Scooter Posted December 5, 2009 Report Posted December 5, 2009 Hi all. Just finished today - a 1/72 Westland Lynx HAS.2 built OOB in the markings of 700sq Fleet Air Arm, RNAS Yeovilton ca. 1978. The kit was from a 1982 rebox, and I'm thinking the decals were original, and most of them shattered on contact. Anyway, I had enough spares to cover all the others so she can look the part. As the Lynx is an early first production version, and carries a pair of Mk.46 Torpedoes. The kit shows its age, but still builds into a good depiction of arguably the fastest helicopter designed, and one of the few that can do a complete roll. She differs from the Army version by being equipped with a tricycle undercarriage and a deck restraint systems, folding main rotor blades, an emergency floatation system and a nose-mounted radar. Enjoy! AC
TimHortman Posted December 6, 2009 Report Posted December 6, 2009 Nice work Adam - thanks for sharing!
JeffS Posted December 8, 2009 Report Posted December 8, 2009 Really nice Adam. One of Airfix better efforts and you did it proud.
VonL Posted December 9, 2009 Report Posted December 9, 2009 Clean build - she looks great! Did you remove overdone rivets & surface detail along the way?
Scooter Posted December 9, 2009 Author Report Posted December 9, 2009 Clean build - she looks great! Did you remove overdone rivets & surface detail along the way? Thank you. No rivets to speak of. The surface details were just the panel lines. All in the right place, so just smoothed them down. AC
Glynyrd Posted December 9, 2009 Report Posted December 9, 2009 Very well done, Adam. It's also a very interesting scheme; you don't see a lot of folks building '70's military aviation. Glenn
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