1/48 Hasegawa SH-3D Sea King

Gallery Article by Ermanno Bonafin on May 19 2011

 

Here my Sea King in the colors of the HS-4 on the USS Hornet 1969.  

 

This particular helicopter was employed for the astronaut’s recovery on the Apollo missions, so I needed to scratch build  two small TV antennas installed on this chopper.

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Also the windshield wipers were scratch built, as the two supplied in the kit were too small.  I add also Eduard PE set and Montex mask.

 

 

I used Gunze acrylic and Vallejo Satin for the final coat. This time I tried the Flory Models Pro­Modeller washes and the result is very good.

 

My best from Italy!

Ermanno Bonafin

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Photos and text © by Ermanno Bonafin