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Wessex help please.....
Posted: 26 Mar 2010, 19:37
by fmansam
hi all, gents can anyone tell me please what mark the 84sqn wessex were.....
i have been given a wessex kit and i soooo fancy doing it in 84s colours
i want to paint it in the grey that it retired in....
is it a Mk 5?
cheers
Neil
Re: Wessex help please.....
Posted: 26 Mar 2010, 19:49
by Garry Russell
Hi Neil
Have you got the serial??
Re: Wessex help please.....
Posted: 26 Mar 2010, 19:58
by fmansam
No not yet, im waiting for the decal set to arrive, but the wessex kit is a mk HU5
Re: Wessex help please.....
Posted: 26 Mar 2010, 20:03
by Garry Russell
OK
A quick glance at an old Military Aircraft Markings......XS498 Wessex HC5C RAF 84Sqn Akrotiri "Diamonds"
Re: Wessex help please.....
Posted: 26 Mar 2010, 20:06
by DaveB
Neil..
According to Wiki, 84Sqn used Wessex HC2 then HC5C and finally HAR2 so the last would've been an HC5C.. if Wiki is correct
ATB
DaveB
Re: Wessex help please.....
Posted: 26 Mar 2010, 20:07
by fmansam
Ok i think i might get away with a HU5 then as the kit....
many thanks for that
i rubbish at helo marks!!!
cheers
Neil
Re: Wessex help please.....
Posted: 26 Mar 2010, 20:08
by DaveB
i rubbish at helo marks!!!
Most of us are Neil.. that's why we use Wiki
Make sure you post pics when you've done the kit
ATB
DaveB
Re: Wessex help please.....
Posted: 26 Mar 2010, 20:14
by Garry Russell
That MAM I used was 1988
Re: Wessex help please.....
Posted: 26 Mar 2010, 20:29
by fmansam
i have a VC10 , Lightning F6, an AWACS (1/72nd hughe) all waiting for the spray shop...this weekend i hope....
and now the wessex!!
i love it!
Re: Wessex help please.....
Posted: 26 Mar 2010, 22:59
by Trev Clark
From memory of my time on the dear old lady, 84 sqn only used this hybrid HC5 (basically the RN junglie spec Wessex) for their UN duties in Cyprus. They had Whirlwinds for a long time after everyone else had traded them for Wessex HC2s, so ended up with some diverted Navy stuff. Apart from the larger cabin windows than the HC2, the comms fit and (I think) engine specs were different, not much else.