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  1. Dear folder moderators/gods' Is it too late to add another entry to the GB, in my case a 1/72 Airfix Lynx Mk.8. I will be using the Airwaves aftermarket PE set. I have not painted anything yet but I have removed parts from the sprues for clean up but nothing is assembled yet, cheers, Pappy
  2. G'day, I'm looking forward to see how the Esci Harrier builds up, as I have a couple in my stash. I'm also glad to see someone else in here, it was getting a little lonely! Pappy
  3. G'day again, I have the main colour. I used Xtracolor RAF blue grey. Xtracolor paints dry as a gloss and this is my first attempt at using them. The paint dried glossy and hard and it has only been 24 hours. I have heard horror stories about these paints taking weeks to cure, so I decided to use the manufacturer's own brand of thinners. I thinned the paints 50% with thinners and they sprayed beautifully! I also test fitted two of the exhausts to see if the paint build up would cause fit issues. The exhausts were painted a burnt copper colour (black + copper) and then masked. Th
  4. G'day people, More progress, I have replaced the pitot probe with a new item made from two hypodermic syringes of different sizes. The white blob at the tip is the PVA glue that is still drying. I have also made the tail tie down rings in front of the tail wheel. I used a punch set to make a disc, which I cut in half. This was attached with some CA and then the two rings were made from copper wire and also atatched. The kit is now all masked up and just about ready for paint! cheers, Pappy
  5. G'day all, It's been a little while between updates. I have made good progress in the meantime though. I filled in the three fuel filler ports that are not present on the HAS.3 version, but in the process managed to knock off the winch frame. I ended up re-building the winch frame and have since added some wiring. I have also attached the left and right weapons pylons. I have not really resolved the connundrum of the different weapons pylons fitted to Humphrey in the FAA Museum at Yeovilton. I have also added the wire hoops and grab handles that live on the fin leading edge and rear
  6. G'day people, Thanks for the kind comments. Today's progress, I have finished painting the depth charges. I used a dark green to approximate bronze green and sprayed the yellow stripe. I have also refined the shape of the weapons pylons and I am starting to measure out where all the pylon support struts will go. I also added the two engine transmission housing drains/vents that exit from the bottom of the louvred cowl. Those that have been following this build may have noticed that the winch is missing. I managed to knock it off whilst filling in the recessed fuel filler ports. These
  7. G'day Ray! I like Wessex (Wessexes?) and one that is bombed up will look pretty tough methinks. As for going to town, most of the mods are just correcting what Italeri should have gotten right in the first place, eg getting the tail rotor direction wrong is pretty naff. As for making the depth charges, well I don't think there were any produced in 1/72 so it was a case of make them myself or go without! cheers, Pappy
  8. G'day people, Thanks for getting back Jake, I thought I may have slipped through the cracks. More progress today. I began assembling the depth charges. This consisted of separating the body and the conical tail assembly from their resin pour stub. After cleaning up, the two sections were offered up to each other and glued using some CA. A light rub down with some wet'n'dry sandpaper and it was onto the rear section. I made the six tail fins from scrap plastic card and glued these onto the conical tail section. I then carefully sliced a strip of wine bottle foil and this formed the tail fi
  9. G'day people, Thanks for all the nice comments everyone! G'day Littlebird, can I assume that I am part of this groupbuild as you didn't respond to my sign up message! I have begun work on the weapons. "Humphrey" used two Mk.11 Mod 3 depth charges during the attack on the Argentine submarine 'Santa Fe'. I don't know if anyone makes 1/72 depth charges, but since these are basically a tube wuith a conical fin assy, I decided to have a bash at them. I used the drawings in the back of the 4+ book as a reference. I made a master and cast some copies. This was my fisrt foray into casting, and
  10. Today's update. I was over at Helikit news discussion board, when OzH pointed out that there is a fairing that lives beneath the single point re-fuelling lump just forward of the cabin entry door. This fairing travels down vertically and joins the underbelly structure. I replicated this using some .015 thou plastic sheet. I also finished off the rotor head. I added the yaw dampers, flap hinge bits as well as new links from the lower star plate and some wiring bits. In all, there are about 50 bits in the assy! cheers, Pappy
  11. G'day people, Only a small update today. I have added the canopy but not before adding some coiled leads made from fine copper wire. I also sanded off the moulded 'detail' on the overhead panel as it looked pretty simplistic and instead replaced it with three sections of decals from the spares box. Lastly, the rotor brake was added using a bit of fuse wire. I also made two masters for the diffeent types of weapon pylons. I still havn't solved my problem as to which type (or if both types) were carried on "Humphrey" during the Santa Fe encounter in the Falklands. The FAA Museum pics sho
  12. G'day again, I noticed that "Humphrey", a Wessex HAS.3 has two different styles of pylon in the FAA Museum pictures. The left side has a deeper pylon, with two forward vertical bracing struts, whilst the right side has a shallower pylon that only has one vertical brace. I am a little confused, is this the 'normal' fit or is this a mixture of the two styles of pylon? The 4+ book drawings show the two diiferent pylon types as 'alt 1' and 'alt.2' cheers, Pappy
  13. G'day again, I noticed that "Humphrey" has two different styles of pylon in the FAA Museum pictures. The left side has a deeper pylon, with two forward vertical bracing struts, whilst the right side has a shallower pylon that only has one vertical brace. I am a little confused, is this the 'normal' fit or is this a mixture of the two styles of pylon? The 4+ book drawings show the two diiferent pylon types as 'alt 1' and 'alt.2' cheers, Pappy
  14. G'day LB (or Jake !) Hey, I'm just glad to be in the same forum as other rotor heads, and to have the opportunity to take part in a VTOL/helo GB, so thanks for that. Meanwhile, back to the plastic....
  15. G'day again, some more progress, I have added the hydraulic lines to the main gear lower arms using copper wire and bare metal foil. I also decided that the winch platform looked a little chuncky. Italeri have managed to make the tubular frames oval shaped so I simply used the kit part as a pattern and made a new item using plastic rod. I added a new cabin entry step using copper wire. I also finished the GPMG, but not before modifying the Aeroclub white metal item. The tripod legs and barrel grip were sliced off, and a shell bag, new firing grips, ammo tin and a new mount were fashioned
  16. More progress today, I have added some brass mesh to the opeings in the top of the tail rotor housing. I have also added wire to the main gear legs to represent the hydraulic brake lines and flotation gear pressure inlet lines. I used bare metal foil for the strapping on the horizontal main gear legs. I didn't line the look of the cabin entry stp so I made a new one from some copper wire and wine bottle foil. I noticed that there is some tubing on the left fuselage. I think these tubes are used when the auxilliary fuel tank is attached but are stowed when not in use. I used some solde
  17. More progress today, I corrected the tail rotor by cutting off the individual blades. After drilling a hole using a pin vise, the blades were re-attached in the opposite direction. I used small sections of fuse wire to act as pins for extra strength. I also replaced the chunky pitch change linkages with finer items made from stretched sprue. I chose to remove the tail wheel unit once the fuselage halves had been joined. This meant that the awkward seam above it could be easily dealt with. I also replaced the shock strut. I preferred this to cleaning up the seam, and the shock strut wa
  18. Yeah it annoys me too! Italeri also stuffed the rotors on the MH-47E kit. The blades have the broad chord of the composite fitted CH-47D, however the blade roots are square cut instead of angled (the earlier metal bladed rotors of the CH-47A had square blade roots), and the blades also were moulded as rotating in the wrong direction! Still, I guess that is why we use references! cheers, Pappy
  19. G'day Jon, thanks for the link, Pappy
  20. I have begun my Italeri 1/72 HAS.3, which will be finished as "Humphrey" an FAA helicopter that served with distinction from HMS Antrim during the Falklands conflict. The kit looks very nice in the box but it does have a few 'gotcha's' for the unwary. These are, but not limited to: The tail rotor blades are rotating in the wrong direction as moulded (they rotate clockwise) The lower cockpit access steps are moulded staggered, instead the rear of the lower step should be in line with the upper step There are various access holds on the nose that are moulded flush. The single point ref
  21. G'day people, I am looking for drawings/plans of the Kaman SH-2G Seasprite Helicopter, cheers, Pappy
  22. G'day Rich and Kitnut, Thanks for the snail addy, I also noted that there was no e-mail repsonse. I'll give the direct approach a go, cheers, Pappy
  23. G'day ARC'ers! Can I playtoo? I have just bought a 1/72 Italeri Wessex HAS.3 which I plan to build as "Humphrey" in Falklands War trim Pappy
  24. G'day Dave, Thanks very much for that, cheers, Pappy
  25. G'day people, I am trying to find pictures of the F/A-18F Superhornet ACS cockpit as well as the mofification to the upper cooling strakes (the ones that live between the tails) to 'uprade' my Rhino to Block II I know Aires and Steel Beach make accessories, but I am on a budget, cheers, Pappy
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