Dutch MLD
Wasp Helicopter in 1/72 scale : Airfix kit modelling report
The Dutch MLD operated the Westland Wasp AH-12A in the seventies and eighties on board of frigates and other ships. No. 860 squadron flew with the type 1967-1981.
Airfix issued in 1966 a 1/72
small series 1 kit of the land version, the Scout from which the
Wasp was derived. (later the kit appeared in various packages). After all
these years it still was the only 1/72 Scout kit! (decades later in 2025 LF Models released a Wasp kit).
To get the naval helo variant, the
new shipboard undercarriage had to be scratch made from sprue with some
additional detailing such as on top of the fuselage the flotation gear.
The kit was made way back in the
eighties,
so over 40 years ago! The decals were from one of the first Dutch IPMS roundels sheet and the
KON.MARINE titles had to be hand painted. Nowadays, "Dutch Decal" has these
as decals
on a separate set.
IPMS Nederland real Wasp info pages...
Check out my photos of the real Wasp here
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