This is a Westland Seaking Mk. 41
Helicopter, based on the Hasegawa Sikorsky SH - 61 Helicopter in 1/48 scale.
I use
the Flightpast Conversion Kit RAF Sea King HAR. 3/3a . The set contain almost
all the parts you need to build the German version of the Mk.41 helicopter.
The decals and the radom are came from the German conversion kit builder HaHen,
who offers alot of other decals and resin parts for building German AC`s,
including special paint schemes of modern aircraft and back to WW2.
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The modifications are to replace the
fuel filling hose beneath the door, to build in the bubble windows on both sides
of the body, to close the first window by the left side, replace it behind the
second window. Then you have to cover the sonar hole. Next step, you have
to cut the horizontal stablisator and to make the bubble on the left side of the
engines gear box.
All the modificactions for the antennas
are included in the FP Conversion kit. From HaHen (www.hahen.de)
decals is also a resin part for building the new actual radar dome used by the
German Marines. One small problem with the decals is that there is not all the
stencils which are use by the Mk.41 helicopter. It took almost half a year
to build this helicopter, but I had lots of fun with this very unique model.
Regards and greetings from
Germany
Jan
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