Troffa

Welcome to BM Lewis, I too spent several yeara at Leuchars during my now distant RAF career, Phantoms and F3 on my watch. I look forward to seeing your work here on Britmodeller. All the best, Troffa

Mmm, I may be thonking of the Tamiya canopy...I am quite middle aged now...😐

I've built the European theatre boxing a couple of times, but not this particular one. A great little kit, seam on the canopy, that carb intake fit and the radiator exhaust seam are issues that come to mind, and that "to fill or not to fill, that is the question" quandry for the wing panel lines... Still the Cadillac of the Skies though, good luck, and I'll be following. Troffa

Greetings Jag fans! Some more work on the Airfix Jaguar, really, really enjoying this build. Things that cross my mind when I'm at the bench. The Jaguar was one of the pinnacles of the Royal Air Force of the time- Young guys would have spent literally years aiming for this Single-Seat fast jet cockpit, or one like it. From their Secondary School A level selections, through University, having achieved the correct qualifications just to be even considered, and then vaulting every hurdle, physical and medical, through Officer selection and Pilot training. To have got to that glorious day, sat at the end of a runway at Lossiemouth, Adour's roaring, ready for their first solo must have been a life defining moment for all of them that made it. ( I could pretend that it was my eyesight that resulted in me taking the Groundcrew route, but I'd be fooling no-one 🙂 They were a breed apart) Anyhoo, enough of my ramblings, Fuel tanks glossed, decals applied and a matt coat over the lot. Wings on, assembly glossed and ready for some stickers! Same for this pussycat's belly... Pylons glossed and Explosive warning decals applied- the aircraft I'm modelling has all Grey pylons, so I'm sticking with that. A bit of a wash to pick up that exquisite detail and we'll be ready for some 'Plumbers' to fit them 🙂 The cast gather backstage: And a dress rehearsal to finish: Thanks for looking, more to come, hopefully soon. Cheers, Troffa

Surely 43(F) The battling bantams would look good in F35's? Probably not senior enough. 🙄

Missed this when you posted it initially, delighted to catch it now- what an excellent example of the art, and not a subject that I have seen in model form before. Inspirational stuff sir!

So when do we get the AAR capability with "Flying Boom"? A small purchase of F-35A, whilst a very capable platform, won't work very well in my opinion. Apparently these Jets are to be in place of planned F-35B buys, so on paper would be cheaper, but the additional costs of integrating with the USAF controlled B61 program and maintaining a credible serviceable fleet out of just 12 jets will be challenging. Interesting times. Informed thread here: RAF to get F-35A

Good to have you here Whirly Bird, love your work- I look forward to seeing more! Thanks also for reminding me of my school summer holidays back in the 1970's and the BBC daytime Re-runs of "Whirlybirds" on the telly. It was 20 years old even then. We got all the classics, cheap, black and white syndicated schedule fillers "Champion the wonder horse", "Casey Jones", and for those of a more European bent, "Robinson Crusoe" and "White Horses"! anyway, enough of my wittering. Welcome aboard! Troffa

Welcome aboard Alexk from Somerset in the UK. I look forward to seeing your work here on BM. Cheers, Troffa

Getting on with the Jag- I gave the major assemblies a coat of Tamiya primer, and then a coat of Mr Color 331 Dark Sea Grey, ready for for some green. Busy with work and family duties, it was only today I got back to the bench: The external tanks with their camouflage Green (Mr Color 330) and Dark Sea Grey (Mr Color 331) - I'll let them dry overnight and see if they need a further coat, although I probably am going to give one of them a gloss clear coat in preparation for decals and see what the colours look like under that. EMI Recce pod gets the same treatment, along with the Horizontal stabs: Due to concerns I had regarding airbrushing in the underside of the wing root, and a general lack of experience on this type of High wing tactical jet, I decided to have a crack at the camouflage of the wing and the fuselage before assembly- this may yet backfire, but every day is a school day, as the National association of Woodwork Teachers never said. Here is a close up of one of the stabs- this is just colour coats, no wash yet- just the peak tooling of this majestic kit. I'm definitely buying another one of these stupendous examples of the art. Well done Airfix! And finally for now, the Fuselage, coming along nicely- a bit of touch up here and there, but I'm happy with my progress so far. More to come, thanks for watching, and keep modelling! Troffa

That is a fabulous build and I have to remind myself that it's only 1/72 Scale- great work Sir!

Astonishing lapse. Off to Pprune to read the consensus.

Wowser! That's a brilliant diorama, so evocative. Excellent work Sir!

Nice Viper!

With you 100% on the Granby nose art Enzo. when I got to Dharhan the F3 det still had the " Desert Eagles" crest on the fin, that was quickly dispensed with once our Boss took over command of the Detatchment. I will be doing a Granby Jag, but it wont have any Viz characters emblazoned on it. Never sat well with me. Following with interest.