Enzo the Magnificent Posted January 11, 2022 Author Share Posted January 11, 2022 1 hour ago, Ned said: Borag Thungg, Enzo. A zarjaz holiday tale. Oh... and... Disintegration is the best album ever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted January 11, 2022 Author Share Posted January 11, 2022 5 minutes ago, helios16v said: when things go inevitably sideways. Story of my modelling life! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 38 minutes ago, Enzo Matrix said: Yeh... I still sometimes have gluey fingers. Or spill MEK on the model! Have a look at my thread in the F/A-18 STGB... I've just learned how to rectify the damage not how to prevent it... Your build thread!? I must take a look... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted January 11, 2022 Author Share Posted January 11, 2022 5 minutes ago, vppelt68 said: Your build thread!? I must take a look... Ooops... it's not there yet. But it will be... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helios16v Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 The secret to the rapid build is out. So how long has the Jag been completed for? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted January 11, 2022 Author Share Posted January 11, 2022 39 minutes ago, helios16v said: The secret to the rapid build is out. So how long has the Jag been completed for? You know me too well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdjp11 Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 I spent the summer of 1976 flight testing Jaguar handling characteristics with stores (lots and lots of stores) at BAC Warton. And on a boating holiday on Loch Ness/Loch Lochy we would see Jags streaking beneath the hilltops on low level training missions. Looking forward to seeing this come together. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted January 11, 2022 Author Share Posted January 11, 2022 30 minutes ago, drdjp11 said: we would see Jags streaking beneath the hilltops on low level training missions Oh yes. They were good at that! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Just catching up on a few of these threads Enzo... apologies for the delay. Great progress mate and double points awarded for overlooking those canyon trenches and building this one Straight OOB. Cheers.. Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterB Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 (edited) Slight variation on the theme - whilst there was a decent LMS 4 miles away when I was a kid, and the WH Smith branch also sold a few models, my local newsagent was not really into mainstream kits and just sold a few odds an ends. However I suspect that the local Chemist was a modeller as he did sell a wide range of Airfix kits and in the early days he even had some of the small (1/1200 scale?) "Eagle" warships - Battle of the River Plate etc if you are old enough to remember them. By the time I decided I might buy some, they had apparently gone bust so all I ever built was a KGV battleship. Pete Edited January 13, 2022 by PeterB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted January 14, 2022 Author Share Posted January 14, 2022 Onward! The model was primed with my usual grey plastic primer from a rattle can. Then sprayed with Xtracolour XA1004. Xtracolour dries glossy and I find that it usually doesn't need any laquer to protect the surface from masking, si it was straight on with the blutak worms, tiny masking tape squares and Copydex. The Dark Green was sprayed with Xtracolour XA1001. 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Great stuff.Loving the rapid progress of these builds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 Nice progress Enzo. Your Jag in its period Camo looks great. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted January 25, 2022 Author Share Posted January 25, 2022 Stickers on! These are the original Matchbox decals. In my concurrent A-7 build I commented on how well the Matchbox decals behaved for that kit, even though it was over thirty years old. Well, these decals are even older. Still went on well. All the greeblies are laid out ready for fitment. My next uodate will probably show it completed. 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimJ Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 That's come together well and it's good to hear that the decals behaved themselves. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 Looks a winner already! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyW Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 The difference adding the decals makes is quite astounding. The whole collection of parts, glue and paint all come together in one big bang. Lovely stuff! That's a very tidy looking paintjob as well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr T Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 A very neat build Enzo, and such speed. My Siskin is crawling by comparison. Never built the Jaguar kit, it was around when money was tight and I was very selective (ie was it cheap?) about what I bought. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12jaguar Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Looking nice, necer built the MB Jag before. Hope you don't mind my asking, but is the checkerboard in the right place as I've never seen one in that location before? regards John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted January 27, 2022 Author Share Posted January 27, 2022 10 hours ago, 12jaguar said: is the checkerboard in the right place as I've never seen one in that location before? As far as I know, the squadron marking was never carried on the nose. If this were a Jaguar build, that would be totally inaccurate. But it's not. It's a Matchbox kit nostalgia build. I'm following the kit, regardless of whether it is accurate. But I must admit, it has me itching to build a 54 Sqn Jaguar from one of the Italeri kits in The Stash... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Looking good and brings back child hood memories too Great job Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Norman Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 This one I never built but would of loved it, I got the Airfix Jag instead. The Build looks Awesome and I love the way you went with the transfers and how you used the Matchbox locations instead of where they normally go. I just might us the Decals I got in build for that authentic feel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 Wow Enzo, Jag’s looking the business and has come alive now it’s all ‘stickered’ up. I do like the way you are honouring Matchbox’s incorrect Squadron cheques location, that’s perfect to my eye and I applaud you for sticking to your plan. Cheers.. Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted April 8, 2022 Author Share Posted April 8, 2022 Finished! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galligraphics Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 Nicely finished. This would have been a great promo model for Matchbox back in the day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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