Quiet Mike Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Lovely build 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Brantley Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Man, that's one big, beautiful bird! You've done some great work on this fantastic scale model plane. It would compliment any collection in which it's displayed. Bravo indeed! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy Bird Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Now that's a great job, Mr. Madman. Excellent craftsmanship, very well done! Why oh why can't Airfix scale this down into my preferred 1:72 scale? I dread having to re-scribe yet another one of their old tool kits. Cheers, Bill 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tail-Dragon Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 That is just lovely, one of the most attractive jets! That and the Vulcan are iconic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screech Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Stunning Finish! Makes me itch for mine! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsman Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 A lovely model, even if the aircraft itself was flawed. There was one as Gate Guard at RAF Leeming in the 90's when I was there. May still be there. Still can't get over the sheer size of it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loloskymaster Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Rhaa, a Javelin!! That is a great build!!🤩 Lolo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedy Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Hi mate, well done on this one and it’s looks absolutely brilliant. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangseat Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Fabulous Dragmaster! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David H Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 That model has presence. Its gonna dominate a contest table just out of sheer size. Beautiful job. Have the kit in the stash myself and i'd love to build it one of these days. -d- 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in a shed Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Great skills. Outstanding example of both modelling and aircraft. Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RupertTheBear Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Damn! Your build almost makes the Javelin look good (Unpopular opinion probably but this is one of the ugliest planes ever made for me) Superb weathering and painting, love it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tain² Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Beautiful And so british!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiotRolo Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Really great work mate, its beautiful! I have this in my stash that i'd like to get on to soon; how did you go about the roundels on the top section of the wing? To me the first thing I noticed was how to go about getting the roundel decal to fit over the vortex generators? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 (edited) It really is beautifully painted 👍 Edited January 13, 2021 by Hewy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Beautiful model 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beastieboy Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 That is a beauty, super job. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire madman Posted January 13, 2021 Author Share Posted January 13, 2021 14 hours ago, RiotRolo said: Really great work mate, its beautiful! I have this in my stash that i'd like to get on to soon; how did you go about the roundels on the top section of the wing? To me the first thing I noticed was how to go about getting the roundel decal to fit over the vortex generators? Hi the roundels were a pain to go down, there are holes in the decal for the vortex generators to fit through which isn’t to much of a problem but there is another prominent feature that the decal needs to conform to and here is where I had trouble which need loads of decal setting solution but both roundels still split on me so just had to touch up with paint 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiotRolo Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 On 1/13/2021 at 12:21 PM, Spitfire madman said: Hi the roundels were a pain to go down, there are holes in the decal for the vortex generators to fit through which isn’t to much of a problem but there is another prominent feature that the decal needs to conform to and here is where I had trouble which need loads of decal setting solution but both roundels still split on me so just had to touch up with paint 👍 Thank you mate, ill make sure to keep an eye out once I get to the roundels then! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger39 Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 (edited) A pity Airfix were less than helpful in advising on underwing loading. About 80% of Javelin models I have seen are inaccurate. I'm aware of the choice of artistic licence but after paying a lot of money a modeller should at least have a choice of historical accuracy. No Javelin ever flew as depicted in this model, with missiles on the inner pylons and tanks on the outer. An FAW9R (only forty built) had a tank pylon as inner and a missile pylon as outer - missile pylons could not carry tanks and tank pylons could no carry missiles. In a few instances it was neccessary to carry four tanks, 29 Sqn to Zambia for example. This required a change of the outer pylon to a tank pylon, which had to be reversed after ferrying to enable the aircraft to be armed. No other Javelins except forty FAW9Rs could carry underwing tanks, before conversion to 9R ( R stands for Range, not refuelling), the aircraft with refuelling probes were FAW9(F/R) and were only used by 23 and 64 Sqns. Also, as on many models the fin flash is 1/4" too tall - I believe Airfix intended that the flash should be applied before assembly but who does that? Real Javelin fin flashes were 72" wide and 60" high. Edited April 17, 2023 by trigger39 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire madman Posted April 14, 2023 Author Share Posted April 14, 2023 On 4/12/2023 at 1:39 PM, trigger39 said: A pity Airfix were less than helpful in advising on underwing loading. About 80% of Javenin models I have seen are inaccurate. I'm aware of the choice of artistic licence but after paying a lot of money a modeller should at least have a choice of historical accuracy. No Javelin ever flew as depicted in this model, with missiles on the inner pylons and tanks on the outer. An FAW9R (only forty built) had a tank pylon as inner and a missile pylon as outer - missile pylons could not carry tanks and tank pylons could no carry missiles. In a few instances it was neccessary to carry four tanks, 29 Sqn to Zambia for example. This required a change of the outer pylon to a tank pylon, which had to be reversed after ferrying to enable the aircraft to be armed. No other Javelins except forty FAW9Rs could carry underwing tanks, before conversion to 9R ( R stands for Range, not refuelling), the aircraft with refuelling probes were FAW9(F/R) and were only used by 23 and 64 Sqns. Also, as on many models the fin flash is 1/4" too tall - I believe Airfix intended that the flash should be applied before assembly but who does that? Real Javelin fin flashes were 72" wide and 60 Thank you for the information I’ll certainly will do more research in future Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 Outstanding model. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bissyboat Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 Wonderful Javelin. Such a robust aircraft. Strength and beauty in one. ⚓🙌 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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