Whats happened too....

[paddy]

Whats happened too Hasagawa ? I was looking through my odd kits ( its not a stash, its just half a dozen left over from years ago) and i have a couple of 1/48 Seakings
One is a Royal Navy AEW Mk2A and the other is a US navy version. I did a search on Hannants, does anyone still use Hannanats ? and they don't have anything seaking under Eduard, Aires or Hasagawa ? I know i have been out of the loop for a few years but surely people still make etch and resin for these sorts of Helo kits ??

 

[MrT]

Whats happened too Hasagawa ? I was looking through my odd kits ( its not a stash, its just half a dozen left over from years ago) and i have a couple of 1/48 Seakings
One is a Royal Navy AEW Mk2A and the other is a US navy version. I did a search on Hannants, does anyone still use Hannanats ? and they don't have anything seaking under Eduard, Aires or Hasagawa ? I know i have been out of the loop for a few years but surely people still make etch and resin for these sorts of Helo kits ??

All kinds of stuff on ebay if you want to go that route.

Terry

B)

 

[helios]

I did a search for "sea king" at Hannants & got a lot returns, especially Eduard. The downside to Hannants is they don't specify which kit manufacturer the particular PE is designed for. If you get the Eduard part # from either Eduard or another site (Sprue Brothers is really good about specifying which kit the aftermarket bits are designed for) you can cross reference the Eduard part # back to the Hannants listing. Bit of a pain in the arse, but if you're from the UK the extra leg work I'd imagine would pay you back in the shipping savings.

 

[paddy]

Thats really odd because i have done another search for Hasegawa Aires and Eduard and Seaking and Sea King and i get nothing ?
Any way not to worry, i looked in the boxes and i have already bought all the PE for both kits and the Flightpath detail kit to convert one of these to a Royal Navy Junglie. Great shame the sliding doors don't open on these kits.
Good news is the eduard PE sets i have are discontinued on the Eduard site so lucky i bought them years ago.

 

[paddy]

Hope to try and find a Navy Seaking somewhere this week to get some photos. All the working ones have been retired but they must be one in a museum somewhere here

 

[jknaus]

You could get the Belcher Bits conversion and do a Canadian Sea Thing.
James