rafalbert

I seem to be ahead with the twin seater as it has the wings on first. Not the easiest of joins with filler used in varios places, plus quite a lot of flash for what was a breand new kit. Still, it is starting to look Typhoonesque.

This is still progressing slowly but most things have been assembled. I am struggling with motivation to finish this, not helped by having major issues in fitting the Falcon canopy. I am still unable to blend it into the fuselage and it stands out like a sore thumb. My mediocre modelling skills seem to have deserted me over the past 18 months, but hey ho, we continue...

The single seater has also been started, to the same level as the twin seater. They are essentially the same kit with different spines and canopies, the single seater having more weapons in keeping with it's role. More to follow.

A start has been made, cockpit painted and assembled, inserted in the fuselage and duly also assembled. A bit of attention is required to sort the join but at least I have begun.

Academy F-84E

That would explain a lot! Well, it is finished. Decals aside, it was a nice kit to build and definitely looks the part. Annoyingly there is a part missing on the front undercarriage leg (scissor-type hinge) that pinged off into the distance, no doubt having been consumed by the carpet monster. There are no rockets attached, basically due to me forgetting to drill out the holes in the wings. I attempted to use the decals for the rings sround the bombs, but again they disintegrated so I gave up. Anyway, here it is in all it's glory. Dave And with a stablemate (old Airfix kit):

Count me in. Dave

I am still plugging away with this slowly, finally getting around to applying the decals. Sadly they have been a nightmare, either refusing to adhere or crumbling in to pieces, especially in the case of the tail art. I have managed to piece them together sonewhat and touch up some of the black areas with paint (the port side is better than the starboard), but close to they are not great. I am assuming it is down to their age but it is annoying notheless. Ho hum. Anyway, I am sorting the undercarriage and the bombs and we should be done.

Both Swifts now primed with a few areas to be addressed prior to applying the camo. The makeshift belly tank has a few annoying pinholes to fill but it doesn't look too bad.

Well, if I am building the single seater anyway it would be rude not to! Again, I bought this not long after it came out; the Typhoons had just started entering service at Coningsby and we would quite often see them passing through the Cranwell overhead or conducting the odd practice diversion. I am thinking of building this as a German example to have a bit of contast to the RAF single seater. Dave

Nice, something to look forward to...🤦🏼‍♂️🤣

Hi guys, This is not very imaginative but I recently realised that I do not have any completed models of any current RAF aircraft, a situation I need to rectify. I bought this kit when it came out so it is about time I built it! Cheers, Dave

It is very tight and I had to use a little filler but it is not too bad. I have not been able to source a belly tank for the Xtrakit so I made a cast from the Airfix kit and created a resin one which is a little crude but hopefully ok. A little polishing and some primer and we will see how it looks.

As @AdrianMF says, build it, it will still look good. That was not a good day at sea...

Right, we are now cracking on! A few coats of Gunze aluminium and olive drab later and it is looking a lot better. I need to apply grey and black to the tip of the tail fin and we can start thinking about decals.