0900 15 May, done, with two weeks spare. Yeah..........
So, this is what I've been building since April. The Italeri 1:48 scale Westland Wessex HU 5, even though they call it a UH 5. I'm fairly sure it should be Helicopter utility - HU. This is just one example of a couple of quality control issues with the kit. That's not to say the kit is bad, it isn't, but their instructions do mix the landing gear legs up. Then there was the colour for the Falklands scheme, other than a name, Italeri couldn't be bothered to cross reference this with a colour number. But to be quite honest, these are minor points. the kit is still well worth building. The detail is great. Three schemes are offered, this is probably the least interesting, but it was the Falkland one I wanted to build.
This aircraft was down there during the war (conflict if you must - conflict really ! this is something me and the wife have, not where people get killed) and was they aircraft that rescued Simon Weston OBE. X-Q also got damaged by a nearby mortar going off as the aircraft was flying along. This just shows how low these helicopters flew. The aircraft gained a few holes in the fuselage, but no one was hurt.
I built this model after reading this book.
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A good book describing the use of helicopters in the Falklands very well, all from the point of view of a young Wessex pilot.
X-Q involved in the rescuing soldiers and sailors of the Sir Galahad.
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According to the book, the Soldier on his hands and knees in the doorway, was SAS. He was picked up earlier from the side of a mountain, when he was seen walking along by himself. Just after he accepted a lift from the Wessex, the call came about the airstrike and X-Q set off to help. At the end of a long day when all the rescues were completed, they asked where they could drop the SAS man off, his reply was something like 'Anywhere, just not back there' They had all witnessed some horrific injuries during the day.
So, my very small tribute the Wessex pilots of the Falklands war.
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So, this is what I've been building since April. The Italeri 1:48 scale Westland Wessex HU 5, even though they call it a UH 5. I'm fairly sure it should be Helicopter utility - HU. This is just one example of a couple of quality control issues with the kit. That's not to say the kit is bad, it isn't, but their instructions do mix the landing gear legs up. Then there was the colour for the Falklands scheme, other than a name, Italeri couldn't be bothered to cross reference this with a colour number. But to be quite honest, these are minor points. the kit is still well worth building. The detail is great. Three schemes are offered, this is probably the least interesting, but it was the Falkland one I wanted to build.
This aircraft was down there during the war (conflict if you must - conflict really ! this is something me and the wife have, not where people get killed) and was they aircraft that rescued Simon Weston OBE. X-Q also got damaged by a nearby mortar going off as the aircraft was flying along. This just shows how low these helicopters flew. The aircraft gained a few holes in the fuselage, but no one was hurt.
I built this model after reading this book.
View attachment 63251
A good book describing the use of helicopters in the Falklands very well, all from the point of view of a young Wessex pilot.
X-Q involved in the rescuing soldiers and sailors of the Sir Galahad.
View attachment 63252
According to the book, the Soldier on his hands and knees in the doorway, was SAS. He was picked up earlier from the side of a mountain, when he was seen walking along by himself. Just after he accepted a lift from the Wessex, the call came about the airstrike and X-Q set off to help. At the end of a long day when all the rescues were completed, they asked where they could drop the SAS man off, his reply was something like 'Anywhere, just not back there' They had all witnessed some horrific injuries during the day.
So, my very small tribute the Wessex pilots of the Falklands war.
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