Airframes
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BAe/Sepecat Jaguar GR.1A, 54 Sqn, RAF, c 1991, RAF Coltishall.
Username - Airframes.
Name - Terry
Category - Judge, non-competing.
Kit - ESCI Jaguar GR.1
Scale - 1/48th
Accessories - NeOmega resin cockpit parts, Paragon resin wheels, Master brass pitot tube, some parts from Heller jaguar and Airfix Canberra kits, parts from spares box, some scratch-building, decals from Xtradecal.
This is the first of two Jaguar builds, this one using the ESCI kit, released in 1980. Not a bad kit for the time, and, from memory of building one 43 years ago, it goes together quite well. However, it is quite basic in some areas, hence the additions and scratch-building. It also has a mix of engraved and raised surface detail, which is the first area to be addressed.
One of my favourite jet aircraft, with many memories of seeing them at very low level (often below me !) in the Lake District, Scotland and Wales. In RAF service from 1974 until 2007, the last time I saw Jaguars in flight was in 2005, when two appeared over the crest of a hill in Cumbria. There are quite a number retained at RAF Cosford, as training airframes for future ground crew, and some images of these may appear in this thread to illustrate detail areas.
Pics below show the box art, and an image of what the completed model will (should !!) look like.
Modifications/alterations etc will be illustrated in the various build step posts.
(Jag pic by Malcolm Clarke/Air Britain.
Username - Airframes.
Name - Terry
Category - Judge, non-competing.
Kit - ESCI Jaguar GR.1
Scale - 1/48th
Accessories - NeOmega resin cockpit parts, Paragon resin wheels, Master brass pitot tube, some parts from Heller jaguar and Airfix Canberra kits, parts from spares box, some scratch-building, decals from Xtradecal.
This is the first of two Jaguar builds, this one using the ESCI kit, released in 1980. Not a bad kit for the time, and, from memory of building one 43 years ago, it goes together quite well. However, it is quite basic in some areas, hence the additions and scratch-building. It also has a mix of engraved and raised surface detail, which is the first area to be addressed.
One of my favourite jet aircraft, with many memories of seeing them at very low level (often below me !) in the Lake District, Scotland and Wales. In RAF service from 1974 until 2007, the last time I saw Jaguars in flight was in 2005, when two appeared over the crest of a hill in Cumbria. There are quite a number retained at RAF Cosford, as training airframes for future ground crew, and some images of these may appear in this thread to illustrate detail areas.
Pics below show the box art, and an image of what the completed model will (should !!) look like.
Modifications/alterations etc will be illustrated in the various build step posts.
(Jag pic by Malcolm Clarke/Air Britain.