Airfix Wessex 1/72

[Navy Bird]

7 minutes ago, CedB said:

A very tempting kit - I'll follow along if I may and try to avoid ordering one… for a bit.

 

Just go ahead and buy it, Ced. You know you will eventually! Along with some special tools that are required to build it.     

 

Cheers,

Bill

[ColinChipmunkfan]

Great start Farmerboy.  Glad to follow on from page 2.

Colin

[Farmerboy]

9 hours ago, Gondor44 said:

I am considering adding the bits I bought from @hendie to one of mine. 

 

Gondor

Come on @hendie shows us your bits!!!   Love to see what @Gondor44 has got and I haven’t! 
This is an OOB build but the second build it going to be ‘bells and whistles’.

 

[heloman1]

Well, what can I say, it's a Wessex build. I thought I had made a post yesterday but it looks as though, I didn't send it!

Anyway, what is not to like about a Wessex? The artist sems to have let his/her brush slip with the red tail band and WA codes, they should be upright!

From the Airfix video, the hoist seems to be an odd shape!

 

Colin  FLY NAVY

[Wez]

Aah, the venerable Walter, had one or two trips in the SH versions and once in a SAR version so I have fond recollections of these.  We always imagined the Loadie's job was more akin to being a Stoker shovelling coal to keep the steam powered helicopter going...

 

Mine's on order, yet to arrive but I'll be following your build in the meantime.

[perdu]

2 hours ago, Farmerboy said:

Come on @hendie shows us your bits!!!   Love to see what @Gondor44 has got and I haven’t! 
This is an OOB build but the second build it going to be ‘bells and whistles’.

 

You should treat yourself to a trip into the 3D Makerspace section of BM and prepare to be dazzled!

 

For instance

 

Wessex based life IS a bowl of cherries.

[hendie]

5 hours ago, perdu said:

For instance

It would be interesting to see how well, if at all, these fit the Airfix kit.

 

 

[perdu]

We will soon find out Alan 

[Farmerboy]

9 hours ago, perdu said:

You should treat yourself to a trip into the 3D Makerspace section of BM and prepare to be dazzled!

 

For instance

 

Wessex based life IS a bowl of cherries.

OMG!!!!  Just been to the 3D section and my mind is blown! Brilliant stuff.

 

All my life people tell me I’m easily distracted and they are right, but I need to stay strong and just stay OOB on this one but will definitely be going resin on the next because the improvement I can see against some of the kit parts are on another planet.

Thanks for the heads up, now I must really stop talking and start doing or I’ll be faffing about with this one until Christmas!

[woody37]

Just now, Farmerboy said:

OMG!!!!  Just been to the 3D section and my mind is blown! Brilliant stuff.

 

All my life people tell me I’m easily distracted and they are right, but I need to stay strong and just stay OOB on this one but will definitely be going resin on the next because the improvement I can see against some of the kit parts are on another planet.

Thanks for the heads up, now I must really stop talking and start doing or I’ll be faffing about with this one until Christmas!

 

Think I need to follow you in there to spend some money I don't have 🤣

[Andrevell]

 

 

even before the war I started building a model from Matchbox, Italeri and Airwaves conversion kits. I wanted to build an early HU.5

 

[Farmerboy]

Right then, some painting has been done!

 

Medium Sea grey for interior, floor and bulkheads, base blue on the seats and a grey/green on the quilting,

Detail painting to follow and then a flory wash to grime it up a bit, the troop cabin doesn’t seem to be designed for comfort!!

 

Going for the folded option as Airfix offer both folded or flying, main reason for folded is that the ‘flight rotor blades’ although coming with a built in droop, are badly warped 😡.

Nice feature on the straight folded blades is the cradle attachment is moulded on which should save a lot of fiddling later on.

 

 

[Gondor44]

On 9/3/2025 at 1:44 PM, hendie said:

It would be interesting to see how well, if at all, these fit the Airfix kit.

 

 

I have just ventured into the loft to retrieve the items I bought from you @hendie, so I may see how a dry fit goes over the next few days.

 

Gondor

[Farmerboy]

9 minutes ago, Gondor44 said:

I have just ventured into the loft to retrieve the items I bought from you @hendie, so I may see how a dry fit goes over the next few days.

 

Gondor

I think a lot of us will be interested in the results of that dry fit!

[Andrevell]

On 9/3/2025 at 10:40 AM, perdu said:

 

 

I really want this! Save time and nerves, let the gopher be happy!

Edited September 4 by Andrevell

[Gondor44]

3 hours ago, Farmerboy said:

I think a lot of us will be interested in the results of that dry fit!

 

An initial dry fit of @hendie's engine compartment is that it will fit. There are various parts of the fuselage that will need trimmed as there are supports for kit parts that get in the way. It's looking good to me, but it will be ages before I get around to fitting the parts together, as I have a P.1121 to get finished for Telford.

 

Gondor

[Farmerboy]

Been a bit busy on the farm, drilling grass seed for next years crop, but managed a bit of time at the bench.

Working on the main cabin, some details painted and lap belts added from tape, flory wash to pop some detail, nice little kit so far.

On th the cockpit next.

 

 

 

[CedB]

Very nice FB, looking good  

[CJP]

Looks very neat

[Steve Coombs]

Looking good!

But it seems one of your seatbelts has gone AWOL - the fourth seat in from the left only has one strap. Or is there a cunning plan I don't know about?

[Farmerboy]

1 hour ago, Steve Coombs said:

Looking good!

But it seems one of your seatbelts has gone AWOL - the fourth seat in from the left only has one strap. Or is there a cunning plan I don't know about?

Well spotted Steve, in my best Captain Mainwaring voice “ l wondered who would spot that, harrumph!!!” 
Easy to rectify!

[jackroadkill]

A great start on what looks to be a nice kit.  I've got one in my stash so I'll really enjoy seeing what can be done with it.

[heloman1]

I'm liking the detail in the kit interior framework and the heating duct. Looking good.

 

Colin FLY NAVY

[bigbadbadge]

Interior looks great so far, cracking work.

I have succumbed following seeing thisxand getting ghe email from Airfix for what was 20% off for club members and shattered with the hobby reward points worked out at £12.99 so seemed rude not to .  😄

Chris

[heloman1]

4 hours ago, bigbadbadge said:

Interior looks great so far, cracking work.

I have succumbed following seeing thisxand getting ghe email from Airfix for what was 20% off for club members and shattered with the hobby reward points worked out at £12.99 so seemed rude not to .  😄

Chris

Nice price...