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Rando
I have this very kit and am planning to build it soon! How did you get such fine painting on the instrument panel? It looks amazing!

KyMustang
Thanks Rando. I dry-brushed dark grey and white on the instrument faces and then picked out some buttons and placards with a very fine brush. Dry-brushing highlighted some areas that I didn't want highlighted so I came back with some flat black and repainted the "rim" around the flight instruments.

Each of the dials will get a drop of clear later. Check out my album on the Revell P-51D for another panel if you're interested.

Rando
Great to hear about how you did this, and I definitely will!

Rando
Very nice! I think you have the right idea of not attaching the seat yet since it's so flimsy…maybe I'll carefully remove mine. How did fitting that radio part work out for you? Did it go in like we discussed?

KyMustang
Thanks. Yeah it'll go in later along with the rollover bar. Also gives me time to scratch seatbelts.

The rear radio rack went perfectly above and behind the main rack. It fits under the horizontal "stringer" aft of the main radio deck.

Desert Marlin
Your struggle seems to be coming along in excellent fashion!!!! Keep it up! 👍

KyMustang
Thanks for the encouragement. I have four more of these Allison birds in the stash and this is the variant I like the least….so on the upside, I'm learning a lot for the others! 😂

Desert Marlin
True model building!!!

Rando
Nice smooth finish you got with the primer there. Gonna be a nice paint job!

KyMustang
Thanks! Looking forward to getting some paint down. Though I think Mr. Surfacer deserves more credit for the primer finish than Mr. KyMustang!

Desert Marlin
Mr. Surfacer works really well! I like using the PostIt Notes for making...

Rui S
Nice Dio 👍

Doubtingmango
Got to love a dio with a reindeer!

Neuling
Nice dio indeed!

Thomas E.
Thank you for comments and likes.

gorby
Very nice dio!

Robert Podkoński
Cool!

Thomas E.
Thanks to all - if you are interrested in reindeers, you can look at: www.sa-kuva.fi
The site is also in swedish and english language. There is a search engine. You have to type in the finnish word poro for reindeer. There is also the role model of the old man and the reindeer (Toro model #35F80).

Cuajete
Very nice painting job. Some pieces are from scratch? Where are the decals from? Congratulations!

Choppa Nutta
lovely 🙂

Zsolt Czegle
awesome! 👍

Didier Chartrain
Thanks guys. @Cuajete : I'added some little pipes around the fuselage, some cowl hinges and that's about it. The system to hold the rotor blades folded, comes from Scalewarship. If you intend to build this kit, please don't use the original decals provided with this kit. They are badly oversized and some of them are missing. I'dont know if some alternative exist, but it would be probably more relevant...

Ed Froix
Super!

Jens
Very nice 👍 👍 👍

Cuajete
OK, thank you, Didier Chartrain

ice
No hope needed - this is as realistic as possible!

Spanjaard
excellent result Didier

Didier Chartrain
Thanks very much for all your comments !!

Augie
wow, well done!

Michael Phillips
Wow, that is fantastic work! Very well done, the paint is quite realistic.

Christian Bruer
Wonderful work 👍

Soeren R.
Amazing work.

Gareth Windsor
Love a Fleet Air Arm model and this looks great. Well done. I have this in my stash and those Scalewarship extras look good.

Ronan
Bravo Didier, superbe wessex 🙂
Quelles peintures as-tu utilisé ?

Erik Leijdens
Fantastic result!

Didier Chartrain
Merci Ronan, Thanks Erik.
J'ai utilisé de la peinture Gunze H56 pour le bleu et un mélange (50/50 environ) de rouge et de orange.
Ceci pour la base, avec ensuite des nuances plus claires ou plus sombres, selon les panneaux.

Dutch
Didier; Just beautiful work! One of my favorite colour schemes on one of my favorite helicopters! Excellent shading and weathering! I am jealous! R/ Dutch

Clifford Keesler
Awesome job.

Alistair Graham
its a cracker, I used the same fold kit on the HAS.1 I also have that version to complete. What brand of paint colour red did you use?

Ronan
Merci pour les infos Didier et bravo encore😉 je vais me faire un wessex très bientôt mais au 1/72 celui-là.

Didier Chartrain
Hi Alistair. The orange/red color was done with a mix of gunze Red (H3) and Orange (H14).

Scott Dutton
Excellent work

Alistair Graham
Thanks Didier, it looks just right and red is sometimes the most difficult to get right

Harry Eder
Top built and painted Wessex 👍

Fernando Arriagada
Espectacular!!!! Te felicito. Gran trabajo de construcción y pintura.

Curatorm
Very beautifull!

Nathan Dempsey
That's a great build.

Neuling
Very beautiful work! 👍👍

Guy Rump
Great job!, congrats. 👍

Oliver Zwiener
Wow , very impressive.

Maurizio Laudisa
This is stunning indeed.