At Sea Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Hello! Many moons ago I picked up a 1/48 Revell Sea King (Hasegawa re-box) for £18 on eBay with mangled decals and a tatty box. Sometime later if I remeber correctly Crisp @Ex-FAAWAFU send me some spare sponsons and a radome he had. This sat lying around for ages waiting and I thought 'To hell with accuracy, just build it!'. Decals from my spares box, RAF blue grey made by mixing up tamiya acrylics until the got the right hue. The Cab number 57 is completely my own invention, but the underwing serials from a spare Phantom XV575 were about the right size and fitted. So here is my 'on-the-cheap-ghetto-Westland-Sea-King' which will one day no doubt have it's tail rotor up-graded to the correct 6 bladed item and have the missing aerials and lumpy bits added. It was fun, it looks good with my Wessex in my FAA display cupboard. Enjoy. 37 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Looks wonderful to me! I'd be perfectly content to leave it just as it is ... but then I'm not huge on accuracy (most of the time) so if it looks good to me, I leave well enough alone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abandoned Project Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 That's a fine looking whirlybird 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Looks great and I love your cabinet! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 What a stunner,lovely job.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Looks good from here & in the cabinet! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Cab number 57 is completely my own invention, Think that would be an 824 side number...matey....looks fab 😃 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
At Sea Posted October 23, 2020 Author Share Posted October 23, 2020 1 hour ago, junglierating said: Cab number 57 is completely my own invention, Think that would be an 824 side number...matey....looks fab 😃 That's good enough for me! Thanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyOD Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 That’s a very handsome tower of FAA loveliness! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Nice job and a nice little FAA cabinet. Hopes to expand? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyOD Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 That’s a very handsome tower of FAA loveliness! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Very nice Sea King and I also like the look of that Wessex. Terry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Brantley Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Very nice indeed! Great modeling and it does fit right in with her mates in that lovely cabinet! 😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Niiiice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodenlee Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Your Sea King looks fantastic and fits in beautifully with its stable mates-lovely job!! Cheers Shaun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
At Sea Posted October 24, 2020 Author Share Posted October 24, 2020 I just realised I missed a de-icing stripe on the barn door. There should be 3 chevrons. Easy to add as they were only masked and the dusted over with some Citadel Corax White. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Looks great especially when displayed along with your other FAA models. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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