perdu Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 Colin @heloman1 must be wishing he hadn't involved me in his S-61N build begun a few years ago by sending me his project to complete. Sorry mate but I am with it now, only it and my bus on the bench until she is completed. Anyway may I draw upon the huge knowledge base here in BM to help me tackle the end phases please. I have the Airfix Sea King as the base model and am trying to unravel the mystery of the retraction gear inside the sponsors, none of the pictures I have found yet uncover the deep dark hole and the gubbins that makes it unfold. What dark mysteries lurk in here? The Airfix units have a triangular frame that should just sit out of sight along the hole, there must be more to it than that surely. A gratuitous shot to prove the new (vac formed hollow) sponsors are ready for paint and struts at last. Please help an old man. And Colin... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard E Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 I can't point you to a particular post but have you looked at @Ex-FAAWAFU's Sea King HAS Mk.5 build thread. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted April 24, 2021 Author Share Posted April 24, 2021 You know what Richard? I really should, I am sure Crisp would have an idea. Thanks.👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 Bill, I’m busy today but I’m sure I can find you something. Assuming the S-61 has the same arrangement as the Sea King, it is pretty simple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 best I can find 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted April 24, 2021 Author Share Posted April 24, 2021 27 minutes ago, Julien said: best I can find Better than anything I could find thanks Julien Crisp I will appreciate anything, mind you I have had a very nostalgic morning re-reading your first Sea King thread Upto page 16/17 now and enjoying a rip-roaring sea faring swashbuckler. 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roof Rat Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 Hi Following a couple of quite lengthy updates on my desktop I seem to have lost the ability to post pictures. I hope these might help. http://www.primeportal.net/hangar/luc_colin4/sea_king_mk.48_rs03/index.php?Page=2 http://www.primeportal.net/hangar/howard_mason3/sea_king_has6/ Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted April 25, 2021 Author Share Posted April 25, 2021 Thank you Chris, very useable pictures and they will be stolen ruthlessly and bunged in my Sea King file. And the actual Sea King with rivets part 1 thread provided me a lifetime's supply of Sea King undercart on pages 29, 30 and 31. Answers supplied and problems solved, thank to all who helped. Now I have to attempt getting the right stuff into the holes in my vac-formed sponsors, down to me making the mistakes again. Nothing changes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torqueofthedevil Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 On 4/24/2021 at 1:34 PM, Julien said: best I can find Any idea which airframe that is, and where and when the photo was taken? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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