Geoffers Italeri 1/72 Wessex HU.5 Royal Navy SAR helicopter

[Geoffers]

Finished now

I’m pleased to get it done before the looming deadline.

Thank you to Dave (Gern) for suggesting and hosting the group build. Also a big thank you to all who followed along with the build and added suggestions and encouragement

It’s not a bad kit, certainly better than some Italeri kits I’ve built in the past.
The fit was generally good and you could build an acceptable model straight from the box.
I did add a few extras though, some scratch building and also some seatbelts etc from the Airwaves pe set.
Unfortunately most of it can’t be seen once the model is closed up.
Paints used were from the Hataka Red Line British SAR Service paint set (vol 1).
The decals were the most troublesome part of the build with some of them not settling very well.

Enough waffling now, here are the pictures












Thanks for looking

Geoff.

 

[Waspie]

Excellent reproduction of a genuine classic helicopter.
Geoff. A pic of an early 771 helicopter at Portland. (The squadron moved to Culdrose in the early 70's) The image was prior to the shift from Mk1's (Note the twin exhaust from the single Gazelle engine). 771 NAS kept its side numbers, 523/524 etc.

 

[Jakko]

That has come out really well, and as I suspected, the yellow suit really does add something to it

 

[Mark1]

Superb build Geoff, looks the business

 

[JR]

Beautifully painted and built Geoff, more so in that scale.

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Congratulations .

 

[Gern]

That's a little beauty!

 

[Geoffers]

Excellent reproduction of a genuine classic helicopter.
Geoff. A pic of an early 771 helicopter at Portland. (The squadron moved to Culdrose in the early 70's) The image was prior to the shift from Mk1's (Note the twin exhaust from the single Gazelle engine). 771 NAS kept its side numbers, 523/524 etc.
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Cheers Doug and thanks for the pic, interesting to see the differences between the two types

That has come out really well, and as I suspected, the yellow suit really does add something to it

Thanks Jakko, yes I’m glad you suggested adding it as I didn’t intend to

Superb build Geoff, looks the business

Thank you Mark

Beautifully painted and built Geoff, more so in that scale.

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Congratulations .

Wow, thank you John I’m honoured

That's a little beauty!

Cheers Dave and thank you for suggesting and hosting the group build it’s been a good one

Geoff.

 

[Neil Merryweather]

That has come out really well, and as I suspected, the yellow suit really does add something to it

Seconded!

 

[Mini Me]

Fantastic result and congrats on the Dog's and for finishing before the Deadline!

 

[Jim R]

That's a result to be proud of Geoff.

 

[boatman]

That's a result to be proud of Geoff.

DITTO Geoff bueatifull model very well made to look real an it would have looked great on my big tigers flight deck lol
chrisb

 

[Geoffers]

Seconded!

Thanks for encouraging me to add it, I probably wouldn’t have bothered without you and Jakko suggested it

Fantastic result and congrats on the Dog's and for finishing before the Deadline!

Cheers Rick

That's a result to be proud of Geoff.

Thanks Jim I’m pleased with how it’s turned out

DITTO Geoff bueatifull model very well made to look real an it would have looked great on my big tigers flight deck lol
chrisb

Thanks Chris, yes it would look great on there

Geoff.

 

[flyjoe180]

Superb result Geoff

 

[Geoffers]

Superb result Geoff

Thank you Joe

Geoff.

 

[papa 695]

Very nice indeed.

 

[scottie3158]

That is a cracking result mate.

 

[Geoffers]

Very nice indeed.

Thank you Ian

That is a cracking result mate.

Cheers Paul

Geoff.

 

[colin m]

A splendid Wessex. Well done Geoff.

 

[Steve Brodie]

great build of a 'proper' helicopter, was sad when they stopped flying them at RAF Shawbury,

 

[Airborne01]

A real 'silk purse from a sow's ear' Geoff! Love it!
Steve