Enzo the Magnificent Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 I suppose I had better start documenting my build. I'm not actually starting late. This build has been ongoing since the start - it has just been slow 'cos of all the other builds I have going. I really like building very early versions of aircraft. Sometimes (and particularly with British aircraft) they represent versions of aircraft that weren't particularly good and had to evolve to become useful aircraft. That's what I find quite fascinating. It's not the case with the Sea King as it was a mature design before Westland started building it, so it was useful right out of the blocks. However, we are used to seeing Westland Sea Kings with some sort of intake shield and a six-bladed tail rotor. Mu build will be a very early HAS.1 with not intake shields and the five-bladed tail rotor. I will be using the Revell kit and Modeldecal Sheet 49 to represent an aircraft from 824 NAS in 1970. The Modeldecals are a bit of a gamble as they have been in The Stash since 1979 when it was first published. So... photos of the sprues. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwaterous Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 How far had the build gotten Enzo? I look forward to some progress. Good luck K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted March 13, 2015 Author Share Posted March 13, 2015 How far had the build gotten Enzo? I look forward to some progress. I'm almost ready to spray the blue. I'll be catching up with pictures over this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted March 13, 2015 Author Share Posted March 13, 2015 We start with the interior. The first step is to fit the forward window and fill it in. The interior is then painted grey. I am not sure about the seating arrangements in the HAS.1 so I have made my best guess. The seats opposite the main door have been stowed. The rest of the interior is now completed, again with my best guess as to the seating arrangement. There should be a device to lower the sonobuoy but I'm going to live without it. The seat harnesses are from Eduard. They are British WW2 vintage Q-type harnesses, but they seem to look the part. The fuselage halves are now closed up. There is a lot of cleaning up to do. This involves sanding down the blanked off window opening on the port side and removing the flare dispenser mountings. More about this over the next couple of days. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Coming along nicely Enzo. Colin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hgbn Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Looking good Enzo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermo245 Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Yep, early 70's type will make a change and good to see! Dermot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Coming along nicely Enzo. Colin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted April 13, 2015 Author Share Posted April 13, 2015 Sprayed overall with a blue mixture of my own concoction. It is mostly Lifecolor Non-specular Sea Blue with about 20% Lifecolor French Blue to lighten it slightly. And the stickers applied. These are Modeldecals and are over 35 years old, so I was expectings some "issues"... But there were none. They behaved perfectly! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Looking good Enzo, good to know the decals behaved themselves as I've a few sets tucked away. Colin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwaterous Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Very nice and very... Blue K 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted April 13, 2015 Author Share Posted April 13, 2015 and very... Blue That's what I was aiming for...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wafu Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Really nice to see a Pre-82 Sea King especially when it's 826 NAS. Great scheme 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Looks excellent. Rene 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted April 26, 2015 Author Share Posted April 26, 2015 Finished! And, as usual for me, just in time... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyf117 Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 (edited) Content withdrawn - I will NOT be threatened by a moderator, simply because I queried the actions of another... Edited June 27, 2020 by andyf117 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 I like that! Mike. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted April 26, 2015 Author Share Posted April 26, 2015 Hoping you haven't fixed the main rotor head in place, as the blades should have the roots cut away to represent the original metal type, as detailed here: Thanks for the heads up, Andy. I knew about the blade roots but as I was running out of time I decided to live with it for the time being. When I build the forthcoming Airfix kit, I'll revisit the blades on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Congratulations Enzo, she looks great. Colin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders154 Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Lovely job there I too modeled this aircraft using the modeldecal decals. I am so looking forwards to the new airfix kit hopefully it will be able to be backdated to a mk2. Super job. Rodders 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darby Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Nice to see a blue one. Decals look good. I did an 826 cab from '93 recently and had to resort to some small individual serial nos. from Ventura Decals just to get XV674. Nerve racking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwaterous Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Nice work Enzo! We seem to have an excess of last minute finishers Cheers, K 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyf117 Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 (edited) Content withdrawn - I will NOT be threatened by a moderator, simply because I queried the actions of another... Edited June 27, 2020 by andyf117 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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