Wafu Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 Hi all, Hot off the bench this afternoon and after a monumental struggle with Revell decals, here's my two Royal Navy Mk3 and Mk8 Lynx helicopters in 1/32 scale. The Revell kit's are separated by a good few years, the Mk3 came out sometime ago now and the Mk8 just last year. I'm not a Revell fan, I find their kits cumbersome, however I've eaten my words with these kits. The engineering that has gone into them is to be commended, well done Revell. My only complaint would be that on the Mk3 the airframe RWR antennas from under the exhaust and the rear of the sponson fairings are missing, can't see why but they are. On the Mk8 Revell have included them. The builds are from the box apart from including Scale Warship Models blade fold kits, a brilliant way of keeping these models in a minimal space. The blade fold is a great addition to both kits, very well detailed and easy to assemble. Now the negative, the Revell decals are poor, very poor. They have the thickness of cardboard and are as easy to install as the said cardboard. I used every trick known to me and even went down to using Tamiya extra thin very sparingly just to make the blooming thing settle down. They're not great but from two feet away I'm reasonably happy. I must thank Greg B at this point, after a wanted ad was placed for a second set of Black Cat decals, Greg came to the rescue and shipped a set from the other side of the globe. Many thanks to him for allowing this to be completed. Rant over and on to the next project before returning back to work. 25 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desert falcon Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 Both are incredible NICE 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutcastJoel Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 That is some stunning work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 These are fantastic, especially the rotor folds. Looks very effective. I thought the Lynx was Revell's best large scale kit they've managed to produce to date. Only downside appears to be the decals as you mentioned - you didn't mention another common problem with them, they fade after application and look a bit bleached out. Hasn't taken very much away from your excellent builds though. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 Wow they look great, fantastic work. A cracking pair. All the best Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 Awesome builds! I miss seeing the Black Cats... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wafu Posted March 1, 2020 Author Share Posted March 1, 2020 1 hour ago, Alan P said: These are fantastic, especially the rotor folds. Looks very effective. I thought the Lynx was Revell's best large scale kit they've managed to produce to date. Only downside appears to be the decals as you mentioned - you didn't mention another common problem with them, they fade after application and look a bit bleached out. Hasn't taken very much away from your excellent builds though. Alan Haven’t seen the fade yet, time will tell though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 Great job on both of them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 Very tasty indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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