Wez Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 (edited) I've recently received the rather sweet and excellent 1/72nd Special Hobby HAL Ajeet Mk.1 which I'm planning on making for the Brits Abroad GB in 2018, I was studying the colour schemes which come with the kit and are shown here. The one that has grabbed my interest is Camo.A which has the light blue rear fuselage. In the kit instructions it states: "The machine is no doubt interesting by having its natural metal colour scheme partially painted over with pale blue colour, which on the rear fuselage and empennage wear traces of leaking fluids and dirt" which has led me wondering, where does it leak from and do they take up a distinctive pattern like the Sapphire engine oil leak did on Hunter F.2/5? I've looked at Mr Google and I can't really find anything very distinctive. Given that aircraft leak from certain items of equipment and using an educated guess I'd say the PFCUs would be a good place to leak from but does anybody know if these jets leaked in a distinctive pattern? Edited December 19, 2017 by Wez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris57 Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Did our Gnats have a history of similar issues Wez, or is this something exclusive to the Ajeets?. Step forward liney's of a certain age please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted December 19, 2017 Author Share Posted December 19, 2017 8 minutes ago, chris57 said: Did our Gnats have a history of similar issues Wez, or is this something exclusive to the Ajeets?. Step forward liney's of a certain age please. Don't know Chris, all of the pictures I've seen of RAF Gnats are all pretty clean, I'm too young to have seen them in service (it's true, I am), certainly my experience of them during trade training is just that however, ground use instructional airframes aren't being used in any operational context so won't leak to the same extent. You're right step forward ex-Gnat liney's! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Interesting subject. This appears to be the same aircraft (last digit obscured though) and in a different scheme. Pinterest image Grotty doesn’t even begin to cover it! Trevor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted December 19, 2017 Author Share Posted December 19, 2017 Definitely a very unkempt aircraft indeed! In my experience, hydraulic oil is very good at stripping paint whereas lubricating oil tends to stain a surface Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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