The Royal Air
Force operates the Sea King HAR.3 in the Search and rescue role.
The helicopters prime role is the recovery of downed aircrew, although
most of the rescues flown are to help civilians and the yellow RAF Sea Kings are
a familiar sight around the coasts of Great Britain.
Missions can
range from airlifting injured sailors or fishermen, rescuing seaside
day-trippers and search and recovery of lost or fallen mountaineers and
climbers.
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I built this
model from the excellent Revell Sea King HAS.6/AEW kit.
The Revell kit
includes most of the things you need to build an RAF Sea King HAR.3.
In the box you
get both types of engine intake filters (Barn door and Sand type) so you can
model any British Sea King you like. Also
in the box are all the ESM lumps and bumps, 5 & 6 blade rear rotor, two
shapes of Radome and all the spare windows you need.
The kit built
very well with good fit all-round.
Changes you
need to do to the kit include, drill out rear side windows and insert dome
observation windows, rearrange the cabin seats and add a life raft pack to the
inside of the cabin to the rear of the main door. I also added a lifting hoist
to the underside of the fuselage and a sprue Arial wire on the port side.
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The model was
painted with humbrol paints and the decals were a mix of kit items and an old
Airfix set from the spares box. The model is painted in 202 Squadron
markings.
I enjoyed
building this colourful Sea King and it was a nice change from my normal jet
model building.
Hope you like
it
Shaun
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