scooter Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 Hi all. Just finished today - a 1/72 Westland Lynx HAS.2 built OOB in the markings of 700sq Fleet Air Arm, RNAS Yeovilton ca. 1978. The kit was from a 1982 rebox, and I'm thinking the decals were original, and most of them shattered on contact. Anyway, I had enough spares to cover all the others so she can look the part. As the Lynx is an early first production version, and carries a pair of Mk.46 Torpedoes. The kit shows its age, but still builds into a good depiction of arguably the fastest helicopter designed, and one of the few that can do a complete roll. She differs from the Army version by being equipped with a tricycle undercarriage and a deck restraint systems, folding main rotor blades, an emergency floatation system and a nose-mounted radar. Enjoy! AC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
arkhunter2002 Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 Looks good! Are the yellow stripes on the rotor blades decals or painted? Take care, Austin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scooter Posted December 6, 2009 Author Share Posted December 6, 2009 Looks good!Are the yellow stripes on the rotor blades decals or painted? Take care, Austin Thanks. They are decals. Only the tips are painted. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rotorwash Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 Adam, Nice looking Lynx! the Blue is a nice change from the green and gray normally seen on US helos. Thanks for sharing. Ray Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scooter Posted December 6, 2009 Author Share Posted December 6, 2009 Adam, Nice looking Lynx! the Blue is a nice change from the green and gray normally seen on US helos. Thanks for sharing. Ray Thanks Ray. Yes, finishing in semi-gloss for a military machine did seem a little away from the normal finishing process! AC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joseph Osborn Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 Scooter, you did a great job with the blue paint. Very smooth and practically no visible texture to the paint. Did you use a flat blue and glosscoat it, or did you start with a glossy blue? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scooter Posted December 6, 2009 Author Share Posted December 6, 2009 Sure; 1: wash model furiously in warm soapy water and scrub with toothbrush. Mask all windows with bare-metal foil. 2: spray overall coat of light grey (old enamel paint I had laying around) 3: sand from 3000 grit to 12000 grit overall. 4: paint one very light coat of Oxford Blue (acrylic). Let it dry. Its a gloss. 5: paint overall coat of OB, then let dry. 6: spray overall clear Gloss. 7: apply decals. 8: spray overall semi-gloss clear. and remove bare-metal foil. Polish all clear areas with WD-40. Rotor Head/Main blades were sprayed clear flat only. ...and after looking at this process.. i just realized how much work it was! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
arkhunter2002 Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 Definitely worth the process. How was the fit? I have an Airfix SH-2F that needs some major sanding, so I haven't worked on it since summer...lol Take care, Austin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scooter Posted December 6, 2009 Author Share Posted December 6, 2009 Fit was OK. Probably the area around all the multiple window panels in the front was the hardest. Fuselage and rotor head was easy.. Actually, the hardest thing was finding good reference pics for that era machine. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
xavi84 Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 great job adam, i really like the finish of your lynx. i'm looking forward to your next build. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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