Hi all,

A few pics the completed XX119. I might add the serial no which is missing at a later date but for now I'm calling this one done.















Thanks to many people who helped me with info on this build. My best advice if your going to attempt it go and buy the Model Alliance decal sheet and save your eyesight........

Cheers

Doc

Doc,

Stunning build I hope mine turns out half as well.

Cheers,

Ian

Just ordered the decals to do this scheme today, hope they look half as good as yours, doc

Excellent work, looks spot on

Hell of a take on there....but took it on you did and succeeded. Fantastic job

Damn!

Stephen

Good stuff Doc

Ted

Damn good show, tiggers over the briny....

Everyone's a bleedin' comedian round here!

Nice job, and a great looking Jaguar!

Great. I like it

Radek

Looks amazing Doc. All that hard work has most definitely paid off!

wonderful build thread and really enjoyed looking in on it...and so fast!

Well done Doc, you're a braver man than me, taking on that scheme!

Looks

Nice one Doc... you bringing it to Telford?

Verrrrrrrrryyy nice!!!

Keef

Bloody Brilliant Doc!! That is most definitely the coolest Jag I have ever seen.......again..... Bloody Brilliant!!!

Cheers,
Mark

Amazing work mate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PURR-fect (they've been re-running Batman!!!).

A fantastic paint job there Doc - well done!!

Well done mate looks as good as the real thing.

Awesome!

Cheers,
Alex

Hey thanks for your kind words everyone, I appreciate it.

Doc

Awesome job Doc. When you said what you were going to do I was dubious, but you've pulled it off!
Looks better than decals ever could I reckon, and several english pounds cheaper to boot

Jen.

Looks great,are those the new decals from MA,if so how are the foot prints done,are they individual or done in large sections of decal.Still looks cool i must admit,i went to see the real thing and that to looked mighty impressive.

CheersClive.

wait a minute, thats a paintjob, absolutely amazing, well done Doc
Cheers
Bruce

Top job there Doc, spiffing stuff.

Lovely paint job Doc, I said that I have one in my stash, beleive me , doing a jet plane well not now
And this plane , iyou do it very slowly, well , not as fast as others. Anyway looks very nice, and arggg I would see it in Telford If I can go there.
Enjoy the weekend , and make lots of pics there.
Best Regards.
Héctor

It looks fantastic Doc

Love that !! it looks rather yummy

Nice XX119 there, (I should know, I've done a print of it and showed the designer of the scheme how to use items in Photoshop used to design the scheme, along with the profile the scheme was designed on). Hopefully the MA sheet will as good (but for the fact that you will still need to do the white names on the aircraft (they are not on the sheet due to MA's copyright agreement with the MoD)). What was your source for the white lettering, It looks almost spot on in size and shape.

Hi,

I actually printed the names myself, and having picked up the MA sheet yesterday the names are actually included? One thing I did need to ask did you know what the white lettering says on the port ventral strake? As the profile and decal sheet don't show these.

Also at the Nats yesterday I picked up the Squadron print, your handywork?



The decal sheet :-



The white text in question:-



Cheers

Doc

Thats surely one of the most beautiful decal sheets I have ever seen...at least in pictures

Hoping Mike got my PM... I tried to make that phone call Doc, but it doesnt seem to want to connect.

Very nice

Sorry Anthony, I didn't matey If any of the people that had already asked me to pick some up don't cough up the cash though, I'll give you first refusal

The name in question on the port ventral fin is the deputy editor of Aircraft Illustrated (Rich C*****)
The right hand side had a plaque style transfer with the name of the painters of the aircraft.....

Hi, jag mates.. I couldn't hold back from this forum after seeing the fabulous efforts of the good Dr..

The build thread amazingly follows the ACTUAL painting of XX119 (read an article in AI perhaps....)

Myself and Joe (of Jag Cars) designed the thing (with a lot of input from a certain Sqn Cdr!!!)

I do have a lot of referance photos (+ some other Jag stuff that could help in super detailing)

I will however be out of town from January (deserts???)

hi Wardy, hope things are OK. Marham is rubbish..

I cannot believe that "Merrick" has been used on that decal sheet. I am not a John Hurt look alike and it ain't my name either!!

Sqn print is not Mine, I did 200 A2 sized prints of XX119 for the Sqn based on photos of the aircraft when it was still EB and when it was still in the paint shop (Al Vernon is my twin Brother). Still got 80 odd of the unsigned ones left.



Nice to see JS's and Al's names got put on the sheet (I was told they were not by somebody involved in the research of the aircraft for the MA sheet), the name on the ventral fin is RICH COPPER, the deputy Editor of AI who set up Aircraft Illustrated's involvement with the painting of the aircraft. A couple of points to note, there is a quite a large patch on the nose under the canopy and the aircraft was fitted with the HMS system on its first flight, and the mounts were still on the canopy for its flight to Cosford.

Edit to post - Just had a phone call from Sgt A.G. Merrick (take a close look at Doc's picture of the sheet), who is not happy with the fact that MA have spelt his surname totally wrong.

Hey thats some good info there, thanks for clearing that matter up Richard. Although Sgt Merrick is included on the sheet when I produced my decals I used Sgt A G Vernon for the stbd side as thats the refs I had. So does your bro have the name "Canopener Al" by any chance? Just putting 2 + 2 together. Take a look at the comments HERE.

Cheers

Doc

Yep, though he's also Topcat here as well. Close up of the patch on the front of XX119 and some bang seat details.

Doc, that's one hell of a fantastic build...I am not

Now, I'm off to bin my Jag, and escape from the group build

Absolutely fantastic work Doc

Hey BigVern, you making those prints available to the likes of us by any chance???

I'd like any references you guys have kept for use when I do mine. I'm waiting for the 1/32 kit to come out though.

Cheers,
Jen.

Sure thing Jen, just give me a shout when you need some refs I seem to have collected quite a few!

Doc