Icarus

Nice. Good choice of colour scheme. Icarus

This is an impressive build Max. What is that stand that the model is on? Icarus

OK. Unless anyone can see anything glaringly wrong now, I'm calling this finished. Weathered with ProModeller clays, Tamiya pastels, then finished with a matt finish. Looks suitably scruffy for a trainer in the desert. I'll take some better piccies in the daylight later, then post them in the Gallery. Thanks for following: Icarus

Thank you Max. Will give it a go later tonight. In the mean time, as a fan of Eduard pre-cut Kabuki masks I don't usually have to try masking the canopies myself. However, no such thing seems to exist for the Magister, so here goes... And with Maskol... Let's see how this works out... Thanks for looking, Icarus

Evening all. Slight delay in this build - my new son has just been born, so obviously I have been a bit busy! However, the disturbed nights have allowed to put on the decals for the Egyptian Magister. As usual, the nose is blu tacked on: Now I need to think about some weathering for this. Any ideas, apart from pastels to replicate the sand deposition? Icarus

OK. Disaster averted thanks to Martin and Max. Initial colours on. Clearly the nose is just tacked on at the moment, and there is more to add (windshields, exhaust, mass balances..), but this gives a feel for the base colours. Good old X11.... Thanks for looking (and preventing untoward chipping!) Icarus

Further update. Primed... Now the hairy stick work... Icarus

Evening all. I would like to join this Group Build please? I would like to offer up the following: The ancient, but wonderful, Airfix 1:72 kit cost me 25p way back in the 1970s, from the local newsagent. I purchased the Iliad decals last week, for £9:40. I think that brings me under the bar, ignoring appreciation.. As you can see, I'm already marking up the colours. As this is also going to part of the "Simple Build" for our next club night, will have to use a hair stick for this. Competition rules allow priming, so will use Halfords white primer to help with that fantastic nose colour scheme... Icarus

Thanks chaps! Just in time,as well. Will have to think of how to replicate wood wear and tear instead... Icarus

OK. Gloss Aluminium now on, using the inimitable Tamiya TS-17 rattlecan.. The Eagle-eyed will see what looks like Maskol over areas where one would expect heavy wear and tear. This will allow me to replicate paint chipping at areas of particular wear.. All being well, this should be the effect: Now. the lovely yellow bit.. Icarus

Fantastic colour scheme Natter, and great work with the gloss black. Icarus

Thank you Natter. Minor progress. Primed, blemishes addressed with Tippex, sanded, then re-primed. Now the fun starts - aluminium, trainer yellow, and Egyptian colour schemes. Icarus

Finished the TSR-2, so can put some time into this. Just sealed up the fuselage and attached fin, tailplanes, etc. Ready for priming... Looking forward to seeing the colours on this. Icarus

Just about to close up the fuselage, but had some fun here, so a quick piccie: Icarus

A bit more internal cockpit detail progress for the Egyptian Magister. A limited run Special Hobby-type kit, so some nice PE bits, but it doesn't really appear to fit very well together... Icarus

Morning all. I've been away on business, hence the lack of progress on this build. With a pineal gland not sure whether it's in Boston or London, jet lag is an inevitable consequence. Of course, that does give me time to do a bit of model catch up.... (Very delicate) PE added to the inner fuselage walls, and initial paint layers on. [ More updates as they happen. Icarus

Just seen the Special Hobby kit - this is definitely the same one. Will get cracking on this as soon as possible - a rather large TSR-2 is occupying the work area at the moment... Icarus

Thanks Max. I hope so. Lots of PE in the open cockpit to show off as well. Icarus

Afternoon everyone. I would like to join the party with this model, from a Czech model company.. [/url] Had to be the Egyptian Air Force scheme - trainer yellow and aluminium... Icarus

Well... I was going to build a Barracuda, but as you have done such a magnificent job, I think I'll look to pastures new. Great work Jenko. Managed to bag a cheap Italeri 1/48 Sea Hurricane out of the Modelzone implosion, so that may be it. Was always hugely impressed with Operation "Pedestal", so it'll probably be one of those beauties. Icarus

Anyone object to a Kittyhawk joining this GB? I know it's a bit corny, but a kitty is a cat, especially if you were to ask Ernst Stavro Blofeld... Icarus

Finally back from my business trip. I see the Gallery has not closed down yet, so I will add in the missing images, Note - the weathering was completed properly, with the dirt from the thrust reversers! Icarus

Thank you for your kind words Ørjan and Andy. I'm not sure how this got a kit got a reputation as a bit of a problem child. The spacer for the extended nose cone doesn't fit very well, but that may have been an "engineer" rather than "engineering" issue. Otherwise, the kit was a breeze. I'm sat out here in distant lands, up at God-forsaken o'clock thanks to my jet lag, and looking at the photos I took of the completed build. They're a bit pants if the truth be known. Unfortunately, I'm not back from this business trip until the 15th July, so frustratingly there's not much I can do about it in the short term. If the Gallery is not locked out by the time I get back, I will try and take some more professional piccies of the Firebird, and post them there. Icarus

Rest of images now taken, and on full collection deposited in the Gallery. Thanks for all the helpful comments and encouragement. Icarus

HobbyBoss Panavia Tornado F.3, 56 Sqn, Royal Air Force, "Firebirds" Scheme Built out of the box, with weathering using dilute oils and pastels This was an absolute pleasure to build! Icarus Icarus