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Hi all,

Here are a a few shots of my just completed Sea King.  It represents a CH-124A from 443 Maritime Helicopter Squadron, while deployed on HMCS Iroquois, as part of STANAVFORLANT (Standing Naval Force Atlantic) at the East India Dock, London England in November of 1999.

Some of the mods listed below are necessary to correctly model a Canadian Sea King, while some are just the usual stuff done.

 

Cockpit

-    kit seats replaced with Quickboost resin seats
-    centre console modified to correctly depict Canadian style without CRT screen
-    auxiliary instrument panel console added to coaming


Fuselage

-    scratchbuilt infra-red jammer mount added to tail rotor shaft housing
-    GPS made from styrene and added to tail shaft housing
-    scratchbuilt FLIR mount added to nose
-    central fuel filler port filled in
-    scratchbuilt cabin heater air intake
-    port and starboard windows above sponsons filled in
-    scratchbuilt Beartrap haul-down system track guide added
-    UHF blade antenna added to bottom of fuselage
-    APR-39 RWR blade antenna added to bottom of fuselage
-    scratchbuilt Doppler antenna added to bottom of fuselage
-    horseshoe shaped antennae added to both sides of cockpit
-    Belcher Bits resin radome added
-    scratchbuilt directional stability strake added to rear fuselage
-    Belcher bits resin CPI added
-    scratchbuilt laser warning receivers installed on windshield
-    landing lights replaced with MV lenses
-    scratchbuilt ILS sensor added in front of FOD deflector
-    fuel dump tube drilled out
-    various lumps and bumps removed
-    Belcher Bits sonobuoy launch tubes installed
-    American style radar panels removed from bottom of fuselage
-    cabin heater exhaust drilled out
-    antenna wires made from stretched sprue


Wings and Sponsons

-    Belcher Bits resin sponsons installed to replace incorrect style sponsons
-    sponson wheel bays detailed with sheet and strip styrene
-    new fuel filler caps added to sponsons 
-    landing gear torque links and tie downs drilled out
-    MV lenses added to lights on bottom of sponson stub wings
-    rear tail plane shortened to RCN style

Paint  and Decals

-    airframe painted with Xtracolor  X158 Air Mobility Command Gray FS 16173
-    all national insignia by Belcher Bits
-    all stencils are a photocopy of incorrectly coloured Model Alliance markings

References

-    photos of 12429 found on internet
-    official DND paint specification drawings
-    IPMS Canada RT Volume 15, Number 3
-    IPMS Canada RT Volume 16, Number 6
-    IPMS Canada RT Volume 21, Number 3
-    IPMS Canada RT Volume 22, Number 5
-    IPMS Canada RT Volume 23, Number 4

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Cheers
Randy

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Hello Randy,

very impressed with this Canadian Sea King. Finished to the highest standards. 

Regards, Orion / The Netherlands.

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8 hours ago, Head in the clouds. said:

Very nice indeed and plenty of scratchbuilding which is first class. How do you get the rotor blades to have that neutral droop, is it with hot water?

Thanks much.  The rotor blades are moulded with a natural droop, which is good if modelling them extended.  However, if folded, you have to try and eliminate the droop from two of the blades.

 

Cheers

Randy

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6 hours ago, andyf117 said:

Looks very nice, Randy - hope my 1/72 version based on the Fujimi kit will look half as good when I eventually get around to finishing it!

The last thing I did to mine was removing the lower section of the strut fairings (which I notice you didn't do) - high time I got back to it...

 

A quick question: the DND specs only refer to the main rotor blades as being in "manufacturer's original finish" - did any of your RT refs confirm that as FS36440?

Thanks Andy

 

I don't recall if any of the RT's make mention of the blade colour, but on my copies of the DND paint specs, they list the colours in addition to the "manufacturer's original finish" and the colour listed for the blades is FS36440.  This also seems to be supported by what I see in colour images and a series of photos sent to me by a Sea King pilot out of Shearwater.

 

As for the strut fairings, I thought about removing them, but this kit presents enough problems without searching for more.  In addition, one can find as many photos with the covers as without, so that helped make the decision. 

 

Cheers

Randy

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