rickoshea52
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Do keep up at the backI seem to have missed a few updates but just had a catch-up. Great attention to detail and very neat work. The interior looks stunning. Those paint pens look very useful.
Do keep up at the backI seem to have missed a few updates but just had a catch-up. Great attention to detail and very neat work. The interior looks stunning. Those paint pens look very useful.
Looking at the vid I am still coming to terms with 'how did I forget the lower panel?' I have been racking my grey cell trying like !! to remember what controls were there!! All I can come up with is illumination settings for the two screens, Doppler and Range.That video was quite helpful. I'll modify the T handle but probably skip the sonar console as it doesn't look too out of place to my eye. This will all be buttoned up anyway.
Thanks. The paint pen idea can save a lot of time and paint. The amount of time spent shaking a bottle and squirting out too much followed by the tedious clean up was getting tight on my bits. A paint pen is such a simple solution.Paint pens - bought a set some time ago - should have done it earlier....
Build - Really enjoying your take on this iconic aircraft.
Pleased to see it grow.
Mike.
Thanks Joe.Coming along nicely Rick. Your interior is going to be excellent
Rick, Really nice job buddy. All that's missing is the smell of OM15 and gearbox oil!!!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.
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The fire extinguisher is moulded on the bulkhead curtain in this kit. The HAR3’s had a hand held extinguisher in the rear cabin by the MS10 liferaft.Rick, Really nice job buddy. All that's missing is the smell of OM15 and gearbox oil!!!
Do the Airfix instructions show a fire ext above the rear bulkhead in the back above the curtain? Reason I ask, they never had one in any of the SK's I flew in!! Having had 5 fires from the sonar pump and being back seat crew I always had to go past the offending flaming pump to steal the fire extinguisher from behind the pilots!!
I wonder why Airfix did that?The fire extinguisher is moulded on the bulkhead curtain in this kit. The HAR3’s had a hand held extinguisher in the rear cabin by the MS10 liferaft.
The MS10 is conspicuous by its absence in this kit.
The build Rick is doing is a Mk5 with LAPADs kit, (the additional seat behind the sonar and radar ops seats). The additional seat would be used for passive submarine detection.thats very neat, didnt realise it was so 'busy' in the back.
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