Hunting Percival Jet Provost T.4 - Airfix 1/72

[BikingLampy]

Got this just before Christmas in the annual Aldi special

 

The kit itself was pretty shake'n'bake. I added Pavla resin ejection seats because I could, but I suspect a bit of TLC on the kit ones would have made for a perfectly passable result. I did cock up on the painting however - preshaded in black as usual, but then absolutely couldn't knock it back it with the (Model Air) red. There's most of a bottle and maybe 20 coats there and some of it's still a bit overdone. Decals settled down very nicely indeed (although - why give the wing antislip panels as decals, which are an easy masking job to paint, but not the black nose antiglare strip, which is a very awkward shape to create a mask for - especially given this is a beginners kit!)

 

Interestingly - having had next to no interest in the plane itself as the real thing from a casual bystanders point of view looks quite dumpy - in plan, I think its actually quite an elegant little beast, with none of the afterthought lumps and bumps that seem to cover most modern(ish) jets.

Hope you enjoy

BL

[Alpha Delta 210]

Very nice! Looks great in red.

[The west wing]

I like the weathering, just enough to look correct.

[Farmerboy]

That’s a little bobby dazzler, the first picture is superb!

[djos]

Beautiful RED bug 

regards

[wellsprop]

Superb, brilliant job on the weathering too

[Sky Keg]

Very nice!!! 

 

Mike