A pair of Airfix Hawks in 1/72. Finished.

[perdu]

1 hour ago, keefr22 said:

 

Watch his Jag builds for the next 5 years. Or so..........

 

Keith

I'll drink to that, cheers.

Prosit.

[Fritag]

9 hours ago, hendie said:

I did wonder when you stated you were going to print a replacement why you wouldn't have just printed another at the same time to get two identical legs 

 

Thanks for your timely intervention (not) mate…. 

 

9 hours ago, hendie said:

the precipice of finishing

 

That sounds jolly frightening.  P’raps best avoided for the level plain of just carrying on ad infinitum…

 

7 hours ago, Serkan Sen said:

I did some windshield and canopy test prints using clear resin for my ongoing 1:72 and 1:48 A-12 Oxcart projects.

 

Ta Serkan, I shall look for those before doing any serious clear printing.

 

5 hours ago, keefr22 said:

Watch his Jag builds for the next 5 years.

 

You didn’t buy all that guff about having flown jags did you Keith  You can get a 1,000 hour jaguar patch on ebay for next to nowt; fools anyone and everyone.   Oh alright; I’ll do a Jag sometime.  Think I’ll dabble with other stuff for a bit first tho’…

 

3 hours ago, perdu said:

I'll drink to that, cheers.

 

I refer my learned friend to my previous reply.

 

Legs on.  Bit of fettling required for symmetry.  Sit looks about right.

 

Plus the first of nine undercarriage doors for each Hawk.  The little ones behind the nise leg.

 

The Hawks can now stand on their own two (three) feet (wheels):

 

 

 

Nine undercarriage doors each is a bit excessive don’t ya think?

 

 

 

 

Edited December 8, 2022 by Fritag

[hendie]

ooh looking lovely those Hawks are.

 

1 hour ago, Fritag said:

Thanks for your timely intervention (not) mate…. 

 

I was going to y'know.   Being as I am the Stator of the Blessed Obviance and all that. I really was going to.  Then I thought he can't be that silly can he? Really?  No, he can't be.   Therefore I refrained from drawing attention to your (I assumed) slight omission lest I embarrassed you in front of your pals. No one could be that silly. It was so obvious.

 

I shall now resume my role as Stator...

 

turns out you were 

 

 

 

[giemme]

9 hours ago, Fritag said:

Nine undercarriage doors each is a bit excessive don’t ya think?

Probably. But they look gorgeous!    

 

Ciao 

[perdu]

Them's nice.

[fatalbert]

11 hours ago, Fritag said:

Oh alright; I’ll do a Jag sometime.  Think I’ll dabble with other stuff for a bit first tho’…

Noooooooooooooooo,you mean i got to wait even longer for the Jags😭

[Terry1954]

12 hours ago, Fritag said:

Oh alright; I’ll do a Jag sometime.

 

You know it makes sense ..... 😉

 

12 hours ago, Fritag said:

The Hawks can now stand on their own two (three) feet (wheels):

 

As any respectable Hawks should be able to do! I must say, seeing them there on their wee legs, is rather pleasing. 👍

 

I had to do a quick recap on the nine door bit ....... I think I get it ........ 🤔

 

T.

[Steve Coombs]

13 hours ago, hendie said:

I shall now resume my role as Stator...

Preferable to being a Rotor? 😛

[Brandy]

Ooh, those are such nice legs!

Sort of Ernie Wise-ish but without the hair!

 

Ian

[Martian]

Nice work. I still can't take in this rush of progress. Are you OK Steve or shall we send for the resident BM vet?

 

Concerned of Mars 👽

[keefr22]

2 hours ago, Brandy said:

Ooh, those are such nice legs!

Sort of Ernie Wise-ish but without the hair!

 

Ian

 

What, short and fat?   

 

Keith

[Brandy]

55 minutes ago, keefr22 said:

What, short and fat? 

You got it!

 

Ian

[Fritag]

On 12/8/2022 at 10:31 PM, hendie said:

No one could be that silly. It was so obvious.

 

….

 

turns out you were 

 

You sound like my wife.

 

On 12/9/2022 at 9:44 AM, Terry1954 said:

I had to do a quick recap on the nine door bit ....... I think I get it ........ 🤔

 

My maths is correct isn’t it?  3 doors for the nose leg, 3 doors for each main leg (one big door inboard and two smaller ones outboard)  3 + 3 + 3 = 9?

 

17 hours ago, Martian said:

I still can't take in this rush of progress. Are you OK Steve or shall we send for the resident BM vet?

 

Concerned of Mars 👽

 

Bit of a nose bleed, but nothing too serious 

 

17 hours ago, keefr22 said:

What, short and fat?   

 

I think BAE Systems prefers compact and sturdy.

 

[bigbadbadge]

Wow they look fantastic standing on their own wheels , love the printed sights too, fantastic work. 

Chris

[Brandy]

50 minutes ago, Fritag said:

You sound like my wife.

As long as he doesn't look like her you should be safe!

 

Ian

[hendie]

2 hours ago, Fritag said:

You sound like my wife.

 

she told me to say that!

 

 

 

[Terry1954]

1 hour ago, Fritag said:

My maths is correct isn’t it?

 

Impeccable maths Steve (never in doubt!), but that wasn't directly what caused me to need to think on the matter............... It was more the reaction to your statement that a total of nine seemed excessive. For a moment (and I can tell you that at the age of 68 a moment can be quite a long time), my old brain felt that was indeed a large number of undercarriage doors for a little Hawk to have! 😲

 

I've had a full brain reboot now, so all is well for the next few hours!

 

T.

 

 

[woody37]

Reckon we could be in for a great Christmas present, seeing these in RFI!

 

They look amazing Steve

 

[HAMP man]

I get Bald moments, but I've used it to my benefit

Standard response to Postie within earshot of SWMBO

'I can't remember ordering this/these' followed by an exagerated Gallic shrug

Once the thought is there it can't be un-thought

 

Anyroadup praps you could offer one of the 5? little gems to various to clubs stands at next years Tellers and start a sort of a BM treasure hunt? I am confident you would be sans hands in no time.

 

I know your skills involved in getting these to where they are have been improved and expanded, but looking back at the Chippie and the 'low tech'(but gobsmacking) techniques used on that little beauty, I am encouraged that non-cads like myself can still aspire to attaining the bar (see what I did there?) set by your good self.

 

Box On

 

Strickers

[Gondor44]

Oh goody, a Jag to look forward to sometime..... now I am betting 1/72 scale and probably Hasagawa although it would be interesting to see an Airfix one being given the treatment.

 

Gondor

[brianthemodeller]

@Fritag… don’t suppose you were up Lancaster way this evening, were you? I got overtaken on the M6S by a car with the number plate FR13TAG?!?

[Anthony in NZ]

You have managed to capture something not all modellers can achieve and that is a sense of realism as well as the 'look and feel' of an airframe.  Lovely work, I'm impressed!

[81-er]

22 hours ago, Terry1954 said:

For a moment (and I can tell you that at the age of 68 a moment can be quite a long time), my old brain felt that was indeed a large number of undercarriage doors for a little Hawk to have!

 

22 hours ago, HAMP man said:

I get Bald moments, but I've used it to my benefit

There's a long-running thing in my family that we suffer from CRAFT moments, which are not age-related so any of us can have them. It stands for Can't Remember A Flaming* Thing

 

*It's not actually flaming, but I'd get into trouble with the mods if I'd written the correct word

 

James

[general melchett]

I really think you should extend these builds infinitely Steve. Go for the record and associated page count, that way we could all enjoy the ultimate 'infinity build', although looking at this you're dangerously close to actually finishing them. Besides, what would you do with yourself once these are wrapped up? 

[Martian]

2 hours ago, general melchett said:

 Besides, what would you do with yourself once these are wrapped up? 

Well a couple of Jaguars should take up a few more of your Earth decades.

 

Martian 👽