qn30jEkPz7 Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 (edited) I realise I've already got a diorama and a plane as works in progress but they've both gotten to a point where I need to go top up my paint supplies. So... I've dragged another kit out The intention was to just make it as it comes but first steps have been to: - Steal some suitable pilots from the spares box and fashion sprue ejection handles - Section off a bit of nose to hold some ballast - Download pictures of the underbelly tanks to try and scratch them - Order a fresh batch of other potential distractions Edited August 18, 2017 by LostCosmonauts disappearing link 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stever219 Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Beware of that boxing of the Mosquito: I have one and the plastic has become hard and brittle to the extent that it cracks and splits when you cut it; not something that I wanted to discover part-way through a "how to commit gluing" demo for our local model emporium. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huvut76g7gbbui7 Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 If you PM me with your address I'll post a couple of tanks to you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christer A Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Serial kitstarter huh? We should form a group, or a superhero team, and save the world from unstarted models! The Javelin is such a cool looking jet, so I can understand the allure 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qn30jEkPz7 Posted August 18, 2017 Author Share Posted August 18, 2017 1 hour ago, stever219 said: Beware of that boxing of the Mosquito: I have one and the plastic has become hard and brittle to the extent that it cracks and splits when you cut it; not something that I wanted to discover part-way through a "how to commit gluing" demo for our local model emporium. Thanks for the warning - at least I can blame the plastic if it goes pear shaped 1 hour ago, Christer A said: Serial kitstarter huh? We should form a group, or a superhero team, and save the world from unstarted models! The Javelin is such a cool looking jet, so I can understand the allure It has been bobbing around the top of the to-build list for a while but I'm determined that this is the last start till I've finished all of the current crop... mostly determined... quite... well... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristow95 Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 I'm going to watch this close as I've always liked the javelin and want to add one to my stash. Good luck 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qn30jEkPz7 Posted August 18, 2017 Author Share Posted August 18, 2017 22 minutes ago, Bristow95 said: I'm going to watch this close as I've always liked the javelin and want to add one to my stash. Good luck If you're looking for a nice build of a Javelin then I think @sunray's interpretation of this kit is pretty darned definitive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aardvark Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 (edited) 5 hours ago, LostCosmonauts said: - Order a fresh batch of other potential distractions F-106A from Hasegawa is realy potential distractions???? Don't smile my AIR-2 Genie in 72nd scale!!!! That is potential distractions: В.R. Serge Edited August 18, 2017 by Aardvark 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feifeitim Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 I always thought the T3 was a rather attractive mark of Javelin, so I'm really looking forward to seeing how yours turns out. I've got the Heller offering in my growing stash - will be good to see a completed version of this one! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 I'm not sure I realised this one was. I've the fighter one in stock, which came first as I imagine the molds for one were buggered reworked to make the molds for the other. Maybe one to look out for but then again, if enough people like you make these, Airfix is bound to give us a new tool one, maybe. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Fox Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 Steve, When Airfix modified the mould to make the FAW9 the T3 became extinct with no way back. So it is becoming rarer and rarer, grab them while you can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 Thanks Andy, I'll have to have a scout around. Its been so much the story of my modelling, that when I discover something I NEED, it has become unobtainium, unaffordium or both. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qn30jEkPz7 Posted August 19, 2017 Author Share Posted August 19, 2017 Oh heck @stevehnz - if I'd realised this was a rare(ish) kit I'd have passed in on to someone less kackhanded. No going back now though @Aardvark That looks splendid but I've still a big mental barrier to splurging on a single kit and add-ons. I realise the value per hour of absorbtion and entertainment is good but still can't quiet a bit of brain that remembers buying kits from the stationers for pocket money Minor progress - nose half filled with squished .177 airgun pellets and (clumsily) blanked off Major structures taped together and put in position to check centre of gravity is in front of the main gear. ✅ Our brave crew try out their office (some tidy up of the top of the seats still to do) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aardvark Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 32 minutes ago, LostCosmonauts said: I realise the value per hour of absorbtion and entertainment is good but still can't quiet a bit of brain that remembers buying kits from the stationers for pocket money LostCosmonauts , As the equivalent pocket money for buying kits in old-good time when we was a young, grass is greenish and wooden is higher, is more preferable cakes: but not stationers! В.R. Serge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qn30jEkPz7 Posted August 19, 2017 Author Share Posted August 19, 2017 Oh if only I could trade cakes for models @Aardvark - I've made prize winning cakes before. No such luck with model making Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 6 hours ago, LostCosmonauts said: Oh heck @stevehnz - if I'd realised this was a rare(ish) kit I'd have passed in on to someone less kackhanded. No going back now though Looks to me you're doing just fine with it. A small hint with nose weights, I normally mix them up with PVA/white glue which holds them firm, adds a little weight & doesn't react with plastic like using superglue for the same job apparently does over time. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 This is coming along nicely, I look forward to seeing more. Martian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qn30jEkPz7 Posted August 23, 2017 Author Share Posted August 23, 2017 A bit of relaxing pottering with plastic today The intake trunking just ends in a flat plate with a great big seam across it so I decided to tart that up a bit (but only a bit as it takes some peering to see in there) An in progress of the trunking ends one hacked off and another with addition of some stretched and reshaped sprue Self same after painting and a bit of black and blue discolouration Which is a. it rustic I'll grant you but looks ok(ish) if you are squinting down the intakes And thanks to the kindness of @Scimitar (thank you again) some belly tanks arrived today 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qn30jEkPz7 Posted August 24, 2017 Author Share Posted August 24, 2017 And how does she look all cobbled together? Pretty darned good even if she is a bit on the hefty side. Time for the sand, fill, inspect, repeat routine 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 Looks fine to me and don't forget, Javelins are supposed to look hefty! Martian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 On 18/08/2017 at 5:29 PM, LostCosmonauts said: I realise I've already got a diorama and a plane as works in progress but they've both gotten to a point where I need to go top up my paint supplies. So... I've dragged another kit out The intention was to just make it as it comes but first steps have been to: - Steal some suitable pilots from the spares box and fashion sprue ejection handles - Section off a bit of nose to hold some ballast - Download pictures of the underbelly tanks to try and scratch them - Order a fresh batch of other potential distractions You got those from an on line auction site ....im sure thatvi was looking at that batch😊 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qn30jEkPz7 Posted August 24, 2017 Author Share Posted August 24, 2017 49 minutes ago, junglierating said: You got those from an on line auction site ....im sure thatvi was looking at that batch😊 Happy coincidence - this was the result of idly browsing on kingkit.co.uk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qn30jEkPz7 Posted August 29, 2017 Author Share Posted August 29, 2017 Am being economical/lazy so reusing text and pictures for two threads. Initial build, mask, first stab at filling and an all over blast of primer/surfacer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qn30jEkPz7 Posted September 6, 2017 Author Share Posted September 6, 2017 Thoroughly neatened up and primed I've made a start on the colour coats while that dries thoughts turned to aerials, intakes and dangly bits. I've no idea where parts 28 (4x) have disappeared to so I'm making some replacements and these intakes just next to the cockpit just don't look right so are getting reshaped and an appropriate 'ole drilled 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qn30jEkPz7 Posted September 21, 2017 Author Share Posted September 21, 2017 Bijou splurgette Light aircraft grey applied to the nether regions (instructions say aluminium but the available pictures of the real thing it looks grey) Upper surface main ocean grey And then the dark green Some touching up and adding bits, bobs and dangly bits to do 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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