Westland Lynx-Now with bits and bits and bits !

Captain Canada · August 20, 2009, 08:39:05 AM

I've got 5 on the go now.....should be finished next day or so. This is one I built years ago to be part of a dio, which was to include a pair of GR.3s and a tank. never got finished...anyway, dug her out of the scrap heap and scratched up the skids...

Looks close enough to me !

Spey_Phantom · August 21, 2009, 03:30:28 AM

nice, very nice

Aircav · August 21, 2009, 05:07:54 AM

Cool Lynx Toadie

wish someone would do a 1/48 injection version.................

Taiidantomcat · August 22, 2009, 10:25:13 AM

Lynx are good looking aircraft, you are doing a great job on them

deathjester · August 22, 2009, 11:45:33 AM

Very nice! Can't work out why Westlands have never tried to turn the Lynx into a dedicated attack helo, instead of buying Apache. Could even make one like a certain black and white Mach capable chopper....

Captain Canada · August 22, 2009, 07:34:58 PM

Thanks for the comments, guys.

As for the attack helo, I've wondered that myself, should be easy enough to do !

I managed to find the rotor hub, but it only had two blades....

Scratched up some exhaust pipes, wire cutters, and added the flare dispensers and RWR bits.

Captain Canada · August 23, 2009, 07:54:52 AM

Added a few more details to the rotor head

Captain Canada · August 26, 2009, 01:47:58 PM

Torpedoes and the tail rotor. You know, for all the bitching I do around here, I really need to work on my own photography ! I plan on doing a wee diorama of a heki-meet, so want to take pics of the a/c alone, being loaded, and bombed up.

I think my homemade rotor bits look every bit as good as the factory one. The yellow bits are the dollies for moving the skid equipped birds about.

Brian da Basher · August 26, 2009, 04:38:06 PM

That's some excellent scratch-building on those rotors, Cap'n! You're right, you can't tell them apart from the ones that came with the kit.

Nice work!

Brian da Basher

kitnut617 · August 26, 2009, 05:57:37 PM

Most impressive Todd

Mossie · August 27, 2009, 04:05:18 AM

Lynx are always good! Don't see enough of the skid equipped version.

Weaver · August 27, 2009, 04:36:26 AM

Nice one Cap'n!

Quote from: deathjester on August 22, 2009, 11:45:33 AM
Very nice! Can't work out why Westlands have never tried to turn the Lynx into a dedicated attack helo, instead of buying Apache. Could even make one like a certain black and white Mach capable chopper....

You could make a case that the A129 Mangusta "is" the Lynx gunship, since it's powered by two Gems. All it would need is the Lynx's more advanced rotor head....

Mossie · August 27, 2009, 05:33:32 AM

The Lynx started out life as a gunship design, have a look here, there's a mix of speculative & real projects:
http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,14937.0/highlight,westland+lynx.html

kitnut617 · August 27, 2009, 06:36:27 AM

Quote from: Weaver on August 27, 2009, 04:36:26 AM
Nice one Cap'n!

Quote from: deathjester on August 22, 2009, 11:45:33 AM
Very nice! Can't work out why Westlands have never tried to turn the Lynx into a dedicated attack helo, instead of buying Apache. Could even make one like a certain black and white Mach capable chopper....

You could make a case that the A129 Mangusta "is" the Lynx gunship, since it's powered by two Gems. All it would need is the Lynx's more advanced rotor head....

Ooh! like this then ---

AeroplaneDriver · August 27, 2009, 08:42:02 AM

IIRC there was an artists imression from Westland back in the 80s or maybe early 90s for a two-seat gunship version of the Lynx. Anyone else remember this or am I imagining things?