hendie Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 On 11/28/2014 at 6:37 AM, heloman1 said: the kit nose is seriously lacking in detail and what is there is dubious a statement that can be applied to most of the rest of the kit too. I just got my hands on another kit and sometime in the not too distant future I shall be attacking it with glee. Now that I have the printer, there's a bunch of stuff on there I've avoided on previous builds that can be corrected or improved upon. I'm looking forward to seeing yours kick off again when you're ready Colin Happy Hogmanay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted December 31, 2021 Author Share Posted December 31, 2021 28 minutes ago, hendie said: a statement that can be applied to most of the rest of the kit too. I just got my hands on another kit and sometime in the not too distant future I shall be attacking it with glee. Now that I have the printer, there's a bunch of stuff on there I've avoided on previous builds that can be corrected or improved upon. I'm looking forward to seeing yours kick off again when you're ready Colin Happy Hogmanay Thanks Alan, Now that sounds interesting, the tailwheel yolk for starters, then the cockpit seats, the cabin seats, the SACRU as you crabs called it, main and tail rotor heads... Stop me! Oh, and a sheet of stencil detail decals. I may well be in bed when ne Year strikes... Colin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stalal Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, heloman1 said: Thanks Alan, Now that sounds interesting, the tailwheel yolk for starters, then the cockpit seats, the cabin seats, the SACRU as you crabs called it, main and tail rotor heads... Stop me! Oh, and a sheet of stencil detail decals. I may well be in bed when ne Year strikes... Colin So much is missing in this kit. Whats not missing is just plain wrong. You havent got to the deals yet. So just hang in there. Edited December 31, 2021 by stalal wrong post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted January 1, 2022 Author Share Posted January 1, 2022 15 hours ago, stalal said: So much is missing in this kit. Whats not missing is just plain wrong. You havent got to the deals yet. So just hang in there. Not so. Firstly the Italeri Wessex series are the only ones available in 1/48th scale, discounting the grim offering from Revell. Which is a tarted up H-34! Yes the HU Mk5 is lacking in accuracy and detail but the overall shape is correct. Using the 4+ Publications drawings, I enlarged them to 1/48th scale. The panel lines for the Wessex differ from those of the H-34, so yes there are inaccuracies, hence my filling and re-scribing them. The tooling is now over forty years old, so yes the detail is not as crisp as a modern kit. We're talking modelling here not kit bashing (OOB). The latest release from Italeri is the H-34 and it is a lot crisper than the Wessex 5. Stick with me, I will plug away... Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark.au Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 On 1/1/2022 at 10:11 PM, heloman1 said: Stick with me, I will plug away... I’m counting on it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 I didn't realise this started so long ago colin. Hope you get some progress on it soon, look forwards to seeing you perform your magic on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted January 2, 2022 Author Share Posted January 2, 2022 3 minutes ago, woody37 said: I didn't realise this started so long ago colin. Hope you get some progress on it soon, look forwards to seeing you perform your magic on it Hi Neil. I hadn't either just shows how time can get away from you! I'm in the middle of an H-34 GB at IPMS Cape Peninsula at present, waiting for decals and PE from the Big H. Bit like a Wessex but with a piston engine. Colin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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