Westland Wessex HU.5/5C ‘Versatile Helicopter’
Westland Wessex HU.5/5C ‘Versatile Helicopter’
This injection-moulded kit contains 38 parts and 7 clear parts (the cockpit canopy and the fuselage windows). A comprehensive instruction leaflet and a decal sheet are included.
Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) Wessex HU.5, Black XS479/A-A, No.848 NAS, Royal Navy, HMS Albion, Borneo, Far East, 1965
2) Wessex HU.5, White XT475/WY, No.707 NAS, Royal Navy, RNAS Yeovilton, September 1975
3) Wessex HU.5, White XT474/20, No.771 NAS, RNAS Culdrose, 1988
4) Wessex HU.5C, Black XS485/Ace of Hearts, No.84 Squadron, UNFICYP (United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus) mission, Royal Air Force, RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus, 1993
| Ref. No.: | MKM144024 |
| Availability: | IN STOCK |
Westland Wessex HU.5/5C ‘Versatile Helicopter’
Description
A British licence development of the Sikorsky S-58, the Westland Wessex was a general purpose duties all-metal helicopter produced by Westland Aircraft Ltd.
The Wessex HU.5, basically similar to the HC.2, represented the last version for the Royal Navy. It was powered by twin R-R Gnome turboshaft engines, which provided enough power and added safety for carrying troops into action.
A pre-production aircraft flew in May 1963 and a total of 100 machines were deliverered between 1963 and 1967. The HU.5 was also used in SAR, communications, fire support, air ambulance, paratrooping and ferrying roles. Following distinguished service the type was eventually withdrawn from RN service in March 1988.
Wessex HU.5C was a designation for a small batch of aircraft deployed to No.84 Squadron at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, serving there in the period 1984-94.
Products purchased together with this product
Westland Wessex HAS.3/HAS.31B ‘Anti-submarine Helicopter’
This injection-moulded kit contains 44 parts and 6 clear parts (the cockpit canopy and the fuselage windows). A comprehensive instruction leaflet and a decal sheet are included.
Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) Wessex HAS.3, White XP153/143-E, No.826 NAS, Royal Navy, HMS Eagle, late 1960s
2) Wessex HAS.3, White XP143/650-PO, No.737 NAS, Royal Navy, RNAS Portland (HMS Osprey), Dorset, 1973
3) Wessex HAS.3, Black XP142 ‘Humphrey’, No.737 NAS, Royal Navy, HMS Antrim, the Falklands War, South Atlantic, April – June 1982
4) Wessex HAS.31B, White N7-220/830, No.816 Sq. Royal Australian Navy, RANAS Nowra (HMAS Albatross), New South Wales, Australia, 1985
Bristol Beaufighter Mk.VI Late 'Dihedral Tailplane'
This injection-moulded kit contains 49 parts, 5 resin parts and six clear parts (cockpit canopies, position lights etc.). A comprehensive instruction leaflet and a decal sheet are included.
Bristol Beaufighter Mk.VI Late 'Dihedral Tailplane' (RAF, RAAF, USAAF)
Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) Bristol Beaufighter Mk.VIC, JL447, Red G, No.248 Sq., RAF, Talbenny airfield, December 1942
2) Bristol Beaufighter Mk.VIF, ND211, Red WM-K, No.68 Sq., RAF, Fairwood Common airfield, May 1944
3) Bristol Beaufighter Mk.VIF, KV912 'Fluff', 416th Night Fighter Squadron, 12th Air Force, USAAF, Grottaglie airfield, Italy, November 1943
4) Bristol Beaufighter Mk.VIC, A19-106 (ex-EL510), White T, No.30 Sq., RAAF, Vivigani airfield, Goodenough Island, Papua New Guinea, August 1943
Last seen productsCancel history
Lavochkin La-7 ‘Post-war Service’
Two injection-moulded kits are supplied in this box and each kit contains 29 parts and four clear parts (the cockpit canopy, open and closed, and an armourglass panel). A comprehensive decal sheet is included.
Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) Lavochkin La-7, White 58 (c/n unknown), 2nd Sq. (AE), 6th Fighter Regiment (IAP), Pacific Ocean Fleet (TOF), Soviet Naval Air Force (VVS VMF), Vtoraya Rechka airfield, Vladivostok, Soviet Union, August 1945
2) Lavochkin La-7, White 06 (c/n 45210806), ‘Gorkovskiy rabochiy’, 2nd Czechoslovak Fighter Regiment, Soviet Air Force (VVS KA), Kraków-Balice airfield, Poland, May 1945
Lavochkin La-7, White 06 (c/n 45210806), ‘Gorkovskiy rabochiy’, 2nd Air Regiment (LP 2), Czechoslovak Air Force, Piešťany airfield, Czechoslovakia, spring 1946
3) S-97 (Lavochkin La-7), s/n S 97-860, White SU-60 (c/n 45210860), 3rd Sq., 44th Air Regiment (LP 44), Czechoslovak Air Force, Vajnory airfield, Czechoslovakia, spring 1948
4) Lavochkin La-7 (3-cannon), White 63 (c/n unknown), 63rd Guards Fighter Regiment (GIAP), flown by A. Maresyev, Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany (GSOFG), Soviet Air Force (VVS USSR), Eggersdorf airfield, Germany, winter 1945/46
FAP F-47Ds
Silk screen decal with markings of three post war Jugs used by Portuguese Air Forces.
- F-47D-30-RE 44-20588, 4401, Ota Air Base (B.A.2), Portugal 1952.
- F-47D-30-RA 44-90268, 4437, Tancos Air Base (B.A.3), Portugal 1955.
- F-47D-30-RA 44-90261, 4447, Aviation Mechanic School at Sintra Air Base (B.A.1), Portugal, late 1950s.
Set includes complete markings for one model and was designed to fit Platz-Bego and recent F-Toys kits.
Decal sheet size:
- 60x40 mm
Dutch AF Insignia
Decal sheets containing national insignia and/or tricolour stripes, and/or serial numbers/letters and/or various symbols and inscriptions in 1:144th scale. Due to their generic nature they can also be used for other scales (1:72, 1:87, 1:100 etc.).
Two sheets of decals are included in this set.
Detailed product specification:
- insignia diameters: 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000, 1200 mm
- scale diameters: 3.5;4.2;4.9;5.6;6.3;6.9;8.3 mm
