**** DONE: GB-46 1:48 Jaguar GR1A - WW2 Eastern Front / Twin Engine A/C, Transports and Gliders

[rochie]

Jaysus Karl, slow down man. I just put paint on my MiG

got very little else to keep me occupied mate and my motivation is very high right now

 

[rochie]

So today i got the fuselage together, i forgot to take a picture of the cockpit tub before i closed up the fuselage sides !

Tackled the rather complicated Jaguar main landing gear.

The parts, there is another small right angle part i hadn't seen until I'd taken this pic

Both sides assembled, went together amazingly well once I'd figured out how it should've looked like.

 

[Airframes]

Good stuff - did you rememebr the nose weight ?
BTW, I've got a shed load of detail pics I took at Cosford and Newark, including the main and nose gear, speed brakes etc., if you need them.

 

[Crimea_River]

No time for pics! Gotta keep moving man! Weights be damned!

 

[rochie]

Good stuff - did you rememebr the nose weight ?
BTW, I've got a shed load of detail pics I took at Cosford and Newark, including the main and nose gear, speed brakes etc., if you need them.

yep i remembered to put weight in the nose !

i also have the Aero detail book on the Jaguar which though in black and white have great detail pictures and descriptions, it was this i consulted when the instructions called for yellow chromate primer

 

[Airframes]

Good stuff, and I forgot, I have that book too.

 

[Wurger]

 

[rochie]

Carried on building whilst wife and daughter watched some chick flick !

wings and engine air intakes fitted, will putty the gaps tomorrow and the ip has been fitted better since the picture was taken !

 

[fubar57]

Nice. You'll be done long before I get home

 

[Wurger]

 

[Airframes]

Sure moving fast, and looking good.

 

[rochie]

Thanks guys.

another full day working on this.
added aerials and other tiny bits to the lower rear fuselage

then the ventral strakes

Elevators and fairing on tail

Heres where it sits now, gaps still not perfect but are better than they were and the ip is loose again !

 

[Wurger]

 

[Crimea_River]

You're going so fast that the glue isn't even drying!

BTW, always wondered what the "GR" stood for in British aircraft type names.

 

[rochie]

You're going so fast that the glue isn't even drying!

BTW, always wondered what the "GR" stood for in British aircraft type names.

Gotta fill the days !

I believe GR was for ground attack/reconnaissance

 

[Airframes]

Yep.

 

[le_steph40]

 

[rochie]

So yesterday i painted the Jaguar ocean grey.

this lunchtime i drew on the camouflage boundaries for the dark green using a pencil.

Then spent 90 minutes or so painting on the dark green and am pretty happy !
There are some areas i need to mask and paint black and also need to mask and paint the lower rear fuselage aft of the jet nozzles aluminium, then paint a few blade antenna a tan colour.

 

[Crimea_River]

Beauty Karl.

 

[Airframes]

I agree - looking the part already.