**** DONE: 1/48 Sea King Mk 50 – Home Country Modern Aircraft/Spitfire Marks GB

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Thanks for the kind conmments folks

N4521U said:
Interesting interior Vic, nothing like where I worked.
Doin it justice mate.
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Not surprised it's nothing like you know Bill. The history of this particular airframe starts with the Royal Navy as XZ198 in June 1979. It ditched into the Med 1985, was recovered and returned to RN service. Was purchased by RAN in June 96 as a replacement for N16-124 and became N16-198 where it was converted to a Mk 50a. So in effect is from Westland stock as opposed to Sikorsky.

A4K said:
Great work Vic!

Wanted to do a chopper myself...Hungarian Mi 24V. Learned to my dismay they were retired a few years ago.
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What rotten luck Even, anything else you can pull out of the hat for NZ or Hungry by chance.
 
Vic Balshaw said:
What rotten luck Even, anything else you can pull out of the hat for NZ or Hungry by chance.
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Nothing that won't involve considerable modification (got far too many of those sort of projects already without starting new ones!)

Further net search shows earlier quoted site info may be erroneous: 2-4 Mi-24Ps possibly still in use! Found photos and footage of a Mi-24P which took part in live fire exercises last month.

Decisions, decisions...
 
ccheese said:
Had to Google that one. Didn't know a matlot was a sailor or seaman... Proudly, I can say I was one...

Charles
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Not sure if it's a form of endearment or just a generalised nickname Charles, but if you're talking about a pommy sailor, you would refer to them as matlot's and I'm still swabbing the deck.
 
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As I understand it, the term was borrowed from the french a couple a hundred years ago, pronounced "mat-low" it is a respectful term, according to Tristan Jones in "Heart of Oak", the book he wrote about his time in "The Andrew".
 
Well it's been over a week since I've had enough free time to do much though I did manage to sneak into the shed mid week and get the innards sprayed.

Today however was good for starting on and finishing the internal seating. I've only a couple of pictures but looking at them, quite a bit was accomplished.





Weather permitting will be back on the deck out back tomorrow doing the oiling, so the end is in sight.
 
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