Falklands/Malvinas War 30th Anniversary GB

VanceCrozier

I was kinda hoping for a story about how a Wessex S&R machine plucked you and your family from raging flood waters, thereby cementing a need to build every one ever made as a tribute... 

I'm sorry to say that I have lead a rather dull , boaring life and my only achievement is that I've been a full time carer for my elderly parents these past eight years and the closest I ever got to a Wessex was a visit to HMAS Albatross , two hours south of Sydney and I took these photo's about ten years ago

I almost cried when I saw this Wessex parked out the back of the musuem hanger ...

I checked that link you posted bish on those Argentine Skyhawk decals and they look really good . I typed into Hannant's search engine , '1/72 Falklands' and saw a HU-5 Wessex / FRS.1 Sea Harrier combo kit which comes with Falklands War markings and are the same a the pic in my Wessex reference book . I wish I had known about this kit earlier , I think I'll order one anyway as I can use another HU-5 Wessex bird .

I also saw some Argentine Chinook markings in 1/72 , which looked familiar . So I checked my Gulf War decal stash and I already have those Falklands Chinook decals . After droolling over the finished pic's of your Chinnok build Bish , I now really regret not building either of my British / Argentine Chinook kits ...

Oh well , I guess it's too late in the GB now for a Argentine CH-47C Revell Chinook , unless I stopped all my other builds and tied a 3 day non stop helicopter build ?

Some of the on-line LHS here in Sydney don't seem to have much commemorating the 30th annaversary of the Falklands War either , I really do wish I had put more effort into this GB .

John

Dunno if I should admit this, but I actually dreamt that I pulled an Italeri H-34 from the stash last night. I never, ever remember my dreams, and certainly don't have one in the stash. Weird huh ?

We'll have to find another GB for you John, after this one completes. I want to stay in touch with your H-34 crusade.

I've managed to build 5 1/72 Wildcats over the years, with plans to do more. It's taken me 20 something years to get there though, dating back to the days when the only FM-2 was the Airfix thing, and the Hasegawa kits hadn't been released yet.

I've also got 3 or 4 1/72 Hellcats and a few 1/48 Spitfires, but somehow your quest is far more interesting.

I haven't found a group build for them, but I'm also mid way through a build of 5 1/200 Boeing 727-200s, all in different Ansett Airlines markings. I hope to complete that lot this year.

Cheers

Tony

I really hope that we can extend the GB for a little while. I am waiting for the decals that I ordered, and a second set Jeremiahs mailed to me.

I promise I will build the neptune quickly...

I don't know what Vance thinks, but seeing as theres still interest, i see no harm in letting the GB run on while you guys are still in. I have put my second Chinook on hold as it is entered into the Force of nature GB. I will be getting back to it at the start of July. So i will put the progress pics of that in here to keep things running.

John, thank you very much for the compliment. I hope the drooling didn't cause any damage to your current builds.

If you can't do a Chinook for this GB, i think a WiP on the helo board would be a good idea and i will deffinatly follow.

Bish , the display base your Chinook is sitting on is the iceing on the cake to a great build ...

 I'm reasonably confident I can get the Revell Chinook together and painted this weekend so I made a start on the build .

Sprue frames

There's a little flash here and there and I cleaned up the fuselage halves and interior pieces with some 600 grade sandpaper

I didn't realise until close inspection of the fuselage insided that the Chinook is of Matchbox origin's

I airbrushed the inside parts with Gunze H-317 (FS36231) and then decided to mask for some flat black strips along the cabin floor and rear ramp

I also did the rotors as well seeing I had black in the airbrush

Cockpit close-up

I then glued the two halves together and clamped the join and while the glue is drying I'll continue on decalling the Wessex

I take it Bish that your Matchbox Chinook is the same as my Revell kit ?

In any case everything has fitted quite nicely so far , I guess I'm about halfway with the build already .

More WIP's Tomorrow

John .

Ye, i rather liked how that base came out.

Yep, thats the Matchbox kit all right, even the sprue layout is the same. All Revell has done is mold it in one colour and not 3. Nice looking interiour, is this going to be an Argentin aircraft.

This is how far i have got with my second one. in case your woundering why, one of the guys in the block i am in saw my build. He asked if i could do one for him. He managed to find another Matchbox chinook on E-bay, so iw as able to start it last week. He wants the same display i did for mine, except there will only be the Falklands flag on the base.

I have put it on hold for the other GB, but i have to have it finished by the end of July. So going to have to get a move on.

Just need to tidy up the black area and add some wear and tear to the floor.

Vance, don't bother adding this to the front page, no point having two of the same on there.

bondoman

I really hope that we can extend the GB for a little while. I am waiting for the decals that I ordered, and a second set Jeremiahs mailed to me.

I promise I will build the neptune quickly...

I'll Bish - deadlines are great to use as a target, but I don't mind keeping this goinbg a little longer if there is still interest. I got completely sidetracked on the Pucara, I'd like to get that done this summer as well. Carry on!!

Why not extend the GB by the end of the year?

Since decal sheets related with the subject are now seeing the day of light it will be great to extend the dateline.

Azorean

Why not extend the GB by the end of the year?

Since decal sheets related with the subject are now seeing the day of light it will be great to extend the dateline.

Wait - we can blame an extension on aftermarket decal suppliers?!?!?! 

VanceCrozier

Azorean:

Why not extend the GB by the end of the year?

Since decal sheets related with the subject are now seeing the day of light it will be great to extend the dateline.

 

Wait - we can blame an extension on aftermarket decal suppliers?!?!?! 

Sounds good to me. We could just leave it open ended until everyone has finished.

taxtp

Dunno if I should admit this, but I actually dreamt that I pulled an Italeri H-34 from the stash last night. I never, ever remember my dreams, and certainly don't have one in the stash. Weird huh ?

We'll have to find another GB for you John, after this one completes. I want to stay in touch with your H-34 crusade.

I've managed to build 5 1/72 Wildcats over the years, with plans to do more. It's taken me 20 something years to get there though, dating back to the days when the only FM-2 was the Airfix thing, and the Hasegawa kits hadn't been released yet.

I've also got 3 or 4 1/72 Hellcats and a few 1/48 Spitfires, but somehow your quest is far more interesting.

I haven't found a group build for them, but I'm also mid way through a build of 5 1/200 Boeing 727-200s, all in different Ansett Airlines markings. I hope to complete that lot this year.

Cheers

Tony

That livery of Ansett 727 builds sounds interesting Tony . I've never built any commercial type of aircraft before and it's only been in the last couple of years I started building WWII era 1/72 aircraft but they were for the early IDF or Korean War , my main interest was from the Vietnam War onwards . I've never built a Wildcat but I have done 5 Israeli Spitfire's in 1/72 scale

I did start a Topic in the Helicopter Forum section on my H-34 builds quite a while back , so I'll have to search around and try and find it so I can add the more recent builds . 

Bish , my Chinook will be Argentine Army bird and I found these two pic's on the net last night

I noticed you painted the cockpit area black on your RAF Chinook , I wasn't sure what the Argentine Army had so I just went with gray through out the interior .

Those pic's seem to match whats on the decal sheet . I may have forgot to mention that the decal sheet has five options for five Chinooks , including two HC-1 RAF birds and one is finished in that overall Desert Pink scheme which is why my decals were hiding in the Gulf War stash

I have two Airfix Chinook kits in the stash for both Gulf War birds , although I have no idea how to accomplish the paint scheme from option 2 on the decal sheet .

Anyway I'll continue on with my Falklands helo's

John .

It will be a nice comparison between the RAF and Argentin aircraft. I know from experiance that modern RAF chinooks have black cockpits and all the photos i found showed black. But i have no idea on the Argentin aircraft either.

In regards to that RAF Gulf war scheme, my guess would be a motteling similar to whats used on many WW2 German aircraft. Do you happen to have any photos of the real things.

Argentine Chinook

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zD8Lk1YvMq4&feature=plcp

Woohoo!!!

Willie and Joe, what are you building?

Awesome photo of the Argentine Chinook Azorean

I really like how the Matchbox/Revell Chinook has gone together , so I just bought a Matchbox kit off ebay and I'll use the Falklands decals from the Airfix kit to pair up with the Argentine Chinook . I wonder what other types of helicopters the Argentine's used in the Falklands War , it would be nice to pair something up with the HU-5 Wessex .

Bish the only pic's of Gulf War RAF Chinooks I have in my files are these two which I got off google images

I have a nice little stash of RAF/RN Gulf War kits

I wish I could find another Heller boxing of the SA330 Puma that comes with those engine intake filters . My kit doesn't have them and I've been thinking of buying the Italeri Super Puma to use those filters on my Heller kit but I don't know if they woulf fit ?

John .

Well , how's this for a bit of luck and it was right under my nose .

According to Len Lundh's H-34 book , The Fuerza Aerea Argentina impressed a number of civil aircraft into SAR duties during the Falklands War

wingspallete have this colour profile

I can easierly extend the cabin floor and add extra windows and I have a few of those Cobra Co. S-58T resin nose conversion sets

It's only the markings (lettering) which will be a little difficult to find !

She sure would look great sitting next to the HU-5 Wessex

John .

Azorean

Why not extend the GB by the end of the year?

Since decal sheets related with the subject are now seeing the day of light it will be great to extend the dateline.

YES!!!!!!!

Nothing to do ith the Falklands, but here is Wessex that's at Moorabbin Air Museum, Melbourne Australia> I wish it was indoors.

Taken on my phone, apologies for the quality.

Tony , No.14 looks to be really good condition . I wonder if it's still airworthy ? ; Providing the main and tail rotors can be located .

I been doing a little more research on the Argentine S-58ET helicopter and came across this photo from airlinners.net

According to the text that accompanies the photo , N90935 was built in 1959 as a HUS-1 Sea Horse for the USMC , redesignated UH-34D in 1962 then civilanised as an S-58E . Converted to a S-58DT with the Turbo PT6T power and then onto the Fuerza Argentina as H-02 for Presidental use . Evacuated President Isabel Peron during the 1976 coup . In 1980 used by Helicopteros Marinos as LV-OCM but siezed for service with the FAA again . After it was sold back to the U.S.A. 1985 ; Registered to California helicopter International in 2006 .

Sikorsky sure builds 'em to last !

John .

I can see how you get drawn in John, fascinating.

Since the GB is being extended, I bought and started this thing today...

Cheers

Tony

Helo H-34

. I wonder what other types of helicopters the Argentine's used in the Falklands War , it would be nice to pair something up with the HU-5 Wessex .

Sea King

Puma

Lynx

A-109 Hirundo

Bell212

UH-1

Helo H-34

A

I have a nice little stash of RAF/RN Gulf War kits

I wish I could find another Heller boxing of the SA330 Puma that comes with those engine intake filters . My kit doesn't have them and I've been thinking of buying the Italeri Super Puma to use those filters on my Heller kit but I don't know if they woulf fit ?

John .

great english stash!!! just received the buccaneer, now i miss the jaguar... but.. how you finided the gazzelle!!!

nice to see you added here the chinook

taxtp

I can see how you get drawn in John, fascinating.

Since the GB is being extended, I bought and started this thing today...

Cheers

Tony

Tony i build the same kit here, the kit have some missing details to perfect fit in falklands scenary

Azorean , again awesome reference pic's you posted on the Argentine Falklands Helo's

I didn't know they used the SA 330 puma and I wonder what's available in 1/72 scale in the way of aftermarket decals to suit those helicopter pic's .

Tony , I look forward to seeing the GR-3 Harrier come together , it looks like a nice kit .

bsyamato , Hannants in the UK have some of those 1/72 Westland Gazelle kits in stock if you want one , here's the link

http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/AX50084

I have the Argentine Chinook all puttied and while I was waiting for the putty to dry , I trimmed all the parts from the sprue and attached them to some clips ready for painting . After I sand the putty first thing in the morning , I'll glue the fuselage windows in place and dry fit the canopy but I'll leave the canopy off and mask seperatly and just mask over the front cockpit opening .

So hopfully by tomorrow afternoon I can get started on the painting and airbrush the yellow fuselage band and once that's dry airbrush the olive drab .

John .

Helo H-34

Azorean , again awesome reference pic's you posted on the Argentine Falklands Helo's

I didn't know they used the SA 330 puma and I wonder what's available in 1/72 scale in the way of aftermarket decals to suit those helicopter pic's .

I forgot the Alouette

 And the Puma from " Prefectura Naval"

And better pics of the Puma at  Grytviken.

Aerocalcas decals has some sheets for the Argentine helis. Is hard now to find this brand but there are one or two places where we can find some.

bsyamato

 

 

 

 

 

Tony i build the same kit here, the kit have some missing details to perfect fit in falklands scenary

 

Hi Bsyamato,

I'd be interested in knowing more about the missing details, please.

Cheers

Tony

Tony my wip starts about the page 54 of the gb (something was done some page before but hard to locate) to 56, theres have all the done corrections, the main missing thing in the kit as i remember are the sensors (or probably a telemeter) under the nose, the chaffs/flares dispenser located after the airbreak, and various receivers/antennas etc

If you need i can email you a zip wip pictures i used for references

Thanks very much bsyamato.

It's 1am here, I'll review it tomorrow and let you know.

Here's a quick snapshot of what I've managed to achieve today. Obviouslu a lot of basic cleanup to go, but much of the construction has progressed.

Cheers

Tony

Helo H-34

 

bsyamato , Hannants in the UK have some of those 1/72 Westland Gazelle kits in stock if you want one , here's the link

http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/AX50084

 

Thanx Helo

taxtp

Thanks very much bsyamato.

It's 1am here, I'll review it tomorrow and let you know.

Here's a quick snapshot of what I've managed to achieve today. Obviouslu a lot of basic cleanup to go, but much of the construction has progressed.

Cheers

Tony

clean assembly Tony