One of the best modelers I`ve seen to actually learn from. I`m very new to the hobby, Lockdown era. I`m glad you mentioned about people giving up on a model because I was nearly one of those people , but I did start with the Meng tank and mine roller, which nearly sent me to a lunatic asylum. But thank you for what you are doing , your channel is the best.

The explanation of the techniques is the reason I love this channel

Beautiful work

Right on Nigel! You have whipped this into a build series in no time. Going to watch this through entirety. Cheers

Nigel, you’re an icon in our hobby. Watching for years and your dedication and kindness to your viewers is fantastic. Keep up the amazing work. You are appreciated.

Magnificent modelling Nigel as always. Kind regards from Reykjavik, Iceland.

Always learning after my 50 years off from our hobby. One thing I always come away with is the need for more micro tools. My days as a child in the 60's Testors glue and paints were it really, and my $2.00 kit. I guess I have a grand US in my goodies now. Well much fun to you too! John Cebu City, PH.

Hello Nigel. Another great model build begins. Your sharing of your knowledge, skills and experience is truly appreciated. While I learn each time I watch your videos I also have the opportunity to build a better model thanks to you. It has been my experience that the real teachers/instructors have no issue sharing their techniques, others jealously guard that knowledge. Looking forward to all the builds you have going, the Scammel, the Hellcat, the Chieftan and now this Sea King. You are covering the gamut of my modelling genre and you thoroughly explain each step of the builds. Please keep up the great tutorials. Thank you. 1:10:35

Thank you Nige!

Hi Nigel, the Sea King will be a great build, as we know you will do a perfect job, good luck with ths rest of the build, very best regards from a Kiwi living in Australia 👍👍👍👍

Looking forward to the build Nigel. Just pre-ordered my

Great video my friend and a fantastic start to what’s going to be a great series to follow great explanation on fitting the panels really in-depth looking forward to seeing more and thanks for sharing 😊😊

MAN THATS WHAT I CALL SPRUES ! they weren't skimp on the number of parts !

Coming along nicely Nigel. When you drilled the holes in the fuselage halves. Did you forget that the instructions said to cut off a bit from the bottom of the fuselage half? It was towards the back end, the top fuselage half on that page in the instructions.

Nice one Nigel for getting this up so quick , trust your build opinions very much will follow this build extremely close 👍👍😎

I cannot wait to get mine. Pre ordered :-) Love the grey and the SAR paints. Been ages since my last model. Great to find your channel.

This panel filling example has inspired me with confidence to get back to blanking off the windows on a Tamiya 1/48 Lancaster! I was planning not to buy or start any more kits for at least a while after the Chieftain…and then Airfix go and do this and I know your build will be awesome so I’m not sure I’ll be able to leave this on the shop shelf for long once it’s out😄

Great video for us newbies. Would love some close up for the intricate bits. But most of all thanks for not annoying me with unnecessary music. Just commentary, bliss.

I’m so looking forward to this build.

Great build as usual Nigel and great tip on filling the panels

Great start Nigeand its a beautiful kit. looking forward to the next instalment.

Brilliant! Looking forward to seeing you build this one Nigel. I took on the Spitfire after watch your build videos on that model.

Amazing skills Nigel! Thank you for this nice video!

Nigel, A great start to the Sea King! I had never seen or heard of the trick of using the Blue-Tak as a support to pieces being glued in place - I learn something new with every one of your videos. Also, just thought you might want to know, my viewing of the video was interrupted by ads about every 6 to 3 minutes (the closer to the end, the more frequent they became).

Nige , get the partition going , would definitely sign up for a 1/35 version .

Hi Nigel, I’m a new subscriber to your channel and I’ve got to say thankyou for your great reviews and build videos. Looking forward to starting my Seakings when they arrive so will be following your Seaking build very closely mate, thankyou 👍👍👍

Nige ive lived near culdrose for decades and can attest that they lived on dispersal and got proper weathered, dirty even

HAS1 (Helicopter Anti Submarine Mk1) into the HAS5 HU5 (Helicopter Utility Mk 5) The HU5 was adopted by the Royal Navy’s SAR force

Brilliant, thank for this Nige, mines on order hopefully not long, hope Jess is doing ok.

nice set of instructions.

So pleased your doing this, but do I now wait and see if a larger scale version comes out before ordering 😂

Great stuff as ever, Nige. I'm pretty sure the U means Utility in the HU5 designation. I couldn't agree more about aspiring to build better models. Always aim to build a model to the best of your abilities., whatever level that is. Having learned from that make the next one 5% better and so on and so forth for subsequent models Remind yourself that you will NEVER reach perfection and never be fully satisfied with your efforts but you will enjoy the attempt.

Looking forward to this build Still no release date down under 🇦🇺

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Gonna be watching this one like a hawk Nige😏😎 You right though, would be AWESOME in 1/35, my prefered scale in helli's😬

Looking forward to this

Great first video Nigel. I like how you explained the filling and sanding ofvthe seams. I have an order in for the flexy glue as well as their masking fluid. I have my pre-order in hopefully later this month it'll be on my doorstep. Just curious, was their a reason you didn't wet sand? As far as a 35th scale Sea King...where do l sign up?

Would it not be simpler to put a thin layer of the flexi black CA around the edge of the opening and then push the panel into place, which will squeeze the glue into the gap which you can then quickly trim and save all the subsequent hassle of masking everything and then applying the glue to fill the crack?

Hi Nige, looking forward to this. After you asked the the question on one of the previous videos about ‘Old 66’ I did some rudimentary research and found that airframe was an SH 3-D which is what the HAS1 in this kit was based upon by Westland. I would suggest the Airfix would be best for your plans rather than the Hasegawa kit. There will be surgery required either way. I made the Hasegawa kit several years ago as #820 from 771 NAS which lead me to look at visible differences between HAS 5’s and HU5 as I was questioning my research from all those years ago. Far be it from me to question Airfix research but XV666 seems to have had updates to it’s airframe etc during its time with 771 NAS and as depicted in the colour call out sheet it seems to fall somewhere in the middle of them. The main difference would appear to be the baffle in front of the engine intakes. If it remains as just a baffle then there appears to be all the antennas etc on the underside of the hull from it’s time as a HAS 5, which would make sense (we won’t talk about it appearing to be numbered 821😊) without all the underside antennae and numbered 823 I believe it should have the full filter system ahead of the intakes. My point is check your references carefully and take your pick as it look’s like it can be done either way. I think XV666 may have been one of the few HAS5 to have been converted to an HAR5 by having all the interior sonar stuff ripped out while retaining the search RADAR on the spine but I can’t find any definitive evidence to substantiate this. Interesting Airfix 1/72 version of XV666 is sold as an HAR5…

Im so glad I found this channel today! I have made a few planes over they years but helicopters are a different beast. I was searching for a guide to this build and came across yours which is perfect. I have waited for years for a decent Sea King kit to come out and this one is perfect. I used to fix helicopters in the Navy and worked on 771NAS for 2 years. I even worked on XV666! Now if only I could find my old hard drive for some reference photos

HAS = Helicopter Anti Submarine, HU = Helicopter Utility :)

Hi brillant video Can I ask how long you leave the glue if not using acceleration before sanding

Possibly a daft question but why don't they put the ejector pins to act on the runners instead of the parts?

Thanks Nigel. Stupid question - on a real helicopter those unused windows they are really so flush with the surface? The whole panel is replaced? Not just some piece of metal to close the window hole?

Thanks Nige - excellent as always. Love the detail you go into, its very helpful. What was the make of the riveting tool again please? Not a helicopter expert but HAS = Helicopter Anti-Submarine and HU = Helicopter Utility???

Is this the same process for fuselage seams? Including the tape?

I'm up for a 1/35 scale seaking wonder if they will do a civilian version ie offshore transport BRISTOWS OR BEA

Why white paint? Can you use black primer?

Exciting build! BTW, how do you store your blue/white tack? In a ziplock bag?

Why are some parts shaded red

Love the vid but so far in first 20 mins had three adverts very annoying

Just finished watching 17 adverts in total very annoying