Now that I've finished my Vulcan B1a conversion, I am starting work on a TSR2. I did think about building this a while ago but I decided not to so a lot of bits had been cut from the frames and test fitted.
I am going to build this in the gear up configuration using the stand provided in the kit, I also intend to have the air brakes deployed, possibly with the bomb bay opened up.
As this is 1:144, the cockpit isn't too important. A simple black paintjob will do, pilots (also included in the kit) will be added later.
I glued the upper and lower fuselage parts together and added the intake cones using the fuselage side parts to align them correctly. There are a few sink marks around the nose which have to be dealt with.
I've not quite decided what I want to do when I paint this. I'm leaning towards XR219, the first completed prototype and the only TSR2 to fly, but also like the idea of a what-if TSR2 early on in its hypothetical service life, or even just doing one of the later prototypes which never actually flew.