***finished*** RAFs Big Cat

[PhantomBigStu]

Should be a pretty straightfoward build 

 

Edited June 30, 2018 by PhantomBigStu

[JOCKNEY]

I've never seen those colours on a Jaguar before, do the decals have the markings on ?

 

cheers Pat

[PhantomBigStu]

On 4/29/2018 at 1:11 PM, JOCKNEY said:

I've never seen those colours on a Jaguar before, do the decals have the markings on ?

 

cheers Pat

Yep, decals, anyway shooting forward, nothing to see in the pit, very spartan not even provided with instrument decals 

 

 

 

[PhantomBigStu]

Still more sanding needed around the jet pipes, why italeri decided to make the fuselage floor a separate part i don’t know 

 

[PhantomBigStu]

almost there just to clean up the canopy carefully remove the tail fins and it’s ready for glossing 

 

[PhantomBigStu]

Finally found some time for some decalling (assignments and exam revision the priority) not ideal and need some touch ups in places but looks the part 

 

[stever219]

On 5/4/2018 at 4:23 PM, PhantomBigStu said:

why italeri decided to make the fuselage floor a separate part i don’t know 

Because at the time that this kit first saw the light of day slide moulding technology that would allow the undercut between the tailpipes to be moulded in with the rest of the fuselage halves was, at best, in its infancy as far as kits were concerned and was therefore considerably more expensive than “normal” tooling.  It’s still not as inexpensive as normal tooling but it is now more common.

 

Italeri couldn’t simply mould the entire engine door each side as a single part as the internal angle between hinge line and lower inner edge subtends more than 180 degrees and the doors have compound curvature over part of their lengths so, again, slide moulding would be required at some point.

[PhantomBigStu]

Thanks for the explanation Steve, as for the model, finishing will have to wait, turns out the oranges I have are too red, so got to source one a bit more yellowy