For those who have been following Thorvic's blog, you will know he has been working on the Westland/Augusta EH101 Heliliner.
He finished it a while ago but has been holding off showing the end result, as I have been working along side Geoff on my own Merlin builds....Yes in pural!
Im posting up first and Geoff will add his Heliliner as well to this thread. So enjoy the following

First is a what should have been realy.
The Merlin HAR-5. In full RAF SAR Yellow. This is the Italeri Cormarant kit built OOB with decals robbed from various Seaking sheets. You cant realy see it in the photos but the serial is pinched from a real HC-3.


Next is my own Heliliner. In this case a Bond Helicopters machine operating on the now defunct BP "Jigsaw" oil field SAR contract out of Aberdeen.



This is a hybrid build using in the main part an Italeri VH-71 "Marine one" kit, replacing the tail section for one from an original Italeri HM-1 (ASW) Merlin kit. Unlike Geoffs build, mine does not have airliner seating as she is operating as a SAR bird. She has the same seating lay out as the RCAF Cormarants, just no tail ramp. In reality G-REDO is a Super puma operated by Bond. The decals came from a Print scale Super puna/Cougar sheet.
I will be doing a second Heliliner in due course, a sister ship to G-REDO but is standard Bond Helicopters red and grey, with airliner seating.
Heres a pic of the two SAR birds togeather.

And lastly, what to do with an Italeri Merlin HM-1 kit with no tail section?



Another Hybrid. Using the parts left from the Heliliner build. In this case im calling it a Merlin HM(U)-1. Helicopter-Maritime (Utility). A jack of all trades rather than a specialsed "Pinger" (ASW).
Its basicly a standard HM-1 build but with a ramp. allowing it to function in a transport/utility role as and when needed. Intended for ships that havent got room for more than one of these monsters. Yes the Merlin is a big bugger! Paint job and decals are OOB for the Italeri HM-1 kit. I may arm it later on to add to the confusion............
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