Italeri 1/48th Westland Wessex HAS 3
The Wessex has long held a great deal of interest for me and was a mainstay of the Fleet Air Arm for several years.
My father spent many years working on them as a Air Fitter and ended up a CPO. Many happy memories of a boyhood spent around Navy bases and these aircraft.
The Italeri series of the Wessex are an enjoyable build and I aim to complete the full selection of HAS 1, HAS 3 and HU 5, all from the Royal Navy.
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Nicely done, sir..."whirly things" are a welcome change of pace.
Thank you Craig...there plenty lovely helicopters out there and they make good subjects to model
Very nice presentation, Mark, with a dramatic livery. Noy's Miniatures do a modern helipad printed base sheet for about £8 (NM40811). I think Hannants carry it, if of interest.
Thanks for the tip Rob. Would like to mount on a Royal Navy carrier deck base, maybe one day!
This by far the most attractive scheme ever applied to a helicopter. I have the Revell 1/48 in the stash. Yours have persuaded me to get mine out of the stash. Well done!
Thank you Morne. The Revell kit might make a passable S-58, but I'm afraid only a poor imitation of a Wessex.
Good luck though and just enjoy the build.
Like RN Wessex helis..
Thanks Pk
Great job.Love the color scheme
from a 'golden' age of British Naval aviation and before everything got painted grey!
Great looking build, and as mentioned, a really striking color scheme.
Thanks Greg. The old Royal Navy anti-submarine scheme does look attractive.
Preferred it to the dark grey overall of the 'Humphrey' scheme, despite the history of that airframe.
Mark, she's a beauty. Nice clean build, marvelous paint job. Looks the business, to be sure.
thank you Bernard for the kind comments, glad you enjoyed the build.
Very attractive, Mark, and well executed. I, too, have a fondness for the Wessex, my only air experience in a helicopter was in a RAF version many years ago.
As a soldier used to get a lift in RAF ones back it the distant past!
Great looking egg beater
Thanks Vince
Nice work Mark, really nice build, very eye catching paint scheme. Good-good job !
Appreciated Terry
That's sharp, Mark! I've got a Wessex in queue that will be done as the famous "Humphrey" later this year.
Enjoy your build John. If you get chance go to the Fleet Air Arm Museum, Humphrey on display there.