Richard JS Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 (edited) Here's my attempt at Airfix's 1/72 TSR 2 XR220. currently one of only two surviving airframes. XR220 is currently residing at Cosford RAF Museum, with XR219 at Duxford. Both Aircraft being test aircraft have some minor differences. the most visible being the camera pods fitted to XR220 on it's intake sides and I believe XR219 doesn't have such prominent humps on the tail plane. Construction pics Decided that I was going to add some resin to this build so CMK's Bombay and Cockpit set was added. New and old Bomb bay comparison. Beginning to question my life choices of using a resin upgrade set. Having to thin the plastic a lot to get the CMK cockpit and Nose wheel bay in. Postman wasn't to careful with the resin and some of the smaller parts didn't survive there trip. so out came the 3d printer and replacement parts drawn up and printed. The supplied canopy with the Airfix kit probably scaled up to be nearly a foot thick so, CMK's Vacform and resin replacement was used. After a lot of filling and sanding the planes almost ready for a rub down and decals. attempted to recreate the gold effect of the canopy by spraying the clear parts with a mix of Tamiya Clear Yellow and Smoke thinned 50/50. then dipped in Humbrol Clear to restore the clarity. And it was then onto the final step was to apply a panel line wash although the panel lines on this kit where very faint so ended up going over some areas with a very sharp graphite pencil. In the end I have enjoyed building this kit, although in some areas it did have me questioning my life choices 🤣. Edited February 14 by Richard JS spelling mistake 46 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tribesman72 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 5 hours ago, Richard JS said: In the end I have enjoyed building this kit, although in some areas it did have me questioning my life choices 🤣 It’s always more enjoyable in the end if you do a little questioning of your life choices! Great work, and your effort has paid off 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryanm Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Good result from a not brilliant but not bad kit. Good idea to replace the canopies as the originals are thick and don't fit well in the closed position, ditto the airbrakes. It's XR222 at Duxford - XR219 was shot to pieces at Shoeburyness - maybe the world's most expensive target? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Wilko Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 A superb result Sir. Cosford is not too far from one's South Cheshire home to gaze at XR220 and wonder "What if?". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilspen Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Well done on getting it finished. It looks good, making it worthwhile for you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 Wow! What a great end result, as the kit has some real fit and alignment issues., that you have managed to correct. Well done! It's hard to make an all white model that doesn't look like a toy or die cast model, but you have pulled it off! Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthViper Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 On 14/02/2024 at 12:25, Richard JS said: Here's my attempt at Airfix's 1/72 TSR 2 XR220. currently one of only two surviving airframes. XR220 is currently residing at Cosford RAF Museum, with XR219 at Duxford. Both Aircraft being test aircraft have some minor differences. the most visible being the camera pods fitted to XR220 on it's intake sides and I believe XR219 doesn't have such prominent humps on the tail plane. Construction pics Decided that I was going to add some resin to this build so CMK's Bombay and Cockpit set was added. New and old Bomb bay comparison. Beginning to question my life choices of using a resin upgrade set. Having to thin the plastic a lot to get the CMK cockpit and Nose wheel bay in. Postman wasn't to careful with the resin and some of the smaller parts didn't survive there trip. so out came the 3d printer and replacement parts drawn up and printed. The supplied canopy with the Airfix kit probably scaled up to be nearly a foot thick so, CMK's Vacform and resin replacement was used. After a lot of filling and sanding the planes almost ready for a rub down and decals. attempted to recreate the gold effect of the canopy by spraying the clear parts with a mix of Tamiya Clear Yellow and Smoke thinned 50/50. then dipped in Humbrol Clear to restore the clarity. And it was then onto the final step was to apply a panel line wash although the panel lines on this kit where very faint so ended up going over some areas with a very sharp graphite pencil. In the end I have enjoyed building this kit, although in some areas it did have me questioning my life choices 🤣. "... Construction pics Decided that I was going to add some resin to this build so CMK's Bombay and Cockpit set was added. New and old Bomb bay comparison..." In fact modern resins are much better to accept more intrincated and details than the OLD plastic, yes, I know about injection molds, prices, so I really hope in near future, if Mr.Putin and "lula" allow this World to survive, we can have much more detailed and complete scale models. Well, may be "I was only dreaming" as the "Green green grass of home" sings, but I do believe in new technologies. SouthViper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 great work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mig88 Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 Spectacular result. Well worth the effort! Miguel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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