Well wasn't yesterday a day to forget!! If it could go wrong - it did. Home - Sea King the works!!
However, on the model front. My first attempt at home made
decals was a disaster!!!! Only good thing was I must have put enough coats of varnish on as the didn't run or wash out!! However - and totally my fault, when measuring up the sizes I used the wrong Mk Sea King!! I used the Mk2 1/48
decals as a template!! WRONG!!! The sizes are too big. The Mk5 has smaller side numbers and lettering on the tail due to the fitment of the Orange Crop sensors!! So it was back to the drawing board. This time I used the correct Mk and correct decal size to copy from!!
Another set of
decals produced this morning and sprayed with gloss varnish, several layers. Then came the strip down of
airbrush and soak in IPA so as to remove residual varnish and avoid AB issues later!!!!
After a couple of SWMBO's only five minute jobs!!! (Where do they get their time measurement from?) I finally managed to get some time in the garage and make a start on getting a few of the
Airfix supplied
decals on. By gum there are a few very tiny
decals. Eyesight was being pushed to the limits with them.
I decided to fit the strips on the rotor blades, which if some can remember me saying, I was going to omit as I couldn't remember seeing them. But after looking at a few of my pics I don't have on PC I see that the Mk2/4/5 all have them. Albeit covered in exhaust muck!!
A few pics of my limited progress.
Pic 1
Rotor Blades
Pic 2
TKS stripes on barn door, (thats engine intake shield). Tail rotor end blade stripes.
Pic 3
Intake warning sign and if you look very closely, the aerial bit on the undercarriage sponson has its 'No Hand Hold' decal on it as has the rest on the tail.
Pic 4
Intake and pilots door jettison markings fitted as is also the 28 volt electric point sign. Unsure of the grey semi-circle - that may yet disappear!!!!!
That little lot took a lions share of the afternoon. That's all for now and hopefully - all Sundays bad fortune is gone and never to be repeated!!!!