Robin-42

Smart move designing the fins integrally, trying to line up separate fins ranks number one on my list of least favourite modelling things to do!

I have found stencils on decal sheets rarely match the airframes. Airframes themselves gain and lose stencils over time. So unless the kit/decal manufacturers show a photo of the airframe they based it on, there will be plenty of opportunities for artistic licence. My favourite real world example is the EF101B on display in North Bay Ontario. It is a well done fake, using a different Voodoo. They duplicated all the external ECM gear, but virtually all the markings are slightly wrong or in the wrong position-despite the real one sitting in the hanger next door!

Knowing what you started with, this is an amazing result. I zoomed in using the usual ruthless eye pad looking for a flaw and uttterly failed. Fantastic work on a kit that should be pensioned off.

As loud as a paint job can get and an airframe that overpromised and under delivered. Great work.!

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In Aug 2011 Royal was restored to make it RCAF again, together with the navy-RCN. The army is simply Canadian Army.

Work equipment, the best kind. Don’t worry about a tendency to stop, it’s a hobby!

You made me look. XA778 is definitely a very loud orange no matter what your screen calibration is. XH897 is red and white. Did you confuse the two?

I finally got to see my first Javelin up close in Duxford. It is a beast! As a result, I am following your build with interest. What is your laser cutting setup? It has interesting possibilities.

Thanks! As usual I missed at least one thing, or this case two-so far. The wing roots should have the gun trough drilled out behind the leading edge, and the wing tip lights.🙄

Although the Special Hobby kit is a better option, the Sword F84F is quite buildable. I 3D printed a correct ejection seat as the kit only includes the early seat. The incorrect wheels were replaced with some new ones I designed and printed as well. The build saga is here.

Dragon does make you work for it, but rewards you in the end. Looks great.

Looks great, you won’t miss that one on the shelf!

Completely pointless 3D printing! The Special Hobby kit has the correct seat included, but I pride myself on doing things the hard way. If I was going to pose the canopy open, I would refine it a bit more, but all you can really see is the headrest. The F84F went through three different seat designs in its career. I am sure if I look hard enough I would find more than one airframe that had all three! In any case, the seat is in the pit, just down to prettying up the canopy sealant.

Great work. One of those kits I would like to build, but I already have a Buccaneer on the shelf!