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Old school Stirling Mk III
12jaguar replied to mike romeo's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
Very nice Stirling, a great credit to the old girl John -
Sepecat Jaguar GR Mk 1a***FINISHED***
12jaguar replied to PeterB's topic in Bomber/Strike/Ground Attack GB
Hi Peter Couldn't find a response to your earlier questions so firstly: u/c bays, inside of doors and the airbrake compartments are all painted in a yellow chromate colour Airbrake doors are in exterior camouflage colour and the recess into which they fit is also camouflaged. I was posted to RAF Abingdon in 1984 as a Rigger which is where we carried out mod 1114 which upgraded the aircraft to GR1a standard, the wiring of the outer pylons to accept, Phimat, An/ALQ Pods and Sidewainders was a separate mod which was embodied at the same time. There are no external indications of an aircraft being upgraded with all changes being in the cockpit and Avionics bay. nice progress btw John -
"Spotty Jag" - Italeri 1/72 Jaguar GR.3
12jaguar replied to The Shearwater's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
Fantastic Jag there matey. For info the flaps and slats don't droop on shutdown as they're operated by screwjacks so their position would be selected by the pilot prior to shutdown. IIRC, normal position was slats fully out and flaps to max down nice diorama 🐵 John- 42 replies
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There you go https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnmj32067P0q8Q82caz5Prg John
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1:72 Short Stirling Mk.1 *FINISHED*
12jaguar replied to Dunny's topic in Work in Progress - Aircraft
Hi Roger She's looking great. If you're planning on having the wing bomb cells open, the doors themselves retract into the cell not open into the airflow. The following link shows it https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SHORT-STIRLING-BOMBER-WING-BOMB-CELL-DOORS-ORIGINAL-VINTAGE-PHOTO-WW2-RAF-/203654951058?nma=true&si=9Y7KxGc0xzsfRTG8uQfoDCqABYs%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 cheers John -
well let's just hope they get in touch with us to get the Stirling as correct as possible John
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PK-102 BAC Jaguar S
12jaguar replied to Enzo the Magnificent's topic in Matchbox 50th Anniversary Group Build
Looking nice, necer built the MB Jag before. Hope you don't mind my asking, but is the checkerboard in the right place as I've never seen one in that location before? regards John -
So is the Apache going to be the AH.2? Everything I've seen so far refers to AH-64E... John
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Italeri 2022 catalogue - new, reissue, repop, rebox etc.
12jaguar replied to Homebee's topic in The Rumourmonger
Worth noting that the Stirling is a Mk III as opposed to the Mk I / Mk IV previously released Would I....possibly😇 John -
1:72 Short Stirling Mk.1 *FINISHED*
12jaguar replied to Dunny's topic in Work in Progress - Aircraft
Aluminium for the turret mechanism although the inside of the cupola is black. We made a mistake when we restored our turret and painted the mechanism black...doh! Short of taking it all apart again it will remain black🤫 John -
1:72 Short Stirling Mk.1 *FINISHED*
12jaguar replied to Dunny's topic in Work in Progress - Aircraft
I don't know where Italeri got the idea that there's a galley, on a Stirling; maybe on a MkV but not on any of the bomber variants John -
1:72 Short Stirling Mk.1 *FINISHED*
12jaguar replied to Dunny's topic in Work in Progress - Aircraft
Nice to see a Stirling in work. Probably a bit late now but here's a pic of our Flightdeck in it's current form. https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=stirling+project+flightdeck&sxsrf=AOaemvJzjl-HuI8zzx_V20aSi5vyZyentg:1641721706457&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj8lIj5saT1AhWyoFwKHexOA_0Q_AUoAXoECAIQAw&biw=1280&bih=577&dpr=1.5#imgrc=f8JJGkqDBzx6ZM Early on Stirlings where Cockpit Green from the nose through to the Navigators bulkhead at Frame 9, some were hand painted black in the BA compartment though although I believe that this was pretty rare. We have parts from the nose of Mk IIIs/IVs which are still painted green though. If you need any help, please feel free to ask John -
Greetings from an Ageing kit fan in East Anglia
12jaguar replied to Hornchurch's topic in New Members
Hi Hornchurch welcome aboard. Seeing as you're in E Anglia. you're probably not too far from us in the Stirling Project. You're welcome to visit for some up to date progress 🐵 John -
No idea about other aircraft types, but the Stirling landing lamps were adjusted by a teleflex cable and handle located on the RH side of the Throttle Box. On the MkIII, another lever lowered the landing light pneumatically through yet another lever also mounted on the throttle box; the Stirling cockpit is an ergonomic slum which you needed to have octopus arms to operate all of the various controls😮 cheers John
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Hi all Mark Is had a recessed landing lamp in the L/E, whereas later marks had retractable ones. In all cases you could alter the angle of the dangle but I suspect that in the Mk 1 the angle would be more limited. More likely it's that Shorts thought they'd like to make things even more complicated than they needed to be LOL John
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As I'm hoping that Father Christmas is bringing me one of these (I've been a good boy this year), I'm watching with interest John
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On a previous edition of Aerodrome they had an indepth visit to the school at Cosford with a heavy leaning towards the Jags, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed on that one John
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Have built both and like the OP I worked hands on with the aircraft and in the MOD Engineering Authority. KH has better detail, but it's hard work and if I made another I'd get the Airfix kit with a resin cockpit etc. John
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Welcome aboard😁 John (Not too far down the road from Mildenhall)
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Nothing bad about those. Welcome aboard! John
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welcome aboard🥳
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Welcome aboard😁
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For info, on my Chipmunk which I'm statically restoring I have 2 set of harnesses 1 black and one bright blue. Both are original items John