Looks amazing , the finished product will be great. Cant wait. Your actually costing me money hahaha, lots of tools , kits and I even subscribed and joined Airfix and bought the £99.99 mystery tank box. Love your channel I`m addicted , this new hobby of mine is keeping me away from the wife. Bonus :)
Hi Nigel, another great video, love watching all of your series, the CH54-A is on a loop here as I build mine! Wanted to try this again as a comment I made the other day seemed to disappear... I use a great app on my phone called hobby color converter, it's great to help with all these equivalency conversations, you can even type in RAL codes etc.. and it gives all the closest equivalents. My favorite one is you are able to scan a color with the phone camera and it will compare it to all paints and give you the closest matches. It might not always be perfect but it's a great start and it's saved me buying several jars cause I already had stuff close enough!! Cheers, Keep up the good work, Lee.
Another great video - I never really paid attention to the cabin deck in either the US or Canadian Sea Kings I visited or flew in . The Seahawk deck was the light grey throughout, with strips of 3M anti-skid tape for crew "grip" - it looked gorgeous for the first few months from the factory and then grew grimier and grimier with use. Seahawk was also interesting as the deck was a honeycomb composite with aluminum stringers and tie-down bits... the aluminum always primed zinc-chromate and then painted. Another "US Navy" thing - we almost NEVER see bare aluminum - after EVERY damned mission, at sea, maintenance and the enlisted aircrew are REQUIRED to conduct "corrosion control" during inspections - and we would dab either paint or sealant on any bare metal (interior and exterior) - one of the reasons 1980s aircraft look so leper-like. We were NOT permitted to paint entire panels during sea-periods - that is an intermediate shore based process. Just the same - the cabin deck looks GOOD.
Hi Nigel, I sent an emal offering some interior photos of a RAF Seaking which might have given you some assistance here. If you didn’t feel it relevant that is fine but I don’t believe it would be very different for the sound proofing on your model. The problem you had by the window might be a blessing in disguise, that is an escape hatch and the bars are removable and painted black and yellow as an escape route.
no worries, I sent an email with the offer of interior pictures of a RAF Sea King for your info to your email address probably to spam lol, If you can put you email in reply I’ll send again , regards Andy
Really enjoying this build and looking forward to you finishing both the Lancaster and the Scammell. Quick question on your beginners series, hopefully the airbrush part is coming soon, but can you do a part on making resin parts, like to give it a try but need instruction on where to start
Will be a down right shame if Airfix doesn't do an SH-3D version. I was looking forward to doing #66 - Apollo 11 and possibly Marine 1 if an accurate interior kit plus decals were available. Now if only there was a resin conversion kit to turn the Westland Sea King into an SH-3D. Hint, hint. Wonder if it's a licensing problem? Thanks again for a great video Nigel.
Dear Nigel, The masking on the seat was, as you say, most unfortunate and I can understand your annoyance at the occurrence! The question dancing around my mind is "how did anyone ever come to hairspray as a medium to chip paint with? I think of some inventive soul pouring all sorts of things through an airbrush in order to come up with a solution- egg white, soup, caramel, shampoo? I wonder how long it took? It must have been most satisfying to get to hairspray and think- "ah ha! this is what I have been looking for!!!" Regards, Z
Hi Nigel, Where did you get the really nice paint color cross reference chart you are using to match up the paints you are using. I am really enjoying the build. Thank you for sharing, Take care and have a great day.
@@NigelsModellingBench cool. I am scratch building interiors for a us coast guard mh 65. and an jayhawk. lots of playing with techniques and learning stuff. the masking is tricky. cheers Will
Nigel, Technique question: I understand the mechanics of performing the actual chipping operation (having seen you do this in several different videos), but what I'm not sure about is how one plans what color layers of paint to apply to achieve the desired result (e.g, in this case, the silver for the rivet heads, followed by the "factory-fresh" gray floor, followed by the black of the anti-slip coating). Is figuring out what colors to apply, in which order, something that one has to learn simply by experience and experimentation, or are they general rules of thumb one can apply, and, if so, are they described somewhere? Thanks, and the finished floor looks really great!
@@NigelsModellingBench So, if I'm understanding you correctly, the answer to my question really is that one has to think through the entire appearance one wants to achieve, in terms of the sequencing of the layers of color, and I'm guessing that this planning process can really only become second nature after a lot of experience in terms of looking at many instances of "the real thing."
No technical stuff really Tron. If you were doing a zinc chromate primed panel on an OD airframe.. paint aluminium, clear coat, hairspray, zinc chromate, OD and then chip away. If you want to guarantee seeing ZC under the OD, put hairspray on the zinc chromate before the OD, then the softer you rub it the more ZC will be visible.
sorry to be a pain Nigel but as i have had shaved head now for 40 odd yrs i never had any cause to use hairspray lol and i notice you mention using hairspray a lot in your video,s is it a certain make or will any do the same job , i assume you are using it to seal the paint ,? and i have been advised by other modellers to use pledge multisurface polish would that do the same job as hairspray hope you do not mind me bugging you like this but i want to do the best job i can with my sea king many Thanks Tye
Hairspray is used for chipping paint, Pledge is an acrylic clearcoat that you can use to seal your models. Look out for the videos where I use Hairspray and you'll see what I mean.
Hi Nigel , Could you tell me where you got the paint charts you refer to in videos please , i have tried looking online for them but cannot locate them , many thanks Tye
Have shelf full of kit's to build but spend most of time watching you build yours👍
That's awesome!
The floor wear looks great!
Thank you!
Another great video Nigel keep them coming mate
Hi Nigel, Very nice chipping tutorial there. This is really going to look good. Thanks for sharing. Have a great day. Jeff
Thank you! Cheers!
Brilliantly done Nige. You forgot to put up the interior picture again (doh). Looking fab
That's because I am a complete and utter idiot.
Nice start Nigel, my first heli was a sea king, back in the 80s (shows my age !!) loved the USN
66 Apollo recovery livery.
Me too. Old 66 is my favourite Sea King.
Hi Nigel! The seat in the window is called “ Sod’s law!” 😅! The modellers worst enemy!
Really good looking deck!
Glad you like it!
Looking good, can't wait to see the final result👍Your very lucky, we're not to expect the kit in Oz before December...
Looks amazing , the finished product will be great. Cant wait. Your actually costing me money hahaha, lots of tools , kits and I even subscribed and joined Airfix and bought the £99.99 mystery tank box. Love your channel I`m addicted , this new hobby of mine is keeping me away from the wife. Bonus :)
You and me both!
Hi Nigel, another great video, love watching all of your series, the CH54-A is on a loop here as I build mine! Wanted to try this again as a comment I made the other day seemed to disappear... I use a great app on my phone called hobby color converter, it's great to help with all these equivalency conversations, you can even type in RAL codes etc.. and it gives all the closest equivalents. My favorite one is you are able to scan a color with the phone camera and it will compare it to all paints and give you the closest matches. It might not always be perfect but it's a great start and it's saved me buying several jars cause I already had stuff close enough!! Cheers, Keep up the good work, Lee.
Hi Will, If you post a comment with a link in it, YT will take it down.
Got you, didn't think I did that but whatever, it's all good! Either way, keep up the good work!
Hard to wait this kit
Not long now..
Another great video - I never really paid attention to the cabin deck in either the US or Canadian Sea Kings I visited or flew in . The Seahawk deck was the light grey throughout, with strips of 3M anti-skid tape for crew "grip" - it looked gorgeous for the first few months from the factory and then grew grimier and grimier with use. Seahawk was also interesting as the deck was a honeycomb composite with aluminum stringers and tie-down bits... the aluminum always primed zinc-chromate and then painted.
Another "US Navy" thing - we almost NEVER see bare aluminum - after EVERY damned mission, at sea, maintenance and the enlisted aircrew are REQUIRED to conduct "corrosion control" during inspections - and we would dab either paint or sealant on any bare metal (interior and exterior) - one of the reasons 1980s aircraft look so leper-like. We were NOT permitted to paint entire panels during sea-periods - that is an intermediate shore based process.
Just the same - the cabin deck looks GOOD.
Hi Nigel, I sent an emal offering some interior photos of a RAF Seaking which might have given you some assistance here. If you didn’t feel it relevant that is fine but I don’t believe it would be very different for the sound proofing on your model. The problem you had by the window might be a blessing in disguise, that is an escape hatch and the bars are removable and painted black and yellow as an escape route.
Hello my friend.. I'm sorry, I don't recall receiving a email offering pics of sea kings.. however I do get around 50 a day sometimes!!
Noworries
no worries, I sent an email with the offer of interior pictures of a RAF Sea King for your info to your email address probably to spam lol, If you can put you email in reply I’ll send again , regards Andy
Thanks for the offer buddy, she's all buttoned up now so it's too late anyway.
its lookig good
It really is a gorgeous little kit Paul.
Really enjoying this build and looking forward to you finishing both the Lancaster and the Scammell. Quick question on your beginners series, hopefully the airbrush part is coming soon, but can you do a part on making resin parts, like to give it a try but need instruction on where to start
A tutorial on resin would be very welcome.
Will be a down right shame if Airfix doesn't do an SH-3D version. I was looking forward to doing #66 - Apollo 11 and possibly Marine 1 if an accurate interior kit plus decals were available. Now if only there was a resin conversion kit to turn the Westland Sea King into an SH-3D. Hint, hint. Wonder if it's a licensing problem? Thanks again for a great video Nigel.
Dear Nigel,
The masking on the seat was, as you say, most unfortunate and I can understand your annoyance at the occurrence! The question dancing around my mind is "how did anyone ever come to hairspray as a medium to chip paint with? I think of some inventive soul pouring all sorts of things through an airbrush in order to come up with a solution- egg white, soup, caramel, shampoo? I wonder how long it took? It must have been most satisfying to get to hairspray and think- "ah ha! this is what I have been looking for!!!"
Regards,
Z
The bulge in the side fuselage is for a extra generator to power the sonar in the HAS version
You may consider managing a dairy because the way you are churning out videos is making butter blush. Well done.
Hi Nigel, Where did you get the really nice paint color cross reference chart you are using to match up the paints you are using. I am really enjoying the build. Thank you for sharing, Take care and have a great day.
They are very old, from an old Tamiya Magazine
Where does a fellow pick up some of those paint cross reference cards at?
They are years old Chris. They cam with Model Airplane magazine back in about 2010 I think?
@@NigelsModellingBench those are nice. I like having paper copies of things as opposed to "electronic" copies.
You can do a google search for them and fid some images of them that you can print out. I do't have the links anymore or I would post them for you.
hi Nigel, do you have a video on making the small masks. the circles etc? cheers Will
I will make one in the beginner series.
@@NigelsModellingBench cool. I am scratch building interiors for a us coast guard mh 65. and an jayhawk. lots of playing with techniques and learning stuff. the masking is tricky. cheers Will
Nigel, Technique question: I understand the mechanics of performing the actual chipping operation (having seen you do this in several different videos), but what I'm not sure about is how one plans what color layers of paint to apply to achieve the desired result (e.g, in this case, the silver for the rivet heads, followed by the "factory-fresh" gray floor, followed by the black of the anti-slip coating). Is figuring out what colors to apply, in which order, something that one has to learn simply by experience and experimentation, or are they general rules of thumb one can apply, and, if so, are they described somewhere? Thanks, and the finished floor looks really great!
Well Tron, if there is black on grey on Aluminium, you would do it like I have here.
@@NigelsModellingBench So, if I'm understanding you correctly, the answer to my question really is that one has to think through the entire appearance one wants to achieve, in terms of the sequencing of the layers of color, and I'm guessing that this planning process can really only become second nature after a lot of experience in terms of looking at many instances of "the real thing."
No technical stuff really Tron. If you were doing a zinc chromate primed panel on an OD airframe.. paint aluminium, clear coat, hairspray, zinc chromate, OD and then chip away. If you want to guarantee seeing ZC under the OD, put hairspray on the zinc chromate before the OD, then the softer you rub it the more ZC will be visible.
Might seem a silly question but what do you use to clean the airbrush after spraying hair spray ?
Mr Hobby thinner or tool cleaner
sorry to be a pain Nigel but as i have had shaved head now for 40 odd yrs i never had any cause to use hairspray lol and i notice you mention using hairspray a lot in your video,s is it a certain make or will any do the same job , i assume you are using it to seal the paint ,? and i have been advised by other modellers to use pledge multisurface polish would that do the same job as hairspray hope you do not mind me bugging you like this but i want to do the best job i can with my sea king
many Thanks
Tye
Hairspray is used for chipping paint, Pledge is an acrylic clearcoat that you can use to seal your models. Look out for the videos where I use Hairspray and you'll see what I mean.
Hi Nigel , Could you tell me where you got the paint charts you refer to in videos please , i have tried looking online for them but cannot locate them , many thanks Tye
They are from a very old Model Magazine.