Lancfan's old Airfix USN Sea King ***FINISHED***

[splash]

The early kits canopy looks like a good fit.

Regards Splash

[Sissel]

Great work, David.
Seeing this, how the oldest boxing seems to have better fit and look newer due to 'fresh' tools, I worry about my late boxing of the Puma.

[lancfan]

The early kits canopy looks like a good fit.

Regards Splash

Both the canopy and the fuselage halves fit much better than the current issues, if only they would re-tool the transparencies and the main fuselage parts this kit could continue for years.

David

[lancfan]

Great work, David.
Seeing this, how the oldest boxing seems to have better fit and look newer due to 'fresh' tools, I worry about my late boxing of the Puma.

Don't worry about the Puma Sissel, the Sea King moulds have had far more use than the Puma ones.

David.

[TomW]

That's very true David, a quick look on various second-hand and auction sites show Puma's to carry a 10 to 15% premium over Sea Kings, no doubt due to their lesser availability.

Regards

Tom

[PaulBradley]

I also found the earlier boxing to be pretty good compared to the later one - time has not been kind to this kit....

About time someone issued a new, accurate Sea King....

[lancfan]

The sponsons have been assembled and sanded down ready for final assembly, checking images on a walkround (thanks for the link Splash) I spotted a close up of the grill covered outlet at the rear of the engine cowling.
I simulated this with a small curved piece of sandpaper carefully slid into the outlet and locked in place with cyano. The next task will be to fit the various antenaes and prime the model.


David.

[splash]

I also found the earlier boxing to be pretty good compared to the later one - time has not been kind to this kit....

About time someone issued a new, accurate Sea King....

The new Revell 1/72 Seaking MK41 is a nice kit. http://www.revell.com/product-images/80-4899-lg.jpg

Here is a link to the kits instructions http://manuals.hobbico.com/rvl/80-4899.pdf

Regards Splash

[lancfan]

The model is now primed in a light grey wash and painted in four thin brushed coats of
Revell Aqua 05 Matt white.


The fuselage has been masked off for the Light Grey undersides and this has been applied using two thin brushed coats of Revell Aqua 76. the next step will be to gloss varnish the fuselage and apply the decals.


The decals have been applied and the blue trim has been added to the sponsons and the tail, the fuselage was then coated in matt varnish and the sponsons were fitted. The next step will be to build up the rotor sets and paint and fit both rotors, finally completing the undercarriage to almost finish the model.
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The main rotors have been assembled with the blades curved downwards to give them a "weighted" appearance.


David.

[jssel]

Look really fine David. Ol' 66.

[splash]

Nice work, white and grey does look great on a Seaking. I always thought the later light grey RN Seakings looked better than the early Dark Blue.

Regards Splash

[Dazzled]

It's a very neat looking model indeed David.

[Sissel]

Sea King looks great in that scheme, the decals make it pop too.
Keep uå the good work.

[RayS]

Great to see the comparison of the old and new moulds David, I have the type 4 boxing in the stash and am heartened to hear it is going together with little fuss.

[Migrant]

That's looking really sharp. Did you heat the rotor blades somehow before bending them?