Westland Sea King HU.5 by chadwijm6 - FINISHED - Airfix - 1/48

[chadwijm6]

And unmasked.

 

There's a dark sea grey stripe to do between the grey and orange next but he's looking good.

[Old Collingwood]

This  sure is  showing to  be  The Best  kit  of the Sea King  -  looking  so nice.

 

OC.

[Canute]

Nicely done with the orange. It's eight up there with red and yellow for getting good coverage, due to the translucency of those colors,

[Landlubber Mike]

Looking great!  Nice paint job.

[DocRob]

Great work on the Sea King, James. The interior looks absolutely fantastic and I hope you can see a lot through the canopy and doors. 
Well PE, love it or hate it. I like to work with PE, but like the others have mentioned, only where it truly enhances the plastic parts. It´s a learning curve with complicated PE assembles and good to have the appropriate tools, like bending pliers and tweezers and last but not least a trusty CA glue or solder experiences.

 

Cheers Rob

[chadwijm6]

 

Thanks for the comments and views so far.

 

I actually had a better experience with PE on the tank I'm building so maybe it's practice and, as Rob said, the right tools.

 

Stripes on now, needs a bit of fettling but I'm happy.

 

And found this feature on my phone that cuts out the main subject from the background.

 

 

Edited April 5 by chadwijm6

[chadwijm6]

A bit more done today. Landing gear is on, rotors have been primed. Almost ready for his first coat of gloss. 

 

[chadwijm6]

In the meantime there's a couple of aircraft/modelling events coming up in the UK that I've bought tickets to go to.

 

First up is Model world live at the NEC in Birmingham. This has been set up by Pete Waterman, he's one of the producers behind Kylie Minogue and Rick Astley amongst many others from the 80's, and he's a keen model railway fan. The event has lots going on ... https://www.keymodelworld.com/modelworldlive

 

The next one is the Midlands air festival with the Red Arrows, hot air balloon displays, wing walking display, fly pasts from a Spitfire, Lancaster, Mustang etc. and large model aircraft too. 

 

https://www.midlandsairfestival.com

 

 

 

[Rik Thistle]

James,

 

That NEC show looks very good. And lots of cracking models being exhibited.

 

Very interesting that Pete Waterman is putting his clout behind it....bodes well.

 

Richard

[chadwijm6]

It's been a while but back to the whirlybird.... Decals today, rotors tomorrow 

 

The large grey decals that should have been fitted, by the exhausts, I could not get to go on right at all and the 2 black decals on the side are also not very good but at least they're on. I'll see how it looks but I might paint them instead. 

 

Other than that the rest were no problem. 

 

 

[Old Collingwood]

Looking really nice.

 

OC.

[chadwijm6]

The whirlybird is fully assembled now but I'm not finished yet...

 

I've started to build a simple diorama to sit him on, which needs some grass variation and some mud adding over the next few days. Maybe a few bushes.

 

Another lovely kit from Airfix and I'm pretty pleased with result. 

 

 

[gsdpic]

Nice job on the bird, and the base looks very realistic.

[Old Collingwood]

Superb job  alll round,  I have seen this  frame  in the flesh  when she was  in  RN  use.

 

OC.

[king derelict]

The base is really effective and sets the model off very well. The model itself is an excellent build. Congratulations

Alan

[Rik Thistle]

James,

 

She looks ready to take-off. Very well done.

 

And the base is a great addition.

 

Richard

[Old Collingwood]

This  is  XV-666   in here  prev  role  shot by  myself   some  years ago.

 

OC.

[chadwijm6]

1 hour ago, Old Collingwood said:

This  is  XV-666   in here  prev  role  shot by  myself   some  years ago.

 

OC.

 

 

How cool!! 😄 

[Canute]

Great shot, OC.👍

[Old Collingwood]

4 hours ago, Canute said:

Great shot, OC.👍

Thanks Ken.

 

OC.

Edited April 25 by Old Collingwood

[chadwijm6]

Diorama base is finished. 

 

 

I've bought some ground crew resin figures that I'll paint up to finish it off 

 

 

I really think that putting together a 'scene' really shows off the model and just is more interesting to look at. I've found that I like doing them as well.

[mtaylor]

On 4/24/2024 at 11:35 AM, Old Collingwood said:

This  is  XV-666   in here  prev  role  shot by  myself   some  years ago.

 

OC.

Ah.. that brings back memories of flying in a CH-34 over southern California back in the day.  Just had to be sure the "gunner's belts" were firmly secure to the bird and to one's body.  

[chadwijm6]

I'm painting the figures to go on the diorama and I'm very new to this... One previous attempt. So I watched a couple of YouTube videos. 

 

The one I've followed was to prime in black, then highlight with white. This is what I ended up with, although this figure is for a different project

 

 

Next step was to water down the paint and apply very thinly, glaze it effectively, and then add some highlights by dry brushing and a bit of a darker paint wash to add depth. 

 

It's amazing how the the high and lowlights really make a difference, I've tried to capture it in the images below.

 

[Old Collingwood]

Good work with  figures,   my  to  go  with  routine  is  -  Black  primer  (as it  works  good  for  shadow line detail)   faces and hands  with  any details  picked out  (depends on the  scale of  the figure)  then a  wash  with  high lights  picked out  and a  wee bit  of  slightly more  pink for  cheeks etc,   then  blocking in the  main colours then  fine details  like belts  and small details,   then when fully  dry  after  a  day or Two  a  wash over  the  main  body  then  fine details  picked out  -  like  over belts  etc.

Its  all  an illusion  of  shadows  and  high lights.

Hope this  helps.

 

OC.

[chadwijm6]

11 minutes ago, Old Collingwood said:

Good work with  figures,   my  to  go  with  routine  is  -  Black  primer  (as it  works  good  for  shadow line detail)   faces and hands  with  any details  picked out  (depends on the  scale of  the figure)  then a  wash  with  high lights  picked out  and a  wee bit  of  slightly more  pink for  cheeks etc,   then  blocking in the  main colours then  fine details  like belts  and small details,   then when fully  dry  after  a  day or Two  a  wash over  the  main  body  then  fine details  picked out  -  like  over belts  etc.

Its  all  an illusion  of  shadows  and  high lights.

Hope this  helps.

 

OC.

 

Very helpful. Yours are fabulous. Thank you OC

[chadwijm6]

And here we are, the finished Diorama.

 

Thanks for all the comments and likes along the way

[GrandpaPhil]

Congratulations!  Excellently done!

[DocRob]

Your Sea King looks excellent and the figures and base add to the realistic appearance, congratulations.

Cheers Rob

[Canute]

Very nice job. The diorama looks great. 👍

[Danstream]

That's a terrific model and diorama. There is a lot to look at. My favorite picture is the one where you can peek inside.

Congrats,

Dan