gazza l Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Excellent clean build, I have this kit waiting in the wings but I can't bring myself to build it; what with all that raised detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 That is about the best JP5 from the Airfix kit I have ever seen! My old boss (Mike Fox) used to fly for The Swords and I had the pleasure of doing a kit for him with the old Modeldecal sheet, but it was nowhere near the standard you've managed to do with yours; that is really superb! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchbuilder Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Oh Lordy, that's nice! Some builds just have a certain "feel" about them and yours has it by the spadeful. Tell me, are those panel lines decals or lightly tinted scribings? They are so crisp. I'm a sucker for a bit of crispness on a model. I'm a bit new to this lark after being away in the "deep fundamould" of car models. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roof Rat Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 J ust P erfect. RR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Modeller Posted February 3, 2013 Author Share Posted February 3, 2013 Oh Lordy, that's nice! Some builds just have a certain "feel" about them and yours has it by the spadeful. Tell me, are those panel lines decals or lightly tinted scribings? They are so crisp. I'm a sucker for a bit of crispness on a model. I'm a bit new to this lark after being away in the "deep fundamould" of car models. Martin The panel lines are scribed using a sewing needle held in a drill chuck. Panel lines on the wings were fairly lightly scribed except for the ailerons which were made quite a bit heavier. The difficult ones were the engine access panels on the fuselage behind the cockpit - I used quite a bit of dymo tape in small sections to do this. They are finished by flowing some very thin dark grey oil paint into the scribed lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchbuilder Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Many thanks. I like the needle in a pin chuck idea. I have no trouble scribing lines by much the same method on my car models, but the Dymo tape is priceless! But can one still get Dymo tape?? Cheers, Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mekon Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 That is really nice, terrific JP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 .... Simply GORGEOUS... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tango Fox Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Lovely results from an old kit. Very nice indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerodes Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 What great looking model. Did you use the Airfix seats or did you get a resin set - if you did which ones. I've just strated fitting the Raval resin cockpit set and would be interested in any tisp you might have. Rgds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerodes Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Hi Chris, Sorry made a slip with my dyslexic fingers in last post - should read Pavla resin cockpit set Rgds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Modeller Posted February 20, 2013 Author Share Posted February 20, 2013 Hi Chris, Sorry made a slip with my dyslexic fingers in last post - should read Pavla resin cockpit set Rgds I didn't use any resin - just the Airfix seats with Milliput seat parachute pack and masking tape belts - i used fuse wire for the handles, etc. The rest of the interior was done with plasticard and bits of stretched sprue, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMChladek Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Yet another fine example that an "old" kit is not a "bad" kit. Put some good technique into it and a great model can be the result. As much as it might be cool for Airfix to give us a new tool of this one, the old Strikemaster/Provost kit as I recall was one of the nicer ones of its time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrritableRabbit Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 That is a fabulous job done on an older kit, and it just doesn't look like an older kit. Thank you for describing the extra work you did to it regards to the panel lines and cockpit. I would never have thought of that. Top job, thank you for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John R Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 (edited) 'but I made a mess of the Cranwell blue fuselage stripes' My hero - a mistake - Oh Chris, say it wasn't so! More seriously do you flow the paint into the panel lines before or after painting? I thought that if you do it before, it will get covered up but if you do it afterwards it could get rather messy. Or have I missed the point? Is the paint there to give a smooth finish to the line? Nice job John Edited February 22, 2013 by John R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Modeller Posted February 22, 2013 Author Share Posted February 22, 2013 'but I made a mess of the Cranwell blue fuselage stripes' My hero - a mistake - Oh Chris, say it wasn't so! More seriously do you flow the paint into the panel lines before or after painting? I thought that if you do it before, it will get covered up but if you do it afterwards it could get rather messy. Or have I missed the point? Is the paint there to give a smooth finish to the line? Nice job John Hello John - we all make mistakes sometimes you know - the trick is not to let them be seen! On the paint - I flow the oil paint in after the paintwork has been completed. Because I use enamel, I give everything a coat of Klear first to seal it, then roughly put thinned oil paint in the panel lines with a brush, then wip off the excess with a rag in the direction of the airflow. I tend to scribe fairly deep lines so they hold the paint, If you try to do this with kit engraved lines the paint tends to be removed with the wiping off - but if you give the oil paint a couple of hours to dry first you can also use this technique on kit lines. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 That really is nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robvulcan Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 well that is a lovely provost and inspired me to pull mine from the stash. i do love budgies cute little planes indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 What a beauty this is and stands as an object lesson in panel line marking too I love the way you HAVE intensified the panels that are usually "there" without making every single line on the airframe stand out The lightness of touch on the wings is especially worthy of mention, lovely work It's beautiful modelling, no matter what some say Airifx kits can become fabulous models with the addition of a little hobbylove Nice 'plane b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr T Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Lovely build. The JP5 I always thought was one of Airfix better efforts of the 70's and you have made a fantastic job of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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