Seamus Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Afternoon all, Bringing my completions for the year to 25, a subject very close to my heart, the mighty Junglie Sea King. Airfix conveniently supply markings for 'WT' which just so happens to be the cab recently restored to flying condition by Historic Helicopters. I added the Eduard interior etch to ring the cockpit and cabin to life, as well as replacing the the poor intake filter with a resin replacement from Air Graphic. I also used their resin replacement for the cabin step, although this might not have been all that necessary. Paints were Hataka Orange Line as ever, with weathering kept to a minimum, the cab has definitely had a wash since I last saw her in service! Had a slight blip with the decals surrounding the cockpit windows in that one lifted with the tape, thoroughly annoying. I may choose to try and touch it up with paint at some point, but for now I'm calling it done. Airfix 1/72 Westland Sea King HC4 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Airfix 1/72 Westland Sea King HC4 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Airfix 1/72 Westland Sea King HC4 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Airfix 1/72 Westland Sea King HC4 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr This is possibly the last for the year, though I may squeeze one more in... Thanks for looking, comments welcomed as ever Shaun 45 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swralph Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Lovely build.😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Nice Mk4 Seamus....bit clean but meh straight out of MU 😋 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitewolf Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Very nice indeed, it really does look the part!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmerboy Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 How many? 25!!! Amazing productivity, and if they are all as good as this l doff my hat! Good job! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Brilliant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyJammedKenny! Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Beautiful, clean finish on this one! I love it! Out of which window did the GPMG normally point? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Gorgeous Jungly,...... a very clean Jungly,..... but gorgeous nevertheless and the green looks great. Flown in a few of these over the years. Cheers Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natter Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 The Junglie always looks very 'purposeful', and you have caught that just right. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Aer Lingus Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Outstanding looking model Shaun she does look a little clean but you've done a super job capturing this beast thanks for sharing regards Eamonn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seamus Posted December 20, 2020 Author Share Posted December 20, 2020 Thanks all, much appreciated. I confess it is a little on the clean side, but she has had a good wash during her restoration, and images I've seen of her on recent test flights show there's not much more than some exhaust staining that has dirtied her up. Had the rear fuselage been riveted I might have added a wash to weather it some more, but without them I thought it might look a little odd and so played it safe! Thanks again, Shaun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Womby Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Excellent. Nice to see this variant. David 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 17 hours ago, TheyJammedKenny! said: Beautiful, clean finish on this one! I love it! Out of which window did the GPMG normally point? They didnt....gpmg and M3M (when fitted) stbd cabin door (big hole rhs). Apparently there was a heath robinson job (Falklands)that put a gpmg on the port side aft bubble window but never seen it or pics or met anyone who had seen it. That said some aircraft in AFG had a GPMG attached with an piece of italian gun mount (which used to crack (a lot) to the port passenger door ....I forgot about that sorry. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Beautiful work 25? I've only managed 5 this year! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serkan Sen Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 Looks amazing. I love this machine. Seaking was my first helicopter I built 30 years ago... Serkan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 Hello Seamus, Wow, what a high standard finish on this Sea King. Museum craftmanship.👍 Regards, Orion 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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