Tiny SEA KING --FINISHED--

...I ran out of thumbs!!!

Extremely nice work......you sir are the "King" of tiny Sea Kings

Thanks, guys! I appreciate the enthusiasm.

I LOVE IT!!!  

I would've thought they were in at least 1/72 if it weren't for the penny.  Increadible work!  I love the camo on the Belgian.  I love the fun of the Canadian.  I love the flashy paint of the LA County Sherriff's bird! 

Fantastic!  Im speechless dude.  Great looking build in gnat ball scale!

Did some scratchbuilding work for the main rotor blades: the kit's are kind of clunky to start, thick and slightly warped, but mainly they're the original metal blade design, whereas the Belgian Mk. 48s had the slightly differently-shaped composite blades. I cut the arms from the kit blades, and made the blades themselves from thin plastic sheet stock.

And the final result, with all bits and bobs added, and 'clothesline' aerial added from invisible thread. Markings are those of the Belgian AF's 40th Squadron Heli, which operated these birds in the SAR role from Koksijde Air Base on the southern Channel coast. (That squadron exchanged its aged Sea Kings for NH90's starting in 2012.)

And finally, a 'family shot' of my growing squadron of tiny Sea Kings, including the recently-posted 'Bob and Doug' CH-124 and an earlier build as a conversion to a civil S-61L as once operated by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department:

Hope you enjoy!

ridleusmc

I like that camouflage.  It's interesting and not typical for Sea Kings.  

Thanks.

I kept 'looking past' it as I tried to decide whether to use the German or the Australian markings; but it obviously sort of grew on me.

(Plus, I don't think I've ever done anything in Belgian markings before.)

I like that camouflage.  It's interesting and not typical for Sea Kings.  

ridleusmc

Very cool Sea King!

 

Very cool Sea King!

Bucksco

Are the "Hosers" markings legit? It's a beauty, eh? Take off You hoser....

 

Are the "Hosers" markings legit? It's a beauty, eh? Take off You hoser....

Really admire anyone that can do these small scale birds.  Can't even handle 1/72 unless it is a multi engine.

Don't take it wrong, but you must have a bent for pain and suffering that some of us missed out on in the gene pool.

OOh ! Dats Tiny ! ! 

GlennH

Really something! Admire the skills to work that small andd still add so much detail.

Thanks, Glenn!

Since my 'usual' scale is 1/72, I confess it occasionally takes me a try or two to get things properly small. (In that size range, the tricky part isn't doing the work - it's simply being able to hold onto the part, while you work on it!)

As long as the Optivisor (knockoff) holds out, I'll be in good shape.

gregbale

 

 

keavdog

Wow, lets get small!  Post a pic with a quarter for reference. 

 

 

 

I'll try to remember next time I take some pics.

Here's the same kit, with different markings...(and obviously a penny rather than a quarter):

 

They are tiny...thus the post's title. But great fun, and a quick build!

 

Really something! Admire the skills to work that small andd still add so much detail.

Amazing detail at that scale.  I do recall that pic now.  Canadian april fools iirc

keavdog

Wow, lets get small!  Post a pic with a quarter for reference. 

 

Wow, lets get small!  Post a pic with a quarter for reference.