International Trio

Thanks Colin,

That's one of the reasons I like this forum.  Plenty of people that are knowledgable knowledgible ...   smart   about such things. 

Chris

The yellow blade is that colour so that the aircraft can be seen clearly from above.  In the usual whirl of all-black blades, the spinning rotor would not immediately catch the eye, but the one yellow blade makes it much quicker to spot.  Imagine a cliff rescue with the aircraft hovering below the edge and someone thinking about lowering themselves down from the top on a rope...

HTH

I assume the yellow rotor was to improve visibility of the rotor disk during flight to avoid midair accidents, but you would think tht bright yellow paint job would do the trick!

     Ray
 

Chris,

Thanks for the great detail shots of the rotor head.  Those'll definitely come in handy on future builds.

Manic, 

Regarding the yellow blade: At the risk of sounding like a total pinhead..  That's another question that I don't have a clue how to answer.  I just follow directions.  Well... sorta.

Chris

What's the purpose behind the one yellow blade?

 NTM

Great work on some of my favorite Sikorsky Machines.  About the blade folds, Looks pretty dead on to me.

Semper Fi,

Chris

Thanks for the nice comments guys.

Rich,  Re: "Where abouts do you cut the rotors to have them in a stowed position?"

I haven't the foggiest idea.  I couldn't find any reference photos that showed the detail in this area, so I just made it up as I went along. 

Now a question for you: Is the plural of Wessex, Wessex or Wessi ?

It wasn't until after I took these pics that I realized my kangaroo wasn't showing... bummer.

Chris

Chris,

As a 1/72 man myself I can fully apreciate the work gone into these builds. Very nice indeed. I have one of the RAN Wessex waiting in the wings. They do look good don't they....but then so do all Wessex.

Rich

PS Where abouts do you cut the rotors to have them in a stowed position?

Thanks Gino,         Yes, they're 1/72 scale.

Chris