This is the Italeri
model of the Westland Wessex HU.5. I added a resin cockpit from Pavla Models and
further detailed the interior with plastic card, wire and stretched sprue.
I painted the model
in the markings of 771 Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy based at Royal Naval
Air Station Culdrose in 1981 on air sea rescue duties.
The decals are from Model
Decal, sheet 96.
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Other details added
were tie down loops, crew steps, aerial wires, and I rectified the problem of
the tail rotor blades being reversed by cutting and repositioning them.
I also hollowed out
various intakes and replaced the main intakes moulded screen with fine mesh.
The model was painted with
Humbrol enamels and weathered with Tamiya smoke.
All references came from various
Internet sites.
Angelo M Picardo
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