Notdoneyet Posted January 25, 2008 Posted January 25, 2008 (edited) Having finally finished my Mosquito BXVI it's time to make a belated start on the Jaguar for the GB. Here's the obligatory box & extras shot :- "Wot's that roll of Durock Tape for Ian?" you may be asking. Well .......... as if the scheme isn't a big enough challenge I've decided to try and replicate this :- All credit to Karl for the photo and the inspiration. The tape looks like it will make a good parachute ........I've just got to figure out how to do the scallops (Hmmm nice white wine and cheese sauce perhaps). Cheers, Ian Edited May 1, 2008 by Notdoneyet
bexwh773 Posted January 25, 2008 Posted January 25, 2008 Ian, I wish you all the best with this one, Ive already done this one in 1:72 hand painted before the decal packs got made, how are you doing it? I shall be watching this one thats for sure & lined up. Bex
Notdoneyet Posted January 25, 2008 Author Posted January 25, 2008 Ian,I wish you all the best with this one, Ive already done this one in 1:72 hand painted before the decal packs got made, how are you doing it? I shall be watching this one thats for sure & lined up. Bex Bex, I'll be airbrushing the spots and (probably) using home made decals for the metallic "rips" and badges as I don't think the decal packs represent the scheme in the way that I want. Cheers, Ian
brooksy Posted January 26, 2008 Posted January 26, 2008 Good luck Ian. That is a fantastic pose and would look superb if you can pull it off. Also a very historic moment, but for all the wrong reasons unfortunately. I think that was the last few seconds of a Jaguar flight by the RAF. All the best with the model, and as you probably know already, that nice Mr Burke has put loads of great reference shots of this aircraft on the internet so that should help out a lot. Regards Andy
Fmk.6john Posted January 26, 2008 Posted January 26, 2008 Ian I bet his takeoff roll was bloody long with that hangin out the back . Best of luck with the scheme though, she is a crackn bird. John.
Notdoneyet Posted February 1, 2008 Author Posted February 1, 2008 Made a little progress this week. As this is going to be "in flight" with a pilot I thought that there was no point in doing anything fancy with the cockpit ............. and then I thought "Well perhaps just a few things to busy things up" Days later I have ended up with this :- I also have done some work on the nose U/C well. It's not totally accurate but close enough for me - way too many hydraulic lines in the aft section of the nose bay for me to replicate accurately. I also added some detail to the IP while I was doing my "I'm not detailing the cockpit" thing. Flaps and slats have been hacked about in preparation for Neil's droopy replacements. Wing fences have been added from 10 thou card (but need to be trimmed to their final shape). Ive also done the fill/sand/repeat work on the intakes and gun fairings and added the "patch repair" below the cockpit on the port side. I've also opened up various duct and exhausts and backed them with card. Next up a splash of paint and the joining of the fuselage, plus a little detailing of the wing undersides. As ever all comments gratefully received. Cheers, Ian
Mentalguru Posted February 1, 2008 Posted February 1, 2008 Mike- can we have a "There's always one- isn't there..." smiley please NOW
DamienB Posted February 2, 2008 Posted February 2, 2008 Coming along rather nicely...!! I was toying with the idea of exactly the same thing - spotty Jag in its final few seconds of flight, but in 1/72. Got another idea for the parachute but dunno if it will work so keeping schtum for now
Okdoky Posted February 2, 2008 Posted February 2, 2008 Hi Ian That looks like a very tall order for the brake chute!!! How about making the basket shape and the chute's rigging from thin wire first and pasting thin strips cut from humble crisp packets or tin foil on the outside to form the chute ribs. Then glue your carefully cut scallops inside the basket. Maybe do it in two halfs around a ball and then join the wire halves together and form each of the ribs billowing out at the edges by curving them round a screwdriver or the like. Nige
Smiffy Posted February 2, 2008 Posted February 2, 2008 Very nice job on "not detailing the cockpit", it looks t'riffic. Wheel well looks good, too.
Notdoneyet Posted February 2, 2008 Author Posted February 2, 2008 Thanks for the comments guys. Hi IanThat looks like a very tall order for the brake chute!!! How about making the basket shape and the chute's rigging from thin wire first and pasting thin strips cut from humble crisp packets or tin foil on the outside to form the chute ribs. Then glue your carefully cut scallops inside the basket. Maybe do it in two halfs around a ball and then join the wire halves together and form each of the ribs billowing out at the edges by curving them round a screwdriver or the like. Nige Nige, yup that is close to what I plan to do. My plan is to create the 'chute webbing and lines from thin wire over a "stress ball" that I acquired at work some years ago. I will then create a template from this for the base of the "scallops" cut them from the Durock tape and glue them to the webbing/rigging/ball contraption after forming the "scallop" shape over a suitable cylindrical object. When the 'chute is complete, remove ball, twist 'chute lines together paint and attach to "spotty" Simple Like all good plans I'm sure it will all go horribly wrong a few times (at least) ....... Must ask Neilfgr for a good hammer recommendation - I suspect I will need one!! Cheers, Ian
Okdoky Posted February 2, 2008 Posted February 2, 2008 You could always use the basket for holding your chips to go along with the scallops if it don't work out!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good luck Nige
Notdoneyet Posted February 11, 2008 Author Posted February 11, 2008 Time for a weekly (that probably should read weakly ) update. Progress has been slow as I couldn't find any clear acrylic rod so have had to order some from this internet thingy. Consequently I cannot close the rear of the fuselage until the elusive rod appears .... So I have busied myself adding a few details here and there ....... Cockpit completed sans seat and pilot :- With a mini Wg Cdr John Sullivan added :- Completed front U/C bay :- The kit inner pylons are way too short and skinny (they are the upper pylons in the photo below) so I scratched some pylons from two laminations of 20 thou plastic card clad in an outer skin of 10 thou card and added the crutching pads from the kit pylons. I'll add some sway braces after painting. The kit outer pylons are at the bottom of the photo. I also added removed and refitted the rudder after fitting a rudder damper :- And added a bit of clear sprue painted clear blue in the nose to represent the LRMTS :- So it all looks like this for now :- Hopefully the next update will be a little more exciting as I plan to start priming/painting this week ........ As ever all comments welcome. Cheers, Ian
DamienB Posted February 11, 2008 Posted February 11, 2008 The kit inner pylons are way too short and skinny (they are the upper pylons in the photo below) so I scratched some pylons from two laminations of 20 thou plastic card clad in an outer skin of 10 thou card and added the crutching pads from the kit pylons. Better chop those pads off again - they weren't fitted to most of the Jags in their last few months, and certainly weren't on Spotty Jag; the sway braces were still there of course:
Takamota Posted February 11, 2008 Posted February 11, 2008 Good progress but still intrigued to see this one completed with the chute....
Notdoneyet Posted February 11, 2008 Author Posted February 11, 2008 Better chop those pads off again - they weren't fitted to most of the Jags in their last few months, and certainly weren't on Spotty Jag; the sway braces were still there of course: Damien, ARRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHH !!! Thanks for that, it makes the time I spent on my hands and knees hunting for the little blighters when they pinged off the Airfix pylons worthwhile I guess I'll have to fabricate those little clip things instead ......... Good progress but still intrigued to see this one completed with the chute.... Tom, You may have noticed that I build at sub glacial speed, so completion is some time away .....but I am determined to finish by the GB deadline ..... Cheers, Ian
periklis_sale Posted February 12, 2008 Posted February 12, 2008 Its coming along nicely amte!! Thank god you didn't want to add detail in the cockpit!!! You are mad!!!!
Notdoneyet Posted February 13, 2008 Author Posted February 13, 2008 Thanks for the comments they are most appreciated. Peri : I may not be mad now but I certainly will be after making the masks for the "spots" So taking a break from hacking off crutching pads from pylons (thanks again Damien) I took a quick visit to the paintshop ...... Here's old sausage nose in a primer coat of Krylon flat white - beautifully smooth and cheap as chips over here. I then mixed up a batch of Fanta orange (30 parts Tamiya matt yellow, 25 parts Tamiya matt red) which looks a good match to my eye and splattered it over the appropriate bits of the Jag :- Next up will be cutting the masks so I can spray the "spotty" bits. Cheers, Ian
T-Tango Posted February 13, 2008 Posted February 13, 2008 Starting to look good Ian, can't wait to see the chute tho.
Notdoneyet Posted February 13, 2008 Author Posted February 13, 2008 Starting to look good Ian, can't wait to see the chute tho. Your wish is my command ......... Here's the current chute status - lines in place on squashy "stress ball" - looking like a Sentinel from the Matrix .... The plan (still Plan A though) is to form the chute material from triangles of this Durock webbing and attach as scallops to the lines on the stress ball contraption somehow. Eh voila!! - a parachute - like all crazy ideas it sounds so simple .............. What with this and cutting masks for the "spots" my next post is likely to be from a psychiatric ward ......... Cheers, Ian
Notdoneyet Posted February 15, 2008 Author Posted February 15, 2008 I created a mask for the wing upper surfaces from a scanned image which I used the perspective tool in Photoshop to flatten the image (so that both wings were the same size) and then resized the image to match the size of the model. When printed it was then just a matter of cutting out the spot "chads" (sneeky US election reference there!! ) ably "aided" by my beautiful assistant Gort :- After much tedious cutting and a few games of table football with Gort I ended up with this :- You will notice the thin strips of Tamiya tape rectifying some over zealous cutting .... no career as a brain surgeon for me then .... And then off to the paint shop once more for a bit of spraying. As the port/stbd sides are not mirror images of each other only some of my port side mask can be reused on the stbd side. More mask cutting awaits ...... Anyhow this is how she looks at the moment :- I'm quite pleased with the way the "spots" have turned out - using this method captures the look of the real spots very well IMHO. Just a few bits of overspray to tidy up and then on to more mask cutting ..... Thanks for looking and any comments/suggestions. Ian
Takamota Posted February 15, 2008 Posted February 15, 2008 Looks great. Nice idea. may pinch that when i get round to my one!
Dr_Fester Posted February 15, 2008 Posted February 15, 2008 What with this and cutting masks for the "spots" my next post is likely to be from a psychiatric ward...... Hey Ian it will be nice to have some company in here, the padding is really comfy. No really, its looking great progress so far mate. Good luck with the stencil masks, its a long process but worthwhile in the end. Remember the end wing sections are a mirror image so you can get away using the same mask for both. All the best with this ambitious project and look forward to more pics. Cheers Doc
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