Ark Royal's (R09) final airwing

Subject:

Fairey Gannet AEW Mk.3

Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm (1937-now)
No. 849 NAS, B Flight 043-R | XL471
1978 - HMS Ark Royal
BS381C:640 BS381C:210

McDonnell Douglas F-4K Phantom FG.1

Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm (1937-now)
No. 892 NAS R-007 / XT864
November 1974 - HMS Ark Royal (R09)
BS381C:640 FS17875

Blackburn Buccaneer S Mk.2c

Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm (1937-now)
No. 809 NAS R-021 | XV154
January 1972 Belize Overflight - HMS Ark Royal (R09)
BS381C:640

Scale:

1:72

Status:

Ideas

Project inventory

Full kits

Fairey Gannet AEW.3

Sword 1:72

SW 72088 2015 New tool

Blackburn Buccaneer S.2C

Airfix 1:72

A06021 2019 New tool

McDonnell Douglas Phantom FG.1

Airfix 1:72

A06016 2017 New tool

Detail and Conversion sets

Fairey Gannet Wingfold Set

Airwaves 1:72

AEC72204 20xx New box

Buccaneer S2 wheels set for Airfix

ResKit 1:72

RS72-0127 2019 New tool

British Phantom - Wheels Set

ResKit 1:72

RS72-0067 2018 New tool

FG.1 Phantom - Undercarriage for Airfix

Eduard 1:72

72668 2018 New tool

FG.1 Phantom Airfix

Eduard 1:72

73625 2018 New parts

Display bases

HMS Ark Royal Carrier Deck

Coastal Kits 1:72

CKS117-72 2014 New tool

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Comments

Martin von Schreckenstein
cool project, I was thinking of the same thing. If you mean the entire airwing i mean🙂

4 October 2019, 12:57

Piotr Sarniński-Górecki
Yup Martin. I want to add the Gannet and a Sea King as well 🙂 Think it's gonna looks cool when ready 🙂

4 October 2019, 13:00

Martin von Schreckenstein
Wow, fingers crossed for that. I hear the Sword Gannet is a bit difficult but hey, there IS a 1/72 Gannet model in existence so triple cool for that regardless lol

4 October 2019, 13:56

Stuart Fowle
Any project including a Phantom and Buccaneer is always going to be good 🙂.

4 October 2019, 14:00

Frank Spahr
Exactly what I want to do. Having completed the Phantom, I have the Buccaneer and am expecting the new Eduard brass and masks for the kit. I also have the Gannet kit, yet still need the wingfold. Pitos, which Sea King kit are you planning to use, and where will you be getting the markings? Best wishes for the project from Frank

11 January 2020, 10:30

Łukasz Gliński
Following too

11 January 2020, 21:51

Piotr Sarniński-Górecki
THX guys but this is a project not for the near future 🙂 Frank - I'm still waiting for the proper kit of Sea King from Ark. As far as I know there are no any, but I hope will be when I finally start the project 🙂

11 January 2020, 23:36

Frank Spahr
Thank you for the pointer, Piotr! I´ll follow your progress!

13 January 2020, 17:41

Frank Spahr
I´m thinking about using the Revell kit of the German Navy Sea King, minus some of the later equipment. What do you think?

11 February 2020, 06:10

Piotr Sarniński-Górecki
Frank, have you figured out the kits needed for SeaKing HAS2 and Wessex HAS1 yet ? 🙂
My thoughts are close to this project again 🙂

12 April 2021, 12:41

playtime 222
Nice theme. Surprised I missed this one.

12 April 2021, 14:39

Sergej I
In, nice project! 👍

12 April 2021, 16:25

Frank Spahr
Piotr, I´ve drifted away from the project, too. But I would rather try and get it completed until next year´s EME in Lingen, if possible. So any input on the kits and markings needed would be very much appreciated - if I find something, I´ll tell you!

13 April 2021, 04:40

Piotr Sarniński-Górecki
Frank - and vice versa 🙂 If I find info - I let you know 🙂

13 April 2021, 07:22

Piotr Sarniński-Górecki
@Frank - check this 🙂

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2 February 2022, 11:52

Frank Spahr
Thank you very much - once the sheet is out I´ll try to get one! Just what I need ...

2 February 2022, 13:42

Frank Spahr
That obviously still leaves the question of which helo kits to use ...

2 February 2022, 13:45

Gareth Windsor
Following along. I too have a FAA collection coming along (all in the stash currently). If you can find the old fujimi SeaKing, it is quite a nice kit. The Revell "Tiger Meet" kit is good and should be easy enough to convert into an earlier mark. I may even have some decals you can have for an early SeaKing too.

2 February 2022, 14:07

Piotr Sarniński-Górecki
@Gareth thanks for this useful info !

2 February 2022, 16:43

Frank Spahr
I have ordered the Trumpeter Gannet AS.4 kit plus the Eduard Big Ed, I hope the conversion to the COD variant won´t be too strenuous. I also went a bit overboard and ordered the Revell combo of the Sea King and Lifeboat aka Seenotrettungskreuzer Berlin. Which gives me a Sea King, and as a longtime supporter of our lifeboats, a welcome opportunity of building one. Obviously in anticpation of the Ark Royal decals.

6 February 2022, 14:39

Piotr Sarniński-Górecki
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Italeri 1/72 HAS.3 seems a good choice. I post it here just in case 🙂

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13 May 2022, 09:27

Frank Spahr
That´s what I treated myself to, also! I also have masks and some PE. So now the kits are all present and correct, but the decals - unavailable for the time being. But I am patient.

13 May 2022, 09:46

Frank Spahr
I just ordered the decals from Aviation Megastore in the Netherlands!

13 May 2022, 09:56

Piotr Sarniński-Górecki
Great ! So now... there are no excusses :-D

13 May 2022, 12:21

Frank Spahr
Yup. Once I´ve completed the currently stalled project on my workbench, I´ll give it a go.

14 May 2022, 06:11

Frank Spahr
I got the decal sheet!

21 May 2022, 06:51

David Taylor
Might have to take a seat.

21 May 2022, 07:21

Piotr Sarniński-Górecki
Good to hear that @Frank. Hope to see you in action soon 🙂

21 May 2022, 17:28