goon Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Hi Gang, I stumbled across this photo ages ago, showing a Sea King delivering beer to one of the carriers, probably Invincible, during the Falklands War. Members at All Scale Modeller forum helped me determine it was a HAS.5 and even which airframe, and I had another go at using Prop Blur products to replace the main rotors and anti-torque rotors. I used the AFV Club 1/144 SH-3A/D kit which is close enough at this scale. The radome is the wrong shape, being more like a HAS.3, so I just gave it a going over with a sanding stick to make it look a bit more 'dumpy'. Decals couldn't be found so these are a combination of home printed, spares, and the sheet for a Wessex HAS.3 I have. Not sure how I'm going to build that one now! Figures are a combination of an old Preiser set, and some 3D printed ones I found online. I'd like to have made them a bit more dynamic but modding figures is hard enough, let alone at 1/144 scale. The strop / lifting cables join / junction is a bit scruffy but most viewers will see it from above. If I get the inclination I might go back an dress it up with some fine wire. The beer barrels and pallets are 3D printed products and obviously a bit over sized but have a nice bit of detail for such small objects. Thanks for looking in, Gareth (Who's just realised he hasn't painted the joints on the rear cable and the windscreen wipers!) 63 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abandoned Project Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Very nice whirlybird. Love the spinning rotors.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ModelingEdmontonian Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Not a scale nor era I'm usually interested in, nor do I get excited by helicopters, but this is super cool!! Very impressive. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinChipmunkfan Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Very nice indeed, love the spinning rotors. I trust it is Greene King!- just a pint please Colin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 That is really terrific. The Navy sure had their priorities right. Steve. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Very well done! Do you have WIP photos of the prop blurs, which I suppose you built from Prop Blur individual blades? Brengun has bits for a 1/144 Spitfire beer delivery vehicle if want to continue on the theme... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 I'm not a fan of prop blur effects normally, but I think you have found the one reference photograph for which it makes sense to use them. Very creative 'moddelling'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxhandybread Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Loving the subject, really unique. Top job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatFlyHalf Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Beer deliveries. Isn't this what helicopters were invented for? 🙄 Nice. No. Really great modelling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Having spent all day delivering beer form a twelve tonner, a Sea King could be more fun and quicker. It's a great subject and very nicely done. They look close enough to 11 gallon kegs so that's around 1408 pints. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toryu Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Superb! One of the original deck crew seems to have taken a deep draught - he has obvious problems standing upright, clinging to the barrels... Very decent that you politely overlooked this in your lovely dio. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Absolutely superb! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilspen Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Excellent scene, I really like the rotor blade effects, very dynamic, you really get the sense of movement, well lack of it in the hover. I imagine it is CSB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_W Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Very nice. Reminds me of the story about a Chinook flying an underslung ISO container of beer from Stanley to West Falkland. The load shifted in flight, the back doors burst and the container arrived empty... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim R-T-C Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 My favourite sort of modelling - something different and remembering a forgotten event. Lovely stuff on the models and the layout. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goon Posted February 28, 2022 Author Share Posted February 28, 2022 Thanks for the comments everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Keg Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 YES!!!!!!! What a great subject. I like it. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike c Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Absolutely brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The west wing Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 The curve in the lifting sling looks just right, yet supporting the model above. Brilliant. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig S Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 I love this! Brilliant attention to detail and the sense of movement is just perfect. Top skills! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maginot Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Nice work. And how many beers were consumed during the crafting of this scene? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k5054nz Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 Brilliant job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 I love what you’ve done with this…. so I hate to be that guy…. but you’re a tail rotor blade short; only the HAS1 had 5 rather than 6. SORRY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goon Posted March 29, 2022 Author Share Posted March 29, 2022 Thanks for the further comments everyone. No worries pointing out the tail rotor error. I decided to go with five so as to avoid having build a new hub, and six blurred blades might have looked a bit crowded, Gareth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulaero Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 Very nice display for the most important part of a RAS !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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