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/
This is another excellent build Allan ! You are a helicopter building machine... ๐
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Thanks Louis.
I agree with Louis' assessment entirely... ๐
Thanks Craig.
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.
Thank you Greg.
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!
Thank you Jeff, Italeri mold them that way, check the sprue pic' in my build log !
I like this a lot. Really nice work on this.
Thanks Tom.
Almost missed this one, great job, nice scheme!
Thanks Robert.
Hello Allan,
Your Cyprus Wessex looks great.
Regards, Dirk
Thanks Dirk.
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!
My thanks to you Paul for your work on this GB, it's nice to have a couple of helicopters here !