Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 With my preferred options out of reach I realised I had the Airfix SH-3D Sea King in the stash which I built in the late 70s along with the Airfix Lunar module (another kit have in the stash). So this will be my build. The decals are a tad yellowed, so I will replace them with aftermarket decals And I have stand that I might use 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 Another great choice Ray! I really do like the Sea King and have seen some good models built from this kit, and it is another brilliant example of Airfix box art at it's best. Which markings will you be replacing the kit ones with? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 Old 66, great choice,its one on my maybe list in the upcoming heli gb, will you be building the lunar module aswell ray? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkSH Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 Yes the box art is awesome! I had and have this kit but its a pre-started charity shop buy and well, at £2 not going to complain but represents a lot of work to knock it into shape and besides I have the Dragon/cyber-hobby SH-3D kit for a long planned Apollo recovery vignette, so I'll follow along with this one. Good luck. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 Great choice Ray this would have been a dead cert for me for this GB sadly I realised my kit has the two forward windows missing,had it been the doors I could have improvised but they're shaped as you will know so I'll watch your build come together instead. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinxman Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 Great choice and a great kit - will you connect the rotor and sonar buoy with cotton so that it works though? 😀 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted April 21, 2020 Author Share Posted April 21, 2020 Well, what a welcome! To answer a few of your questions... @modelling minion I will be using decals from, funnily enough, 'Old 66 Decals'. the sheet has options for Old 66 from 4 recovery missions. @Hewy I will see how time goes about the Lunar module, but I have builds going left right and centre at the moment. @Jinxman On the original build I did add the tread, so it could be a goer, after all the kit comes with that classic stand! I am looking forward to a straight forward build in the spirit of the GB, OOB! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Another classic Ray. The plastic looks much nicer in white (rather than the bright yellow versions)! Cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 6 minutes ago, CliffB said: Another classic Ray. The plastic looks much nicer in white (rather than the bright yellow versions)! Cheers Yes, just as I remember it. I am sure I won't be finishing it in 2 days like I did the last time! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermo245 Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Great stuff Ray, an absolute classic and popcorn at the ready! When you're assembling the front end, just double-check the main glazing fit - I think if you glue the nose-halves together as indicated, you end up with an overhang on the canopy edges. Adding a spacer/shim between the nose halves helps with that. Looking forward to it! Cheers, Dermot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dansk Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Welcome Ray and good luck with the exciting build. I really love the Sea King. I wonder if anyone keeps these beautiful old boxes after the kit is built? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 46 minutes ago, Dansk said: Welcome Ray and good luck with the exciting build. I really love the Sea King. I wonder if anyone keeps these beautiful old boxes after the kit is built? In my younger days I had a scrap book full of box tops of the kits I built. Long gone now unfortunately! 😞 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyW Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 8 hours ago, Dansk said: Welcome Ray and good luck with the exciting build. I really love the Sea King. I wonder if anyone keeps these beautiful old boxes after the kit is built? Oh yes. My built models usually get displayed with them, alongside paints and glues and whatnot. Blowing my own trumpet here a bit, but there's an old thread of mine that goes into my slightly odd method of collecting and building here... Sorry for the thread hijack. The Seaking has been on my 'To Do' list for ages, I'm really looking forward to seing this one come together. Tony. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Loved it! I think my astronaut may have got himself attached to the sonar dipper so he could be wound up and down. I don't think I appreciated that wasn't actually how they were winched up... I also remember putting the torpedo crutches on upside down so that the torpedoes would sit in them without glue. Multi-mission helicopter or what? 😀 John 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted May 31, 2020 Author Share Posted May 31, 2020 I finally got some time to start and did not take many initial build shots. The painting instructions for the interior were non existent, so I found another later release Sea King kit and got the colours from them. The aircrew are in paint and will be added before the glazing goes on. On the stand With a couple of related (and unfinished builds) 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 Good to see major progress Ray she's looking good! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeyboy76 Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 I always fancied one of these. Will be watching with interest. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 Nice work Ray, she seems to have gone together very nicely. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterB Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 Nice kit Ray, I got a vac form radome and Modeldecals decs and built my first as an RN version in Blue. Later I built the yellow Rescue one as the Brawdy based ones used to fly over my house quite regularly - noisy beasts, but I miss them now they have all gone. Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted June 4, 2020 Author Share Posted June 4, 2020 Cheers gents The crew are painted and have boarded 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 Very nice they look too Ray. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dansk Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 Awesome job on the crew at that scale 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 Nice progress! Looks good on the stand too. Regards, Adrian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermo245 Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 Nice work and the crew look great. Look forward to the next instalment. Dermot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted June 22, 2020 Author Share Posted June 22, 2020 I thought I had updated since the last instalment. I have been priming and have white base coat down and well as the start of the rotor paintwork I also modified the tail wheel to extend to oleo for an in flight pose, pictured next to an unmodified part 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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