Ian M's Lynx AH1 Airfix 1/48

[Andy the Sheep]

A very nice model, Ian.
I agree: peacetime helicopters are always very clean, unless you want to depict an heli at the end of an intense training day on a soggy clay soil training area (and those training areas are almost always the dirtiest spots for miles around) in a raining day with an infantry unit. In that case, mud would generously cover the cargo bay floor while the steps and the doors would show the signs of infantrymen's boots and hands.

[Ian M]

Dunno, can't see them.
Pete

I found a walk a round of a Lynx rotor head just five minutes ago! They are in fact lube pots. so now we all know. Filler cap inboard grease nipple outboard if you want to go ultra in the detail !!!

[Guest]

I found a walk a round of a Lynx rotor head just five minutes ago! They are in fact lube pots. so now we all know. Filler cap inboard grease nipple outboard if you want to go ultra in the detail !!!

Well we now expect you to do that :nerd:Ian.

[papa 695]

Looking sharp Ian.

[Tim Marlow]

Looking good Ian. Good catch on the overspray…..

[Airborne01]

After a day of lumberjacking yesterday and cleaning up a bit today, I took a bit of me time in the cave.
Short story is that Eunice pushed a fir tree and gave it a good shake. Two days of heavy rain then more powerful winds saw the roots lifting. As the tree stood if the wind took it, it would have taken a line across all my Maples and Rhododendrons! So I took a chainsaw to it and dropped it in about the only free room there is. It did squish a bit of wire fence but no bushes! The fence was easy to pull into shape again. Enough about that.
Today saw the last of the decal work go down.
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I was not to happy to find I had no ROYAL MARINES in white! So I knicked the Royal from the Navy and then had the joy of single letters to make Marines!

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Likewise the codes where also a mix of the letters XZ from the kit and some single numbers from the sheet. (from Xtradecal British serial and service markings) AS you can see the number of rivets and plates on the tail are mad. So I think several visits from Micro sol will be called for.
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A good tip if making texts in single letters, start from the back and work forwards. Thus getting them to fit!
Also got the steel leading edge on the tail rotor painted! Why I didn't paint the exhaust while I was at it I will never know. lol
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The D23 below the doors and on the nose are also thanks to Xtradecal!
So... what's left to do?
Nav lights, painted today
Window wipers and the TOW missile launchers
And I guess I will have to sort out those sodding FOD things. They look 'orrid! (might leave them off to be honest)-
Oh Paint the exhausts lol.
MAYBE a pin wash. but all the photos I have seen they have all been painstakingly clean. A bit of wear and tear but clean.

Anyone know what the clear parts on the main rotor head are about?

(comments are welcome as I feel a bit like I am talking to myself!)

After a day of lumberjacking yesterday and cleaning up a bit today, I took a bit of me time in the cave.
Short story is that Eunice pushed a fir tree and gave it a good shake. Two days of heavy rain then more powerful winds saw the roots lifting. As the tree stood if the wind took it, it would have taken a line across all my Maples and Rhododendrons! So I took a chainsaw to it and dropped it in about the only free room there is. It did squish a bit of wire fence but no bushes! The fence was easy to pull into shape again. Enough about that.
Today saw the last of the decal work go down.
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I was not to happy to find I had no ROYAL MARINES in white! So I knicked the Royal from the Navy and then had the joy of single letters to make Marines!

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Likewise the codes where also a mix of the letters XZ from the kit and some single numbers from the sheet. (from Xtradecal British serial and service markings) AS you can see the number of rivets and plates on the tail are mad. So I think several visits from Micro sol will be called for.
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A good tip if making texts in single letters, start from the back and work forwards. Thus getting them to fit!
Also got the steel leading edge on the tail rotor painted! Why I didn't paint the exhaust while I was at it I will never know. lol
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The D23 below the doors and on the nose are also thanks to Xtradecal!
So... what's left to do?
Nav lights, painted today
Window wipers and the TOW missile launchers
And I guess I will have to sort out those sodding FOD things. They look 'orrid! (might leave them off to be honest)-
Oh Paint the exhausts lol.
MAYBE a pin wash. but all the photos I have seen they have all been painstakingly clean. A bit of wear and tear but clean.

Anyone know what the clear parts on the main rotor head are about?

(comments are welcome as I feel a bit like I am talking to myself!)

Don't beat yourself up about making 'Royal Marines' in single letters - most marines can't even write single letters mate. They use thumb prints or x to sign their documents, etc. Try replicating that ....!
Steve

[Mark1]

:thumb2: It's coming on a treat

[spanner570]

Reading about your decals, I now know why I dumped most of them on my heli.

But unlike me, you persevered, so full credit to you Ian.

Looking good. :thumb2:

Ron

[The Smythe Meister]

That's looking great Ian
There's something about the Black and Green camo that I've always liked.... Excellent stuff
Andy

[Tworrs]

Looks outstanding Ian.

[Ian M]

The End!

LOL see what I did there.
More photos of the finished build here: https://www.scale-models.co.uk/forum...s-2017-on.317/
Thanks to all for looking in.

[The Smythe Meister]

The End!
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LOL see what I did there.
More photos of the finished build here: https://www.scale-models.co.uk/forum...s-2017-on.317/
Thanks to all for looking in.

Yeah,I see... ..
... very good

[Tim Marlow]

The End!
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LOL see what I did there.
More photos of the finished build here: https://www.scale-models.co.uk/forum...s-2017-on.317/
Thanks to all for looking in.

That’s a tale of triumph over adversity….