Dennis_C Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 Hi All, Another new model from myself. This time that is the great collab product of Sir Frank Whittle and Gloster Aircraft which was destined to became the greatfather of all the British jet aircraft and with its centrifugal compressor engine heavily influenced aircraft industry across the world. The recently issued Clear Prop kit is a little marvel of injection kit industry. It's extremely well detailed out of the box, supplemented with some photoetch details for intake and undercarriage, The only my addition was a photoetch fret from Clear Prop too which helped to produce even more detailed cockpit and add some minor details into undercarriage bays. Despite kit's molding perfection - construction was not the simplest though as the fit is great but supertight. As soon as you miss fit by a fraction of a millimeter here and there - you start to accumulate gaps ending in not really well closing fuselage or wing not fitting well. Nevertheless after some careful dryfitting I think I was able to pull everything together in a nice way. The only handcrafted additions were the pitot tube from brass tube and metal wire and wire antenna from fishing line. Decals are from the kit. There are 4 options to model any of the two airframes: W4041 in three schemes as well as W4046. Decals worked perfectly. Very thin but at the same time very strong. Good adhesiveness. Not a lot of them but great quality helped to get the decals job done literally within an hour. Model was painted with Tamiya acrylics XF-81 and XF-82 for upper surfaces and Hobby Color H329 for yellow. Panel lines are highlighted with a pencil. Some weathering added to flaps and undersides. Finished with Tamiya satin clear. Lastly, here is a size comparison photo with Gloster Meteor: Feel the difference! And of course photoes of my collection of aircraft powered by centrifugal compressor engines. Kind of the the Father and the Sons: Hope you like this topic! Merry Christmas 🎅 and Happy Holidays to everyone! Kind regards, Dennis 47 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 Very nicely done! And quite a fine collection! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxhandybread Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 Lovely tidy build of a fascinating aircraft. Would it be weird to call a jet aircraft adorable? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis_C Posted December 22, 2021 Author Share Posted December 22, 2021 (edited) 8 minutes ago, foxhandybread said: Would it be weird to call a jet aircraft adorable? Of course! More appropriate than calling a piston flying bookcase adorable I just love jet aircraft so all of them are adorable to me well maybe that Swedish SAAB J21R not so much Edited December 22, 2021 by Dennis_C 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 Congratulations on a fine model and your collection is excellent, well done 👏 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abandoned Project Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 Absolutely fantabulous! Lovely collection BTW. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 Nicely done! Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 That's a lovely build of an important aircraft, and some really useful points on the Clear Prop kit. Well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Back in the Saddle Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 Great model and an essential addition to your collection of centrifugal engine powered jets! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 Excellent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis_C Posted December 23, 2021 Author Share Posted December 23, 2021 Thanks all for likes and nice comments!!! 16 hours ago, Vultures1 said: That's a lovely build of an important aircraft, and some really useful points on the Clear Prop kit. Let me know if some more hints are needed the kit is good but requires care! 15 hours ago, Back in the Saddle said: collection of centrifugal engine powered jets Yeah - I do like this era of het aviation. Couple more are on workbench now including Vampire mk.I and a twin-stick Cougar (is that the last design with such engine???) And I have a MiG-15UTI in stash. What I impatiently wait is some better toolings of Venom, Attacker, Sea Hawk, MiG-17, P-59, Ouragan and Mystere IV. And maybe I should buy a Yak-23 kit as this is a very weirdly looking VK-1 powered jet! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 Excellent Whittle/Gloster forerunner! And theme collections appeal to me – yours is beautiful. I agree about your J 21R comment, but my heart beats strongly for the Saab (current spelling) fpl (short for 'flygplan', airplane) 29 Tunnan. Great modelling! Kind regards, Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 Neat little build and a nice collection too. I am very impressed by ClearProp kits and have a couple on the tarmac, so to speak. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 That is a very nice model and the whole collection looks marvelous Regards and have a Merry Christmas too Jerzy-Wojtek 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis_C Posted December 24, 2021 Author Share Posted December 24, 2021 (edited) Thanks all for even more likes 12 hours ago, Spitfire31 said: I agree about your J 21R comment, but my heart beats strongly for the Saab (current spelling) fpl (short for 'flygplan', airplane) 29 Tunnan. Tunnan is definitely a very good looking bird. Still in my view Kelly Johnson did the best job to hide barrel-looking engine into a very streamlined fuselage (T-bird is the prettiest of the trio P-80/T-33/F-94). And another successful attempt is MiG-15/17 although none of these are yet in my collection. 12 hours ago, John Masters said: I am very impressed by ClearProp kits and have a couple on the tarmac, Yes, I was impressed either. Cockpit parts look as if they are cast from resin. I do not know how they did it. But that is clearly incredible. Moreover the subject choice is fantastic either. Helicopters, Vietnam war birds. Very nice. 1 hour ago, JWM said: That is a very nice model and the whole collection looks marvelous Regards and have a Merry Christmas too I'm extremely far from you in terms of quantity but over time I think several themes started to build up such as early jet aviation, trainer aircraft, a decent RAF collection. Anyway many thanks for appreciation and wesołych świąt to you! Edited December 24, 2021 by Dennis_C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John R Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 On 12/22/2021 at 2:42 PM, foxhandybread said: Would it be weird to call a jet aircraft adorable? Nice work. When I built the Hi Planes version many years ago my wife thought that it was 'sweet' John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis_C Posted December 24, 2021 Author Share Posted December 24, 2021 6 minutes ago, John R said: Nice work. When I built the Hi Planes version many years ago my wife thought that it was 'sweet' John That's funny but my wife also liked it a lot especially after I explained that it was one of the first jet airplanes and it was fully peaceful with no armament Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billthebattler Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 A really stunning model of this vitally important aircraft, and a fantastic addition to your already exciting collection.😃 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 6 hours ago, Dennis_C said: Vietnam war birds. I have the Mohawk en route... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maginot Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 Excellent work. Nice theme to model. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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