falcon Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 (edited) Finished this one today. Italeri 1/72 Westland Wessex HC.2 using the Heritage Aviation Wessex HC.2 conversion and a whole load of scratchbuilding. Painted with Xtracrylix, Tamiya and Humbrol acrylics and decals cobbled together from Xtradecal and Modeldecal. Built as Westland Wessex HC.2 of 2sqn, 2 Flying Training School RAF Shawbury, 1991. Enjoy Edited July 9, 2020 by falcon 25 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyphbeta Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 Excellent build. What did you do to get the correct Windows? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberraman Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 A beautiful Wessex HC.2 with some top notch craftsmanship to improve the basic Italeri kit. Thanks for sharing. Mark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falcon Posted July 9, 2020 Author Share Posted July 9, 2020 (edited) 13 minutes ago, scottyphbeta said: Excellent build. What did you do to get the correct Windows? Cheers guys. I used the H-34D Seahorse kit with the Heritage Aviation conversion set which gives you the correct windows. It does require a whole load of scratchbuilding to add the detail like pipework, vents, cable ducts, correcting tail shape, altering tail rotors and aerial fit. Edited July 9, 2020 by falcon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyOD Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 Fantastic job. That Italeri kit really is the gift that keeps on giving though. I've dealt with all sorts of nonsense on the one I'm doing at the moment, but the tail is a new one. Mind if I ask what's wrong with it? 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falcon Posted July 9, 2020 Author Share Posted July 9, 2020 (edited) The trailing edge of the tail boom isn't straight like the kit. Here are some of the build photos. Incidentally, I have changed the cockpit steps around since these photos were taken as I realized I got them the wrong way round. Edited July 9, 2020 by falcon 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 Cracking build, really good quality 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falcon Posted July 9, 2020 Author Share Posted July 9, 2020 Cheers mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyOD Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 That front end in the different colour is interesting, is it an aftermarket part? I had glued mine together per the kit when someone pointed out the ski-jump nose (I hadn't even noticed it, but couldn't NOT see it once it was pointed out!) I pulled the nose off and went at it with a dremel and files to shorten it to something more resembling the real thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falcon Posted July 9, 2020 Author Share Posted July 9, 2020 18 minutes ago, TonyOD said: That front end in the different colour is interesting, is it an aftermarket part? I had glued mine together per the kit when someone pointed out the ski-jump nose (I hadn't even noticed it, but couldn't NOT see it once it was pointed out!) I pulled the nose off and went at it with a dremel and files to shorten it to something more resembling the real thing. The front is the Heritage Aviation resin nose. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Keg Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 Very nice!!!!! There`s a lot to like about your Wessex. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 Oh I do like that,...... I`ve flown in a 2 FTS Wessex too as well as working with them on a deployment to Farnborough for a couple of weeks in the 80`s! Cheers, Tony 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viper-30 Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 Very cool spent many hours in those 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 Oh yes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binbrook87 Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 Superb! Brings back happy memories of sitting on the fence at RAF Shawbury watching these beauties 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falcon Posted July 9, 2020 Author Share Posted July 9, 2020 51 minutes ago, tonyot said: Oh I do like that,...... I`ve flown in a 2 FTS Wessex too as well as working with them on a deployment to Farnborough for a couple of weeks in the 80`s! Cheers, Tony Cheers guys. XR505 was also sold to the Uruguayan Navy and was actually the last operational Military Westland Wessex anywhere in the world. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 2 minutes ago, falcon said: Cheers guys. XR505 was also sold to the Uruguayan Navy and was actually the last operational Military Westland Wessex anywhere in the world. Cheers Chris,..... well I didn`t know that,..... thanks very much! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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