Westland Wessex HU.5/5C ‘Versatile Helicopter’
Westland Wessex HU.5/5C ‘Versatile Helicopter’
This injection-moulded kit contains 38 parts and 7 clear parts (the cockpit canopy and the fuselage windows). A comprehensive instruction leaflet and a decal sheet are included.
Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) Wessex HU.5, Black XS479/A-A, No.848 NAS, Royal Navy, HMS Albion, Borneo, Far East, 1965
2) Wessex HU.5, White XT475/WY, No.707 NAS, Royal Navy, RNAS Yeovilton, September 1975
3) Wessex HU.5, White XT474/20, No.771 NAS, RNAS Culdrose, 1988
4) Wessex HU.5C, Black XS485/Ace of Hearts, No.84 Squadron, UNFICYP (United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus) mission, Royal Air Force, RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus, 1993
| Ref. No.: | MKM144024 |
| Availability: | IN STOCK |
Westland Wessex HU.5/5C ‘Versatile Helicopter’
Description
A British licence development of the Sikorsky S-58, the Westland Wessex was a general purpose duties all-metal helicopter produced by Westland Aircraft Ltd.
The Wessex HU.5, basically similar to the HC.2, represented the last version for the Royal Navy. It was powered by twin R-R Gnome turboshaft engines, which provided enough power and added safety for carrying troops into action.
A pre-production aircraft flew in May 1963 and a total of 100 machines were deliverered between 1963 and 1967. The HU.5 was also used in SAR, communications, fire support, air ambulance, paratrooping and ferrying roles. Following distinguished service the type was eventually withdrawn from RN service in March 1988.
Wessex HU.5C was a designation for a small batch of aircraft deployed to No.84 Squadron at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, serving there in the period 1984-94.
Products purchased together with this product
Westland Wessex HAS.3/HAS.31B ‘Anti-submarine Helicopter’
This injection-moulded kit contains 44 parts and 6 clear parts (the cockpit canopy and the fuselage windows). A comprehensive instruction leaflet and a decal sheet are included.
Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) Wessex HAS.3, White XP153/143-E, No.826 NAS, Royal Navy, HMS Eagle, late 1960s
2) Wessex HAS.3, White XP143/650-PO, No.737 NAS, Royal Navy, RNAS Portland (HMS Osprey), Dorset, 1973
3) Wessex HAS.3, Black XP142 ‘Humphrey’, No.737 NAS, Royal Navy, HMS Antrim, the Falklands War, South Atlantic, April – June 1982
4) Wessex HAS.31B, White N7-220/830, No.816 Sq. Royal Australian Navy, RANAS Nowra (HMAS Albatross), New South Wales, Australia, 1985
Bristol Beaufighter Mk.VI Late 'Dihedral Tailplane'
This injection-moulded kit contains 49 parts, 5 resin parts and six clear parts (cockpit canopies, position lights etc.). A comprehensive instruction leaflet and a decal sheet are included.
Bristol Beaufighter Mk.VI Late 'Dihedral Tailplane' (RAF, RAAF, USAAF)
Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) Bristol Beaufighter Mk.VIC, JL447, Red G, No.248 Sq., RAF, Talbenny airfield, December 1942
2) Bristol Beaufighter Mk.VIF, ND211, Red WM-K, No.68 Sq., RAF, Fairwood Common airfield, May 1944
3) Bristol Beaufighter Mk.VIF, KV912 'Fluff', 416th Night Fighter Squadron, 12th Air Force, USAAF, Grottaglie airfield, Italy, November 1943
4) Bristol Beaufighter Mk.VIC, A19-106 (ex-EL510), White T, No.30 Sq., RAAF, Vivigani airfield, Goodenough Island, Papua New Guinea, August 1943
