John.R

Absolutely fantastic shots Radleigh!

Hi, Photo's are now up from the display!

Hi, Thanks for the comments, I'm slowly getting through the photo's but with other commitments i.e Football photography/wellington build it still make take a little while before the rest are up. Was after the F-16 photo's last year but with the 28-300mm lens the photo's didn't turn out properly.

Hi, Here's my take (finally) from the Air Tattoo on Sunday: Arrivals while waiting for the show to begin 1 Royal Air Force Westland Sea King HAR3 ZH540 by John Rooney, on Flickr 2 Bombardier C21A Learjet USAFE 40085 by John Rooney, on Flickr 3 Heliflight Bell 206 Jet Ranger 2 G-BLGV by John Rooney, on Flickr 4 Piper PA-28-161 Warrior II G-BNOJ by John Rooney, on Flickr 5 Grumman American AA-5 Traveller G-BEZF by John Rooney, on Flickr 6 Fuji FA-200-180 Aero Subaru G-BBRC by John Rooney, on Flickr 7 Cessna 680 Citation Sovereign PH-RID by John Rooney, on Flickr 8 Biggin Hill Heritage Hanger Hawker Hurricane MkI AE997 by John Rooney, on Flickr Patrulla Aguila 9 Spanish Airforce Patrulla Águila by John Rooney, on Flickr 10 Spanish Airforce Patrulla Águila by John Rooney, on Flickr 11 Spanish Airforce Patrulla Águila by John Rooney, on Flickr 15 Spanish Airforce Patrulla Águila by John Rooney, on Flickr Team Zeus 18 General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon Block 52, Hellenic Airforce Team Zeus by John Rooney, on Flickr 19 General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon Block 52, Hellenic Airforce Team Zeus by John Rooney, on Flickr 20 General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon Block 52, Hellenic Airforce Team Zeus by John Rooney, on Flickr Raf Eurofighter: 22 Royal Air Force Eurofighter EF-2000 Typhoon FGR4 ZK353 by John Rooney, on Flickr 23 Royal Air Force Eurofighter EF-2000 Typhoon FGR4 ZK353 by John Rooney, on Flickr A400M 27 Airbus A400M A400M Atlas EC-A06 by John Rooney, on Flickr 28 Airbus A400M A400M Atlas EC-A06 by John Rooney, on Flickr 30 Airbus A400M A400M Atlas EC-A06 by John Rooney, on Flickr RAF Hawk T2 Demo 24 Royal Air Force Hawk T2 Role Demo British Aerospace, Hawk T2 ZK028 by John Rooney, on Flickr 37 Royal Air Force Hawk T2 Role Demo BAE Systems Hawk T2 ZK026 by John Rooney, on Flickr 38 Royal Air Force Hawk T2 Role Demo BAE Systems Hawk T2 ZK026-ZK028 by John Rooney, on Flickr 40 Royal Air Force Hawk T2 Role Demo BAE Systems Hawk T2 ZK026 by John Rooney, on Flickr 47 Royal Air Force Hawk T2 Role Demo BAE Systems Hawk T2 ZK026-ZK028 by John Rooney, on Flickr TTTE Flypast 32 TTTE Flypast Royal Air Force Panavia Tornado GR4 by John Rooney, on Flickr 34 TTTE Flypast Italian Air Force Panavia Tornado IDS MM7072 by John Rooney, on Flickr 36 TTTE Flypast German Air Force Panavia Tornado IDS 48-88 by John Rooney, on Flickr 41 TTTE Flypast by John Rooney, on Flickr 42 TTTE Flypast by John Rooney, on Flickr 43 31 TTTE Flypast Royal Air Force Panavia Tornado GR4 by John Rooney, on Flickr 44 TTTE Flypast Italian Air Force Panavia Tornado IDS MM7072 by John Rooney, on Flickr 45 35 TTTE Flypast German Air Force Panavia Tornado IDS 48-88 by John Rooney, on Flickr Rolls Royce Spitfire 49 Rolls-Royce Spitfire XIX PS853 by John Rooney, on Flickr 51 Rolls-Royce Spitfire XIX PS853 by John Rooney, on Flickr 55 Rolls-Royce Spitfire XIX PS853 by John Rooney, on Flickr Challenger Departure 55 Boeing's Challenger 604 MSA N614BA by John Rooney, on Flickr Ramex Delta 56 French Air Force Ramex Delta Dassault Mirage 2000N 353 by John Rooney, on Flickr 59 French Air Force Ramex Delta Dassault Mirage 2000N 356 by John Rooney, on Flickr 60 French Air Force Ramex Delta Dassault Mirage 2000N 356 by John Rooney, on Flickr 61 French Air Force Ramex Delta Dassault Mirage 2000N 353 by John Rooney, on Flickr USMC CV-22B Osprey 67 US Marine Corps Bell Boeing CV-22B Osprey 0058 by John Rooney, on Flickr 66 US Marine Corps Bell Boeing CV-22B Osprey 0058 by John Rooney, on Flickr Swiss PC7 & Super Puma Formation 143 Swiss Air Force Aerospatiale TH-06 Super Puma T-336 with Pilatus NCPC-7 by John Rooney, on Flickr Swiss Super Puma 145 Swiss Air Force Aerospatiale TH-06 Super Puma T-336 by John Rooney, on Flickr 146 Swiss Air Force Aerospatiale TH-06 Super Puma T-336 by John Rooney, on Flickr 148 Swiss Air Force Aerospatiale TH-06 Super Puma T-336 by John Rooney, on Flickr Swiss PC7 Display Team 46 Swiss Air Force PC-7 Display Team by John Rooney, on Flickr 149 Swiss Air Force Pilatus NCPC-7 by John Rooney, on Flickr 150 Swiss Air Force Pilatus NCPC-7 by John Rooney, on Flickr 151 Swiss Air Force Pilatus NCPC-7 by John Rooney, on Flickr 152 Swiss Air Force Pilatus NCPC-7 by John Rooney, on Flickr JMSDF Kawasaki P1 154 Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force Kawasaki P-1 5054 by John Rooney, on Flickr 155 Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force Kawasaki P-1 5054 by John Rooney, on Flickr 156 Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force Kawasaki P-1 5054 by John Rooney, on Flickr 157 Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force Kawasaki P-1 5054 by John Rooney, on Flickr British Airways A318 Departure 159 British Airways Airbus A318 by John Rooney, on Flickr Dutch Apache Display 153 Royal Netherlands Air Force Boeing AH-64D Apache Q-30 by John Rooney, on Flickr 160 Royal Netherlands Air Force Boeing AH-64D Apache Q-30 by John Rooney, on Flickr 162 Royal Netherlands Air Force Boeing AH-64D Apache Q-30 by John Rooney, on Flickr 163 Royal Netherlands Air Force Boeing AH-64D Apache Q-30 by John Rooney, on Flickr Slovenian PC-9 164 Slovenian Air Force Pilatus PC-9M Swift L9-62 by John Rooney, on Flickr 166 Slovenian Air Force Pilatus PC-9M Swift L9-62 by John Rooney, on Flickr Czech Air Force Alca 167 Czech Air Force Aero L-159 ALCA 6058 by John Rooney, on Flickr 168 Czech Air Force Aero L-159 ALCA 6058 by John Rooney, on Flickr Battle of Britain 75th 102 Battle of Britain 75th Supermarine Spitfire MK11A P7350 BBMF by John Rooney, on Flickr 103 Battle of Britain 75th Peter Vacher Hawker Hurricane Mark I R4118 by John Rooney, on Flickr 104 Battle of Britain 75th Historic Flight Spitfire IX SL633 by John Rooney, on Flickr 105 Battle of Britain 75th Hawker Hurricane MkIIc PZ865 (BBMF) by John Rooney, on Flickr 106 Battle of Britain 75th Biggin Hill Heritage Hanger Hawker Hurricane MkI AE997 by John Rooney, on Flickr 107 Battle of Britain 75th Hanger 11 Hawker Hurricane Mk IIB BE505 by John Rooney, on Flickr 109 Battle of Britain 75th Hawker Hurricane MkIIc LF363 (BBMF) by John Rooney, on Flickr 110 Battle of Britain 75th Supermarine Spitfire LFIX MK356 BBMF by John Rooney, on Flickr 112 Battle of Britain 75th Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb BBMF by John Rooney, on Flickr 111 Battle of Britain 75th Supermarine Spitfire Mk FRXVIIIe SM845 by John Rooney, on Flickr 113 Battle of Britain 75th Hispano HA-1112-M1L Buchon by John Rooney, on Flickr 108 Battle of Britain 75th Rolls-Royce Spitfire XIX PS853 by John Rooney, on Flickr 114 Battle of Britain 75th Biggin Hill Heritage Hanger Spitfire HF Mk IX TA805 by John Rooney, on Flickr 115 Battle of Britain 75th Spitfire Mk XVI TE311 (BBMF) by John Rooney, on Flickr 116 Battle of Britain 75th Kennet Aviation Supermarine Seafire MkXVII SX336 by John Rooney, on Flickr 117 Battle of Britain 75th ARCO Bristol Blenheim Mk1 G-BPIV by John Rooney, on Flickr 118 Battle of Britain 75th ARCO Bristol Blenheim Mk1 G-BPIV by John Rooney, on Flickr 119 Battle of Britain 75th Hispano HA-1112-B-109G-4 by John Rooney, on Flickr 120 Battle of Britain 75th Hispano HA-1112-Bf-109G-4 by John Rooney, on Flickr 121 ARCO Bristol Blenheim Mk1 G-BPIV by John Rooney, on Flickr 123 Battle of Britain 75th Hispano HA-1112-Bf-109G-4 by John Rooney, on Flickr 122 ARCO Bristol Blenheim Mk1 G-BPIV by John Rooney, on Flickr 172 172 176 Battle of Britain 75th Hispano HA-1112-M1L Buchon and Supermarine Spitfire Mk FRXVIIIe SM845 by John Rooney, on Flickr 173 Battle of Britain 75th Hurricanes by John Rooney, on Flickr 174 Battle of Britain 75th Spitfires by John Rooney, on Flickr 175 Battle of Britain 75th Supermarine Spitfire Mk FRXVIIIe SM845 by John Rooney, on Flickr 176 Battle of Britain 75th Hispano HA-1112-M1L Buchon by John Rooney, on Flickr ARCO Beaver Departing 185 ARCO De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver G-DHCZ by John Rooney, on Flickr Avro Vulcan XH558 187 Avro Vulcan XH558 by John Rooney, on Flickr 189 Avro Vulcan XH558 by John Rooney, on Flickr 192 Avro Vulcan XH558 by John Rooney, on Flickr Czech Air Force Mil Mi-24V-Mi-35 183 Czech Air Force Mil Mi-24V-Mi-35 7356 by John Rooney, on Flickr 184 Czech Air Force Mil Mi-24V-Mi-35 7356 by John Rooney, on Flickr Vulcan & Red Arrows 190 Red Arrows and Avro Vulcan XH558 by John Rooney, on Flickr 191 Red Arrows and Avro Vulcan XH558 by John Rooney, on Flickr Red Arrows 193 Red Arrows British Aerospace Hawk T1 XX319 by John Rooney, on Flickr 194 Red Arrows British Aerospace Hawk T1 by John Rooney, on Flickr 195 Red Arrows British Aerospace Hawk T1 by John Rooney, on Flickr 196 Red Arrows British Aerospace Hawk T1 XX319 by John Rooney, on Flickr German Army Bolkow Bo105P1 197 German Army Bolkow Bo105P1 86+95 by John Rooney, on Flickr 198 German Army Bolkow Bo105P1 86+95 by John Rooney, on Flickr Jordanian Falcons 199 Royal Jordanian Falcons by John Rooney, on Flickr 200 Royal Jordanian Falcons by John Rooney, on Flickr Belgian Air Force F-16 201 Belgian Air Componant General Dynamics F-16A MLU Fighting Falcon by John Rooney, on Flickr 140 Belgian Air Componant General Dynamics F-16A MLU Fighting Falcon by John Rooney, on Flickr 203 Belgian Air Componant General Dynamics F-16A MLU Fighting Falcon by John Rooney, on Flickr RAF Synchro 75 Display 204 RAF Synchro 75 Display Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 Supermarine Spitfire II P7350 (BBMF) by John Rooney, on Flickr 205 RAF Synchro 75 Display Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 Supermarine Spitfire II P7350 (BBMF) by John Rooney, on Flickr 206 RAF Synchro 75 Display Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 ZK349 by John Rooney, on Flickr Polish Mig 29 IMG_6114 by John Rooney, on Flickr IMG_6116 by John Rooney, on Flickr 208 Polish Air Force's MiG-29 Fulcrum Red 56 by John Rooney, on Flickr 209 Polish Air Force's MiG-29 Fulcrum Red 56 by John Rooney, on Flickr 210 Polish Air Force's MiG-29 Fulcrum Red 56 by John Rooney, on Flickr Apache Display Team: 207 AHDT Agusta Westland WAH64D Apache ZJ184-ZJ205 by John Rooney, on Flickr 211 AHDT Agusta Westland WAH64D Apache ZJ184 by John Rooney, on Flickr 212 AHDT Agusta Westland WAH64D Apache ZJ205 by John Rooney, on Flickr 213 AHDT Agusta Westland WAH64D Apache ZJ184-ZJ205 by John Rooney, on Flickr Two seconds earlier and I'd have snapped the photo I wanted too! 255 Army Air Corps Apache by John Rooney, on Flickr Chinook Display 214 RAF Chinook Display Team ZA675 by John Rooney, on Flickr 215 RAF Chinook Display Team ZA675 by John Rooney, on Flickr Finish FA-18 Hornet: 218 Finnish Air Force F-A-18C Hornet by John Rooney, on Flickr 219 Finnish Air Force F-A-18C Hornet by John Rooney, on Flickr 220 Finnish Air Force F-A-18C Hornet by John Rooney, on Flickr Thanks for Looking! John

Not much of an update really, but decided to test the £40 airbrush & compressor out properly today, so mixed up Tamiya XF-52 Flat Earth for the top of the fuselage & Tamiya xf-85 with a dash of Tamiya XF-1 Flat black for the underside and I think I'm onto a winner so far with the mix, just need to sort out the curve towards the back of the fueslage and sort out a bit of overspray but here's the latest progress: 20150420_151023 by J.R.Photo, on Flickr 20150420_151102 by J.R.Photo, on Flickr 20150420_151246 by J.R.Photo, on Flickr20150420_151357 by J.R.Photo, on Flickr 20150420_152620 by J.R.Photo, on Flickr Thanks for Looking!

Will be following this, have to say the Alien & Predator movies are some of my all time fav's, and the Terminator series coming in a close third!

Thanks for your comments, I decided as I was waiting for a game to update via Origin to have a little play about with weathering the U/C Legs & the Wheels, using a £1.99 watercolour set from B&M & the modelmates Soot Black. Mixed the Black/Grey/Brown together till it looked slightly like mud & added a dab of soot black to the mixture, and gently dabbed with a cotton bud till almost touch dry then using the mk.1 pinky smudged them together till it looked Dirtied enough for my taste. Thanks for the heads up on this, really came in handy trying this tonight! That's all for tonight I think Thanks for Looking!

Little update: Have now finished the panel with the photoetch parts, although when I opened the interior etch I noticed that there was a part missing! but apart from that here's the current progress: IMG_8723 by J.R.Photo, on Flickr IMG_8722 by J.R.Photo, on Flickr IMG_8718 by J.R.Photo, on Flickr Thanks for Looking!

Great set of shots, like the shot of the Italian A200 with the reversers deployed though!

Hi, I picked up a small bottle of Modelmates Soot Black weathering liquid today, so once I've attached the photo etch parts to the gear legs I'll be experimenting with that on them

Hello! Although the going is slow, I've sprayed the wheels with Humbrol 11 Silver and assembled both the main U/C and the tail U/C and wether it's worth spraying the white metal U/C legs with the same silver or leaving them as they are. IMG_7620 by J.R.Photo, on Flickr Trying to decide now so I can have it in ready which type off "Matt" cote to finish the kit in. Thanks for Looking!

Hi, With recently only using the camera now and again, I decided to take a trip to Liverpool a few weeks ago for a Morning/Afternoon of take photo's down on Dungeon Lane, usually you will see the likes of Ryanair's & Easyjets but now and again something unusual comes in like the French Naval Falcon and the Cessna C-165 Airmaster: Dassault Falcon 129 10MER-2 by J.R.Photo, on Flickr Cessna C-165 Airmaster G-BTDE by J.R.Photo, on Flickr Dassault Falcon 7X VP-CUH by J.R.Photo, on Flickr As well as visiting the airport when I can, I've also re-started to take some Football photo's again for a local club near me hence the reason for posting in this section, so here's a couple from Barnton FC's past few games:Afc Darwen IMG_5248 by J.R.Photo, on Flickr IMG_5368 by J.R.Photo, on Flickr Atherton Laburnum Rovers IMG_6052 by J.R.Photo, on Flickr IMG_6299 by J.R.Photo, on Flickr Holker Old Boy's IMG_6644 by J.R.Photo, on Flickr IMG_6839 by J.R.Photo, on Flickr Cheadle Town IMG_7392 by J.R.Photo, on Flickr IMG_7497 by J.R.Photo, on Flickr Thanks for Looking!

Hi Adrian, From what I can gather its either going to go on display in the shop or at home in his office. That being said after looking at the aftermarket bits for it and the instructions for them, its looking like this could be major uncharted teritory for me build wise!

Not much has been done on this in all honesty as I've been waiting for these to arrive! Eduard Vickers Wellington Mk.IC/Mk.III exterior Eduard Vickers Wellington Mk.III cockpit interior welly by J.R.Photo, on Flickr Hopefully will now be able to crack on at a decent pace with the build as its the first use of Photoetch for me! Thanks for Looking!

Hi, Sorry for the lack of updates, the kits seem to be falling together much quicker than I anticipated, and together with getting back into Football photography again and going out from 7am - 4pm jobhunting hasn't left me with much time to do as much as I'd like on the kits. I've also started to use Humbrol Model Filler instead of Milliput, as you will be able to tell on the Jaguar and also the nose of the Tomcat. Academy F-14: At the moment this is still in the "brown" stage (makes it a bugger to photograph though) but have now filled the gaps on the underside and also the front nose section's has been filled & sanded. I've also attached the rear section, which has the inlet's attached and also the inlet blades which can't be seen due to the inlets. Decided to see how it looks though when the two sections are together and even in 1/100 scale its not a bad size at all, will either be using the stand or having it sat next to the "Bear": Jaguar: I've attached the nozzles at the rear of the aircraft and with a hairy brush applied some Tamiya X-10 Gunmetal to the sections which it require, as well as prior to this a light coating of Tamiya XF-83. I've also attached the nose section as can be seen below, need to do a bit of filling where the join is but that's a quick job for tomorrow: Also a quick shot of the wing attached: Thanks for Looking

I'm using Tamiya paints at the moment, although the brown "Pebble" spray on the F-14 was from a humbrol can. So far the paint I've used is a lightened XF-83 as a primer as the one I usually use stinks to high heaven when its been sprayed (from the local pound stores), If I do the Gulf War scheme then it'll be 1 Part Tamiya X-17 Pink with 4/5 parts Tamiya XF-57 Buff. I realised this when I'd just glued the rear fuselage sections together, luckily I could pop one side out and carefully managed to shave the tab off completely so the fit was much better. Hopefully have more of an update tomorrow as I'm hopefully going to build up the landing gear & front sections

Little bit of an update on this: I'll start with the F-14 first.. So far I've built up the front section of the kit, sadly no in progress shots of the pit but its bascially made up of five parts, two seats, two headrests & the base which I have sprayed a satin black for the time being, and sprayed a dash of humbrol 29 as there wasn't much left in the tin, this will be sanded down before the first coat of Medium Sea Grey is added to the top & wings, and also added the Intakes on the bottom half of the aircraft. Jaguar wise, I've attached the Fuselage sections together as per the instructions, and also added the intakes which the internal parts have been sprayed in a Light Sea Grey, and will tomorrow hopefully be sprayed in a medium sea grey. I know its not much of an update at this present moment, but with having a bit of a hectic weekend its the most I could do. Quick question though, with the airbrush I have (even though its a cheap one) would it be best to get a 0.2mm Needle & nozzle to do the finer details, or crack on with the 0.3mm which is in it already?

Hello, With the arrival of the airbrush and compressor yesterday I've decided to take the plunge and build two kits at the same time. the two kits I'm building are the 1/100 Academy F-14 and the reboxed Italeri/Tamiya Jaguar GR-1, here is the usual box shots for the moment. Box Shot of both kits: Academy 1/100 F-14 Tomcat: Stand for the Tomcat: Sprue A: Sprue B: Tamiya/Italeri Jaguar GR-1: Sprue A: Sprue B: The Tomcat is going to be finished in White, and at the moment I'm unsure about the Jaguar, its either going to be in the Gulf War Colours or the Grey/Green scheme which it can also be built in! Thanks for Looking.

Off to a brilliant start there, think this will give me the proverbial kick up the backside to get my 916 finished!

Great shots Rick, I missed this exact aircraft the other week when it did a ILS approach at Liverpool!

Absolutely fantastic job there!

Here's a couple of updates rolled into one: I've had to strip the paint due to some glazing after spraying so at the moment I'm waiting for a clear day before I re-spray the body work here's the first update though: Drivers Seat, Hand Brake & Peddles in place: Engine shot 1: Engine shot 2: Update 2: Engine, Cockpit, & front/rear suspension in place: Hopefully by the end of the week I'll have the shell painted in a Bare Metal Scheme or something completely different!