactly the same so please check your references to your particular machine. Apologies to any Lynx experten out there, any further information regarding accuracy of this kit would be more than welcome. Conclusion I like it! Well laid out, well engineered, well priced (around £20) and an interesting set of decal options. With the exception of my minor gripes concerning plastic colour and paint colour call outs, this is a very well detailed kit that looks like it will build with ease into a cracking model. With a little extra care and the addition of some wiring/detailing and seat belts this will be a an attractive addition to anyone's display case or shelf. Highly Recommended. Revell model kits are available from all good toy and model retailers. For further information visit

Agusta/Westland Lynx Mk88 1:32 Etched sets The Revell Mk88 Lynx is great value for money considering the size and details that the kit comes with. But there are always areas that could be a little more detailed or refined. Eduard have released three new sets for this kit, well four if you include the Zoom set. They are for the exterior, interior and seatbelts. The interior and seat belt sets come with pre-painted, self adhesive sheets in addition to standard relief etched brass sheets. Each is packaged in the standard poly sleeve, with thick card protecting the sheets from being bent. Unfortunately the instructions are, as usual, not the clearest in the world, but anyone with any experience of using etch it shouldn’t pose too much of a problem. As is normal for these kinds of sets, some of the kit parts need to be modified or details removed before the etched parts can be added. Lynx Mk88 Exterior Set – 32328, contains new grilles for the rotor head gear box fairing, panel surrounds, door window frames and handles for the cabin sliding doors, handles for the cockpit doors, and a new Doppler panel. The nose wheel bay benefits from having new sidewalls and bulkheads, while the nosewheel oleo is fitted with hydraulic lines and connecting rods. The cabin machine gun, if fitted is kitted out with new front and rear sights, new barrel which will need to be carefully rolled to shape and a new ammunition box cradle. The main wheels are fitted with new brake discs, scissor links and hydraulic pipework. There are also new grilles for the tail cone and vertical tail, hydraulic lines and root fittings for the main and tail rotors, lifting eye for the rotor head, sensor faces, windscreen wipers and the grille in front of the windscreen. Lynx Mk88 Seat Belts – 32763. As this sets name suggests it provides the modeller with a full set of seat belts for the three seats in the kit. The belts and fitting are pre painted and look really nice. In addition to the seat belts the set also includes the seat frame and other fittings for each of the seats. These are not pre-painted, but do provide that bit of extra detail that’s need in this scale. Lynx Mk88 Seat Belts – 32763. As this sets name suggests it provides the modeller with a full set of seat belts for the three seats in the kit. The belts and fitting are pre painted and look really nice. In addition to the seat belts the set also includes the seat frame and other fittings for each of the seats. These are not pre-painted, but do provide that bit of extra detail that’s need in this scale. Lynx Mk88 Interior – 32761. This set is slightly different in that one of the two sheets of etched brass is not only pre-painted, but self adhesive. The parts include the instrument panel with a backing with the instrument painted on. When joined, but before fitting to the kit, it might be an idea to add a drop of Klear or Aqua gloss to each instrument to depict the glass face. Also included on the self adhesive sheet are the upper and central consoles, warning light bar, circuit breakers, radar screen, and auxiliary flight instruments for the cockpit and the black and yellow warning strip for around the cabin door window frames, placards and emergency release handle, also in black and yellow. The larger unpainted sheet contains parts to enhance the actual frames for the cockpit bulkhead and cabin doors, cockpit centre console sides, instrument panel coaming, cabin door cards, and other detail parts for both the cabin and the cockpit including such as the cyclic and collective control sticks, upper console and upper glass frame. Lynx Mk88 Interior Zoom Set – 33118. This is a simplified set for those modeller who don’t want to add too much to their model, but just add that little extra detail to enhance the completed model. The set includes just one sheet contains all the parts that are on the pre-painted, self adhesive sheet mentioned above. Conclusion While the Revell Lynx Mk88 is a super kit there are certain items that are lacking, due mainly to the limitations of the injection moulding process. These sets aim to overcome them and add lots of lovely detail to really lift the finished model. All the parts are fairly easy to use, perhaps with the exception of the main rotor gearbox casing grilles which look a little awkward to shape and fit. Other than that I can happily recommend these sets to all. Review sample courtesy of

Picked up German navy/Royal navy revell lynx kits recently and it seemed a shame to close them up without photographs,now I am sure there sure a lot of lynx fans out there who will spot my mistakes but using the references on site I am happy just to make them look busy and interesting any suggestions welcome.RN version has centre seating. thanks for looking

Picked up German navy/Royal navy revell lynx kits recently and it seemed a shame to close them up without photographs,now I am sure there sure a lot of lynx fans out there who will spot my mistakes but using the references on site I am happy just to make them look busy and interesting any suggestions welcome.RN version has centre seating. thanks for looking

Hello gents, I had been busy and was updating my page about how to build 1/48 army/navy Lynx. I came to conlusion that I could rebuild the page to have all scales covered. So, here is the still-in-progress page - http://www.dstorm.eu/pages/en/gb/lynx_versions.html I will try to update the page with more pics of sets or other multimedia (will be ordering the Rotorcraft sets this week). Also, any comments/additions/corrections are highly appreciated. Hope this helps to anybody who wants to build correct Gulf war either Army or Navy Lynx in his/her favourite scale. Best regards Jakub

Could not resist Revells Royal Navy lynx in Modelzone sale.I plan to finish it as the HMS endurance option,Am I right in thinking that this aircraft would not carry the machine gun or other armament included in the kit?

Apologies for iffy camera work; iPad. Even with that I am startled to see how unforgiving the camera is; I have seen half a dozen things that need fixing! Still, I am loving doing this again (model was a present from my Mrs, who is now starting to wonder whether she has unleashed a monster!), and reasonably pleased with initial efforts. Weathering of the floor and rear wall coming out as intended (it is supposed to be somewhat streaky; I recall my cab looked like that after a few attempts at cleaning it). Likewise weathering of seats seems to be working. On the other hand, in real life the red release patches on the seatpan liferafts look like nice neat rectangles to my knackered old eyes... until you see them in this pic as the red splodges they really are! More to do here, i think... More soon. Thanks for looking.

I got a bagged Frogspawn Lynx minus instructions and decals a few weeks back and I had no intention of building it OOB, so with the help of numerous builds here and photos online I decided to fudge a hypothetical Army version. Here's the backstory: Westland Lynx AH.3 - Export version designed for the Royal New Zealand Air Force with 835 kW (1,120 shp) Gem 41-1 engines and uprated gearbox. 12 produced and delivered 1986-87. Later upgraded with BERP blades. Now replaced with AH.9. As 1985 began the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) issued a requirement for a light battlefield helicopter to replace its Bell Sioux, which had entered service some 20 years previously. Six manufacturers tendered their options: the Aerospatiale AS.250 Squirrel, Agusta A.109, Bell with their 406CS Combat Scout, Bolkow’s B.105, the McDonnell Douglas Defender, and the Westland Lynx. The entries from Bell, MDD and Westland emerged as front-runners on paper. A landing accident in August meant MDD’s MD530MG prototype would be unable to make the competition, so a civilian MD530F was hastily converted to roughly –MG specs and shipped to New Zealand. Some quarters saw the Defender as the best option as there was considerable mechanical expertise in the country from 10+ years civil use of the aircraft, it was highly manoeuvrable and difficult to spot. Similarly the Westland Lynx AH.1 had been proved by several years of service with the British Army Air Corps and Westland had refined the aircraft into the AH.5 variant which was being trialled by the AAC. Another variant, the AH.3, was suggested by Westland as a cheaper alternative to the costly AH.5 and proposed AH.7 for the RNZAF. Bell showed their commitment to the tender by shipping their Combat Scout demonstrator to New Zealand and flew a demonstration tour of RNZAF/NZ army bases throughout March 1986. Unlike the other two front-runners though the 406CS had neither service nor civilian record to its name, but the similar Kiowa Warrior was in service with the US Army. At the end of November 1986 the RNZAF formally announced the results of the competition, with the Westland Lynx AH.3 winning the contract. An order for 14 aircraft (12 operational plus two attrition/spares airframes) was placed in December, with deliveries to start in mid-1987 and be completed by 1989. The aircraft would be used by the new 9 Squadron, generated at RNZAF Woodbourne specifically for battlefield support. The aircraft would be nominally based there but it was intended pairs would make “combat detachments” for exercises around the country, so they would rarely all be at “home” at any given time. In 1993 the aircraft were upgraded with British Experimental Rotor Programme blades for improved performance after concerns were expressed with full loads. The aircraft were upgraded by Safe Air to AH.11 standard – an RNZAF version of the British Army AH.9 but with skid landing gear – with LHTECH CT800-4N engines and a stronger gearbox to allow higher take-off weights, starting in May 2007. Rather than have the entire fleet grounded to allow the upgrades to take place the combat detachment pairs were instead rotated to Safe for the process. The upgrades were completed in November 2008. First step was to find a replacement for the moulded-shut doors with the prototypical three windows. Inbetween cutting out the doors I hack up the Italeri 1/72 Bell 412 doors: As anyone who knows the kit is aware, the interior is two seats, an (open?!) instrument panel and and a floor for the cockpit. So I improved on it a bit: Cabin seats donated by the Airfix Lynk Mk.8 - more on that later - as well as spares box controls, scratched armour plate and Airwaves PE for the panel. You may be able to see the gun mount (already attached) and GPMG/M60 I've scratched, a rescue winch and the two new doors. Also the Navy Lynx interior, but ignore that if you'd be so kind. I'm having fun with all the scratchbuilding, detailing etc and seeing as how several BMer builds have been inspiration/reference I thought it only fair to share my progress thus far.

Hi all, I'm contemplating a 1/72 build of a Lynx AH.1 but I'm aware of three kits: Airfix, MPC (which appears to come with a set of figures) and Plastyk. A look on eBay suggests the Frog kit could be built as both army and navy versions. Which of these is the most accurate to build an AH.1? Or is there something else out there? (in 1/72...not yet keen enough to follow Lynx7's lead with the Revell beastie!) Thanks for any and all help you can provide, it's much appreciated!

So while waiting for the orange to dry on the new Vampire I decided to open up one of the Lynx's' in a rapidly expanding stash. Cabin floor painted and the centre console and Left Collective placed. Cabin ceiling covering Rear cabin covering Cabin coming along, the seat frames are built up and one is painted ready for the covers to be added and then the pedals and control column. Then a bit of tidying up on the rough edges. I'm not predicting a quick build, so far it's hand painted with enamels (forgot how good they are) but hopefully I'll have an airbrush soon (I lack the sanity to even contemplate hand painting the entire thing) so I'll be wanting some practice on a few little kits before going near this. I'm still deciding which one to do I'm leaning towards the Black Cat finish, I have the other kit with the HMA.8 nose so that's a possibility (I'm not going for an entirely accurate model so if there's a sensor on the 8 that isn't on this it wouldn't bother me. Big thanks to Lynx7 for his answer to the question here, that saved me looking at comparison charts.

As mentioned elsewhere - kit received - there's an extra sprue not shown in instructions that *looks* like it has the upper nose, different tail and a host of other parts for the HMA8!! The sprue is labelled 'Q' and includes most of the parts I *think* you need to build a Royal Navy HMA8 - with a cut and shut plus hinges to add the differing tail to the tail boom as moulded by Revell. Here's the sprue in question: EDIT: Almost tempted to make some patterns once I establish what needs to be done! (I know - should finish the Lightning stuff - but this looks a *lot* easier! ) Will post more pix/findings over next few days... Iain

I meant to post this with my other Fleet Air Arm models earlier this week. Made straight out of the box and finished with brush painted acrylics. Thanks for looking.

Here's all the modelling I've done so far for 2012, minus a few binned failures (AZ Spitfire Vb with horribly askew landing gear, some others) and a Whif (USN Sea Hawk). I expect to finish a Merlin and hopefully a fast jet before the arrival of the new year, but this is probably pretty representative of my work as a whole. Please excuse the quality of the photos, I use my phone camera, and please excuse the quality of the models as well.

fast forward to 3:20ish..... well recovered though, fortunately! Wonder what caused it? Andrew

Revell New Releases 25th October 2012 RV04652 Revell 1:32 - Westland Sea Lynx Mk.88/HAS.Mk.2 SRP - £19.99 Received - 25 of October 2012 RV04666 Revell 1:32 - Heinkel He219 A-7 "UHU" SRP - £49.99 Received - 25 of October 2012 RV04824 Revell 1:48 - TA 154 Mistel & Fw190 SRP - £36.99 Received - 25 of October 2012 RV04281 Revell 1:72 - BAC Canberra PR.9 SRP - £12.99 Received - 25 of October 2012 RV07406 Revell 1:24 - Kenworth Dump Truck SRP - £49.99 Received - 25 of October 2012 RV03235 Revell 1:35 - German Staff Car 'G4' SRP - £19.99 Received - 25 of October 2012 RV05115 Revell 1:144 - U-Boat Typ IIB SRP - £12.99 Received - 25 of October 2012 RV07080 Revell 1:24 - BMW Z8 SRP - £17.99 Received - 25 of October 2012 RV06677 Revell Easykit - Sith Infiltrator (Episode 1) SRP - £26.99 Received - 25 of October 2012 RV06734 Revell Easykit Pocket - TIE Fighter ""Pocket"" SRP - £8.99 Received - 25 of October 2012 RV06735 Revell Easykit Pocket - Imperial Star Destoryer""Pocket"" SRP - £8.99 Received - 25 of October 2012 RV06736 Revell Easykit Pocket - Boba Fett's Slave I ""Pocket"" SRP - £8.99 Received - 25 of October 2012 RV04863 Revell 1:144 - Space Shuttle and Boeing 747 SRP - £19.99 Received - 25 of October 2012 RV04865 Revell 1:48 - MQ-9 Reaper UAV SRP - £17.99 Received - 25 of October 2012 RV39694 Revell - Masking Tape - 6mm SRP - £2.25 Received - 25 of October 2012 RV39695 Revell - Masking Tape - 10mm SRP - £2.99 Received - 25 of October 2012 

Hi guys, Here is yet another Lynx to look at. Not accurate as you can tell by the seat colours but im happy with it. Hope you like it & i am open to friendly banter. Cheers

After the Belcher Bits announcement (http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.p...topic=234919363) here's the RotorCraft/A2Zee one about some Airfix Lynx conversion sets due out towards the end of June! Source: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.p...p;#entry1045994 V.P.

Lynx HAS.3GM XZ720 At the FAA Museum, pics thanks to Merlin101 via Bootneck.