Dutch Naval Aviation (MLD)
Wasp Helicopter in 1/72 scale : Airfix kit modelling report
The Dutch Naval Air Arm (MLD) operated the Westland Wasp AH-12A in the seventies and eighties on board of frigates and other ships. 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 is the only 1/72 Scout 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,
with decals coming from an old Dutch IPMS roundels sheet and the KON.MARINE
markings being hand painted. Nowadays, Dutch decal has these as decals
on a separate set.
IPMS Nederland real Wasp info pages...
Check out pictures my photos of
the real Wasp here
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