Westlandaircraftenthusiast Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 XZ585 Westland Seaking HAR.3 RAF Coltishall 202 Sqn 1986 This is my attempt at the old tool Airfix Seaking, and well its a meh. The first issue with this, is that is has a crack on the starboard side, which i couldn't be bothered to do much to it to fix it. I have heard alot of bad about this kit, and If im honest i didn't experience many problems (apart from some odd shapes for the seaking) The worst fitting place was around the inlets but even that wasn't difficult to get rid of. Yellow is a few layers of Tamiya Xf-8 and a couple layers of X-3. Decals have a slightly milky look, but im putting that down to the age of them. The real let down is the exhaust staining i attempted, but that can be an excuse to buy a new tool one. Here is the WIP 31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Looks very good to me. Yellow and white can be a real pain to put down and got a good consistent coverage so I'm quite impressed with your paint work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in a shed Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Good job on the old kit. Coming from North Norfolk I used to see these quite a bit. They look great in yellow Pete 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westlandaircraftenthusiast Posted January 8, 2021 Author Share Posted January 8, 2021 4 hours ago, SAT69 said: Looks very good to me. Yellow and white can be a real pain to put down and got a good consistent coverage so I'm quite impressed with your paint work. Thanks. The colour of plastic was yellow, so that was a massive help. 1 hour ago, Pete in a shed said: Good job on the old kit. Coming from North Norfolk I used to see these quite a bit. They look great in yellow Pete Thanks, I remember seeing them quite a bit down here aswell, of course you had to wave at them as they flew past Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmerboy Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Marvellous, my memories of that kit are not good, but you have produced a little gem, really good job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mig88 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Very nicely done indeed! Miguel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 (edited) I think your exhaust staining is fine if anything stbd side is a little light 🤔otherwise top job Edited January 9, 2021 by junglierating 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swralph Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Lovely build.😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Riot Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 It looks excellent, very impressive! This is one of the kits I’m currently considering as my next build, so it’s good to see it built. I’ll be very pleased if mine turns out this nice. I remember sitting in XZ587 at Boulmer when I went on a base tour there as a kid in the 80s, so if I make one I’ll do it as that airframe. Does that side door slide open? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westlandaircraftenthusiast Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 Thanks for the feedback guys, does really help me out. 4 hours ago, Lord Riot said: Does that side door slide open? Its designed too, just doesn't achieve it well, it seems a bit too snug, but a bit of sanding down the door a little bit to make it thinner should fix it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 Looks good from here! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Keg Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 Superb considering how difficult the color yellow is to apply. I applaud this beautiful rendition of the Sea King. Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Nice build of a classic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigbeale Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Beautifully turned out Seaking. It’s nice to see these older kits being built to this standard. 👏👏👏 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head in the clouds. Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 Nice job on an old kit, always nice to see a Sea King. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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