John Posted February 3, 2008 Posted February 3, 2008 I was at the local toy train fancier's monthly swapmeet with the boy this afternoon, and came across this! I've never seen inside one of these before and, although the origins of the later Jaguar GR1 kit are clear, this one is quite different. Apart from the differences to the fuselage, there is a completely different weapons fit, including bombs, SNEB packs, AIM-9s, what look like AS30s (shades of the Matchbox kit) and one of these funky French rocket pod come fuel tank thingies. All in all very interesting. John
John Posted February 3, 2008 Author Posted February 3, 2008 £5. Says £6 on the side of the box but I wouldn't let go of this throat until he saw reason..... John
John Posted February 3, 2008 Author Posted February 3, 2008 I hope you'll be building it then...! Actually it does have a certain charm. I had earmarked the hybrid Hellfix Jaguar A for the build but a glossy prototype - hmmmm! John
Dave Fleming Posted February 3, 2008 Posted February 3, 2008 Watch out, Jonathan Mock will be up there trying to persuade you to part with it! BTW, where is the train swapmeet? Small boy with Thomas Fixation got a Thomas train set for Xmas.......
John Posted February 3, 2008 Author Posted February 3, 2008 Graeme High School, Callendar Road, Falkirk, 1st Sunday of each month, 1pm-4pm. Well worth a visit. It's organised by MacLaren Models. Mine got the Hornby Industrial Freight - I could spend the rest of this year building wagon kits! John
thx6667 Posted February 4, 2008 Posted February 4, 2008 Watch out, Jonathan Mock will be up there trying to persuade you to part with it! Nah, already got a couple! One to build, one to to keep.
John Posted April 30, 2008 Author Posted April 30, 2008 Alas I'm going to have to admit I won't be meeting the deadline. 4 weeks of constant tinitus have played havoc with my concentration (and sleep!) and I haven't been able to do much modelling. I'm just back from the GP who has prescribed stronger antibiotics to try to clear the infection and has referred me to the local ENT clinic. He's also ordered me off work to rest. I'l post the Jaguar info on the Cold War forum. It's pretty much complete but I still need to take more photos. John
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