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Rick’s 1/48 Airfix Sea King HAS5
More bits added and the problem of the nick on the RH engine exhaust cowl. I gently eased the part away enough to get a half round file in to smooth it out. The engine bay fire wall area has all been added. Maybe this area could be super detailed with scratch or AM resin engines in future...- rickoshea52
- Post #101
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Rick’s 1/48 Airfix Sea King HAS5
All stuck together and drying. Then I remembered a little nick in number 2 engine exhaust cowl I forgot to fix.- rickoshea52
- Post #98
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Rick’s 1/48 Airfix Sea King HAS5
That’s the cabin inner shell glued to the cabin floor. I was going the get the fuselage buttoned up tonight then realised I hadn’t painted the inside walls of the cockpit. A job for tomorrow before I head south on a business trip. Something occurred to me as I dry fitted the interior to the...- rickoshea52
- Post #97
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Rick’s 1/48 Airfix Sea King HAS5
Interior done and glued together, just the dipping sonar to add and a touch up here and there. I managed to break one of the delicate collective levers. A neutral was has been applied all over to give depth.- rickoshea52
- Post #91
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Rick’s 1/48 Airfix Sea King HAS5
Well, my first attempt at the seat belts failed miserably. The 1mm tape stuck to the paper and seemed too wide anyway. For my second go I used 0.75 mm tape laid out on my cutting mat and painted black with a Posca pen. This was cut to appropriate lengths for the five point harnesses and...- rickoshea52
- Post #85
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Rick’s 1/48 Airfix Sea King HAS5
The time has come to tackle the fuselage window inserts to fill the apertures not required for this mark of Sea King. The two that fill the aft cabin windows have a subtle curve & taper that makes it virtually impossible to fit incorrectly. I did one window at a time to ensure no mix ups...- rickoshea52
- Post #84
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Rick’s 1/48 Airfix Sea King HAS5
Detail painting has been done elsewhere in the interior. I’ve also weathered the floor of the cockpit and cabin. All the sonar and radar racks and seats are dry fitted to check the weathering looks in context. I checked this through the open doors too. All these parts have been varnished ready...- rickoshea52
- Post #70
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Rick’s 1/48 Airfix Sea King HAS5
I add detail to the instrument panels using apps a pens, easy peasy. But I’m thinking to myself, as I look at a reference photo of a HAS5 centre console, it’s different. Because I used the wrong centre console from the kit. Doh!- rickoshea52
- Post #69
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Rick’s 1/48 Airfix Sea King HAS5
https://uk.airfix.com/community/blog-and-news/workbench/stealthy-new-sea-king-announcement Do you mean this part? It’s assembled and painted ready to fit.- rickoshea52
- Post #67
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Rick’s 1/48 Airfix Sea King HAS5
The cabin floor has its first shot of paint. I based the black anti slip areas on just one photo reference and what looked right…and forgot to do the rear AV bay cover. The cabin walls are done too. These are two different shades of grey. The head lining material is thin plastic sheet while...- rickoshea52
- Post #62
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Rick’s 1/48 Airfix Sea King HAS5
I forgot to add this image of the cabin inner shell to illustrate the ejector pin holes needing filled. More work on the main rotor head with the pitch change rods and horns fitted.- rickoshea52
- Post #55
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Rick’s 1/48 Airfix Sea King HAS5
More progress on the sponsons. These are a multi part assembly which is why I’ve done it over a few nights. This panel over to top of the LH sponson was a bit proud and required some trimming of the LG compartment below. A little bit of filler was needed. The main rotor head was started...- rickoshea52
- Post #54
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Rick’s 1/48 Airfix Sea King HAS5
Some more sub assemblies. The main landing gear is nicely rendered with torque links and mooring shackles to add individually, the shackles could be posed with tie downs if desired I guess. The blade sock tie down loop is solid so I drilled this out. The gear down indicator brackets are a bit...- rickoshea52
- Post #51
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Rick’s 1/48 Airfix Sea King HAS5
My course notes aren’t explicit, but they suggest only the pilots collective has the friction device...as if. It is a massive issue.- rickoshea52
- Post #49
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Rick’s 1/48 Airfix Sea King HAS5
Another neat touch is the screen wash nozzles moulded on too.- rickoshea52
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Rick’s 1/48 Airfix Sea King HAS5
I had a closer look - it’s there, just tricky to see.- rickoshea52
- Post #44
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Rick’s 1/48 Airfix Sea King HAS5
I’ve assembled all of the interior role equipment racks. Next step is chucking some paint on it. This kit uses an internal “shell” to house the cabin interior and there are very shallow ejector pin marks that I hope will be hidden behind the consoles etc. Other marks may use the troop seats to...- rickoshea52
- Post #41
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Rick’s 1/48 Airfix Sea King HAS5
Some more shots of the surface detail, the more I look the more is see. The tail fold bulkhead is detailed very nicely, look at the disconnect coupling (DCC) engagement cone, splines, unlock flag and tail rotor control rod bell crank! Beautifully recreated. The mesh over the tail rotor...- rickoshea52
- Post #39
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Rick’s 1/48 Airfix Sea King HAS5
It doesn’t look like it has the rotor brake handle but it does have something resembling throttles and fire extinguisher handles.- rickoshea52
- Post #35
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Rick’s 1/48 Airfix Sea King HAS5
The way Airfix have designed these parts to ensure positive engagement and trueness is such a bonus to modellers. The relief on the control panels is just awesome. I’ve dry fitted the IP and seats here to demonstrate the detail.- rickoshea52
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