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1/48 Westland Wessex - new tooling
Mecenas
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Posted: Saturday, June 09, 2012 - 10:04 PM UTC
Italeri have announced absolutely new model kit in their offer of the British Westland Wessex UH 5 helicopter in 1/48 scale.



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If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks!
richellis
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Posted: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 - 07:28 AM UTC
Ive picked on of these up and it looks very good. Cant wait to get it out of the box!
sprues
RotorHead67
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Posted: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 - 03:45 PM UTC

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Ive picked on of these up and it looks very good. Cant wait to get it out of the box!
sprues

I I have been waiting since the 80's for the Revell
Uh-34 to come back, but alas now we have 4 different
versions to choose from,in Italerie's offerings. I am so glad. Did I say I was glad, I mean
I'm soooo glaaaad
Caint wait to pick me up a few
drabslab
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Posted: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 - 06:06 PM UTC

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Ive picked on of these up and it looks very good. Cant wait to get it out of the box!
sprues
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I want one as well but my "stack reduction objective" stands in the way.

Hence, for now this heli will only figure on my "definitively need to have" list together with the Hasegawa Draken and a few other kits.

The advantage of such list is that it takes less space (and is a lot cheaper) than an actual stack
RotorHead67
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Posted: Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 05:14 PM UTC

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Ive picked on of these up and it looks very good. Cant wait to get it out of the box!
sprues
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I want one as well but my "stack reduction objective" stands in the way.

Hence, for now this heli will only figure on my "definitively need to have" list together with the Hasegawa Draken and a few other kits.

The advantage of such list is that it takes less space (and is a lot cheaper) than an actual stack


Yes but the list of "must have" rather than the stack of "have" increases the probability of "you waited too long"
and now it has become "List of O.O.P kits" LOL
Been there , done that & don't like the "T" shirt.
Rotor out
drabslab
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Posted: Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 09:07 PM UTC

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Ive picked on of these up and it looks very good. Cant wait to get it out of the box!
sprues
.

I want one as well but my "stack reduction objective" stands in the way.

Hence, for now this heli will only figure on my "definitively need to have" list together with the Hasegawa Draken and a few other kits.

The advantage of such list is that it takes less space (and is a lot cheaper) than an actual stack


Yes but the list of "must have" rather than the stack of "have" increases the probability of "you waited too long"
and now it has become "List of O.O.P kits" LOL
Been there , done that & don't like the "T" shirt.
Rotor out


MMMMhhhh

This is an excelletn excuse to go shopping
heloman847
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Posted: Monday, October 22, 2012 - 08:26 PM UTC
Hi Guys, I was sent a couple of these kits a couple of months back, generally it's good but you can see where Italeri jumped over form the H-34 to get the Wessex released in time for the Falklands 40th anniversary. The kit has some shortcomings but if you want to build it 'out of the box', it will look the part. Best reference sorce is the 4+ publication.

Colin
heloman847
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Posted: Wednesday, December 26, 2012 - 05:44 PM UTC
Good news for you Wessex fans, since I recieved my kits, I've mastered a folded main rotorhead with corrected and additional detail. To complement this I have also mastered the folded tail and the early HU Mk5 nose intake. To follow this I have on the bench (95% complete) the HAS Mk1 nose and other parts.
Keep checking the A2Zee site for release dates etc.

Colin @ ROTORcraft
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