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I intend building a RAF Germany based Jaguar for the forthcoming GB. Most of photos show tanks on the inner pylons and a practice bomb carrier on the centre line pylon. As this is not really in keeping with the theme of the GB, please do those of you with experience in this area know what a likely operational stores fit would be on Jaguar at that time? Thanks Martin

I've finally got around to arranging photo hosting. This is one of my current projects, I've been on a bit of a 1:43rd scale rabbit trail after buying one of the Airfix 1:43rd car starter sets. I built some of the Heller 1:43 cars back when I was a spotty youth and they were branded Heller Humbrol. I never built the Jaguar XJ-S back then, but since I've got the Airfix Jaguar E-type, having another Jaguar made sense to me. The Heller plastic has a weird, chalky finish, but it's pretty well moulded. It's especially good considering the tooling must date back to the Stone Age (or something like that. I decided on red for this build. I'd have liked to do one of the more interesting 1970s colours, but I didn't have any suitable paint. Plus, I had the red XJ-S of Mike Gambit, from The New Avengers in mind. I put down some Mr Hobby pink primer as a base. The paint is Tamiya Italian Red, my camera makes it look a bit more orange than it does in reality. This being a 1970s car, there's plenty of satin black detailing to pick out on the body. There's also plenty of chrome, here picked out in Tamiya Sparkling Silver.

2025, the year of the Jag ? French company Profil24-Models (homepage & Facebook) - specialized in resin car model kits - is to release 1/32nd SEPECAT Jaguar resin kits - French as British variants! Two test/prototype models are currently on display in the company stand at Paris' salon Rétromobile 2025 (https://www.retromobile.com/). Sources: https://master194.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=129121 https://www.facebook.com/groups/master194/posts/3889627221300504/ V.P.

It's here......

Hi all, The new Airfix 1:48 Jaguar is complete! What a kit... the fit, the detail, everything about this kit is amazing. I went with a Royal Omani Air Force aircraft in a very distinctive two tone desert camo, thanks to a now very rare Model Alliance decal set. This is a kit I will definitely be purchasing and building more of and it's worth every penny - a very enjoyable build which I would seriously recommend to anyone! Finished in my favourite, go-to Hataka Orange Line paints which gave me a lovely smooth finish. If you want any more information on this build, please ask in the comments below. Cheers all!

My first question is when did the single seat RAF Jags receive the mk 3 ejection seats in place of the mk 2? I’m planning to build XX741 as at 1986, would it have had the mk 3 seat by then?

Posted this into the cold war section instead of modern, if it needs to be moved (mod's) please do so :). I've seen now various in progress builds, Youtube videos and I've studied the manual via Scalemates. From what I see in the manual is that an early GR.1 without the LRMTS in the nose can be build. Step 22 and version A shows this. Main question is would it be possible to build a French Jaguar A from this brand new Airfix release? I've come up with these differences myself but I'm happy to hear any of your suggestions on what not to forget in the build: 1) The early Jaguar GR.1 nose has a similar shape to the French Jaguar A. The only difference to that is that the French had some sort of IR-thingy under the nose. The French didn't have the chisel as the British had with the LRMTS. This would be doable with some scratch building. 2) Another exterior difference I can see is a single antenna on the air scope behind the cockpit (French version) versus the two fin antenna on the GR.1. 3) Another difference is the tail RWR antenna in the tail which is not fitted on the French A. 4) Difference on the tail is the small probe/tube fitted to the French A and not to the British GR.1. Looking forward to your (expert) opinions on this possible conversion to a French Jaguar A Cheers, Evert

Here's an oldie. I was after a couple of quick builds to get my mojo mojoing again and I picked up a few golden oldies from a local trader. This one is the original 1:72 Airfix SEPECAT Jaguar, straight out of the box. I brush paint my models now, too. The camo will be a nice challenge. These kits are so simple, and you get a result really fast. It's a nice change from the complex trucks I have been doing lately.

Hi modellers. This is another one from my Omani Air Force collection - The Jaguar OS, in the newer three tone camo scheme from just before the Jags retired in 2014. It was a bit of a strange project. It started started with me reading a post here on BM regarding the new Omani three tone camo scheme. I thought i would give this paint scheme a go and initially my plan was to repaint an Italeri Jag that i was not satisfied with. But the kit was in too bad a stage, so i took a two seat Hasegawa kit from the stash and kit bashed with the nose section of the old Italeri kit to make it into a one seater. I riveted a little on the wings and made some antennas from styrene. There is not much in the way of decals on the aircraft, but the fuel tanks is littered with markings - so i did my best to try to replicate this with help from the spares box. The colors used are: Sand is a mix of Hataka desert pink and Vallejo sand primer 50/50 mix. The light grey-green is Hataka raf sky and interior green 50/50 mix. The darker green is Vallejo fs 34102 Anyway, here it is.

This Jaguar entered service in 1974 with 6 Sqn, before a loan to the Indian AF in 1979. Returning to the RAF in 1984, XX738 was assigned to 54 Sqn at Coltishall and given the fin code GJ. It flew with the unit for the next 20 years, being repainted all grey in 2003 before transfer to 6 Sqn in 2005, flying with them until retirement on flying to Cosford for ground instruction duties in 2007. I got this kit from eBay, and it was a mix of darker and lighter grey sprues, with some pieces loose. However despite its age I enjoyed the build and it all goes together nicely, though with some filler required. For a change I didn’t use much aftermarket on this as I wanted a fairly simple build, just leftover Eduard instrument panels and aftermarket decals for the tail codes. I’m still hoping to source a yellow GJ for the nosewheel door.

Well kids.... I started all over again... New thread because the old one was just devolving into a endless stream of do overs. THIS THREAD SHALL NOT BE WHAT CAME BEFORE...THIS ONE WILL BE A FINISHED PROTOTYPE MODEL!! So a few months back my good friend Paul Fisher lost his home and wonderful workshop to fire in Paradise, CA. I am so happy he and his family escaped and in that light the mention of what comes next seems so trivial. Paul was in possession of the masters I had completed at the time of the fire so an opportunity to build a better model arose. Considering the magnitude of the work I previously completed, I started thinking about how to speed up the build. As many of you know I have turned to CNC and SLA type 3d printing to augment the hand building of the model. Until recently I had eschewed the use of FDM type printers due to the inaccuracy of the prints, and significant post processing required after printing model parts. Cost also was a factor, nothing was worth the investment versus the risk of poor parts. Enter the Tiertime Cetus MKIII. This little printer was cheap, precise and worth a gamble. The main feature that attracted me to the printer was the linear guide rails and bearing blocks. These almost guarantee accurate movement of the axises of the printer. With a price in the $300 US range it was worth a try. With the printer in hand and after some tweaking with the assembly of the printer I managed to print dimensionally accurate parts. One inch cubes were printed and were measured by digital caliper only a few ten thousands of an inch from true, and square adjacent surfaces measured with a machinist's square. So I ordered up 7,000g of PLA filament and started a-printing. On a similar journey I ordered up an Anycubic Photon MSLA printer, though this journey was much longer because the Photon required much more significant modification to get true parts. Out of the box it made fantastic parts in terms of detail. However, they parts didn't fit with others, they were skewed in the Z or vertical axis. The modification was much too complex to detail in this post, suffice to say the machine was disassembled, parts were machined true, linear rails and bearing blocks added and a new parts were machined to make it all work. Parts that came out of the machine post modification were exceptional! Now that I have three machines working simultaneously part production has definitely accelerated the pace of this build. I have also made some design changes. Outside of getting another chance to improve the model's accuracy, simplifying and streamlining the build has been a chief consideration. So the model will still be "skinned" in aluminum sheet but only where there are removable panels, the remainder of panel detail will be scribed in to a layer of primer paint. PLA is a difficult material to sand and also hygroscopic and needed to be well sealed. I'm using 2 part automotive epoxy paint (paint and hardener) to fill and "glue" the PLA layers together. The result is a surface that is much easier to sand and finish. You can see a few of the PLA parts were the black primer has been applied and finishing has started. Lastly my machining skills have improved to the point where the acrylic parts now have machined in details, rivets and reinforcing layers etc. Here's a shot of the parts so far. These parts represent the main components of the fuselage from the nose to the engine faces. More detailed photos coming as assembly commences. This will be a prototype model, so I will be finishing this one as I go, so you can look forward to finished assemblies going forward. Thanks for checking in! Timmy!

The Revell etype is now finished. I made a small WIP thread with some WIP photos also if anyone is interested. Painted in Ammo Mig polished metal and clear coated with Mr. Super Clear. Interior painted in Mr Hobby Russett. Silver/red in my opinion is a colour scheme that always comes out well. It’s a new tooled kit so everything fitted well for the most part. Plenty of details out of the box for the engine bay and a lot of decals to dress it all up. Recommend this kit for anyone else wanting to build a 60’s classic.

Hi, Here are some WIP pictures from the etype I'm building at the moment. It is actually near completion but I thought I would put the WIP photos separate from when I upload the finished kit. A great kit, with a lot of parts and decals and it fits together really nice. I went for Ammo Mig polished metal and clear coated with Mr Clear glossy. Interior was painted in Mr Hobby Russet. Some of the potential problems I found are the chrome pieces which are actually a bit fragile, i broke the rear view mirror support piece just by handling it. I also broke one of the rear bumpers in half although it was superglued when i pulled it off because it didn't fit right. Only fit problem I really had was the dashboard, I had to sand down the pedal attachment which goes on the back of it so it could click into place. These are niggling problems however, overall goes together very well generally. Apologies if some of these pictures are not showing the right way, I think the image hosting is setting them all in one fixed ratio.

XX970 was delivered to the RAF in January 1976 and served much of its time with 6 squadron at the home of the Jaguar, Coltishall in Norfolk. It served in the Gulf War, receiving a temporary sand colour before reverting back to green and grey, then being converted to GR3 standard in the mid 1990s. This Jaguar is still complete and currently used for technical training at RAF Cosford. This is the 1/48 Airfix kit, and needed a bit of scratch building to display with the flaps and slats down. I used the Eduard etch set and Air Master probe, plus a mix of Xtradecals and Kits World decals for the markings, serial and tail code. All comments and suggestions welcome! Here is the WIP:

Hi all Here is the kitty hawk 1:48 two seat Jaguar I brought this part built off a friend a couple of years ago (first picture) and decided to get it finished I decided early on that I wanted to finish it as a Nigerian Air Force Jaguar BN I already had Model Alliance Decals Sepcat Jaguar international sheet (48138) in my stash of decals I replaced the kit ejection seats with a resin set and the boarding ladders I purchased off eBay I used xtra colour enamel paints I’ve heard horror stories about kittyhawk kits and I totally agree this was a shocking kit with ill fitting parts and did test my patience ( probably not the best kit to build after loosing your modelling mojo) but I fought through it and got it done finished this in May 22 enjoy

Icelandic Fine Art is working on a 1/32nd SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1/3 resin kit. Source: https://www.facebook.com/flyingSmodels/posts/pfbid0eVLkgsg3zvkTNDpHnQBKbvsmj4NFpKqcjy27NMS5W5EnWv59Vp9PXyVWoq5os2Zdl See also: https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235074316-temporary-closure/&do=findComment&comment=3778356 V.P.

So my second entry for the GB and I'm finally building something other than an aircraft this year! Hopefully suitably big and British - 7 litre, V12, 720HP monster, 4.8 metres long and loud as hell. I prefer the look of the open rear wheel Le-Mans version but this is what I have in the stash and I'm going to build it OOB. I'll be adding the cancer stick logos for historical accuracy (I think they come supplied in the kit) - hopefully I'm OK posting those logos/pics on BM? Build to start / sprue shots / etc. once I get the two tiny MiGs off the workbench!

Here's my attempt at the 1/72 special livery Italeri "Big Cat" kit. Also used for some photographic practise, hence the variety of shot styles (sadly a memory card failed, so I've lost a chunk of the 'plain' model shots, and haven't the patience to go back and redo them all!). Mostly built OOB but an aftermarket seat, Eduard etch airbrakes/brake pipes/nose probes/nosegear door, and the ladder is from Flightpath. I scratchbuilt the removable intake FOD covers and the fuselage beacon, and also modified the main gear quite a bit to better represent the complicated cylinder arrangement. I also cut and re-set the flaps/ailerons/slats to try to better represent the usual 'droop' when the aircraft systems are shut down. Hataka acrylic grey paint, then those rather tricky decals over half the airframe. Loads of setting solution required! Italeri Jag kits don't have the best rep but I'm fairly pleased with this one. Thanks for looking! Here's a quick look at the evolution of the main undercarriage legs, in case anyone's interested: I've been frustrated that no kits (or 1/72 aftermarket parts) seem to have the correct look for the really complex multiple cylinders and rods on the real thing. The first view is the kit leg with the Eduard etch brake lines attached, at which point I decided to try improving a bit...the incorrect thin cylinder/pipe was removed, then various bits of plastic tube, filler and copper wire were added before painting and oil weathering (plus a couple of tiny bits of decal for the placards). Hard to make out much detail at that scale (each leg is only about 1" or less).

Hi I thought I'd start this one and try and get it finished by the time I next get to see this at Cosford in June. Am going to add some aftermarket wheels, but I think otherwise it'll be OOB. I had a go at dry brushing in the cockpit, it's still new for me, but seems to have added a bit of interest to the interior. Thanks for looking Steve

Afternoon all, Has anyone built this kit? It's a strange scale (1/38) and is rudimentary though the moulding is crisp and captures the shape well. I bought it at Silverstone 30 years ago whilst wandering around between GP and Touring Cars. I tried to upload a picture but am only able to do so from a URL, the photo is on my phone. Steve

Here's the box art from de future KittyHawk 1/48th BAe Jaguar GR.1/GR.3 kit - ref. KH80106 Source: http://s406.beta.photobucket.com/user/KAGNEW-71-73/media/brvbar-brvbar-_zpsb4058b3e.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0 Waiting now the Italeri new tool 1/48th Jaguar GR.1/.3 (ref.2714 - see herebelow) for a product comparison... V.P.

I've had a couple of false starts with models I wanted to build, I hope this project will yield a couple of decent vehicles. I've had a couple of Revell Jaguar XK120s in my cupboard for a while, I bought two because I wanted to try building this kit two different ways. The vision: One car built as factory standard. This is based on a car I saw in an old magazine; light blue with a navy and grey interior, with rear-wheel spats. One car built as a bit of a tuned-up, example with a set of Dunlop alloys and no spats. This one will be Tamiya British Green with a tan interior. Here's a mock-up, the wheels and tyres came from K&R Replicas. It might take a bit of ingenuity to fix them to the axles. You can also see that the body needs a lot of cleaning up, those mould lines are just about the worst possible place. On the early XK the ventilation flaps in the front wings need filling in, as these were never fitted as standard (although I think some owners added them later). For the tuned up XK I want to replicate the look of a later car, where the sidelights were integrated with the front wings, rather than being separate, chrome parts. This is a nicely detailed kit, but the copyright information moulded into some parts shows that it is a Monogram moulding and it feels like it might be almost as challenging as the old Monogram Maserati 3500 kit I built last year.

Many negative things have been written about the KittyHawk 1/48 Jaguar GR.1/GR.3 kit and I have to report that I have nothing to add to change any of them. With the exception of the Tailerons and the under fuselage strakes which both fitted beautifully, every other component required some sort of adjustment. Anyway, I managed to get the thing together and my assessment was that I would get a better result than using the Airfix kit which was sitting forlornly in my stash. I did however resort to a number of modifications and additions as follows: Replaced the misshapen pylons with Airfix ones. Used part of the Neomega cockpit. Used a Flighpath fuel tank. Used Flightpath missile rails on Airfix mount. Used part of SAC main undercarriage legs (experience with the KH Fitter taught me that the legs would sag and distort with time) - embedded in Araldite Used Reskit exhausts (mainly because they were with the kit when I bought it). Used Flightpath AN/ALQ-101 and Eduard Phimat pods Used Eduard CB-87s Scratchbuilt AN/ARC-164 aerial (shown on boxtop but not included in kit), new larger anti-collision light and replaced a number of aerials and probes with resin replacements. Added Master nose probe. Used replacement wheels (Also Reskit I think) which were in the box when I bought it. I'm sure there are more - it's a dog! Perhaps I should have just built the Airfix kit after all! I was determined to eradicate the wing joints which was trying, and succeeded reasonably well in closing all of the panels which don't fit too well here and there. I wanted to model XX725 "Johnny Fartpants" because when I visited Coltishall in June 1991, this was the one I saw most and got the best pictures of - and I am an ex Viz fan tee hee. Decals came from Kits World 48050 and were excellent but I couldn't quite get the artwork to sit at quite the right angle - probably because the panels and panel lines are not quite in the correct places? After a few trials with various mixes and manufacturers attempts at the ARTF Desert Sand I settled on the Mil Spec version, lightened a little. Weathering was with oils. Anyway - it was a struggle and I'm glad it's finished. We desperately need a new Jag kit and the way things are going it won't be by the woeful Airfix thankfully so come on ICM or Modelsvit - I'll buy a few for sure! Cheers Malcolm And finally one of my shots of the real thing some 3 Months after returning.....

So I'm contemplating a second 1/48 build (after my Meteor for a mate, RFI elsewhere) which will therefore be my second 1/48 build, in probably almost 48 years! This is not a "soon" build, but a near future lets say. I have built many 1/72 aircraft and have many of those on the go. I'd love to build an RAF Jaguar, as I worked with these aircraft wayback, in the MOD Jaguar project office in the early 70's. Yep, I'm that old! A beautiful aircraft, Trouble is, I am not a seasoned 48th modeller, and i hear the Airfix kii is perhaps OK, and the Kittyhawk kit is very scarce, and maybe not that good. This build won't be quick, but I want it to be good. I'm prepared to use much aftermarket if necessary. So the question is, am I better starting with the Airfix 1/48 jobby, or finding a Kittyhawk release and starting from that? All ideas, opinions and such like very welcome, Terry

Finally done.. my Jaguar in 1/48 scale. Built OOB, except for the Model Alliance decals and the Master pitot tube. I wanted to build a 6 sqn machine, since those were the last operational Jaguars I saw. Never saw this anniversary bird, but was inspired by a picture by Chris Lofting on Flickr. Painted with Vallejo and AK acrylics. Kind regards, Gerben