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[Andy HustlerParticipant @andyhustler32076]

Taking a break from my bismark i am going to finish off my leander and want to put a wasp on the stern but cant find one and dont want to use a lynx so i am considering using a wessex instead in 1/48th scale can i get away with this ????

[Andy HustlerParticipant @andyhustler32076]

[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

No. Or at least, not without exploring a few alternatives….

This is a tricky one: Something like a Leander does look better with a helicopter but inevitably when building semi-scale and indeed to an odd actual scale there is nothing that fits the bill.. Remind me how big yours is?? Is a 1/48 scale Wessex on the money for scale?

My first ever effort was a Leander, at about 4 foot long and this had a 1/72 Lynx on it..a bit big, but not overly so considering the full flight deck.

A Wessex of course would not have gone on a Leander due to its size, but is of suitable periodness, or even I suppose a Whirlwind.

If you had a full flight deck a Wessex would go nicely even if it was a bit larger than it should be, but will overhang your mortars unless it was too small, and not look right. Are you particularly fussed as to type?? Die-cast and assorted cheap toy helicopters come in a range of sizes and painted dark blue…

OR if the Wessex was a nice size, convert the flight deck???

Alternatively, as then rest of your boat has been scratch built, it would seem logical Mr Spock to make the helicopter!!! block of soft balsa or even better Styrofoam (which is very easy to carve and sand).

I have lost count of the number of models I have built and ended up thinking "if only I had made it to fit XXXX "instead of trying to find something later on . The cure thread on the n QE carriers is a good example of more forward thinking!!!

Ashley my fist effort…minus helicopter!! so not a lot of use posting this eh???

[Andy HustlerParticipant @andyhustler32076]

Hi Ashley my leander is no where near as good as yours and i have black below the waterline not red and yours looks a bit different to mine on the stern end .I built mine from a set of plans , generously donated my another MB member .The plans were from the Modellers World tv prog in the 70's so i just had them enlarged to a good size and ploughed on ahead .The best bits,in my humble opinion,are the "bedstead" radar the the twin 4.5's turret .As i said yours is different to mine could it be an Ikara Leander ??? I think mine is early/mid 70's As always many thanks for the most helpfull advice , sorry the copter is in 1/48 ( i think ) and it will be a conversion from an old Airfix Wessex Scout .Once again thanks for the advice

[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

Andy. Mine was built "by eye" and no plans were used. It is a converted seawolf Leander.

The main thing wrong with is was the bow, which came to a sharp ponit and not the rounded top it should have had. I really didnt notice too much at the time, and only later on when I got back into it did I see the gaping flaws in the thing and scrapped it. HOWEVER, the flightdeck, being of a generous size, fitted the 1/72 Lynx ok.

What size is yours?

Wessex and Westland scout are different animals… do you mean the Westland scout army type for conversion??

Ashley

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