Westland Seaking Mk41 German Navy 89+63 (50 Jahre)

Hanno Kleinecke
Checkin' in, let the show begin !

Patrick Hagelstein
Bring it on! 👍🏼

Florian H.
Erste Reihe🙂

Michael Kohl
Ich natürlich auch.

Spanjaard
i am in 🙂

Melgg Lütschg
That's interesting 🙂

Alec K
Another Bernhard extravaganza, I am in 👍

Tom Spiegelberg
So, schnell ein Glas guten Wein holen und dann nehme ich gerne Platz.

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat!

Sergej I
Following 👍

Bernhard Schrock
You are welcome. As usual a lot of first rows free! Popcorn for all! 🙂

Dietmar Bogatzki
Schnell noch eine Cola geholt und Platz genommen, Bernhard 🙂

Felix Troschier
Da gucke ich doch mal mit

Harry Eder
Ich schließe mich da mal an

CaptGPF
Sitting down to watch the extreme detailing build!

David Taylor
Back in.

JAM-SCREW
Fantastic - looking forward to seeing it unfold!

Gary Victory
Nice start Bernhard.

Hans-Jürgen Haag
Nice start 👍👀

Robert
Following 👍

J35J
Wow! Great start👍🏻

bughunter
What a combination: a great new kit, nice accessories and finally a master modeller at the tools - EPIC !

Bernhard Schrock
🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂 Thanks!

JAM-SCREW
Lovely extra details and mods! very tidy Bernhard.

Bernhard Schrock
Thank you JAM-SCREW.
Btw: just I saw you actual portfolio of sets for the Seaking! SCM Brand: JAM-SCREW
Absolutely remarkable!! I'm looking forward especially for the landing gear and main rotor hub. 🙂

Qwertzel
Gute Arbeit! Nehme Platz.

Mid Franconian
I take a seat as well!

Hanno Kleinecke
Just look at that winchframe !!! There is absolutely no doubt that after plugging these plugs the winch will be working. As with all your builds, for the watchers the path is the destination.
Wonderful wip pics - keep'em coming…… 🙂 👍

JAM-SCREW
Rapid progress sir! Very impressive attention to even very fine details for accuracy. Thank you for the updates and images.

Guy Rump
Following with interest. 👍

Spanjaard
that winch is jaw dropping... amazing.

gorby
WOW! Remarkable work so far.

Michael Kohl
What the hell is Ureol?

Bernhard Schrock
Michael ureol is A kind of foamed plastic. It comes in different degrees of foaming. The more foamed, the softer and lighter.

Robert
Hallo sieht genial aus.
wo bekommt man sowas ? habe auch schon versucht sowas zu finden.

Michael Kohl
Ah, that explaines as well the nice texture the cushions have. Thanks for the info.
And - by the way - as always a pleasure to follow your delicate modelling.

Bernhard Schrock
Your are welcome.
Robert: vor paar Jahren habe ich von einem Modellbaubekannten Reste zum probieren gekriegt. Daher musste ich erst mal schauen, wo man das kriegt: eBay hier und da so wie bei Modulor in Berlin.

Gordon Sørensen
Great looking detail you are adding, Berhard! Those seat cushions are fantastic.

Florian H.
Vergiss nicht, einen Kasten Bier bereitzustellen, wenn du die bordtoilette nutzt 😉

Lode Schildermans
Absolute masterclass in progress, Bernhard

bughunter
Eine Detailorgie allererster Kajüte 👍

Spanjaard
a bit more additions, and you can forget about buying kits 😉

Bernhard Schrock
Thanks for comments and praise.I would like to share the praise with the excellent photographers (TN and BD). Ä Only such photos as from TN and BD make it possible.🙂

David Taylor
Wow.

bughunter
It was probably difficult to wire all the little rotary switches on the back. I assume that they all work!

Dan Parsons
Just absolutely fantastic Bernhard, I dont think everyone will appreciate just how difficult all those details you have added are to do. you have achieved what I only dreamed of achieving. I am lost for words with these details. Stunningly beautiful work.

Bernhard Schrock
Thank you David, bughunter and Dan for you very motivating comments🙂. The Seaking is meanwhile my favorite helicopter. It was great to see one of them flying over the beach in Boltenhagen: we went on vacation there last year.🙂🙂

Bruce Huxtable
I am impressed not only by your skills, Bernard, but also that you are not over-whelmed by the many, many fine details that you are taking on. RESPECT 🙂

Alec K
I agree with Bruce. Inspiring progress 👍

Augie
Awesome work!

Bruce Huxtable
Goodness, Bernhard, another micro-kit! Immaculate, inspiring!

Augie
I'm just in awe, master work here.

Hanno Kleinecke
Last monday I had the chance to take a very close look on all these masterpiece subassemblies in person - an all new level of depth in detail, even by Bernhard's standards !
These oxygen bottles look as if they were very closely related to 500 pound bombs….. ? 🙂

Bernhard Schrock
I'm happy that you like my bottles... 🙂. In fact, I have often used bombs as a basis for various parts. 🙂 This time, however, it is a sprue with a diameter of 4 mm.

Dietmar Bogatzki
Awesome work, Bernhard 👍

ScaleFella NAFO
Tuned in! amazing details

Michael Kohl
Some very fine modelling going on here.

Spanjaard
very best kind of modelling 😉

gorby
The level of detail is mad. amongst the best scratch-building I have ever seen on Scalemates.

Mark Snel
Amazing!

Alec K
Excellent progress. I like how in Germany, when helicopter model parts get mailed, one just has to write "Bernhard" on the box and it gets delivered to the right person… 😉 😄

gorby
😄 😄 😄

Hanno Kleinecke
I'm out of superlatives ! What can one say - you are constantly exceeding your own standards with this build, and that really says something !
Deeply stunned and impressed by your R.O. workstation !

JAM-SCREW
Well, first test is passed - package arrived. Second test passed looks in good condition. 😋. Now is the real test. How does the builder feel about the parts and are they suitable for this unbelievably excellent project.... time will tell.🍻

Spanjaard
one thing is for sure, they could not get to better hands 😉

David Taylor
JAM-SCREW.How big is your production facilities,you might need bigger premises as your products look great albeit in the hands of a master modeller.

bughunter
Wow, again every little sub-assembly is a fine model on it's own - fantastic 👍

Bernhard Schrock
Thx for you feedback 🙂🙂
The entire interior is lined with upholstery, which is primarily used for noise-insulation. Until yesterday, I broke my head because I didn't know how to repicate it… After a conversation with a mate (thx Hanno), the brilliant idea came to me: Fimo clay.
The material can be processed excellently and is solid in the oven after 30 minutes at 130°. The most important thing is that it does not become bone-hard but left elastic and can even be sanded.

Hanno Kleinecke
Again you nailed it ! That Fimo stuff looks very realistic ! 👍

Michael Kohl
150 pics and you didn't even close the fuselage. And not a second of dullness. Finest modelling entertainment. 🙂

David Taylor
Will you be adding crew Bernhard.

J R
The insulation is amazing but so are the pieces of equipment

Bernhard Schrock
This morning I was curious and unpacked the chassis of Jam-Screw. As already written, the quality is outstanding. But everything is so filigree that you have to be very careful and not to break anything when handling. I had to improvise a bit here and there. In the end, I was finished after 2 hours. Including preparation for laying the cables.

Tom Spiegelberg
Der Baufortschritt ist echt sehenswert und beeindruckend Bernhard. Die Bilder vom Innenraum von Dir und Thomas sind toll! Es gibt leider sehr wenig Bilder vom Original und sind eine tolle Vorlage. Vielleicht macht ihr nen extra Walkaround hier. Ich freue mich schon auf die nächsten Bilder.

Bernhard Schrock
Danke fürs Lob Tom. 🙂. Dank der hervorragenden Innenraum-Fotos macht es wirklich sehr viel Freude herumzupuzzeln. Mein Seaking Projekt hat, könnte man sagen, eine „kritische Masse" erreicht. Dank diversen Kontakten zu Hubschrauber-Spezialisten, und ehemaligem Wart und nunmehr der Connection zur Jam-Screw habe ich die Möglichkeit offene Fragen auch dort zu klären. Für seine CAD files hat JS / Andy und seine Leute hunderte von Fotos geschossen, zu den ein normaler Sterblicher keinen Zugang hat.
Deinen Vorschlag werde ich an Thomas weiterleiten. Deine Idee ist sehr gut.🙂

Alec K
Jam-Screw additions are looking spectacular 👍

gorby
Amazing attention to detail!

Dieter Bihlmaier
Spechless 😉

Dietmar Bogatzki
Wahnsinn was du da reingesteckt hast allein die Instrumente und Sitze sind schon ne Show

Dietmar Bogatzki
👍 👍

Bernhard Schrock
Thank you for the big praise. I am very happy to have such a large number of fans of this WIP.🙂🙂
Dietmar: nur dank der Unterstützung von einer Handvoll von Mk-41 Fans ist es mir möglich so tief in die Materie einzutauchen.
Übrigens: Ganz am Anfang wollte ich die Türen offen lassen und nur ein „bisschen" im Inneren tun. Aber als ich die Fotos von Thomas betrachtet habe, bin ich „getürmt und hab mich auf dem Boden versteckt". Irgendwann habe ich jedoch den „Zustand der inneren Ruhe" (die Phase wenn ich kein Problem mehr damit habe mich z.B. mit einem Rucksack aus Fimo eine halbe Stunde zu beschäftigen)🙂🙂 und betrachte es inzwischen als eine Herausforderung, wieviel ich von dem Zeug nachbauen kann.

Shar Dipree
Awesome work so far! 👍👍👍👍

JAM-SCREW
Very exciting to see what can be achieved with even a very good kit. Commitment and patience wonderful recipe for outstanding success. A pleasure to go along for this journey.

Sy Bar
Truely amazing scratch building and detailing 🍿

bughunter
Impressive labels! Is your "normal printer" a InkJet or a Laser printer?

Bernhard Schrock
Thank you for your unique and supportive comments !🙂🙂
It's a usual business copymashine/printer in tower design, Minolta serie 7.

Bruce Huxtable
The interior is a delight to the eye, for sure. Inspirational modelling🙂

gorby
Just caught up with your build and it is jaw-dropping!

Bernhard Schrock
🙂🙂.
The last big point for interior components is completed: rack for electronic equipment & foldable seat.

Dietmar Bogatzki
einfach nur geil Bernhard 👍 /y)

Lode Schildermans
Simply amazing. There are no words to describe this level

Alec K
I agree with Lode. Just outstanding research and execution.

CaptGPF
God God! I'm just amazed how much scratch built detail you put into this build with each passing day!

Bernhard Schrock
A waterproof green rubber mat is laid on the cabin floor of the SeaKings of the German Navy. However, not under the equipment rack and not in the area of the „shower cabin" (radaroperator workstation). There, the rubber mat was left out, shortened and folded upwards.

At the points of the mountingpoints and other hatches, access covers (probably also made of rubber) are incorporated into the rubber mat.

Spanjaard
i really love the details of the rack for electronic equipment & foldable seat.

gorby
Astounding! 😮

J35J
Speachless, one of the best builds I've even seen.👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Hanno Kleinecke
The lecture continues ! Altough it's a pity to partially hide all these wonderful details in the closing halves, I'm curious !

Bernhard Schrock
After completing the engine housing I begun today detailing the bottom.
Just as on the fuselage sides, the equipment on the bottom of the Mk41 is different from the british variants.

Kim Branders
A masterpiece...😮......a big 👍

Alec K
The level of detailing on this thing is simply too notch. Number of bits you have added must be in the thousands! Masterclass 👍 👍👍

Dietmar Bogatzki
Einfach nur Geil.....hast du jede Niete nachgezählt, Bernhard 👍
Liebe solche Modellbauer da komme ich nicht mit

Hanno Kleinecke
Holy smokes, this is escalating everytime I'm checking the progress here !
The Airfix-guys must be crying for their mama by now…….😄

Qwertzel
Sehr schöner Innenraum. Ich liebe deine medizinischen Hilfsmittel. Bin selber im Thema drin und kann keinen Unterschied zu den realen Maschinen feststellen. Echt gute Arbeit!

Bernhard Schrock
Thank you for the last wave of such nice comments. I have the last big hurdle to taken: installing clear parts for the cockpit without mess.
Qwertzel: freut mich, dass dir mein Medizin-Equipment gefällt. Du hast erwähnt, dass du selbst sehr dicht dran bist. Hab gesehen dass du auch einen Rettungs Quirl im Bau hast bzw. Eine ganze Menge von Feuerwehrfahrzeugen. Bist du selbst auch im Einsatz? LG B

Qwertzel
Ja, kann man so sagen. Bin seit mehreren Jahren bei der freiwilligen Feuerwehr, bei den Maltesern und beim DRK im Sanitätsdienst und Katastrophenschutz. Ab einem gewissen Punkt ist das ganze Rettungswesen eher eine Lebenseinstellung, anstelle eines Hobbys

Alec K
The paint is on! Best of luck with the clear parts 👍

Alec K
… and they are in place, flawlessly installed. I admire your precision, truly excellent 👍

Bernhard Schrock
Thank you Alec: Your comment honors me very much.
Today morning I worked on the nose, installed several parts of SeMa Models And finally the „thing" looks like a Mk41. 🙂

bughunter
This model will be THE one and only REAL Seaking 👍

Dieter Bihlmaier
Your eye for detail is terrific Bernhard!

Zbynek Honzik
I look at the photos and marvel at the precision and modeling skill. Fantastic, Bernhard! 👏👏👏

Michael Kohl
You have all the reason to be satisfied. Outstanding achievement.

KyMustang
Very impressive. You should be satisfied!

Bruce Huxtable
Here, here!

Joerg Stange
Richtig klasse Dein Seaking! 👍

Hanno Kleinecke
Incredibly realistic look and extraterrestrial cleanliness in paintjob and especially masking the clearparts, exemplary !

John
Looks amazing! Beautiful results on that glass, I bet that felt good to remove and see the results. 👍

Ray Loch
Stunning, that interior is something else.

Alec K
Simply magnificent 👍

Bernhard Schrock
I have hardly any experience with 3D printed parts, especially concerning the flexibility. The material used by Jam-Screw is quite brittle. Therefore, I decided to disconnect the axles and insert a wire. This also has the advantage that you can align the wheels precisely afterwards, especially because they are flattened.

PK99
Wow!! Unbelievable details.

Bernhard Schrock
Thank you mates. 🙂
Result of a modeling mini task: DIY FOD covers.
I wanted to be very „smart" and install the exhaust pipes from the outside after painting. I overlooked that the opening in the fuselage is much smaller than the „hidden" end. Therefore, I had to improvise: I sawed off the outer end and inserted them obliquely from the outside.

Michael Kohl
I just love to follow this build

Alec K
I just can't get over the sharpness of the color separations. Absolutely straight, no ragged sections. Superb.

Bernhard Schrock
🙂 🙂
As usual I installed the door without glueing via 2 x piece of 0,26 mm wire. I drilled 2 holes (0,24 mm) from outside through the door into the fuselage.
Who can find the two places? 🙂

Alec K
Top right, along right edge and within the flange to the left?

Bernhard Schrock
Alec alias „Eagle-eye": 2 x bingo! 🙂

Bernhard Schrock
Today I finished one of the last complex parts for the fuselage. The whippers. What do you think: how many individual parts does a windscreen wiper consist of? 🙂

Spanjaard
about 10, at least

Spanjaard
probably about 15

Bernhard Schrock
Spanjaard: tadaaaa!!!!! Almost bull eye! 17 per wiper. 🙂

Sergej I
You missed the wiper mechanism spring 😄

Joking, I have no idea how you manage to cut and drill such microparts.

Spanjaard
😄

gorby
Just been looking at your wipers in awe (not a phrase I thought I'm be using this morning). Stunning work!

Siegfried Van den Bosch
Stunning !

JAM-SCREW
On going master work on a masterpiece. Fantastic in all respects mate.

Vincent
Amazing work on the wipers!

Bruce Huxtable
Fully-functioning wipers? Too much for my brain to comprehend...... Amazing, Bernhard, amazing...!

Dietmar Bogatzki
Guess 7 Parts per wiper 👍

Bernhard Schrock
Never before have I completed a tailrotor in this quality in such a short time! Thanks to Jam Screw!!!🙂🙂🙂 Compared to the original, all this is great: even the kink at the back edge of the blades is reproduced correctly.

Alec K
Looks amazing 👍

Олег О
Гениально )))

Michael Kohl
Your spectacular build and pic 255 makes me wanna build one german SAR Seaking too.

Bernhard Schrock
I'm glad I was able to inspire you for this machine. By the way, I was lucky/opportune to see the 89 + 63 and 83 + 58 live on Friday at the very last statics display in Nordholz. Hence the photos: in bright sunshine! All spotters were really lucky!🙂🙂

bughunter
Oh yes, great pictures of the original - I really like the "stressed skin effect"!
And I learned recently during my visit in Oberursel museum (reported that on SM) how the filter works, which you show in pic260.
Fantastic modeling show here 👍

Mark de Boer
WOW, all out on the details, Dont think i have ever seen a more acurately detailed model before. Think this is a price winner. Very beautifull.

KyMustang
This is very impressive. Can you give a tutorial on how you achieved the stressed skin effect?

Tom Spiegelberg
Schön, dass Du noch das Vorbild in echt sehen konntest! Ein toller Moment, den man nicht so schnell vergisst. Ich hoffe, Du hast noch genug Fotos gemacht hast! Wäre cool gewesen das fertige Modell neben das Original zu stellen. Weißt Du was aus 89+63 wird?

Bernhard Schrock
KyMustang: the Seaking - Kit of Airfix is on of few witch offers stressed skin.

Tom: in der Tat, das war das Ereignis des Monats! Wie bereits schon geschrieben, habe ich das große Glück, Mitglied einer WhatsApp-Seaking-Taskforce 🙂 zu sein. Felix und Thomas waren gestern bei dem VIP Termin dabei und haben ihre Informationen in der Gruppe geteilt. Demnach bleibt die 63 in Nordholz. Vielleicht ergibt sich mal eine Gelegenheit, das Modell mitzunehmen und nach Nordholz zu fahren. Vielleicht hätten die Museumsmitarbeiter Interesse das Ding in klein zu sehen.

Bernhard Schrock
I'm just waiting for the decals (thanks DF 🙂🙂) and taking a creative break. For a change, I opened another box 🙂

Aaron Konz
Wow! This is extremly impressive!! Build already 2 Airfix Sea Kings but this is a whole other level!! 🤩 I also want to build this retro Sea King (I was also present during the spottersday and the last flight. Can you tell me witch decals you will use? Thanks in advance!

Bernhard Schrock
Good morning Aaron,
thank you for the praise! That was indeed a great experience for me in Nordholz to see the 89+63 live on friday. 🙂I would have liked to see the Seaking in flight on saturday🙁

The decals have been created by a modeling-friend exclusively for me and our Seaking task force 🙂.

HSQ / Mr. Fienne Schola has released a sheet exactly for the 89+63. Here are two links.
https://ebay.de/itm/186437323778

heli-scale-quality.d..iebebilder:::53.html

Bernhard Schrock
I got the decals on Friday. Everything except the blue elements is meanwhile in the right place: I'm thrilled! Thank you very much David!!🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂

Alexander Grivonev
Bernhard, es ist atemberaubend was Du hier zauberst! Erste Liga, ohne Worte 👍

Hanno Kleinecke
Last Monday I had the opportunity to lay my eyes on this milestone in the making, even more impressive in reality. So now it's decalling time !
Finish line in sight !

Mr D
The large decal has layed down nicely 👌, looks a difficult area!!
Nice job your doing 👍👍

Anatolii Smyshliaiev
Super!!!

Mr D
Rotors are nice job, interesting model this one ....and very popular, lots of interest.
Best of luck with next steps 😃👍👍

Desert Marlin
Coming along nicely!

Desert Marlin
Absolutely stunning!!!

Spanjaard
can not get more realistic.... wow

Alec K
I agree - one only needs to look at the antenna termination in pic 281 🤯

Dietmar Bogatzki
agree with all above

Bernhard Schrock
In the last week I actually managed to instal all the parts without mess, breakdowns and disasters on the fuselage.

Although I am not finished yet (the parts for the rotor have not yet arrived from Australia) I wanted to share some photos of the details with you. 🙂

At this point I would first like to say thank you to my 4 modeling friends, without whom this project would not be possible.

To Thomas for his great photos that left no questions unanswered.

To David for his support by creating the outstanding decals.

To Felix for his boundless knowledge of helicopters and his tireless answers to my countless questions.

Last but not least to Carsten for his efforts in the creation of the seat cushions and his communication with the former technician of the Seakings: so I had „access" to hundreds of pages of the service manual, which a normal mortal does not get to see.🙂

Michael Kohl
Again and again I am taken aback by the quality of this build when lured onto the thread by another magnificent teaser picture.

Spanjaard
there is only one thing missing.... start the engine! holy molly.....

Desert Marlin
I am truly impressed with this work! Well Done!!!

Mr D
Very tidy 👌 like the hinge's and decals are quality, hope you have plain sailing next week too Bernhard... looking 👍 great,

Cristian A
Hi! Did you present this model in Basel MBT last weekend?

Bernhard Schrock
Hi Mates, I'm glad to see & read your nice comments: Thank you.
Cristian: my model is not finished yet.... I supose that you mean the 89+63 built by Suem_models (one of SeMa-Models - guys).

Oliver Zwiener
Klasse Ding

Sergej I
Congratulations Bernhard, I can't imagine how a model could look more realistic than this... hats off! 👍

Alec K
Incredible work 👍👍👍

Lode Schildermans
If someone told me that latest pictures were taken on an airfield base, I would have taken it for granted. Astonishing work and worth the perseverance you've showed during the building process

Cristian A
Yellowwing yes that is exactly the one I've seen in Basel and I thought it's your model!

CaptGPF
Amazing work of art! The attention to detail and execution to the realistic build is outstanding of this world! Thank you for sharing the process with us, a large part of the fun is the process itself, and your step-by-step is much appreciated!

Bernhard Schrock
One of my goals in model making is to create a model that comes as close as possible to the original in the photo. Therefore, I was particularly pleased with your comments concerning the realistic appearance. Thank you!🙂

Augie
Bernhard... I can say without doubt, you knocked that goal out of the park.. its fantastic work from start to finish.

Robert Podkoński
I wholly agree with Augie, Bernhard!

Juergen Klinglhuber
Jaw dropping. again, and again, and.... 👍. super

Felix
Wunderschön gebaut, bravo!!

Ronan
Very nice model one more time 👍
Congrats Master Bernhard 😉

Zbynek Honzik
Incredible modelling work, cleanliness and precision! 👏👏👏

Landlubber Mike
Incredible work on this, I agree! Very nicely done!!

Mr D
Your very good at making the little scratch build parts... Not to be performed over long pile carpets 🫣🤣.
Good interesting work happening.... You may need to register with the FAA at this rate 😉😁
👍

Mark D
What a bad kit, almost every detail is missing 😁
Stunning work and research!

Jennifer Franklin
OK wow, thanks for posting all the details, great opportunity to learn.

Tom Spiegelberg
Das geht ja schon so langsam in Richtung Endspurt bei Dir Bernhard. Einen Guten Rutsch wünsche ich Dir und Deiner Familie ins Neue Jahr.

Alexander
Speechless, as always with your models! 👍👍👍