RAF´46. WESTLAND SEAWIND.

PACOPEPE · April 02, 2009, 01:43:17 PM

Westland Seawind. Coastal Command of RAF, south of England, summer of 1946.

Brian da Basher · April 02, 2009, 05:00:50 PM

Sweet! I really like your modifications, Paco and the beaching trolley is a nice touch!

Brian da Basher

The Rat · April 02, 2009, 05:12:32 PM

Thanks for e-mailing me Paco, otherwise I might have missed this. It is BEAUTIFUL! Welcome aboard and keep bringing us stuff like this!

Vulcan7 · April 03, 2009, 01:31:57 AM

Thats one cool Jet Seaplane Paco

NARSES2 · April 03, 2009, 03:17:18 AM

Thats nice

McGreig · April 03, 2009, 03:22:22 AM

Impressive

Another one for the "wish-I'd-thought-of-it" file

John Howling Mouse · April 03, 2009, 08:03:11 AM

Fantastic! Can you provide any in-progress/build pics? I'd be eager to learn from your modifications.

PACOPEPE · April 04, 2009, 08:14:33 AM

Thanks John. No, unfortunately i haven´t any photo in progress-build. I´m so focused on work, that i didn´t stop to think about taking pictures.

The kit is the Westland Whirlwind of Bilek (Airfix). The main modification was to delay the position of the wings (prior to the cabine in the Whirlwind), cutting off the joint with the fuselage, and filling the hole with plasticard and putty. The engines are the same, removing the cone of propeller, and cutting off the lower pack; changed it to one of turbine of Me 262. Also i stretched the vertical stabilizer of the tail -as the seaplanes of that time- with plasticard. Only missing the floaters, that are of the Spifire version floatplane (conversion set of AMC models). The transport carriage is of the Arado Ar 95 of Kora models.