Paul J Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 I'm going for this one. Italeri/revell kit from M&S boxing. Modeldecals for a 14 Squadron example. Kit and decal contents And some work so far. Also showing plastic card to blank of the hollow intake area. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted August 29, 2013 Author Share Posted August 29, 2013 Some more pics of work while trying to get on with other builds... Inside the intakes. Ejector pin evidence to be removed! I didn't have much of an issue in the join of the nose section to the main fuselage section as I'd feared. A light sanding and a buff up sorted it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natter Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Slightly different from the old Airfix Jaguar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcanicity Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 Thank heavens someone else is building one! Nice work so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted September 6, 2013 Author Share Posted September 6, 2013 Slight pause in this build due to other sidetracking builds. But will be back on track soon. Thanks for the interest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Ooooh, what a lovely looking kit! I may have to get one...! 14 Sqn? So this is going to be a classic Jaguar. Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted September 9, 2013 Author Share Posted September 9, 2013 Yep. It'll go nicely with my other 14 squadron builds so far. Hunter, Phantom, Canberra B(I)8. Plan to do a Tornado and maybe a Mossie but will stop there. For this unit I just want to portray postwar jet era types used by this squadron. More of a tribute to Shoreham Airport where the unit was formed in WW1. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted September 17, 2013 Author Share Posted September 17, 2013 On the verge of stalling this build. But a bit more has been done. Thinking about gettting ready for painting before adding all the undercart etc! Primed and some cockpit work done. I'm not going mad and fully detail it, but just enough to make it interesting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natter Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 That cockpit looks really nice. Don't let it stall, get it built! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 On the verge of stalling this build. Don't stop now! You're just getting to the fun bit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted September 19, 2013 Author Share Posted September 19, 2013 No worries. Once I've swapped my Sabre hat for the Jaguar one, it'll be going full swing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted October 6, 2013 Author Share Posted October 6, 2013 Not going too smoothly this one. Not the building, I mean the pace and time spent on it. I had to get on and finish a review sample that was taking up up spare modelling time. And now I am going to be away for a week from Tuesday to the following Tuesday which brings me a bit close to the deadline. Good news is its at a painting stage so I may have time to do all the necessary masking, painting, decalling and finishing jobs plus the photos!! Will do my best to get some done tomorrow evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritag Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 (edited) On the verge of stalling....Of course - technically speaking you couldn't fully stall a Jag. Before you'd get to that point you'd have exceeded the angle of attack limit - lost tail authority and departed from controlled flight - never to regain the same - and crashed - preferably after having first banged out Most jag pilots will have exceeded the service alpha limit and flirted with departure during 1 v 1 training - generally associated with lots of buffet and rocking followed by some sort of undemanded pitch or roll and thoughts of "sh*t - that's done it" - followed by buckets of adrenalin and stick hard forward followed by enormous feelings of guilty relief........might also bring the flaps up as well - seeing as it was forbidden to use them in combat manouvering (but they did help)....... Then you'd go and do it all again. Otherwise you'd get beaten by the other bloke who was probably doing the same over-alpha/flaps down thing....... Sorry for the drift. Looking good Paul. 14 sqn. Classic Germany wrap around scheme? Steve Edited October 8, 2013 by Fritag 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted October 18, 2013 Author Share Posted October 18, 2013 Well, after my break away and only a few days left to complete this model, I have beavered away and made some progress with the paintwork. Hopefully over the weekend up to the deadline I'll finish it!! Pics: The kit nose leg had the all important wheel yoke broken off and lost. An appeal here came up with one from a Hasegawa Jag apparently. I couldn't use it all but with some careful drilling and reinforcing, I managed to get to what you see in the picture. The Hasegawa yoke married to the Italeri part(beige plastic colour). I know the pic isn't too sharp but at least you get an idea of what I did. And many thanks to the donor. Apologies but name eludes me now but you know who you are. Camo application and masking top side. And all masking removed and ready for progress..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 That looks really smart! The RAF grey/green scheme suits pretty much anything. I'm really looking forward to seeing this one finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted October 18, 2013 Author Share Posted October 18, 2013 Hi. Done a fair bit more this evening. Just need the decals to apply and a final matt coat. So should all be done by Sunday night.... hopefully!here are a few more pics with all paint work done and the pitot still needing to be added. I have left this off for decalling purposes so it don't get broken!!As can be seen in above photos I have treated the gun ports to the brick red that was seen here usually. Can anyone confirm if this colour extended to the panel line to immedaitely just above the gun shroud please?Its a shame that service Jags of the period didn't wear the full colour red white blue roundels in this camo scheme. I rather like the good ole' D types! The Modeldecals for the 14 Sqn. one I'm doing are ready and waiting. I shall also be using Modeldecal blue /red roundels from the generic set they did for the period as the kit ones are too dark in the blue and also the fin falsh is not the style used. It seems the flash in the kit decals was peculiar to 2 Sqdn. I will use the kit decals for most of the stencilling though.See you tomorrow night with the finished job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted October 19, 2013 Author Share Posted October 19, 2013 Made it!! Just finished this after I spent the best part of this afternoon and evening getting this 'cat' groomed!!One pic here as a taster and more in the Gallery and RFI!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natter Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Lovely Jag, nicely finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcanicity Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Excellent build Paul, good to see it done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritag Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Lovely Jag, nicely finished. Yep - what he said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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