I remember when this kit first hit the shelves. It was on almost everyone’s must-get list. I bet it will be quite a showpiece still, with aftermarket parts put on. 😍

According to ScaleMates the kit was first introduced in 1992. Man that makes me feel old. Good looking kit no matter the age. Wish the side door was left open.  Cheers.

You will need a mighty wide shelf.

Great reveiw Nigel .Appreciate  the shout out

It's a great kit Nigel, builds up nice. Can't wait to see how your's, Monkey's and Chris's turn out

I am amazed that no modern kit of the Seaking has surfaced so far. About time! Maybe ICM is considering an 1/35 kit? 😬

Really cool. Have a great build.

That looks quite a nice oldie. I didn’t sleep last night either. I had a new kit delivered today, íthe
GWH 1/32 Curtiss Hawk 81-A2 Flying Tigers.

Can’t wait  to get mine

Nice review mate👍🇳🇿

It looks so cool! Gerat! Thank You!

Just FYI, in US Navy speak, helicopter is shortened to helo, pronounced hee-low. And Helo 66 was used for the recovery of all Lunar missions from Apollos 8 to 13. And a bit of history, after the Apollo Program ended, 66 went back to an ASW helicopter squadron for regular duty, and ended up ditching off San Diego during a training flight in 1975 and not salvaged. The wreck was located in 1500 feet of water, and in 2004 a group of private individuals tried to organize a salvage effort to recover and preserve the aircraft, but it went nowhere.

Another great review! I've had one in my "stash" for a while, hoping to maybe complete it as the RAF ASR version that is now sadly disappeared from our skies! Have to see what the aftermarket brings!

There's a decent thread on Apollo recovery mission conversion of this kit on Britmodeller Nige.

Built that in 2005. And just FYI - I know on the SH-60B the cockpit interior WAS black - I was an Aircrewman and did a lot of the corrosion control cleanup and painting... the CABIN was a medium grey (fabric & metal)

End of May for the rerelease, I think you, Paul and Chris got the last three of the last issue. I’m getting the new issue and getting the Flightpath multimedia set for a conversion to HAR.3. It’s a good kit for what it is.

Hi Nige. I’ve built the AEW2 version of this kit and with a little bit of scratch building and care it come out as a great kit. I looked at doing an Apollo sea king as you have mentioned but I think you will need, amongst other things, a replacement right hand sponson without the MAD (magnetic anomaly detector) installation. Enjoy!

Always add gift option when buying from Amazon that guarantees it being in a box

oh yeah …we have a little you scratch my back going on 😂

Been available on Plaza Japan for ages