Jaguar A in Kosovo - "Operation Trident" WIP
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A closeup of 2 vents from the Quickboost set. Although designed for the Kittyhawk kit, they work perfect on this kit as well.
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The large air intake from the Quickboost set. This part is a great improvement over the kit part.
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Wing attached to fuselage and some filler applied. Next will be some primer to check the seams.
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Showing the fuselage chaff dispensers. Luckily I found an image with these attached to this particular aircraft.
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The cockpit is all flat black and I have a feeling most of it will be unseen. You can at least see the Eduard etch HUD.
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The first colors painted on the kit ejection seat. The Eduard set had seatbelts & a ejection actuating handle.
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A little clear green on the front windscreen. A bit of leaking occurred when masking, but this should all be hidden when the outside colors are applied.
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Some smaller parts added after all the seams were double checked.
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Another missing part from the landing gear. On the left is an original and the right shows the scratch built part.
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The seat is ready for installation. Not bad for a kit part with some etch seatbelts.
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All the “under the wing things” primed along with the landing gear.
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New exhaust tube added to the center of the AS-30 missile. I also drilled out the other two engine exhausts.
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Wheel wells and speed brake wells painted in Yellow Zinc Chromate.
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HUD glass added and ready for the canopy to be installed.
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The Eduard photo-etch rear view mirrors under a layer of Bare Metal Foil Chrome.
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Eduard photoetch parts replacing kit parts on the vertical stabilizer.
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Used AK Xtreme Metal paint on the exhaust area.
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Used Apoxie - Sculpt to smooth out the areas in front & behind the cockpit.
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Primer applied to the Armory wheel set. I love that you can read Dunlop on the sides of the tires.
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Comparison of the ATLIS pod. Top is the kit part and on the bottom is the L’Arsenal resin one.
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The neutral grey color has been applied.
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The green part of the camo has been added using Tamiya XF-58 Olive Green.
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The landing gear are attached and some panel wash added to the underside.
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Rivet detail painted on the exhaust to add some interest.
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Work nearing completion on the underwing stores.
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Painted the black highlights using Tamiya NATO Black.
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Комментарии
22 5 September 2020, 19:23
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The next project begins. Well, not really as this has been a ghost build for a while and I'm ready to finish it.
It's an older kit, but makes into a decent kit.
5 September 2020, 19:27
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Cool subject, nice progress and a lot of fancy aftermarket 👍 taking a seat
5 September 2020, 19:42
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Welcome Daniel 🙂
I'm a sucker for aftermarket goodies, but in this one's case many of them were necessary. I bought this kit years ago and have robbed a few items (missile & a wheel) from it for other kits, along with a few parts that were missing (antennas & pitot).
5 September 2020, 20:37
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Thanks Gary 🙂
I'm actually working on the seat today. Painting the pull handles with their tiny yellow & black striping. Maybe some more pics up tomorrow.
5 September 2020, 22:43
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Welcome Jos 🙂
Hopefully I can provide a semi-convincing finish. I see the paint call-outs on the Zots decal sheet says the underside is Flat Aluminum. Is this a paint coating or actual natural metal?
6 September 2020, 14:06
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Just added photos of the completed seat and a scratch built replacement part for the landing gear.
6 September 2020, 14:34
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Looking good Nathan, especially the ejection handles! I'm trying to understand your question: Are you asking about the finish IRL, if they've painted the bottom of the craft or left it a natural bare finish?
7 September 2020, 00:02
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Thanks Gary. Yes on the real aircraft.
I just found a picture that leads me to believe it is a painted "aluminum" color. I noticed in this picture that there's one small spot on the nose of the drop tank that has a worn area definitely showing natural metal that looks entirely different from the remaining aluminum color. The main problem is that all the pics I have that the aircraft look really well maintained.
7 September 2020, 00:17
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Worked on the AS-30 missile today. Had to modify the nose to make an AS-30L by sanding it down and creating the laser receiver. Also I added a small aluminum tube for the 3rd engine and drilled out the other 2 engine bells.
7 September 2020, 17:29
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Thank you Roland! I'm continuing work on the Eduard Magic missile. This one is a pleasure of a tiny kit to build.
7 September 2020, 18:35
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Just added Model Master 4851 Yellow Zinc Chromate to the wheel and air-brake wells.
8 September 2020, 20:05
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Work continues. Today I dipped the canopy in Future and attached the HUD glass. I should finish attaching the canopy later today.
9 September 2020, 19:17
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I know this kit, made myself a RAF Jaguar ... they are all from the same molding, mine was a Revell kit. They're not that detailed as you may want, but the kit builds nicely. Looking really forward for the next steps you're gonna make 👍
10 September 2020, 04:55
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Very nice progress so far! Cool subject too. Taking a seat and watching the progress here!
10 September 2020, 13:41
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Jos: Yes, this is an older tooling and is definitely light on detail, but I'm happy to report the price of $15USD made me forgive much of the shortcomings! Lol
Michael: Thanks and welcome!
Well it is time for me to lounge for a while now as I just spent 30 minutes on my hands and knees looking for a photo-etch mirror that I had BMF Chromed.
10 September 2020, 17:18
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Attached the Eduard antenna parts on the vertical stabilizer. I like the look compared to the very thick kit parts.
10 September 2020, 18:01
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Today I was able to attach the canopy and get it masked. Also had time to use the AK Xtreme Metal paint again on the exhaust area of this build.
13 September 2020, 01:29
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Thanks Mirko 🙂
Just painted around the canopy & the intakes today. Hopefully I'll get time to begin the main camo colors tonight or tomorrow.
15 September 2020, 19:16
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Looks great! PE is handsome, and i like what you did with the rear-view mirrors.
15 September 2020, 19:24
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Thanks Gary!
Some of the joins on the canopy were really bothering me, so I broke out the Apoxie Sculpt to smooth out and even the fit.
16 September 2020, 15:08
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Cool project & plane, sadly quite definitely the last of its kind... Initial works also look very promising, nice pit, HUD & integration of the extra exterior parts! 👍
17 September 2020, 10:45
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Welcome Andy & Slavo! Thanks for joining the build🙂
Today just doing preparations for paint and I finally attached the pitot. Also more prep work on the resin Armory wheel set. Quite nice as you can actually read Dunlop on the sides of the tires. Added a comparison shot of the kit & L'Arsenal ATLIS II pod.
17 September 2020, 19:10
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Looking very nice Nathan. I built that kit not to long ago, used all the aftermarket stuff for the Airfix kit. I have the Kitty Hawk one, which I have been tossing around getting the Zotz's Kosovo decal sheet for it. I have a ESCI GR1 which I am going to do in the Operation Granby scheme.
17 September 2020, 23:04
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Thanks Clifford!
Laid down the Neutral Grey today. Everything went a-ok with the paint, but I did notice a couple of spots on the fuselage that needed rework. Luckily they were quite small and I only needed to repaint 2 small areas.
18 September 2020, 19:17
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Hey Nathan, looks great, very nice job! I'm curious what will happen next..😉
19 September 2020, 15:55
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Thanks Christian & Jos! Your positivity will keep me going 🙂
Work has stalled a bit during the weekend due to a busy schedule at home. I should be able to apply the green part of the camo tomorrow. I'm also going a bit more slowly as I'm doing post shading with the airbrush and trying not to over-do it.
20 September 2020, 16:41
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Green color has been applied. Hopefully later this evening I can continue shading. I really like the pattern the French applied to their Jaguars.
21 September 2020, 17:54
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Nothing beats late- and post-Cold War European Theatre close air support camouflage! Hogs, Harriers, Jaguars just rock!😉 👍
21 September 2020, 18:45
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Thanks Clifford!
Today is more shading and I'm taping up everything to paint the bottom color: flat aluminum.
22 September 2020, 16:12
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Back to the build after pausing during an extended weekend to celebrate the little one's 5th birthday. Today I attached the landing gear & began applying panel lining to the bottom of the aircraft.
29 September 2020, 18:13
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Thanks Clifford 🙂
Today I did the upper panel line wash and added some painted on rivet detail to the exhaust area. A bit out of scale, but I don't have a rivet tool yet 🙂
30 September 2020, 23:16
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Very nice work all over, the rivets on the metal panels are a good idea & extension! 👍
1 October 2020, 09:17
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Thank you very much Tom & Clifford 🙂
Slavo: Praise from the Master of exhausts & metalwork humbles me beyond words!
For interested parties the exhaust was AK Xtreme Metal base with shading in W&N oils along with Folk Art acrylic craft paint. My exhaust is artistic variation because the only shot I had looked like the French ground crew literally polished it to a super shiny and clean area.
1 October 2020, 14:14
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Had a productive day. Black areas on the wing and tail leading edges was masked and painted using Tamiya NATO black. Much of the underwing stores have been finished. Still working on the drop tank and the Magic AAM. Hopefully decal work can start this evening.
2 October 2020, 15:27
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Agree with Jos. If that F-89 wasn't screaming at me, I would have to break out one of my Jag's.
3 October 2020, 02:06
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Thanks so much Clifford. Oh man I want to see that F-89 too!
Finished out the drop tank & Magic AAM today and applied about half the decals.
5 October 2020, 00:35
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Thanks Clifford & Laurent!
Today was more decal application. These Zots go on well but they are super stiff. They absolutely refuse to snuggle down into the panel lines. I've had to use repeated applications of Solvaset to even get any kind of snuggling down. Typically full power Solvaset would eat a normal decal!
5 October 2020, 19:02
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Thanks Erik🙂
Finished up the decals today. Just working on the tires & wheels, and a few small odds and ends. Hopefully tomorrow I'll get a flat coat on. Should see it finished by the weekend.
7 October 2020, 21:09
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Erik, I can agree that this kit is anything but easy to build ... but Nathan does an absolutely amazing job!
7 October 2020, 21:18
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Thanks Jos, that means a great deal to me 🙂
I think I like the punishment of an old kit (or the cheap price lol).
Last night I began weathering the tires a bit, and although a bit rough around the edges I did want to post a pic to show that you can indeed read Dunlop on these tiny little tires. Much credit to Armory for their dedication to detail.
8 October 2020, 12:57
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Thank you sirs!
Clifford: I got them off of eBay so it was either Lots of Models or Scott's Models (RebelAlpha).
8 October 2020, 17:33
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Thanks. Both of those guys are my go to vendors. I think Scott usually has the Armory wheels. If you have any 1:48 SU-17's or SU-22's, he sells a set of chaff and flare dispencers and wheels as a unit, I got a set for each of mine.
9 October 2020, 01:21
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I was just about to check it out and decided to take out my Su-22 kit first. Geez that box is full of goodies already. I need to update my stash. Still need a wheel set though...
9 October 2020, 02:36
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I think I am going to prime the F-89 in grey, and then pre-shade the raised panel lines in either black or netrual grey, then paint the different shades of aluminum.
9 October 2020, 19:49
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Sounds like a good idea. Curious to see how that works. I've always post-shaded metal colors.
Well I had a little snag last night while attaching the wheels. I noticed that the whole plane was sitting slightly to one side. I realized I'd have to carefully remove one of the main landing gear and reattach it on the correct position. This was accomplished after thirty minutes of cursing and tears, but it finally sits level now! On a good note the AK Ultra Matte Varnish worked to perfection. I love that stuff!
10 October 2020, 12:14
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I have got to get me some of the AK panel line washes, as well as other things. I had thought about post shading it using Tamiya smoke. I looked at it this morning and I think I may re-scribe it. It dosen't look like it would be that hard. Just will have to be careful.
11 October 2020, 00:43
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Well done, we don't want this one list like the Titanic! 👍😉 Good you managed the surgery without breaking stuff!
11 October 2020, 06:32
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Clifford: I think I might tackle scribing an F-89. At least the wings are wide and flat.
Slavo: Yes it was a big let-down as I realized the gear were offset & that terrible cracking sound when the glue released. All is well though and hopefully I'll finish up sometime today.
11 October 2020, 14:51
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Nathan, you put a lot of work into this. You can tell that a good, realistic finish is very important to you. Fun to watch your jet grow ... !! Keep it up 🙂
11 October 2020, 16:09
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Thank you for your kind words Christian. A big help on the final push today 🙂
Well, she's officially finished, but since it is nearly 11PM here I'm too tired to pull out the photo booth, so I'll update everyone tomorrow with a "completed" album.
12 October 2020, 02:52
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Here's the completed album. Enjoy!
Jaguar A in Kosovo - "Operation Trident" COMPLETE | Album by Plastic Addict (1:48)
12 October 2020, 15:46