Airfix 1/72 Sea King

[Fernando N]

Great result Andy, neat finish and the pics are clear too.:thumb2::thumb2:
Looking forward to see how your A-10 ends up and what more you have in store for us.:smiling:

[flyjoe180]

A wonderful result Andy. It's always nice to have a connection with the subject being built.

[rickoshea52]

Thanks Jakko & Paul.

As for the rotor, I figured there was a technical reason and have read the theory about it being the non-folding one, but having asked the question it seems it's a simple visibility / conspicuity thing. SAR are normally operating at low level and the single yellow rotor makes them much easier to spot from above by other aircraft.

Only four of the five main rotor blades folded, the fifth was positioned over the tail when folded; this why you see the plumbing for the automatic blade fold only on four of the rotors. The blades are colour coded with coloured tape around the blade root and the corresponding cuff on the rotor head. One of these is yellow, however this does not necessarily match the yellow painted blade which is that colour for increased conspicuity.

Nice model by the way.

[rtfoe]

Rick, Andy has left the forum but thanks for the info...very valuable especially if you build 1/48 and upwards.
He's got some creative work unfortunately won't see any new ones now.

Cheers,
Richard

[Steve Brodie]

Superb, if you are putting it in a rescue scene, hovering, dont forget to undroop (??) the blades lol :smiling5: :smiling5: