Hardtarget Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 (edited) So, This arrived from Mike (MJM models), I actually bought four . so I thought its an ideal kits to build for this GB. I will build this in a desert camo to go along with the Mirage F.1. Comes in a nice box, with 5 grey and a clear sprue all individually wrapped. Very nice packing HB! A instruction booklet consisting of 20 stages and a nice decal sheet too with two schemes on a separate sheet. There seems to be a number of parts that will result in a GR£ and a T", as the main fuselage halves are on a separate sprue and I can see a number of these in my stash. It will be interesting to compare this and the Hasegawa tooling whih has been pretty much the market leader for a Jag. Edited July 15, 2015 by Hardtarget 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Good afternoon I will follow your build (when it was released I thought to buy it but it is little bit too expensive for my wallet and I got a Hasegawa one for 13euros in a model show ) ... Patrice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardtarget Posted May 28, 2015 Author Share Posted May 28, 2015 Hi Patrice, Luckily Creative models did a special and then MJM sold them on so I bought them for £12 each which is much better than the RRP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Hi Patrice, Luckily Creative models did a special and then MJM sold them on so I bought them for £12 each which is much better than the RRP. Hi Hardtarget Hum £12 each sounds a very attractive price I understand why you 've bought 5 of them .. Patrice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardtarget Posted May 30, 2015 Author Share Posted May 30, 2015 Ok, So I started yesterday and I couldn't stop. One thing that I have seen is the connection of the parts to the sprues. They are thin and flat but are connected to the inside of the parts. This in some ways is better as it doesn't damage the outer surface but requires a clean up to ensure the parts mate up to each other. So some food for thought. Cockpit Consists of 5 parts as seen in the pic Assembled. I will come to an issue I have later. Wheel wells 3 parts to each wheel well., nice detail and fit as snug as a rug. Painted hu151 interior green. Its close but the colour uses is a bit more yellow and fluorescent which I haven't found a match for in enamel. Cockpit painted black and heighted some areas dry-brushing with silver. Fuselage halves cemented using liquid poly and tightened with Tamiya extra thin. nice join and I don't see too much need for filler (I didn't use any). There was only a section on the top behind the cockpit but ther ECM would cover most of this so I didn't worry too much. This was possibly caused by the sprue pin on the inside or the rem9oval of the gate and not sanding properly or too much. ECM and air intakes attached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardtarget Posted May 30, 2015 Author Share Posted May 30, 2015 UC up next, 3 parts to each main wheel for these stages 6 & 7. Wings, nice detail. upper and lower parts with wing stabilizers. Holes drilled for the HPs. A little sanding of the gates as per the usual with this kit. Ready for the wings to be attached. Wings attached along with HP's ready for painting. Airbrushes loaded! Similar mixes of the HU82 and white. The brown is slightly darker than the Mirage brown which seems to be the case when comparing photos. Now for some prep to the endless armament options and airbrushing the alu underside. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 The Jaguar certainly looks nice in that desert camo Cliff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 That seems to have gone together very quickly and easily. Like the desert camo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardtarget Posted June 20, 2015 Author Share Posted June 20, 2015 Right ho chaps, heres an update on the cat. Underside airbrush hu191. Then thinking on im on the home straight and getting ready for decals, disaster struck with the carpenas. I did hope to do two gulf war machines but never mind had to do the out of the box scheme and although this machine did fight in the gulf it was under a different squadron and different codes. Decals on after a coat of humbrol clear. Now she is ready for some dirtying up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardtarget Posted June 20, 2015 Author Share Posted June 20, 2015 oh a couple more, Hard points on! Ordinance on! I must say the amount of ordnance you get in this kits is worth the extra pennies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 That looks very nice. How secure are the wing joins? Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardtarget Posted June 20, 2015 Author Share Posted June 20, 2015 Very, tight to be fair. I didn't use any filler. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 Very nice indeed. I too have had problems like you have had with Carpena decals. One side was fine, but the decal for the other side would split horizontally many times. Luckily and with a lot of patience (Not often seen by me) I managed to get the decal into one piece when on the model. This happened a few times from the same decal sheet, at least after the first time I was a little aware of it, but it has put me off using Carpena decals again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Good evening Ht Nice work ... Patrice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardtarget Posted July 14, 2015 Author Share Posted July 14, 2015 Completed at last. Hobbyboss 1/72 Jaguar A, 11-YC EC 4/11 Jura, 1993 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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