Dads203 Posted November 25, 2018 Author Share Posted November 25, 2018 Cheers Chaps , So moving on with the build, a bot more done over the last few days, sponsons are together and the underside light box has been added, the light itself will be a MV lens and added after painting. Lots of work to do yet with these. The tail on this build has the same defect as my other build, not quite a short shot but annoying, some plastic rod will cure this problem. Engine exhausts are fitted. Sorting out the underside of the hull. Battery box cover removed from the righthand side cockpit area. And the nose has had the HAS3 bits chopped off in preparation for the Orange Crop kit. More later Dan 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dads203 Posted November 25, 2018 Author Share Posted November 25, 2018 New refuelling point added. And the flaw in the tail fixed Cheers Dan 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dads203 Posted December 1, 2018 Author Share Posted December 1, 2018 Finally found some time to get back into the workshop, Most of the cockpit PE is now in place and work has started on the other fuel filler on the left hand side of the fuselage. Opening roughed out Fuel cap mount, the back will get done with magic sculpt. Cheers for looking Dan 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dads203 Posted December 2, 2018 Author Share Posted December 2, 2018 Adding the GPS shelf to the IP, I'll scratch build the GPS unit later. Still needs blending in yet so a tad of Mr Surfacer added. side door added And the sand filters started, the moulds are not wearing well for this kit, this part is not good, lots of flash and it now doesn't fit as well as my last build. Again more Mr Surfacer. Cheers Dan 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshanks Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 Good to see progress . . . . . Kev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 More attention to detail nice workmanship! Roger 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dads203 Posted December 2, 2018 Author Share Posted December 2, 2018 Cheers Chaps, should be back on it later today for another update. Regards Dan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 It's coming on great Dan. Am picking up lot's of tips for my growing stash of Sea Kings! Terry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dads203 Posted December 2, 2018 Author Share Posted December 2, 2018 So I thought this might be a GPS receiver, I think now that its a Tetra Airwave radio set. I scratch built the terminal and antenna, it's close enough and not much will be seen in the cockpit once it's all together. Some cables to add and a bit more fettling yet, the whole thing need a bit of cleaning up before a primer shot. Cheers for looking Dan 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 Keep battling on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 Looking good Dan, lots of great PE to look at. If I may, re the tie down rings. If you slice them off and then wind some fine copper/soft wire around a drill bit shank (same ID as the rings) and then slice it into rings and replace the moulded in parts. They will look much better. That is if you hadn't alreadt thought of this? Colin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dads203 Posted December 5, 2018 Author Share Posted December 5, 2018 11 hours ago, heloman1 said: Looking good Dan, lots of great PE to look at. If I may, re the tie down rings. If you slice them off and then wind some fine copper/soft wire around a drill bit shank (same ID as the rings) and then slice it into rings and replace the moulded in parts. They will look much better. That is if you hadn't alreadt thought of this? Colin All in hand Colin, I did just that on the last HU5 build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dads203 Posted December 9, 2018 Author Share Posted December 9, 2018 So a bit more done, the one item that is really noticeable is the larger radome on the spine of the aircraft. It's the Revell part from their sea king kit. I've popped it together and roughly removed the seams. It will require cutting down as this part is to high. To give the radome a bit more strength I've added some plastic strip as when the top and bottom are separated it becomes very fragile. Sponsons are getting a bit of work done, in the wheel bays Airfix have engineered some huge gaps, these are now filled with Mr Dissolved putty, they will require a quick sanding. The topsides will also get rescribed to restore the lost detail. More later Dan 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timtom1982 Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 brilliant work Dan, can't wait to see it for real 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Looking good! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dads203 Posted December 9, 2018 Author Share Posted December 9, 2018 Thank you folks for the likes and comments, this build is following very closely to my first build some of you might have noticed, I'll not be spending too much time on the rear cabin as you don't really see much and as I'm not putting any crew in it should speed up the build a bit... not much but a bit 🙂 Seats getting some padding And the gear bays getting some work done. Fuel filler backed in Cheers Dan 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robgizlu Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Some impressive detailing going on here Dan! Nice work Rob 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dads203 Posted December 15, 2018 Author Share Posted December 15, 2018 Another update, Started on the Orange crop ECM kit, these are from the Revell kit and full of sink marks, the nose sensors were a mare as they are moulded onto the nose section so they had to be removed and re profiled to fit the Airfix nose. Load of still wet Mr Surfacer added to help blend them in and fill the sink marks. the actual sensor eyes will get removed later as they are not fitted to the SAR cabs. Rear cabin seats getting some alterations The round caps on the top of the sponsons getting rescribed, the rest of the sponson panel lines will also get reinstated Cheers Dan 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshanks Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 On 15/12/2018 at 16:31, Dads203 said: and re profiled Can't beat a bit of whittling on a Saturday afternoon, especially when it's cold and wet 😉 Kev 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dads203 Posted January 5, 2019 Author Share Posted January 5, 2019 An hour at the bench again tonight, Working on the underside of the hull/fuselage. Some Revell parts being used and the rest is just plastic card and rod. Rear seats being worked on as well, still a fair way to go yet Cheers Dan 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dads203 Posted January 12, 2019 Author Share Posted January 12, 2019 Cutting down the radome, the Revell kit part is to tall so a slice needs removing/ Tidying up the Orange crop sensor mounts, lots of sink marks... Cheers for looking Dan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dads203 Posted January 13, 2019 Author Share Posted January 13, 2019 Radome almost sorted, some fettling left to do and a bit of polishing up the join, I did add some Mr surfacer just to fill the join but it's almost sorted now. This is what it would of looked like as Revell intended … much to high. Cheers for looking Dan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dads203 Posted March 3, 2019 Author Share Posted March 3, 2019 Its been a while since my last update, life again getting in the way, anyway more PE action going on. I have an hour this afternoon so I thought I'd show you what's been going on Underside gets some detailing, I cut and removed the wrong blade antenna so a new base is made and its now on the correct side. some Mr Dissolved Putty is drying on the area that had to removed. Rear PE bulkhead fitted, a few more parts for this area but as it's going to be closed up not much will be seen. More later Cheers Dan 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dads203 Posted March 10, 2019 Author Share Posted March 10, 2019 A bit more going on with the SK, The observers seat get some padding, the sea tray that extends around the fuselage is now added, starting to add the extra bits to the winch area. And the door has been modified, removal of a bump and a funny bracket that I have never seen on a Sea King? The straps will get added once the green stuff putty has hardened off. More lumps and bumps added, GPS antenna base on the top of the tail, the tie downs will get replaced with brass wire and plastic card. I've primed the cockpit IP, getting ready to add the Eduard prepainted panel, still a load to get done but hopefully more later. Regards Dan 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Nice update Dan slowly coming together. Like your attention to detail however small! Roger 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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