Hi Gang,

I stumbled across this photo ages ago, showing a Sea King delivering beer to one of the carriers, probably Invincible, during the Falklands War.



Members at All Scale Modeller forum helped me determine it was a HAS.5 and even which airframe, and I had another go at using Prop Blur products to replace the main rotors and anti-torque rotors. I used the AFV Club 1/144 SH-3A/D kit which is close enough at this scale. The radome is the wrong shape, being more like a HAS.3, so I just gave it a going over with a sanding stick to make it look a bit more 'dumpy'. Decals couldn't be found so these are a combination of home printed, spares, and the sheet for a Wessex HAS.3 I have. Not sure how I'm going to build that one now! Figures are a combination of an old Preiser set, and some 3D printed ones I found online. I'd like to have made them a bit more dynamic but modding figures is hard enough, let alone at 1/144 scale.

The strop / lifting cables join / junction is a bit scruffy but most viewers will see it from above. If I get the inclination I might go back an dress it up with some fine wire. The beer barrels and pallets are 3D printed products and obviously a bit over sized but have a nice bit of detail for such small objects.











Thanks for looking in,

Gareth (Who's just realised he hasn't painted the joints on the rear cable and the windscreen wipers!)

Fine work there Goon

Looks great! Love the scene.

-Jeff

Brilliant idea, love the way you used the strap/cables as support for the helo.

That's pretty awesome!

Beautiful piece, looks fantastic. The prop blur really works well with this

Thanks everyone - one of my favourite completions.

Gareth

Precious cargo. Another work of art.