Thanks for keeping track and all your comments.....
But..........
I am sitting here fuming at my lack of attention to the kit in general. Here it is in a nut shell.
SH-3H does equal an SH-3A at all. Not only does the airframe differ in a few areas, but the gear pontoons are the first version without all the accessories, sonobouys, floatation bags and drogues. Take a look at the photo and compare with the post above.
Even Vic had to use resin short pontoons for his Westland, he also used the 3H kit. I have looked for the ones he used but I cannot find thm. Seems they are cast by someone who bought the mold off a guy who made the originals, and the new bloke just does them in his "spare time". I tried chopping the kit pieces up, making a clay end in the shape I need then a mold, which worked well, but the resin has turned to sh!t. So I have to wait to clean out my mold.
To make matters worse, seems Hasegawa makes an HSS-2B......... which is The 3A model before the name change to 3A. Now doesn't that take the cake????? I ask. Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh.
Anybody know someone at Hasegawa? I shall try and grovel enough to get a couple of pontoons. Gonna have to bear with me till I get this sorted!