Doug's 1/48 Airfix Sea King

[Waspie]

Progress is slow at the moment. Little dab of paint here, a dab there!!!!
Last night I sat down and decided to have a bash at the cockpit detail courtesy of Eduard!!!

Pic 1
Sorting out the troop seats that run fore -aft on the starboard side. Seats Oxford Blue, with light grey support struts.
Detailing on the pilots instrumentation and upper cockpit switching.


Pic 2.
Another picture of the cockpit IP, centre & right.
Hole on the bottom of the SU, (submersible Unit) intentional!! That's the housing for the temperature sensor that feeds the bathythermograph in the back above the sonar display.


Little steps!!

[Waspie]

More little steps today!
Thought I'd have a go at some etch on the back seat equipment. (The Office). Amazing how much time was spent on it.
Pic1
First time I've encountered etch on top of etch!!


Pic 2
Diferent angle with the sonar foot brake now added. Wonder how Mr Airfix missed that one? (Still to be painted black!!)


Pic 3
Fitted one seat harness. I chopped off the attachment ring as that would be inside the inertia reel which has been added!!

[Mark1]

The etch is looking good:thumb2:

[Scratchbuilder]

A maybe silly question: isn't the P tube a tad high?
Considering its name, shape and position, I came to the conclusion its function is to ease the crew bladders, heavily challenged by the vibrations and cold during long flights.
If I'm right, then or the users had to bend their head and raise on their feet to reach it or the tube is not fixed but detachable to be bent to the needed height...
If I'm wrong and the P tube has a different use, then this is a first class silly question :smiling6:

That is what the ex orange box was for....

[Scratchbuilder]

You do realise that I am saving all of this build for when I eventually get my SK, this will save me hours of searching and looking, my analyist says i am getting lazy, don't you agree.
Brilliant work by the way.

[Waspie]

You do realise that I am saving all of this build for when I eventually get my SK, this will save me hours of searching and looking, my analyist says i am getting lazy, don't you agree.
Brilliant work by the way.

At the pace I'm going Mike you'll probably overtake me. SWMBO has already announced tomorrow's job list!!!!!

[Waspie]

That is what the ex orange box was for....

Had to re-read that!!
Pic 2 in post 91, the drivers instrument panel. The upper sensor that sits centrally at the top of the console is called 'Orange Crop' effectively a spectrum analyser!! Covers all the radar bands. Gives/gave!! A 360 deg picture of who's looking at ya!!!

[Waspie]

That is what the ex orange box was for....

The Senior Service provide a jump seat for those of us who a vertically challenged!

You do realise that I am saving all of this build for when I eventually get my SK, this will save me hours of searching and looking, my analyist says i am getting lazy, don't you agree.
Brilliant work by the way.

On a serious note Mike, any help with anything RN Sea King related just holler. I don't have notes or anything and I have a few images on the computer and loads in a box somewhere.

The etch is looking good:thumb2:

Thanks Mark, first time I have used etch in this format. Certainly brings out more detail than the decals do by the looks of it. I'm happy with it.

[JR]

Great work on those seats Doug. Time well spent .

[Waspie]

Hi all, still here!! and the Sea King hasn't flown its last sortie - yet!!!
Had a busy week or so what with one thing or another. Internet issues, furniture arriving and a mad dog!! Fingers crossed, the last of SWMBO's projects, (means I do all the work), has been completed, barring a visit to the skip!!
I have managed to grab a few minutes here and few there though to be fair!
I did some weathering on the seats and finally learned/understood the new settings on the H&S Ultra AB. (I thought the'I' setting would be a fine setting with 'III' being a broader spread!! - WRONG. It is in fact the opposite. Lesson learned - to my advantage!!
With my new AB settings hopefully etched into what is left of my brain cells. I attacked the interior of the King. Initially masking off the bottom two thirds and spraying the top a light grey. Then today, after a few days away from it, I masked off the top third and sprayed the lower sections a darker blue grey.
With luck, the modelling gods will be in my favour and I'll be able to get some more etch harness' on the seats soon.

[Waspie]

Despite the modelling gods throwing me a curve ball I achieved a fair bit today!!
My Sky system went down big style last evening. Then Sky decide they would send an engineer today - there goes my bench time I thought!!
New dish, bracket - Q Box + setup, less than an hour.
Bench time!! Whoooo Hoooooo!!

Death by image I'm afraid. Picture says it all!!
Pic 1
Firstly - yesterday's work. The colouring of the inner cabin area, two tone. The lighter grey represents the plastic covered padding which may have helped with sound proofing!! There again - it may not!!!!


Pic 2/3/4
My seats, back and front. Etch harness' added. Lesson learned from that. Lap straps would have been better attaching prior to adding the back and seat pans!!!. Fiddly little blighters!!! Only have to fit some delicate hand holds which fit over the seat retains the shoulder harness in place.




Pic 5
Cockpit area with IP installed, jump seat aka Pilots navigation bag holder!!
Even painted the fire extinguisher and Pee Tube!! Note electronics cabinet empty!


Pic 6.
Small refinement in the working area of the King in the shape of T transducer raise/lower T Handle painted red. Also - sonar foot brake painted and dirtied!


Pic 7
Electronics cabinet now has 'black boxes'!!


Pic 8
Troop seat assembled, painted and suitably dirtied to represent the myriad of boots clambering over them to get from front to back and visa versa!! I'm a little bit stumped at how to add definition to the troop seats to show the indentation in the fabric material. Need to research that before they are installed.



Well, 'that's all folks', hope you're not suffering from picture overload.

Comments and criticisms all welcome. Tis the only way to improve!!
Thanks again for looking in.
Doug

[yak face]

Excellent work doug , looking very detailed , cheers tony

[scottie3158]

Doug,
some seriously nice work going on there.

[Guest]

I'm a little bit stumped at how to add definition to the troop seats to show the indentation in the fabric material.

Add a wash¹ of a darker shade of the base colour over them, then when that is dry, drybrush with a lighter shade of the base colour. Don’t hesitate to make the difference between these three shades quite pronounced, especially since these seats will be inside a relatively dark fuselage.

¹ Take a brushful of water-soluble paint, put it on a palette, and then mix a few brushfuls of water into it. You want coloured water, not thinned paint.

[Waspie]

Doug,
some seriously nice work going on there.

Thank you Scottie, I have to admit a certain pleasure in the crew seats.

Excellent work doug , looking very detailed , cheers tony

Thank you Tony. Although I do reckon Westlands would have built one quicker than me. Hopefully, as the weather improves I'll be able to grab more time for it!

Add a wash¹ of a darker shade of the base colour over them, then when that is dry, drybrush with a lighter shade of the base colour. Don’t hesitate to make the difference between these three shades quite pronounced, especially since these seats will be inside a relatively dark fuselage.

¹ Take a brushful of water-soluble paint, put it on a palette, and then mix a few brushfuls of water into it. You want coloured water, not thinned paint.

Thank you Jacko, as ever your advice is most welcome, I will follow it and put the results on here. I was going to have a bash at using the fine setting on the H&S Ultra AB but will give the method you describe a bash.