Mark Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Hi all, A simple question to begin with: Is it possible at all to convert any existing 1/48 or 1/32 Lynx kit into the AW159 Wildcat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedBarron Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Not without an awful lot of scratch building, they may look a bit similar but they are very different. I seem to remember Lynx7 was starting to have a go with one, but I haven't seen anything from him for years. Red Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 On 6/21/2018 at 9:43 AM, Mark said: Hi all, A simple question to begin with: Is it possible at all to convert any existing 1/48 or 1/32 Lynx kit into the AW159 Wildcat? Hi Mark Here are two photos that should give you an idea what you'd be up against. John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard E Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 On 6/21/2018 at 9:43 AM, Mark said: Hi all, A simple question to begin with: Is it possible at all to convert any existing 1/48 or 1/32 Lynx kit into the AW159 Wildcat? I think it would be a case of assembling the donor Lynx kit's main rotor blades and then inserting a new very slab sided fuselage underneath them. One of a number of current Augusta/Westland/Leonardo types which are missing in model form unfortunately. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wafu Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 AgustaWestland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 (edited) 11 hours ago, Wafu said: AgustaWestland. Surely Westland Helicopters Limited.....just as another division in the group should be xxxx ....all one company indeef🤣🤣 Edited June 30, 2018 by junglierating Too much info sorry 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wafu Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 12 hours ago, junglierating said: Surely Westland Helicopters Limited.....just as another division should be Selex Galileo ....all one company indeef🤣🤣 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeronut Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 Quote a case of assembling the donor Lynx kit's main rotor blades and then inserting a new very slab sided fuselage underneath them. That's far off how the Wildcat is actually built. There's a hangar at Middle Wallop where all the Lynx go to have any usable parts removed to be used in the Wildcat programme. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robertone139 Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 On 6/29/2018 at 4:31 PM, junglierating said: Surely Westland Helicopters Limited.....just as another division in the group should be xxxx ....all one company indeef🤣🤣 If it has Westland in it, it IS limited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 6 minutes ago, Robertone139 said: If it has Westland in it, it IS limited. I thing you miss my point....ref all one company ....i still have to clarify my former company name else people auto default to Leonardo/ WHL...which I'm not ☺ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Rotors, forward part of the engine housing, windscreen and main cabin doors and some u/c components might be all you could use Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 2 hours ago, Dave Fleming said: Rotors, forward part of the engine housing, windscreen and main cabin doors and some u/c components might be all you could use And the Radome Dave ...same radome diff radar☺ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedy Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 On 6/29/2018 at 10:35 PM, Aeronut said: That's far off how the Wildcat is actually built. There's a hangar at Middle Wallop where all the Lynx go to have any usable parts removed to be used in the Wildcat programme. Which is where I work. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger331 Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Mark, I've been fortunate enough to see a couple of these machines 'up close and personal' in the last couple of weeks and you would have a job replicating it from the Airfix kit of the HMA.8. It may look similar but it is a very different machine and would be a challenge. If it attracts some export success in the future, I dare say a kit will emerge in due course. Cheers Mark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dervish Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 (edited) South Korea has bought some. Edited July 3, 2018 by Dervish Typo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedBarron Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 On 7/2/2018 at 12:39 PM, Dave Fleming said: Rotors, forward part of the engine housing, windscreen and main cabin doors and some u/c components might be all you could use Main rotor blades and head are about all you could use. The engines, windscreen, cabin doors and undercarriage are all different. Red Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted July 5, 2018 Author Share Posted July 5, 2018 Thanks guys, that is all brilliant help! So I've as much chance of converting the Lynx to a Wildcat as England has of winning a penalty shoot-out in the World Cup!! Oh, hang on..... 😮 But seriously, thank you for the time with all the replies and photographs, it is really appreciated. I'll just wait for either Airfix or Revell to come out with a proper kit now! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k5054nz Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 On 7/4/2018 at 8:42 AM, Dervish said: South Korea has bought some. Stand by for the Academy Wildcat? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 22 hours ago, k5054nz said: Stand by for the Academy Wildcat? And the Phillipines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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