thorfinn Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 (edited) This is Sweet's simple but rather nice 1/144 Sea King, in kit-supplied markings for a Belgian AF Westland Mk. 48 of 40th Squadron Heli, working SAR operations out of Koksijde Air Base on the southern Channel coast. The 'hat box' search radar dome and 6-blade tail rotor are options included in the Sweet kits; my own additions to the basic kit include the tail-boom strake, scratch-built rescue hoist, nose-mounted FLIR and assorted sensors, aerials and antennae. I also swapped out the kit's overly-thick (and strangely-segmented) main rotor blades - which were the wrong style, anyway - for scratch-built versions of the later-design composite blades used on these Westland-produced models. For those who may be interested in the WIP build log, the link is here. Last but not least, a 'group shot' of my own tiny Sweet eggbeater squadron, featuring, in addition to the Belgian beauty above, (L) my recently-posted 'Bob and Doug McKenzie' Ch-124; and (C) S-61L conversion, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept. I love tiny Sea Kings! Edited April 9, 2018 by thorfinn 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Still mind blowing when i think of the scale. The coin next to it just hits home how small this is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Really SWEET! Nice to see a rarer scheme done, looks good in that livery 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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