Italeri 1:48 Wessex UH 5

[colin m]

The Italeri Wessex.

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I've fancied building a helicopter for ages, so I bought the above. However, I was more than a bit surprised to discover it's a big beast comming in at about 32cm long and about 27cm rotor tip to rotor tip ! oh well too late now.

Unfortunately, the wife has only gone a booked a holiday in the sun, so no building for me, for a week or so - How dare she !!

Anyway, the hotel has wifi, so I can keep a watch on all the other builds.

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[yak face]

Nice wessex colin, does this hol mean we wont be seeing you at cosford this year? , that'll be a shame , tony

[Ian M]

Hm a week in the sun, a week in the study .....

A good choice Colin and yes its a big ol' bus in'it

Ian M

[colin m]

Nice wessex colin, does this hol mean we wont be seeing you at cosford this year? , that'll be a shame , tony

Funny you should mention that. A few weeks back I said to the 'ball and chain' " Cosford soon - when she sort of pulled a face - an apologised. She realised some time ago, I wasn't going to be able to make it to Cosford. Doh........

[yak face]

Shame about that mate ,was looking forward meeting up again, ..next year eh? cheers tony

[flyjoe180]

Enjoy your holiday Colin. Look forward to seeing your Wessex come alive.

[Guest]

Life's tough for some - good choice by the way. Cheers Derek

[geegad]

looking forward to seeing you get going with this a hele is the next thing that i want to try so i will be watching all the way

[Guest]

nice choice Colin, are you doing it out-of-box or playing around with it a bit?

with you mentioning the size i've just double checked mine, its not a huge aircraft in reality but as it's 1/32 it'll end up about 32cm long with a 34cm rotor ....hmmm storage issues methinks.

[colin m]

Mainly OOB Colin. I comes with some PE, but being so big, it's crying out for a bit more work.

Anyway, even though I can't build, I have got this for my hols. [ATTACH]60709.vB[/ATTACH] Not many pictures, but looks like a good read.

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[colin m]

Well it's been a while, but finally, I've pulled my finger out and done something. Gentlemen, I present, my Westland Wessex cockpit - well most of it anyway. It's all kit items, no extras. Although the colours quoted in the instructions don't seem to fit in with the many pics floating around, so I've used a 'bit of this and that' to get here.

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[papa 695]

The pit looks very good Colin

[Guest]

lovely job mate

mobear

[flyjoe180]

Great work Colin.

[mossiepilot]

A nice looking cockpit Colin.

Tony.