Mick Drover Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 (edited) Hi all, After 10 months and a few hours on Sunday afternoon it's finally done. This has been built for a friend as a thankyou for some bits and pieces that he helped me out with in 2012. Gary H...I hope you like it mate! The aircraft represents A8-127 from 1 Squadron circa the mid 70's well before the Pavetack and AUP programs were implemented. The gun fairing is installed. Of note is that during this period the squadrons had not yet applies squadron specific markings hence why the tail is vacant of advertising. Sadly, this aircraft along with her crew was lost on the 13th of September 1993 near Guyra in New South Wales. A brief summary. The kit is the venerable original boxing of the Hasegawa RAAF F-111C. Some modifications(albeit small) have been made and they are mainly in the cockpit. The pilot side canopy has been cut open and the internal framing added. A new instrument panel was built to represent the aircraft at the time as the kit only supplies a decal which is inaccurate for the C. A simple case of copying the pattern of the kit IP and then drilling holes in it and scoring lines to represent the instrument sections. A radar scope and radar hood have also been as well as well as throttles which are normally represented by the kit decal. Paints are Gunze Acrylics and decals are 23 year old kit decals which silvered a bit unfortunately. The exhausts are various shades of Alclad with Tamiya weathering pastels and graphite applied. The 500lb Mk 82's are sourced from the Hasegawa X-72-1 Weapons set. Here she is in all of her glory with the canopy glue for the open cockpit still drying. Hope you like her. Cheers Mick Edited September 2, 2013 by Mick Drover 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daryl J. Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screech Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Nice lookin' VARK! Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VG 33 Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Very nice. This kit is still the best choice in this scale and you mastered it. Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 lovely job Mick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fallmonk Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Another stunning vark, Deff need to add one of these kits to my wish list, could only hope it turns out half as good as yours . Congrats sir simply stunning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan B Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 That's a very fine looking F111, lovely job. Duncan B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoppy Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Great looking Pig Mick, certainly looks different without the tail squadron markings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Vader Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Superb,great paint job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 great job,looks fanatsic,love the paint job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr B Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Very nice work Rgds Mr b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Great job, looks really nice. I've got one of these in the stash and an EF which I plan to try and fold the wings on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 I do like it, very nice indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Brilliant job, Really nice ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Drover Posted September 2, 2013 Author Share Posted September 2, 2013 (edited) Thanks for the generous comments everyone. This colonial boy really appreciates it! Great looking Pig Mick, certainly looks different without the tail squadron markings. It does indeed Hoppy. The early RAAF F-111's are rarely modelled so I wanted something differemt. Less is more perhaps??? The next one will have some flashy tail markings though Great job, looks really nice. I've got one of these in the stash and an EF which I plan to try and fold the wings on. Thanks Tbolt. When you do sweep the wings check your wings as mine had a slight bit of warping. When trimming the flap check the mating edge along the wing as my wing depressed perhaps a mm or 2 when presenting the lower wing section. It was noticaeable in the gap where the flap rail sits. Cheers all. Mick Edited September 3, 2013 by Mick Drover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pappy Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Wooohoooo! Great looking pig Mick! cheers, Pappy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhtmo Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Lovely build, nice job. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelvk Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 That's very very pretty indeed! Lovely work.. Idiot question: The pattern is similar to the USAF SEA pattern, but are the colours unique to the RAAF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Drover Posted September 3, 2013 Author Share Posted September 3, 2013 That's very very pretty indeed! Lovely work.. Idiot question: The pattern is similar to the USAF SEA pattern, but are the colours unique to the RAAF? Not at all Michael. The first rule I learnt as a surveyor..."Never assume"! The colours are standard USAF FS paints as follows. (All gunze acrylic) H303 - Light green FS34102 H309 - Dark green FS34079 H310 - Tan FS30219 Cheers Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 very cool indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Very nice! Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Very very nice, great job on the paint scheme, Sean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardiff guy Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 nice PIG well done Glenn... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TME3 Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Beautuiful..! A classic look on a classic airplane....! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean1968 Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 (edited) Personally I think this was the F-111 at its best, the paint job matched it's lines. Great work, well done. Edited September 4, 2013 by Sean1968 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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