Airfix's Brand New Westland Sea King HC.4 | Full Build | 4K

[@chrismyers5532]

Fantastic build! Folded tail and rotors is a great way to save shelf space for storage as well - great that Airfix included that option. I wish Airfix would do a 1:48 Westland Wasp (RN, New Zealand and South African versions as options) to sit alongside that.

[@JunglieWafu]

Ex Sea King HC4 pilot here - cracking build. I have 4 of them myself in my stash and whilst I have plenty of photos to reference, I shall also be referencing your build! Great work.

[@wafudave6041]

Great build. I am undertaking building all the aircraft types I have worked on. This is among them. So thanks for sharing your build. Ok, the corner structure in the cabin, we called the broom cupboard, contained the engines computers and the control rods and pulleys etc that transferred the pilots flight control inputs to the control surfaces. The cannards, as you call them are called sponsons and the flotation devices fitted to them, are basically cans containing huge ball shaped bags. When the CO2 bottles are fired the gas rapidly inflates the bags and blows of the can lids. Oh and the shield in front of the engines is also a FOD shield. (Foreign Object Damage)

[@jimwhite613]

SO helpful that you place the label with air pressure, thinner % etc. THANK YOU!

[@danwilliams1686]

A wonderful build, again! I really wish Airfix would do a 1/48 Hampton.

[@ModelMinutes]

Absolutely nailed it! Another fantastic build! I have the original release of the Sea King to do at some point and I would doubt that I would be able to make mine look as good as yours :P

[@TheInnerNerd]

Nice video Luke. This Sea King kit looks better than Airfix's first release and you did a great job picking out all of those rivets with the wash. All the best, Matt

[@stuff31]

Absolutely smashing work, man! Your builds always turn out absolutely stunning. Keep it up!

[@TRINFSS]

Another American classic. The Sea King is my favorite maritime helicopter. As always a high quality and beautiful build. Really enjoyed watching the vid.

[@Henrywinswars]

Absolutely stellar as usual 🤩! I’ve learned a lot from this.

[@machmodels]

Hi Henry! If you’re thinking about bringing the B17 down to hannants, try do it on Saturday as I’m unfortunately away on Sunday - hopefully see you then!🤟🏻

[@willdyer3371]

The hs5 was one of my absolute favorite builds. Thoroughly enjoyed all aspects of the build. Great build!

[@Kronoxa_]

I love the paint things in the top right corner, very useful

[@the.just.able.biker67]

Yeah, same here. I get fed up pausing and rewinding videos just to try and catch an all too brief glimpse of what paints are being used.

[@Bobfett2]

Hi, I was lucky enough to see you building this at Hannants a couple days ago, thank you so much for letting me try out an airbrush This model looks amazing! merry Christmas :)

[@harry_1409]

Another outstanding build mate! I've just picked mine up and few other model kits from Hannants it was thanks to you i found one of the best model shops.

[@JB-ud6vm]

amazing model and great great build, that tinted glass on the front is such a nice effect

[@eddywells5689]

Great build and painting. 💞🎁💪👍🍺

[@AndysAirframeLab]

Been looking forward to you making this. Cannot wait to start mine after Crimbo. Top job this looks amazing !!!!!

[@marceloquiroga7221]

Wow, what a wonderful way for assembling this kit, You gave to it an excelent finish, i gotta Buy this kit.

[@septiccalling8341]

Excellent Junglie! Really nicely done. The quality of your work, always good, just keeps getting better 👍🏻👏🏻👌🏻

[@Bastel_Opa_1965]

I declare U to my top favorite Modell Builder. Absolut great and over the top

[@robertbate5790]

Looks like a beautiful build. Many years ago I built an original kit of the rescue version as used by US Navy to pick up Apollo crews. The centre shaft of the rotor was used as the winch for the rescue basket, or a sonar bouy for anti-sub missions. My pride and joy for a number of years playing with my younger brothers. 👍👍👍

[@themajesticmagnificent386]

Outstanding work there..Really enjoyed your video and how you edit and narrate through the build..Have a great Christmas and all the best

[@markfleming1605]

Beautifully built Sea King HC.4

[@paulcorrigan649]

Superb job again Luke. If you need to attach canopies temporarily for painting, try using liquitape. I use it all the time and it's great

[@SupraGuy1722]

Beautifully built, I was wondering if you could make a F-111 model as it is one of my favourite aircraft😁

[@mickturner9201]

Very Nice !!

[@joseluiscastanorestrepo]

Magnificent work.

[@ladyknieval]

Very awesome build! I didn't realize how similar this helo was to the American CH-53E, would be a great alternative to the venerable and very expensive to find Academy version of the "Echo". I paid a fortune for mine, and now I will seriously consider this kit, because I love foldy naval aircraft, fixed and rotary!

[@scottrogers511]

Great video mate. Nice build too. I have this in my collection and have just bumped it up to “next build”.

[@tail_lamp7538]

Top work as usual 👍

[@MarkOSullivan-v6w]

Good job

[@Falcon16-h1v]

I had the same problem with the last sar variant of the sea king from Airfix. Your bulid is beautiful 🤩 I´m sitting on the takom apache D and i will use some techniques from your video. I wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year of scale modelling!

[@TheGreywulff]

Outstanding worknanship !!! 👍👍👍

[@AlanWitton]

Great build! Looks like a decent kit! I may invest in one

[@Ajx2o1oyt]

Another great video mate

[@goodtips8973]

Awesome. Show off your collection someday. Cheers.

[@5EyesIsntWatching]

Lol want to test your Sea King weathering skills, build a RCN/RCAF Sea King. Amazing build as always

[@tinglydingle]

To answer a couple of your questions: 13:33 The larger "teardrop" sponsons were original to the Sikorsky design and housed retractable main gear for improved endurance in long ASW missions, but were deemed unnecessary for the HC.4 as it was primarily a troop transport where weight rather than drag was considered a greater factor. The landing gear was simplified (fixed in place) to this end, rendering the sponsons superfluous. The small cylindrical thing on the end is an explosive flotation device that deploys automatically in the event of a ditching. 26:10 The primary purpose of this cover is to reduce FOD risk. Russian helicopters often have an anti-ice function to their FOD covers but it's not necessary for British Naval helicopters who rarely operate in icing conditions. A sand filter could be fitted in its place for desert operations, but this also worked in cold environments to protect the engines from larger chunks of ice.

[@tinglydingle]

Forgot to add, you've done a great job with this model. I've sent this video to my godfather who flew these for 20 years.

[@kitbag9033]

Not disputing your comments, but don't the marines have an arctic capability? Were there no changes made for that?

[@cerperalpurpose]

​​@@kitbag9033HC4 was retrofitted with anti-icing sometime in the 80s IIRC. Merlin and Wildcat have it as standard, with the windscreen being blasted with hot air to prevent ice buildup as well

[@kitbag9033]

​@@cerperalpurposeThanks for that extra info.

[@JunglieWafu]

@@cerperalpurposethe Merlin windscreen doesn’t actually get blasted with hot air to prevent icing. In fact, the windscreen ‘anti ice’ is more of a de-ice. It’s turned on below zero degrees and heats up the windscreen through heating elements within the windshield itself.

[@mazinman3]

Beautiful job!

[@kiwifruitpoo]

I’ve been with this channel since very near the beginning and I never miss a video. You are genuinely an excellent modeller, building the kits I do with the materials I use. You’re a terrific benchmark to show what’s possible. Well done. 👍

[@darthhokum]

Perfect work 🔥🔥🔥

[@Paul_Allaker8450]

A fantastic build, Luke. I've always found helicopters far more fiddly and frustrating to build vs aeroplanes, but hey, that's just me🤷🏻‍♂️. The end product of this build is simply stunning! Up there with your best work, IMO. 👌🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@AB-mw8oz]

Hopefully more and more airfix kits get rivets, they massively improve the surface detail

[@andy-bowden]

Another nice build buddy. Well done and Merry Christmas.

[@ChristianSchroter-ok4sk]

Hello mr.mach!nice job of building that badass helo icon.thank you for delivering fun excitenes and Inspiration and knowledge. Also I truly appreciate ur efforts.of course you deserve a thumb up.and I givehim to you with a pure consience.I was deliciously Entertained.i love your comment.keep enjoying and keep that mojo. Nice 2 watch ur workflow.thank u4sharing.merry xmas!with best regards and sticky greetings from sandy Brandenburg germany.faithfully yours.your modellmate.christian.

[@anthonydebski5814]

STILL love Airfix's Box ARTWORK!....wish they'd DO a 1/32nd (or 1/24th) Jaguar!!

[@mr.g4tero781]

Gracias por activar las pistas de audio en varios idiomas

[@MarkCollins-ke5vz]

Nice I got one today in taunton

[@paulallibone4177]

Great build mate but defo needs seat belts like you said 😊

[@StuartMcCandlish-Hill]

Super video

[@staffnurse007]

Impressive modelling having worked on the mk 2 Royal Navy at prestwick I recall having to take up the round plates on the deck and climbing head first into the fuel tanks not good if you can’t do enclosed spaces and the relying on your mates to pull you out legs first also the seat pan should have a yellow box inserted as it hold the single seat life raft and the beige cover is sheep skin which would get rather grubby

[@Paul_Allaker8450]

Would love for you to Build the Lockhead Blackbird SR71 in a large scale. That would be a stunning model. 😍

[@soldierboybbq]

Ridiculously good. I just wanna know how you know what paint colours to choose and what pin wash colours to use it all seems so easy when you do it 😂

[@mh53j]

Falklands HC-4s did not have the airflow strake on the port tail boom. They were present on the HAR 3s sent down during the fall of '82.

[@RMillerism]

I have found that Airfix kits can tend to be over-engineered, introducing complexity where just a little simplification will result in a cleaner result.

[@jamesrutherford9643]

If you think an airfix kit is over engineered then I suggest you keep away from gecko, miniart & rfm kits . Airfix kits are one of the most simplest & enjoyable brand to build

[@downedmushroom9659]

​@@jamesrutherford9643 RFM's Abrams... the 7.62mm MG had more parts than the entire breech assembly

[@mh53j]

I pre-ordered one of these from Airfix US; I really like the HC-4 (and especially the HAR 3) version, but after seeing this it looks like there are going to be a lot of fit issues and seams that need filling. I'm not crazy about "blanking plates" used to fill areas not found on this particular version; the one on the starboard side behind the door to cover the window opening found on other versions is really noticeable. It doesn't look like that on the real aircraft. I know Airfix are trying to get the most out of the same molds, but maybe new fuselage halves would have been in order? From what I can tell, it is the same if you don't use the airflow strake on the port side tail... blanking plates to fill in the mounting holes. Trying to get them to blend in is going to be a real challenge. Maybe I should just wait for an HAR 3 where these won't be an issue.

[@First_Shot_Clays]

Sordid kits are defiantly more harder now than years ago, approx 1998 I built a 1/72 mosquito. I’m building one right now and it’s far more complex

[@RMillerism]

Just saying, if you enjoy it, go for it. But it's not for me. I just want to relax when I build, not worry about bad fit or shape issues. It's about enjoyment and that level of complexity is not for me. Have fun, whatever you do.

[@PCDan]

Your work is amazing, congrats! Especially cause the kit doesn’t help much!

[@puppets.and.muppets]

nice.

[@KGmodels]

Looks absolutely amazing! The interior does look quite plain, but I feel like it allows for the viewer to see your techniques much better. The green also looks great, and it would also work really well on armour kits, probably American subjects mainly. I am actually considering getting a new airbrush, and I am thinking of the Procon Boy. Do you know how much it costs it Hannants, as it is £90 on Amazon, so I am wondering where to buy it from if I was to get one. Merry Christmas to you, and I am unsure on whether I will be able to go to Hannants in 2024 still, so if not, then I hope to see this next year. Great job once again Luke :)

[@machmodels]

Thank you very much! Procon down at Hannants is £150. The main selling point of getting it there is that if anything goes wrong we will help you out and fix in house if need be, if you get it online we can’t help you out. I personally like to tell people to think about the extra cost as an almost warranty. It’s up to you at the end of the day. Merry Christmas!

[@KGmodels]

@machmodels Honestly, I think a guarantee by people who are more experienced with it than I am is better than just getting a 'Supposed guarantee' online. Also, Amazon parcels could decide to...get lost, but I guess you can never lose something you physically bought and have on yourself. Great to hear, and a trip to Hannants is probably inevitable in the near future (As I said, probably 2025), and I hope you will have a great rest of your weekend.

[@madmemesbro]

@@KGmodels All that isn't worth £70 difference though. Not a chance. Hannants are RRP lovers with 10% max off. Only worth it if there's something you need that isn't in stock cheaper anywhere else. Also, @machmodels , offering a product of service that doesn't exist to justify an almost double price point from another market place is treading a fine line on the patch of legality of warranties. Trust me, I've worked with FCA regulated products before and that's not a route you want to go down and I'd suggest you don't justify a higher price as a pseudo warranty product.

[@Blowinshiddup]

I picked up the other 1/48 Sea King back in the summer, to build into a Canadian version... there was a TON of modification required, more than with the Hasegawa kit. The details in the Airfix kits ARE nicer though, so I muscled through.

[@captainmagenta899]

A thumbs up for "gubbins" 👍

[@lesthiele4921]

This was a truly excellent build and paint finish have a Very Merry Christmas and a safe and Happy New Year, best regards from a Kiwi living in Australia, Les

[@Benjamin-jb2nh]

Impressive work as always! How can you build so fast? Any tips to share?

[@kg2995]

That's right give silvering the finger! It's worse than getting shit on the inside of the canopy.

[@stl-aviation]

Not even two weeks and we got another video, Christmas came early!

[@jamesvarnell9917]

Great job on the SEA KING, really appreciate the work involved in making it, however I have one bit of criticism for you, in making your videos keep in mind that you might have younger kids watch the build process and shooting the "bird" to the bird is giving the not so appropriate suggestion that it's ok, just food for thought. Again, fantastic job and you absolutely nailed the olive drab with the right amount of weather shades.

[@grumpygramps129]

The flot pods are designed to be removed when operating over land on the MK4.

[@MarkCollins-ke5vz]

I may ring yesterday as its only down the road to me

[@philipsharpe6905]

Beautiful build! Are there no windscreen wipers on this version?

[@brianquinlan8891]

Hey Luke, do you think you'll be building the Eurofighter Typhoon airfix is supposedly releasing in the next few months? Would love to see your take on it :) Hope you have a great Christmas!

[@shahzebnasir4692]

Just found your channel and subscribed!! Could you do an F-5 Tiger in either the Yemeni Houthi livery (seeing as that one single functioning F5 is pretty famous now) or in a Swiss livery?!

[@theeaselrider4032]

That looks like one I think I need to have. Do you know if there is a version with RCN markings, instead of RN ones? It looks brilliant, although I think my own will have to be props out and in full flight, hanging from the ceiling.

[@elven11pm]

Great video! What is CA glue and why do you use it?

[@kahumike]

CA is Cyanoacrylate glue, aka Superglue. It's used for bonding dissimilar materials together (e.g photoetc or resin to plastic), but it also creates a strong bond and is fast setting.

[@staffnurse007]

With the folded blades number one blade would sit along the spine whilst the two outer blades would droop and strike the floor once the hydraulic pressure bled off all folded seaking models should come with a forth road bridge kit?

[@jeno7998]

two videos in a month?? we eating good tonight lads

[@davidcole333]

I haven't built this particular kit, but I have built several helicopter kits and each one had at least 1 or more fiddly areas. My thoughts on this particular kit are that it is over-engineered and poorly detailed with poor fit. Regardless of the drawbacks, you did a beautiful job with it. You 've got a beautiful way of painting that I've been trying my best to emulate, but my airbrush skills and my airbrush are not up to par yet.

[@mh53j]

The over engineering concerns me as well. Having an interior capsule and a multi part exterior fuselage increases the chances of everything not fitting together when everything "comes together." If parts aren't perfectly aligned, the entire thing will be thrown off. Constant dry fitting and trimming will be necessary.

[@TesiosWTF]

First

[@RMillerism]

Love the build. Do I want to build one... hell no. I built the 1/48 Chipmunk and it was enough to swear me off Airfix kits. Unnecessarily complex in areas it didn’t need to be, interesting subject but questionable built quality and translucent decals make me worry. That said, I have a F8 Meteor in RAAF markings, but after that...

[@RMillerism]

Hadn't remembered I'd already put a comment in. I may have been slightly chemically altered today.

[@Bones_Jr.]

When I saw the thumbnail, I thought “Westland Commando!” Are the HC.4 and the Commando one and the same?

[@mh53j]

Yes

[@staffnurse007]

It’s a shame that they have not added the overhead console which includes rotor brake and fire bottle handles this is prominent on a seaking

[@negativeimage2445]

Looks pukka. Flory wash comes off effortlessly with water

[@mazzmo77]

I think airfix models lack quality & are far too expensive compared to other names.

[@harrygrant6805]

Yeah but tbh they do subject like the blackburn buc fairy gannet and the sea king which no one else does

[@VigneswarChandra-l6v]

You seem a little rushed on this build, not your usual standard. A bit disappointed as I am fan of your work.