Pappy Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 (edited) G'day people, Here is my just finished Italeri T.2, although the grey markings may actually represent a T.4 bird, I am no Jag expert. The kit flew together, despite the crappy wing fuselage join. I don't like the kit seats. They are fitted temporarily until some Pavla resin items arrive. I can live with the cockpit tubs, the sidewalls look busy enough. The instrument panels are crap but I originally intended an OOB build, but that changed halfway through. I would probably add the central MFD to each panel as a minimum for a T.4 bird if I were to do it again. The canopies are not actually glued on either. The centreline CBLS pod is one of Jen's resin items, and very nice it is too! I had a small mishap along the way. A couple of days ago whilst spraying the matt varnish (Testor's Dullcoat) I managed to spill the contents of the airbrush's colour cup onto the top of the right wing, subsequently melting the paint. I blotted up what I could then walked away (if I had stayed I would probabaly have chucked the kit into the bin!) until I had cooled down. The next day I surveyed the damage. I carefully sanded away the marred paint using some well worn 1000 grit wet'n'dry with plenty of water, and tried to get a nice 'feathered' edge to the paint edges. I then went through all my previous steps of applying the base colour, post shading, panel washing and weathering. I ended up losing some panel details, but I think it was still a good recovery. The decals were of excellent quality and didn't show any silvering and no setting solution was required. I used Gunze paints which dry semi-gloss for this reason. The only problem with the decals is that they are basically incorrectly sized. The fuselage roundels are too big as are the fuselage and nose gear door codes. The fin flash should be angled to match the rudder hinge, but it is instead angled too far rearwards. Apart from the inaccurate decals and crappy seats, I thoroughly enjoyed this one, a nice way to spend a couple of weekends cheers, Pappy Edited June 12, 2008 by Pappy 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousER99 Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Awesome work Pappy!! Great job on the fix!! You feathered it in perfectly!! Do me a favor and drop me a PM on something else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Looks NICE! great save with the paint though, i use the same stuff and it's lethal in large blobs as you have demonstrated! Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markc Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Great looking Jag, I do like the 2 seater. You've managed to capture a nice lived in look. Well done on recovering the varnish "oops" as well, I know that sinking feeling oh too well when you realise just what's happened. Cheers MarkC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thx6667 Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 The decals were of excellent quality and didn't show any silvering and no setting solution was required. I used Gunze paints which dry semi-gloss for this reason. The only problem with the decals is that they are basically incorrectly sized. The fuselage roundels are too big as are the fuselage and nose gear door codes. The fin flash should be angled to match the rudder hinge, but it is instead angled too far rearwards. Apart from the inaccurate decals and crappy seats, I thoroughly enjoyed this one, a nice way to spend a couple of weekendscheers, Pappy Nice build, those RBF tags do add a splash of colour. I have a plan someday to make the Italeri and Frog T.2 kits together, just for a bit of fun. But you're right about the Italeri decals - its another RAF subject where they get sizes, proportions and style completely wrong, but then print them gorgeously! Add to that the "desert pink" T.2..(?!) Nice kit though, I look forward to trying to figure out a fix for the fuselage assembly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Good recovery that man, and a lovely Jag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Nice job Pappy! So that is the secret...walk away. I should do that more often rather than make things worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Excelent Pappy, good rescue job there. Lots of detail had to check to make sure she wasn't 1:48. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tizzy Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Very nice.Good save with the damaged paint.It's so easy to end up giving the plane an early test flight against a wall when things happen.Glad you persevered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Cornes Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Nice looking Jag. Whose paint did you use for the airbrake interiors, etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzH Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Another great build there Pappy, I know the "AAAAAAHHHHH" feeling when you screw up spilling paint or dropping something, You did the best thing, walking away.... let it settle, then get back to it... Looks great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pappy Posted June 12, 2008 Author Share Posted June 12, 2008 Nice build, those RBF tags do add a splash of colour. I have a plan someday to make the Italeri and Frog T.2 kits together, just for a bit of fun.But you're right about the Italeri decals - its another RAF subject where they get sizes, proportions and style completely wrong, but then print them gorgeously! Add to that the "desert pink" T.2..(?!) Nice kit though, I look forward to trying to figure out a fix for the fuselage assembly. G'day Jonathan, Yeah I think that the decal style and sizes would suit The previous grey/green scheme, but Italeri got lazy with the new scheme. I have the MA retirement decals, and I was thinking about using their decals to make the two seater with the speccy tanks, but I don't think that their jug decals are sized correctly eithe, they seen too large for 1/72, cheers, Pappy Excelent Pappy, good rescue job there. Lots of detail had to check to make sure she wasn't 1:48. Thanks Mish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pappy Posted June 12, 2008 Author Share Posted June 12, 2008 Another great build there Pappy, I know the "AAAAAAHHHHH" feeling when you screw up spilling paint or dropping something, You did the best thing, walking away.... let it settle, then get back to it...Looks great. G'day Oz, The first thing that crossed my mind was launching it at a wall, but then I thought, worst case I could salvage weapons, undercarriage etc. The damage seemed a lot more salvageable the following day. It didn't seem that bad the next day. It was probably worse as I had decided that I was going to finish the kit that afternoon just prior to 'the incident'. It just goes to show that the universe is a funny old place, cheers, Pappy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pappy Posted June 12, 2008 Author Share Posted June 12, 2008 Nice looking Jag. Whose paint did you use for the airbrake interiors, etc? "my own paint of course!" G'day Simon I used some Tamiya yellow with a little green mixed in. I didn't follow any formula, count drops or anything, just what seemed to approximate my reference pictures, cheers, Pappy Nice job Pappy! So that is the secret...walk away. I should do that more often rather than make things worse. G'day Ray! Yeah I had to resist the temptation to fiddle. Of course, sometimes, when you come back, it still looks crap................ cheers, Pappy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig S Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 (edited) I've heard that the MA decals for the anniversary tanks on the T-bird are wrong, mainly as the blue is too dark so the detail just about vanishes! The easy way round that though is not to use them, at the end of the day the aircraft flew with 6 Sqn for months if not years beforehand with standard grey tanks-easy! am tempted to do that one myself, as I couldn't stand those decals, a pity as it's otherwise an excellent kit. Somehow none of the decal maufacturers seem to be able to get the T-bird fin flash right. The ones I had from MA needed trimming down as they fitted all the way accross the fin, not leaving room or the black strip down the leading edge. Also, the leading edge of the stripe on the real thing doesn't conform with the angle of the leading edge of the fin, the stripe angles down more sharply than the tail. A lovely job you've done on that one, the weathering is superb and as for the rescue job on that wing-superb! I can see why after seeing that the bin was tempting! Bet you're glad you perservered with it though! Nice work! Edited June 14, 2008 by Craig S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eng Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 The dog's nadgers mate, very nice. My attempt doesn't deserve mentioning after seeing this - shame the canopy's in the kit are so crap though, I spent 2 nights trying to minimise the gaps. Beauty, Eng Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 Fantastic! Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pappy Posted June 15, 2008 Author Share Posted June 15, 2008 G'day people, Thanks to all that have commented. I have managed to give the resin Pavla seats a lick of paint and installed them I had the sand the sides of the seat base a little in order for these to fit into the tub. They are a real improvement over the standard kit items and would recommend them to anyone contemplating the kit. I also fixed the canopies in the open position with some addition detail added in the form of the canopy actuators made from some fine copper wire. A section of map was added to the front cockpit coaming to add a little interest. cheers, Pappy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Frey Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 Looks simply amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdxtnt Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 Those seats certainly make a big difference don't they? She looks very sleek Pappy Gary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ancient mariner Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 Nice build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaguarfan Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 Superb build, hard to believe that it is a 1/72 kit Great rescue too!!! cheers Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pappy Posted June 16, 2008 Author Share Posted June 16, 2008 Nice build. Superb build, hard to believe that it is a 1/72 kit Great rescue too!!! cheers Bob Thanks very much, cheers, Pappy Nice build. Superb build, hard to believe that it is a 1/72 kit Great rescue too!!! cheers Bob Thanks very much, cheers, Pappy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatchet Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 Looks great Pappy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeew Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 Excellente Pappy! very nicely done and a fantastic save on the paint botch. can I ask, what did you use for the RBF streamers? did I miss it somewhere in your thread? They look really good mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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