Last month (March) saw the final retirement of the lynx from the RN, after a career of nearly 40 years. It has now been replaced by the AW159 Wildcat, which is essentially an advanced Lynx development, but to my mind, nowhere near as elegant an aircraft!.
This one is based on the modern Hobbyboss kit, which is a fairly easy and satisfying build, but has some serious shape and detail issues, some of which I have sorted, others of which are beyond my skills. I definitely prefer the Airfix offering. However, my finished model "looks like a Lynx to me!"
The RN Mk8 issue doesn't seem to be easy to find around these parts, so this is the German issue, which i also used for my Black Cats Lynx. I think the box contents are the same though.
I haven't yet written up all of the changes I have made, but in essence:
Rotor head mount trimmed down (it sits about 4m too high)
Tail rotor direction reversed
Top and bottom door rails added
Airfix doors substituted (Hobbyboss window in wrong position)
Inflatable internal seat added (taken from an Airfix kit)
IR/laser detectors added to nose/flanks/disco ball under tail
Flare launchers added to undercarriage sponsons
Wire MF aerial added
CPI added to top of tail
Rear flotation bags added to sponsons.
Engine top deck modified
Several wires/cable details added.
... and the main things I couldn't change:
Windscreen too shallow & rounded
Simplified rotor head (no actuators)
BERP blades very poor shape
Fuselage underside too curved
Nose underside profile wrong - seems to curve up too much.
I'm also not sure the flares would be appropriate for a full Sting Ray weapon load, but who knows
And to finish, a tiny trio of Mk 8s -
and a wild pack of Lynx.....
FredT
Really great work with this Fred, it certainly looks enough like a Lynx to satisfy me and what an excellent collection of these helicopters you have built up. Top work 
