Airfix 1:48 Super Lynx " Naval versions"

This is the New 1/48 scale Airfix (Naval version) Westland Lynx MK88A/HM8/Mk.90B depending on which version you build. This is a completely new tooling and Airfix are rightly very proud of their new baby. Launched alongside an Army version AH-7, these two kits share many parts but build to be distinctly different models.

The Lynx entered service nearly 35 years ago with the British armed forces and in that time has been continually updated to keep it on the cutting edge. I remember seeing these 30 years ago and being stunned at their ability to roll and loop the loop at air-shows. Couple that with its 249mph top speed setting a world record in 1986 ( a specially modified version) that stood for 25 years, you can see this is not your normal whirlybird. Now its days are numbered in its present Super Lynx 300 guise and already the British armed forces are starting to take delivery of the new “AH-9 Lynx Wildcat” which is a joint Navy/Army venture which will see its old lynx’s completely rebuilt with new concept rotor blades, new engines , complete new tail boom and ultramodern state of the art electronic systems and avionics. To this end expect a new model from Airfix in the future based on this kit I suspect.

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