Westland Wessex HC 5C, XS517, 84 Sqn RAF B Flight Nicosia Cyprus 1987.
1/72 Italeri, finished in Humbrol and MM enamels with Klear and Vallejo matt varnish over kit decals, built for the RAF 100 GB, more pic’s and details here: https://imodeler.com/groups/100-years-of-the-royal-air-force/forum/topic/westland-wessex-hu-5-xs517-84-sqn-raf-cyprus-1987/
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Louis Gardner said on December 21, 2018
This is another excellent build Allan !!!! You are a helicopter building machine…………… 🙂
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Allan J Withers said on December 21, 2018
Thanks Louis.
Craig Abrahamson said on December 21, 2018
I agree with Louis’ assessment entirely…………… 🙂
Allan J Withers said on December 21, 2018
Thanks Craig.
Greg Kittinger said on December 21, 2018
Wow – that is a lovely whirlybird! I’m not a rotor-top guy, but that’s one of my favorite builds of your recent accomplishments. It just looks excellent.
Allan J Withers said on December 21, 2018
Thank you Greg.
Jeff Bailey said on December 22, 2018
Wow, that looks great, Allan! It looks very real.
Question: do the blades droop naturally due to their weight – like the real ones – or do you make them droop? If so, how do you make them look so even?
Bravo!
Allan J Withers said on December 22, 2018
Thank you Jeff, Italeri mold them that way, check the sprue pic’ in my build log !!
Tom Cleaver said on December 22, 2018
I like this a lot. Really nice work on this.
Allan J Withers said on December 22, 2018
Thanks Tom.
Robert Royes said on December 22, 2018
Almost missed this one, great job, nice scheme!
Allan J Withers said on December 22, 2018
Thanks Robert.
Dirk Derks said on December 25, 2018
Hello Allan,
Your Cyprus Wessex looks great.
Regards, Dirk
Allan J Withers said on December 25, 2018
Thanks Dirk.
Paul Barber said on December 30, 2018
I’ve gone on about your work for this GB a lot recently, Allan. Your posts are always modest and your builds are always just top notch. I look through the builds of those of the RAF100 mob who have put in multiple subjects and I try to pick a favourite. Of your builds in the ‘previous’ section the B29 always makes me smile. When, in the final presentation I look back I know this is going to be a favourite of mine – not just for your haul, but across the whole group. For me it is really special model. There are three or four iModelers that have totally owned this GB – you are one of them – thanks so much, Allan!
Allan J Withers said on December 30, 2018
My thanks to you Paul for your work on this GB, it’s nice to have a couple of helicopters here !!