Hasegawa 1/48th Scale SH-3H Seaking Photos , Finished Build

Very nice, clean job on the finish. The red adds a nice touch of color as well. Thanks for posting it.

Cheers,
Albert

Thanks Albert for the compliment about my latest build , I'm glad you enjoyed the photos of it and many thanks for taking time to view my post.

Reguards,
Earl

Earl,
You're going to have an A-7, a SH-3, and an A-6/EA-6 in one diorama in 1/48! COOL!!! If the Intruder or Prowler looks just as good as the Sea King, it'll be a great dio.

Thanks Aaron for the compliment , I posted pics of my a-7 in the aircraft forum last week
sometime , I'll post pics of the diorama when its all finished , thanks for replying to my post.
Reguards,
Earl

Great work, Earl! Very clean build.
Actually, maybe a little too clean for me! Have you weathered it at all? If you want it clean, of course that's fine, but I think most of the SH-3sI've seen (granted, that's not a great number!) are a bit grimy.
Anyhoo, sweet build!

Sweeeeetttt......great choice of colors.....can't wait to see the finished diorama

RODC

WOW!! Very nice work!

Thanks Brian , RODC, and Papa -Echo -64 for the kind remarks reguarding this build , I'm glad you enjoyed the pics and many thanks for taking time to reply also , Brian I might do some weathering to this build with some pastel chalks .

Great model work! :)

I think I remember you from the Flightsim.com forums. Another one of my favorite sites (and Avsim.com).

Ark

Nice job on the Seaking, Earl.

You are going to have one heck of a diorama with the A-7 and Prowler/Intruder!

Regards, Dan

HI Ark yes I'm from flightsim and avsim I post screenshots and model pics in their forums I'm new here myself but everyone is really nice and professional and I like to make new friends and exchange modeling tips and hints with all the forum members here , Hi dan thanks for the kind words about my seaking I really appreciate it alot , I will post pics of the finished diorama as soon as its completed I hope you will stop by my next post of pics of the A-6 .

are you making a 1/48 carrier too?

i noticed it had CV-70 markings, are all your aircraft going to be from CV-70?

I am actually making a small part of one , I'm waiting for my verlinden 1/48th modern carrier deck pieces to arrive via mail , as for the CV-70 I'll have to get back to you on that one I don't think I have enough CV-70 decals to go around for all my builds.

Very nice job. Are those the kit decals? If they are, how well did they go on the model? I've got one of those kits in the stash myself, but it will be years before I get around to it. How did you paint the canopy framing?

I like your idea for a carrier diorama. I don't have a diorama planed for my SH-3, but it will be part of my CVW-1 collection. I've managed collect all the kits & decals I need to do one aircraft from each unit, with the notable execption of a 1/48 E-2C. That Collectaire resin kit is just too far out of my price range right now . The SH-3 decals will have to come from the kit sheet, plus some handcut decals from solid color decal sheets. Thankfully, HS-11 had rather plain markings on their aircraft painted in the tactical gray scheme.

Chris Ish

Nice lQQking Sea King Lionbaron,I thought about purchasing that kit myself, how did it go together?

Chris , Thanks for the compliment about my latest build, I used the kit decals infact there are 3 decal variations for different units , I masked the canopy framing and handpainted the frames white and black according to the kits instruction booklet, good luck with your diorama project chris I hope it all turns out well for you , thanks for replying to my post, Scott thanks for the compliment also about my build , this kit went together fairly well putting the fuselage together was tricky but if everything is alligned right it will go together fine , I recommend dry fitting them together first to get the allignment right , the rotor is very detailed as well lots of small parts so be carefulnot to lose them in the carpet , I enjoyed building this kit alot , you can save yourself some money if you can find this kit on e-bay which I did , you'll enjoy the detail of this kit as well and as you can see it makes agood looking model when completed it took me approx 30hrs from start to finish , if you need anything else I'd be more than happy to help you , thanks for replying to my post scott I really appreciate it alot.

LionBaron,
You don't have to have all CV-70 aircraft in the diorama (tho it would be cool.), just remember to add the gobs of graffiti to the airframes (from the service pool) not of the carrier you are representing. But don't take my word for it, I've only seen pictures of odd instances.

Sweet looking build. A pride fer sure.

Oh man you just made my day .That sea king looks great. I have one in 1/48 scale still in the box and it has the old bicentenial edition decals. I love helos and as for the other navy aircraft...on one shelf in my livingroom I have finished in 1/48 the only navy ace from vietnam in an F-4 Phantom,also a navy skyhawk,an F-8 crusader, a sandy, (the sandy is a exact copy of the one in "We Were Soldiers") But back to helos. I want to find a different navy dacal scheme in 1/48 for my sea king anybody know where to find any?And on the another shelf I've built 10 hueys in all forms, medi-vac,slick,gunship and heavy hog. I'm a nut for the huey

Thanks for the compliment reguarding this build , I really appreciate it , I'm glad I made your day , wibhi2 I'm gonna have to have different decals on my planes for the diorama
thanks for the info and replying to my post.