I do believe that this is a reissue of an earlier set for the Hasegawa 1/48 SH-3 Sea King. This one features four interesting schemes, all of which have considerable Red or International Orange in their makeup.

I'll go according to the images above and not the order on the sheet. First up is a USN SH-3A from HS-5. This one is in the older FS 16081 Engine Grey scheme and includes a nose and tail boom area in Flourescent red-orange.

Next is a Norwegian Sea King MK 43 in white with markings in 'Dockerblaze Orange'. I think that you could substitute International Orange if you have it.

The third scheme is a Royal Navy Sea King HAS.5. It is on overall Medium Sea Grey with Signal Red sections on the nose, tail and sponsons.

Finally, from the Royal Canadian Navy comes this CHSS-2. It is in Dark Grey over Light Grey with Day-Glo patches on the nose and tail section.

Each of these aircraft has some specific differences that need to be considered when building it. There is a very extensive information sheet covering each one included with the sheet so that you can do the proper changes or conversions. I'm hoping that the conversion set mentioned is still available for the shorter sponsons or radome that is needed for some of these aircraft.

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