Dads203 Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Hi all, Not sure if these will be of use to you, took them today at Cosford. Hopefully someone can use them, so feel free to save them. Cheers Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Very nice Dan... you can never get too many pics of Jags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dads203 Posted April 16, 2008 Author Share Posted April 16, 2008 Very nice Dan... you can never get too many pics of Jags True mate, saving these for my Jag build, some time in the next 5 years ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 I've got 3 more in the stash myself, so doubtless I'll be doing a full landing gear bay job on at least one of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dads203 Posted April 16, 2008 Author Share Posted April 16, 2008 I've got 3 more in the stash myself, so doubtless I'll be doing a full landing gear bay job on at least one of them Get them cast up then mate, I'd buy a set Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Get them cast up then mate, I'd buy a set Mebbe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coneheadff Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Wonderful shots! Thanks a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spellbinder99 Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Great shots, but a couple of points to watch if you intend to use them to model any other Jaguar than the test version seen here. The large orange box and orange painted wiring must be associated with its modification for Fly By Wire trials as they aren't in a normal in-service jet, similar to the small "LEX" that can be seen on the front of the wing in the engine intake pictures. The aircraft must be minus its Adour engines as the exhaust nozzles would be visible in the pictures with the exhaust blanks. In the fourth picture showing the larger upper U/C door, there should be a triangular rubber piece mounted on the corner making a right angle edge. It is missing (they often broke off) so should be shown if making a model with the doors open, as they allways were on the ground. The only time the doors were closed were after start up just prior to launch with engines running and on taxi in. Cheers Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dads203 Posted April 17, 2008 Author Share Posted April 17, 2008 Great shots, but a couple of points to watch if you intend to use them to model any other Jaguar than the test version seen here.The large orange box and orange painted wiring must be associated with its modification for Fly By Wire trials as they aren't in a normal in-service jet, similar to the small "LEX" that can be seen on the front of the wing in the engine intake pictures. The aircraft must be minus its Adour engines as the exhaust nozzles would be visible in the pictures with the exhaust blanks. In the fourth picture showing the larger upper U/C door, there should be a triangular rubber piece mounted on the corner making a right angle edge. It is missing (they often broke off) so should be shown if making a model with the doors open, as they allways were on the ground. The only time the doors were closed were after start up just prior to launch with engines running and on taxi in. Cheers Tony Cheers Tony, Some good pointers which i'll use .Both engines were out of the airframe with one on a dolly just next to the main gear. One question for you, would the main gear doors be in the open postion with the aircraft on the ground without power? Cheers Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyT Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 (edited) Cheers Tony, Some good pointers which i'll use .Both engines were out of the airframe with one on a dolly just next to the main gear. One question for you, would the main gear doors be in the open postion with the aircraft on the ground without power? Cheers Dan Yes, the Aircraft would taxy in with the doors closed and then when parked with the engines still running we would select them open. This was to to allow us to service the aircraft, same as the Airbrakes they would be open to allow refueling and the airstarter gen is in their too... both gun doors would also be opened too, (one on the tbird only left side as avionics were in their other) and the cable that connects the guns would be dangling down so as to show instantly that the guns were safe from a distance, again same for parking outside we would close them up...... Lox pot door would be open as well and the pot removed for charging, the door would tend to be left open, it is the big one that the refuelling probe goes round..... if we were parking overnight outside we would close all of them. Also if you are modelling a German Jag, the Main seat pins were not all fitted, the main gun pin remained in it's storage on the right cockpit wall, the other 4 were fitted......... UK they all were put in. The wear on the paint in the main Undercarriage bay and on the decals is we used the bays as notepads to send rather rude messages to people at Coltishall etc from Germany, and these would often get cleaned off Edited August 31, 2008 by TonyT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James G Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 AAARGH! Undercarriage bays are a nightmare.... I'd really like to do a superdetail job on a Jag (if a 1/32 kit is forthcoming) but bays this complex may cause me to lose my mind, they look even more crammed than a Tonka's bays!! Seriously, good pics tho; I've seen this beast at Cosford a few times. Come to think of it, I have some good Jag detail shots from this year's Cosford airshow, will put them up on this thread soon. James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagRigger Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 No - if they do kit one in 1/32 I want to build one on maintenance. On jacks, panels off............ http://sepecat.info/coppermine/displayimag...um=53&pos=2 This was my life ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spellbinder99 Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 Soft! That one still has the wing on! Seven years working on Jags in Oman and we seemed to have the wing of every aircraft for fuel leaks from the bins at some time or other. Then again, the RAFO Jags were ridden hard and put away wet for a long time. Back working on F-18s in Oz again, big sigh of relief.... Cheers from one Jag Groundie to another.... Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagRigger Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 I'd have been reluctant to put it on jacks with the wing off............. Know what you mean about tub leaks though - majors normally saw one or both out for reseal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard of Effingham Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 mildly OT.... but has anyone ever done a WM u/c set for the jag' in 1/72 and 1/48 scales? i have seen the techies at cosford demo the u/c several times and one wonders quite what the u/c designer was on when they thought this main wheel arrangment up. trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyT Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 (edited) mildly OT....but has anyone ever done a WM u/c set for the jag' in 1/72 and 1/48 scales? i have seen the techies at cosford demo the u/c several times and one wonders quite what the u/c designer was on when they thought this main wheel arrangment up. trevor Was originally designed to go to sea with the French, also youtube it for rough take off films... See we have a couple of ASF bods in here .......... real Jag Engineers were on Squadrons, don't you know, In Germany no less Edited September 5, 2008 by TonyT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagRigger Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 Was originally designed to go to sea with the French, also youtube it for rough take off films... See we have a couple of ASF bods in here .......... real Jag Engineers were on Squadrons, don't you know, In Germany no less 2nd line, 3rd line , bit of 1st, OOA support, recoveries for road move, bays ............ did most of it in 22 years on type Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dambuster Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 Was originally designed to go to sea with the French, also youtube it for rough take off films... The undercarriage for the carrier version (Jaguar M) is different and only had a single mainwheel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyT Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 (edited) The undercarriage for the carrier version (Jaguar M) is different and only had a single mainwheel. Crawls into a corner Still was designed to operate off unprepared bases, though it struggled off prepared ones......... JagRigger 2nd line, 3rd line , bit of 1st, OOA support, recoveries for road move, bays ............ did most of it in 22 years on type You poor B*gger, I did 20 Sqn and 14 Sqn Jaguars in the Big G (coming off Helicopters, Wessex, Puma, Chinook) before going onto VC10's... all first line, though I did a couple of months at 431MU in the Adour Engine bay as the Jags were disbanding.......... always swore after that couple of months introduction that I would cut my wrists if I ever had to do anything but 1st line again.......... Never did. Edited September 6, 2008 by TonyT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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