AIRFIX A10107 – Westland Lynx Mk.88A / HMA8 / Mk.90B –
Schemes
A – Westland Lynx HMA 8 No.815 Naval Air Squadron, HMS Portland, Royal Navy, Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton, Somerset, England, 2017.
B – Westland Lynx MK.88A Marinefliegergeschwader 3 “Graf Zeppelin”, Germany, 2018.
C – Westland Lynx MK.90B Sovaernets Helikopterjeneste (Danish Navy Air Squadron), 2013.
Specifications
- 1/48 scale – Length 316mm – Rotor diameter 265mm –
- Skill level 4 of 4 – 296 parts –
- 4x Airfix Flying Hours
Paints
Humbrol or alternative paints recommended for basic painting (Can be added in the shopping cart)
- A,B,C – 11, 25, 33, 56, 60, 64, 65, 69, 78, 87, 120, 125, 131, 150, 163, 174. +
- A – 93, 164, 165.
- B – 79, 196.
- 15, 164.
History
The Westland Lynx is a British multi role helicopter that has seen service in both land based army forms as well as ship based naval variants. Entering service in 1977, the Lynx has since seen many upgrades and improvements throughout its service hostory. The Mk8 naval variant entered service with the Royal Navy in the early 1990s and has since gone on to provide them with an excellent maritime attack helicopter, performing well in the anti-submarine role as well as search and rescue and more recently anti-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia. Fiercely armed with either missiles, depth charges or a heavy machine gun the Lynx is a formidable machine and is more than capable of taking on the best of the world’s surface vessels as well as any potential underwater threat.
