RAF Rescue Lynx

[Devilfish]

1/48 Airfix Lynx HAS.8 kit (converted)

I've had this kit a few years as I bought it for the nose and weapons for my RN V-22 Osprey.  I had no idea what to do with the rest, when a friend gave me a resin nose for an earlier version, so I made a hybrid.

Story goes....

The RAF scrapped its Sea Kings and handed over ASR duties to civvie companies.  Unfortunately there were gaps in their coverage, so the RAF were asked to step in. Without suitable helicopters, a few ex-RN Lynxs were found and converted for their new duties.

20230603_102945 by Paul Carter, on Flickr
20230603_102954 by Paul Carter, on Flickr
20230603_103015 by Paul Carter, on Flickr

[Wardukw]

Lovely build Paul ..yellow is a fav colour of mine and it looks superb on this 👌 😀

[McColm]

Well done 

[Dizzyfugu]

Uh, very nice! 

[Old Wombat]

 

[Vulcan7]

Great looking yellow build       

[zenrat]

 

[NARSES2]

Impressive    Yellow can be a difficult colour to do well.

[AeroplaneDriver]

Oh I like that a lot!! 

[JayBee]

                        

[DogfighterZen]

 

[Captain Canada]

Looks right to me ! Story makes sense too. I mean, it's a great helicopter, so why wouldn't the RAF want it !

[Weaver]

That's an interesting idea - nice one. 

Backstory makes sense, and I can think of a couple of alternative ones that might bring an RAF Rescue Lynx about too. The reasons that forces everywhere tend to prefer larger machines for ASR are a) range and b) stability in gusty winds, but you can certainly do rescue with smaller machines, as the number of ASR Alouette IIIs can testify, and there might be circumstances where the Lynx's speed and high power/weight ratio might be considered an advantage.

Speaking of which, speed makes me wonder about a Lynx air-ambulance....

[su27rules]

  

[comrade harps]

The Lynx is a under-whiffed type and you've done it proud.