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10-30-2009, 02:24 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2008
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| 1/72 Westland Wessex HAS 31 These old aircraft were remembered fondly in the RAN. By the time I joined they were no longer working in the ASW role, but were very active in the SAR role. They continued in that capacity until 1989. They joined the fleet in 1962, so they enjoyed a very long career In this build I simply want to improved my painting and detailing skills. Some of the problem with my last build was that the paints I was using I had diluted far too much, which caused problems with runs and generaly streaky and patchy paintwork. I also would like to improve the standard of detailing in the cockpit... Anyway here are the progress shots so far.....
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10-30-2009, 05:25 PM
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  | Not too shabby at all!
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10-30-2009, 06:30 PM
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| Nice! Got a soft spot for the old Wessex, having fallen out of them, or dangled from them a few times. I think Karl (rochie) might be interested in this build too, but I'll let him explain why.......
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10-30-2009, 07:48 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Adelaide Sth. Aust.
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| Nice start P looks good so far! 
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10-31-2009, 04:27 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: May 2008 Location: New Zealand
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| Sweet build  Love Wessex's
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10-31-2009, 04:42 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Glenrothes Scotland
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| have the same memories and fondnes of the wessex as terry am looking forward to this being finished dont know about the RAN wessex but the RAF wessex seemed to be held together with black masking tape very diconcerting i can tell you
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10-31-2009, 07:21 AM
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10-31-2009, 10:44 AM
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| Ill do my best guys. I dont have photos for tonite, but the two halves are togeter, along with the undercarriage. I discovered some significant details that are different between our Mk 31 and the RN HAS3s. For starters our main hatches have a viewing panel in them, and appear to be smaller than the RN. Its a pity that the kit does not include interior cabin arrays of the main deck. I was thinking of attempting a scratch build but decided not to in the finish. When I was near these aircraft, they were being used as SAR and assault choppers, so I dont have any personal memories of them as AS platforms. They were last used in the ASW role in 1974, but continued to give great service until 1989. I did my survival training using these machines (basically winched out of the water). They had a very good reputation as all weather choppers. Someone told me they did not require a real horizon to stay horizontal....All I know is that these machines could fly when no others could, and were considered very reliable machines
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10-31-2009, 12:34 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: billingham nr middlesbrough uk
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| only been in two wessex's both on the same night, they sent the second one to pick us up after the first one suffered engine failure on take off and came back down rather quickly, bounced then turned on its side !!!!! luckily the only injuries were to my mate who knocked his two front teeth out with the muzzle of his SLR when we hit the ground, scared the s**t out of me at the time though !
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11-01-2009, 12:34 AM
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| Wow, an amazing story. You were pretty lucky then. What was the course of the crash???
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11-01-2009, 05:46 AM
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 sounds like you were real lucky Karl....when did this extremely short ride take place?
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11-01-2009, 07:47 AM
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| yeah i was lucky it happened just as we lifted off so we wern't that high up, just high enough up to make it interesting !! never did find out the cause but just heard a loud crunchy sort of bang and down we went a bit quicker than normal all happened just over 20 years ago, god i feel old now
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11-01-2009, 10:25 AM
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| well some progress shots for the last two days. The thing is going together fairly easily, and generally Im happy with my efort this time around. Any advice or comments are welcome.....
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11-01-2009, 01:46 PM
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| looks good Parsifal pic i took from Duxford it might help with forward detail
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11-02-2009, 06:13 AM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Canberra
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| Such fine detail in 1/72. It's good
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