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HT's Hasegawa F-111C RAAF Retirement Scheme **FINISHED**


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Hi all,

 

I shall be using this kit with AM RAAF retirement scheme decals.

 

Box Shot

34149970262_67e8913157_k.jpgDSC_0026 by stuart wellard, on Flickr

 

Cockpit was straight forward with aircraft greay overall and a touch of colour. I used the kit decals for the IP as there is no raised detail at all so if you want a detailed cockp;it you will need an AM resin one.

 

34149970832_8b0d4c5f77_h.jpgDSC_0024 by stuart wellard, on Flickr

 

34176579481_6de9d6e7e9_h.jpgDSC_0025 by stuart wellard, on Flickr

 

The cockpit was then sandwiched between the two fuselage halves causing no issues. The top framing fits but need just a little filling of the seams.

 

34176578821_f09b6976a2_h.jpgDSC_0027 by stuart wellard, on Flickr

 

Once these were filled antracite framing and HUD was next.

 

34149969562_19daf2e163_h.jpgDSC_0028 by stuart wellard, on Flickr

 

Whilst this was drying i stuck the main U/C and intake parts on a card and got out the airbrush.

 

34176577901_201d676f55_h.jpgDSC_0030 by stuart wellard, on Flickr

 

Along with the wheel well which is quite dettailed for the kit.

34149968702_b060043127_h.jpgDSC_0031 by stuart wellard, on Flickr

 

And whilst they were drying i assembled the intakes and cemented them in place. No fit issues here.

 

34149971242_5ef8974412_h.jpgDSC_0032 by stuart wellard, on Flickr

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Welcome aboard, and now messing about either! For the first time in any GB/STGB I can say that a RAAF aircraft is one of the most popular build choices! :D

 

Great start as well, the Hasegawa kit does look quite nice, even as a OOB build, the cockpit looks great.

 

Well good luck with your build, it's nice you could came along and join the fine, look forward to seeing her in the gallery. 

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Following on from the start, I continured with the build and next up was the joining of the nose section of the fuselage to the main body.  No real issue here except there is a gap eitehr side of the fuseage/main body join but dont worry this is covered by the engine nacels.

 

34511320425_7dd493be90_h.jpgDSC_0008 by stuart wellard, on Flickr

 

Fusealge halve top view, some filler is required at the join on mine. Also when i cemented the top half to the botto, there was a slight bow on the top which did not match up with the bottom so they had to be cemented side at a time held in playce with tape.

 

34125749270_c2318d6894_h.jpgDSC_0001 by stuart wellard, on Flickr

 

34511318745_14053eb236_h.jpgDSC_0002 by stuart wellard, on Flickr

 

Whilst that was drying, I moved onto the engines.

 

33701061533_770c35488a_h.jpgDSC_0003 by stuart wellard, on Flickr

 

Then the U/C which is a fiddly and quite a complicated arrangement.

 

34125747060_dffb8344ea_h.jpgDSC_0004 by stuart wellard, on Flickr

 

Enginer nacels were next which needed a little bit of sprue filler.

 

33668925114_0951c5031b_h.jpgDSC_0005 by stuart wellard, on Flickr

 

Sitting nicely for the next step

 

34511315235_2f0e693778_h.jpgDSC_0006 by stuart wellard, on Flickr

 

Showing the join of the top/bottom halves after spue filler and some sanding , trying to retain the fabric detail.

 

34511314315_942c74113f_h.jpgDSC_0007 by stuart wellard, on Flickr

 

More to follow later as she is now primed :)

 

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Thanks Glynn,

 

As preomised, another update.

 

WIngs assembled marking the red sections

33701263393_d9e026355c_h.jpgDSC_0010 by stuart wellard, on Flickr

 

The mask that i will be using

34125965280_9a064c4cdc_h.jpgDSC_0011 by stuart wellard, on Flickr

 

Masked up and ready for primer (excuse the new airfix victor int he background another project).

33669112394_021a201b73_h.jpgDSC_0012 by stuart wellard, on Flickr

 

Using grey Stynylrez (love this stuff, drys quickly self levvling and once dry sands to a dust rather than ripping) gave the A/c a good old coating.

 

33701261903_4ae3a5c074_h.jpgDSC_0013 by stuart wellard, on Flickr

 

And how she sits with wings in place, tanks primed and engines at the ready.

 

34470328906_8c75b42ec8_h.jpgDSC_0014 by stuart wellard, on Flickr

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Your primer has gone on beautifully stuart thats some good progress, and a ready for paint victor in the background i see, that'll look nice in the tan and green:P

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Some progress this week.

She got a coat of 36118 using Vallejo model air 71.097,sprays very nce and goes on  beautifully.

 

34247108620_ac2858d523_h.jpgDSC_0028 by stuart wellard, on Flickr

 

Then it was the turn of the radar emitting areas. PS i know i sprayed the gloves in error, this has been recitifed as can be seen in a later photo :)

 

33789758484_812926b3c4_h.jpgDSC_0029 by stuart wellard, on Flickr

 

Wheels masked using the eduard sheet, makes life easy.

 

34470701422_f057a4aae2_h.jpgDSC_0030 by stuart wellard, on Flickr

 

Underside getting some weathering.

 

34502381101_adbcae2623_h.jpgDSC_0034 by stuart wellard, on Flickr

 

As did the top and sides just to add a bit of variety to break up that dark grey.

 

34247101590_3d0b49ae63_h.jpgDSC_0033 by stuart wellard, on Flickr

 

Wings and other bits got a bit of shading too.

 

34470702822_8f2f83bb6f_h.jpgDSC_0032 by stuart wellard, on Flickr

 

A few more stages but she should be complete by tomorrow.

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Paintwork looks good Stuart, just wondering why you painted the tips of the horizontal stabs black? I am pretty sure the stab were all grey.

 

Just looked at a few photos I have, I can see a slight colour change at the tips where the faded stab has had the tips repainted in the original colour making the tip look darker.

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Great job on the fading Stuart.

 

One thing that you may wish to correct though, you have added the gun fairing to the underside. This was looong gone by the, which was  quite a while before they retired. A better choice would be the Pave Tack pod :)\

 

Pappy

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13 hours ago, TrojanThunder said:

Paintwork looks good Stuart, just wondering why you painted the tips of the horizontal stabs black? I am pretty sure the stab were all grey.

 

Just looked at a few photos I have, is can see a slight colour change at the tips where the faded stab has had the tips repainted in the original colour making the tip look darker.

Thanks for pointing that out, ill get that changed. I believe it was painted 36118 but faded, is that right? If so ill add a bit of white to it.

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1 hour ago, Pappy said:

Great job on the fading Stuart.

 

One thing that you may wish to correct though, you have added the gun fairing to the underside. This was looong gone by the, which was  quite a while before they retired. A better choice would be the Pave Tack pod :)\

 

Pappy

Thanks Pappy, ill see if i can get it off. I did wonder but the instructions stated make as AC 'B' which was a camo version. it didnt say omit and looking as references i couldnt get this clarified, even a you tube video of the 5 jets that took part in the fare well parade didn confirm this.  One thing though there is a distict bump under the fuselage and i wondered if it was this gun pod but perhaps fared over? Im doing A8-129 so if you have pics of her showing whats underneath it would be appreciated.

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18 hours ago, Hardtarget said:

Thanks Pappy, ill see if i can get it off. I did wonder but the instructions stated make as AC 'B' which was a camo version. it didnt say omit and looking as references i couldnt get this clarified, even a you tube video of the 5 jets that took part in the fare well parade didn confirm this.  One thing though there is a distict bump under the fuselage and i wondered if it was this gun pod but perhaps fared over? Im doing A8-129 so if you have pics of her showing whats underneath it would be appreciated.

 

G'day HT,

 

The 'lump' on the underside is the bulged other side of the Pave Tack Cradle when the PT pod is stowed.  The bulged shape is symmetrical about the centreline and looks like a flattened elongated bowling pin in shape, so this may be where the confusion lies. The gun fairing is off-set to the right and a lot smaller, which is the item that you have added.

 

When the PT system was introduced, all RAAF F-111c with the exception of the four RF-111C had the gun and all related fairings removed and the weapons bay doors were replaced with a PT cradle and modified maintenance doors either side of the PT cradle which were always left open on the ground.

 

I have seen a few stabs on grey painted RAAF F-111 kits with black tips and I think that this may be because the end of the stabs were cannibalised from a SEA camo painted jet. The SEA scheme had black undersides. The stabs were interchangeable as they had a symmetrical airfoil section. If the aft panel of the stab was cannibalised, only one of the stabs would have a black tip visible, the other stab would have the black section on a different side. I think someone saw a picture of the cannibalised stab and concluded that both the tips were painted black symmetrically. It is just my pet theory though and happy to be proven wrong. It was not uncommon in the later years however to see camo panels on grey jets, particularly on the slat and flap segments.

 

cheers,

 

Pappy

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1 hour ago, Pappy said:

 

G'day HT,

 

The 'lump' on the underside is the bulged other side of the Pave Tack Cradle when the PT pod is stowed.  The bulged shape is symmetrical about the centreline and looks like a flattened elongated bowling pin in shape, so this may be where the confusion lies. The gun fairing is off-set to the right and a lot smaller, which is the item that you have added.

 

When the PT system was introduced, all RAAF F-111c with the exception of the four RF-111C had the gun and all related fairings removed and the weapons bay doors were replaced with a PT cradle and modified maintenance doors either side of the PT cradle which were always left open on the ground.

 

I have seen a few stabs on grey painted RAAF F-111 kits with black tips and I think that this may be because the end of the stabs were cannibalised from a SEA camo painted jet. The SEA scheme had black undersides. The stabs were interchangeable as they had a symmetrical airfoil section. If the aft panel of the stab was cannibalised, only one of the stabs would have a black tip visible, the other stab would have the black section on a different side. I think someone saw a picture of the cannibalised stab and concluded that both the tips were painted black symmetrically. It is just my pet theory though and happy to be proven wrong. It was not uncommon in the later years however to see camo panels on grey jets, particularly on the slat and flap segments.

 

cheers,

 

Pappy

Thanks Pappy, valuable Information for RAAF kites. I've now removed the gun pod which want easy, and decided to keep her clean on the underside. I've also painted the stabs grey albeit a slightly light tint. Decals are now being applied.

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21 hours ago, Bendinggrass said:

Nice job.

Does red go on the undersides of the wings also?

From the reference i have ion page 58 of the SAMI MDF on the F-111 it looks like yes red paint underside.

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Hi All, got a big urgent request. Does anyone have 1no RAAF BLACK roundel, it needs to be the reverse kangaroo i.e the odd one out of the 4.  X20 thinner has attacked the one i put on the ac and with X20 you need to be quick and its all shrivelled up. Ill put this in the wanted as well. Unforutately the standard kit doesnt have the black roundels.

 

Thanks in advance.

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I solved the decal issues by raiding another RAAF boxing after deciding i could do a colourful scheme next time around.

 

Right, where were we, oh yes the aformentioned gun pod requiring removal.

 

Here it is

 

34502381101_adbcae2623_h.jpgDSC_0034 by stuart wellard, on Flickr

 

And now its not.

 

34739046681_ef1ed20fe2_h.jpgDSC_0001 (2) by stuart wellard, on Flickr

 

Burner can time and my choice of metals, I love them!

 

34739047381_d7fdff2fc3_h.jpgDSC_0002 (2) by stuart wellard, on Flickr

 

34870397785_3591d4f18b_h.jpgDSC_0003 (2) by stuart wellard, on Flickr

 

Burnercans fitted

 

34739043911_e5b8fbc5b1_h.jpgDSC_0004 (2) by stuart wellard, on Flickr

 

Gloss coat and then decals on!

 

34739044721_bf8312b44b_h.jpgDSC_0005 (2) by stuart wellard, on Flickr

 

Anyone for a wash?  Florys dark earth and dark dirt applied.

 

34706871902_0dece20ef1_h.jpgDSC_0006 (2) by stuart wellard, on Flickr

 

She's nearly there, just needs flattening a bit which ill do using x20 and klear.

 

 

 

 

 

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Very nice ,glad you sorted the decal out,  I'm just in the process of testing out those ak  extreme metals , so far so good they are nice paints, I'm liking them 

Glynn

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Done

 

34977407072_05c7d9a47a_h.jpgDSC_0008 by stuart wellard, on Flickr

34977398252_7778e7feb0_h.jpgDSC_0009 by stuart wellard, on Flickr

34755487320_5e288ad5e4_h.jpgDSC_0010 by stuart wellard, on Flickr

34977406132_922701ea11_h.jpgDSC_0011 by stuart wellard, on Flickr

34755486320_c61d6429a8_h.jpgDSC_0012 by stuart wellard, on Flickr

34297303794_1fd9e9bef7_h.jpgDSC_0013 by stuart wellard, on Flickr

34297303454_6bc2776fda_h.jpgDSC_0014 by stuart wellard, on Flickr

34755484930_772c157ecc_h.jpgDSC_0015 by stuart wellard, on Flickr

34755484670_aa86e1047c_h.jpgDSC_0016 by stuart wellard, on Flickr

34977401592_4dd248c3ed_h.jpgDSC_0017 by stuart wellard, on Flickr

34977400412_7c68ca9372_h.jpgDSC_0018 by stuart wellard, on Flickr

34977399092_1e175f3a62_h.jpgDSC_0019 by stuart wellard, on Flickr

35102349466_6faff991c6_h.jpgDSC_0020 by stuart wellard, on Flickr

 

 

 

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