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Info about kits in all scales

HAS.Mk 3GM
No. 815 Sqn, Portland, UK

Ser. no.Nose artCommentPhotos
    
XZ227 405 HMS LondonPhoto 1 Photo 2 Photo 3 Photo 4 Photo 5
Photo 6 Photo 7 Photo 8 Photo 9 Photo 10 Photo 11
XZ228 443 HMS JupiterPhoto 1 Photo 2 Photo 3 Photo 4 Photo 5
Photo 6
XZ230 335 HMS Cardiff, 6 killsXZ230 -> Photo 1 Photo 2
XZ696 -> Photo 1 Photo 2 Photo 3 Photo 4
Photo 5
XZ239 343 HMS BrilliantPhoto 1
XZ256 330 HMS BrazenPhoto 1 Photo 2
XZ694 360The TartHMS Manchester, 2 killsPhoto 1 Photo 2
XZ720 410 HMS Gloucester, 5 killsPhoto 1 Photo 2 Photo 3 Photo 4 Photo 5
Photo 6 Photo 7 Photo 8 Photo 9 Photo 10
Photo 11
XZ724 331 HMS BrazenPhoto 1
XZ733 328FBIHMS BraveGallery
ZD253 342 HMS BrilliantPhoto 1 Photo 2 Photo 3

  From 06/1991 HMS Gloucester had XZ240, with all the Gulf war marking transfered from XZ720 !!
From ??/1991 HMS Cardiff got back their XZ696, with all the Gulf war marking transfered from XZ230 !!
The Modeldecal sheet ML110 has correct decals for XZ230. Use the pictures above and just put the correct serial number from the decals on it.

15 confirmed Sea Skua hits.

AH.Mk 7 (AH.Mk 1GT)
Nos. 654, 659 Sqn of No. 4 Regiment, Detmold, UK & No. 661 Sqn of No. 1 Regiment, Hildesheim, Germany

Ser. no.Nose artCommentPhotos
    
XZ171  Photo 1
XZ176   
XZ199   
XZ208  1990 Photo 1 Photo 2
XZ209 M   
XZ214   
XZ215 F  Photo 1 Photo 2 Photo 3 Photo 4 Photo 5
Photo 6 Photo 7 Photo 8 Photo 9 Photo 10
Photo 11 Photo 12 Photo 13 Photo 14
Photo 15
XZ217 G  1990 Photo 1
XZ219 H  Photo 1 Photo 2
XZ221 JSophie 
Army Air Corps´s only machine with nose art		© J. Cotterill Photo 1 Photo 2 Photo 3
Photo 4 Photo 5 Photo 6 Photo 7 Photo 8
Photo 9 Photo 10 Photo 11 Photo 12
XZ222 K  Photo 1 Photo 2 Photo 3 Photo 4 Photo 5
Photo 6 Photo 7 Photo 8
XZ606  Photo 1 Photo 2
XZ608   
XZ610   
XZ616   
XZ617 Q  Photo 1 Photo 2 Photo 3 Photo 4 Photo 5
XZ642   
XZ646   
XZ650  1990 Photo 1
XZ651 U  Photo 1 Photo 2 Photo 3
XZ653   
XZ654 W  Photo 1 Photo 2
XZ670 X  © J. Smith Photo 1 Photo 2 Photo 3 Photo 4
Photo 5 Photo 6 Photo 7 Photo 8 Photo 9
Photo 10 Photo 11
XZ679 Y   
XZ680 Z  Photo 1 Photo 2 Photo 3 Photo 4
????? C  Photo 1 Photo 2 Photo 3
????? E  Photo 1
Notes from Andrew O:

The term Lynx Mk.1GT was an informal name, used for Lynx with an interim fit when the AH1 was being converted to AH7, when early marks of engine from the AH1 were fitted to AH7 standard airframes. The correct designation was AH7. All the Lynx we took on Op Granby were AH7, with the uprated main rotor gearboxes and clockwise tailrotors. They also left Detmold with the new BERP main rotor blades and uprated engines. From what I can recall, the BERP blades were replaced with the old-style blades in anticipation of running out of stocks of the new blades, as Westlands couldn't build them quickly enough to provide a stock. There were plenty of the older blades in service, and the worry was about sand erosion eating-up the composite BERP blades. Some aircraft may have been retrofitted with the earlier model Rolls Royce Gem engine if there were no uprated engines available. Prior to the start of hostilities, Westlands had built and supplied enough sand-filters for the engines, by bringing out of retirement some of the older craftsmen who still had the skills. All Lynx were fitted with TOW missile launchers and thermal imaging sights. The difference in colour-schemes between some of the airframes - two-tone sand, and sand and olive, is the result of some cabs going to Wildenrath or Laarbruch for professional painting, while the bulk went through a quick process in 659 Sqn's hangar, which involved three shifts of painters from 71 Aircraft Workshops REME, and one crew of groundcrew from 4 Regt working around the clock.

Notes from Nigel Lewis:

XZ617/Q - A truly great aircraft. Took everything we threw at her. 8 tow missiles, full fuel, 10000 maps, a GPMG 2000 rounds, plus our kit. Astonishing.