1/72 Airfix Westland Sea King HAR3

[MikeyKb]

I might have been the yellow that caught my eye - but I picked this up thinking it would be a super fast build... unfortunately, we can't always get what we want





This is really the only flash I could find...


Now jumping ahead a little





I've done quite a bit of work, more photos to follow.

[mattsmith]

i have recently built this kit and it was a nightmare. good luck hope you have more luck than i did.

[Modelcrazy]

Ah, the good (?) old Seaking by Airfix.
It's not a great kit and the mouldings really do need re-tooling but with a bit of patience and loads of tlc usually builds up into a half decent model.

[MikeyKb]

Both of you were horrifically right
I just wish I would have known this before a) spending money on it; and b) wasting so much time on it.

The fitting is SH*T, absolute garbage. The two halves of the body don't even remotely fit together.
So far the only 1/72 kit that's been half-decent is the Academy P-51C.

From now on, I think I'll stay away from 1/72s (other than what I already have in my stash)... unless of course there's a company that you 'swear by' for quality regardless of scale. I'm definitely staying away from Airfix all together though, that's for sure.

[MikeyKb]

This is the final update - for a long while on this one.
Here's are the last pics taken just before trying to get the halves together - I was going to try and photograph them, but got too pissed

[Gav0909]

Mikey the new tooling Airfix kits fit like a dream. The older ones are often very basic with bad fit as you have found out. It pays to do some research online if you can first to check if its a newer kit or not, as they have reboxed their old kits in the new boxes so its not possible to tell just from that.

[ridgers22]

I feel for you man... iv just finished my one.. only took me about a year haha. but have to agree the kit is HORRIBLE!!