Splash's forgotten Wessex Mk 5

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Re: Splash's forgotten Wessex Mk 5

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Good new my LMS had a Wessex Mk3 in stock so I have picked it up for the decals.

This now means, I also now have a Wessex Mk3 that I will have to paint in either RAF Yellow or in Falkland's battle colours of all over blue or grey.

I have also ordered a set of decals from ebay, so stacks of choices now.

Never mind I have heard that you can never have to many Wessex's.

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That's great news Splash. It's looking far too good to abandon. 8-)
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Re: Splash's forgotten Wessex Mk 5

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Just my luck, whilst packing away my new purchased Wessex in to my stash, I found a Revell re-box of the same kit hidden at the bottom of my stash.

So slight change in plan I will now use the Revell decals to complete my Wessex 5 SAR a/c and will hide my new Wessex at the bottom of my stash.

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Isn't the plural of Wessex, Wessii?
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PaulBradley wrote:Isn't the plural of Wessex, Wessii?
LOL :ha: :ha: :ha:

One side of decals added so I'm going to let them set overnight before I do the other side .

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It's really great to see this up and running again Splash and it's looking good so far.
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Really nice looking copter Splash.

How's it coming along?
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Great looking scheme Splash. Keep up the good work.
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Dazzled wrote:Really nice looking copter Splash.

How's it coming along?
It's coming on slowly, I have started working on the cockpit, the set of decals I ordered turned up, but did not have the white numbers I'm after.

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That's looking splendid. Great colour scheme.

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The cockpit is starting to come together, I have given the instrument panel a paynes grey wash to bring out the detail, the seats have been part painted and still need the webbing either painted or replaced with tape straps.

I have also cut off all the tail rotor blades and turned them around to face the correct way, this is a known problem with the Italari Wessex, I think it was based on the very early Sikorsky H-34 Choctaw that had the a frame type undercarriage and blades that rotated in the opposite direction.

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It's really starting to come together now Splash. The cockpit looks great. Have you sorted your decal issues yet?
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That looks great Splash.
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That's a nice eye-catching build.

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Re: Splash's forgotten Wessex Mk 5

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I'm calling this one a did not finish for the second time.

The good news is its a lot closer to being finished and I now have the momentum to carry on with it and it looks much better in Red and Green than it did in just Green.

I still need to sort out some white numbers and work out how to fold the blades, but it will stay close to the bench.

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