Airfix 1/48 Sepecat Jaguar

[flyjoe180]

So, moving onto the exhausts,
is there any special colour they need to be ?, I'm thinking of going with a burnt steel kind of colour,
would the insides be a really dark sooty black like the rolls royce spey engines or did the ardour engine run 'cleaner'?

Chris, the exhausts appear to be a dulled steel colour, and I went with a black sooty interior when I built mine. The heat shield beneath the tail shows more weathering from heat staining, and exhaust soot.

[langy71]

Chris, the exhausts appear to be a dulled steel colour, and I went with a black sooty interior when I built mine. The heat shield beneath the tail shows more weathering from heat staining, and exhaust soot.

Brilliant stuff, thanks buddy.

[langy71]

double post..

[langy71]

Had a bit of time to finish of the main parts of the build, and throw some primer at her,

totally love the way it looks with a splash of Mr surfacer 1500 black...never used this before and I'm really pleased with the results..(I even went a bit 'thick' on one area and it levelled down perfectly).

Might need to do some remedial smoothing of the spine to hide the join line I've missed...

Undercarriage is base coated... ready for a panel line wash to make the detail pop.

Also started work on the ordnance..

The drop tanks have been painted in a rough freehanded camo pattern, which will get covered in hairspray for the chipping and wear on them when I apply the top coat.

I'm toying with changing the supplied Sidewinders to resin versions, the Airfix ones have a pretty obvious and ugly join line at the rear where the fins attach, maybe a swipe of filler will hide the seams. gonna give that a try before I buy replacements.





Legs...


Exhaust cans nearly complete.. really pleased how these came out ..

Drop Tanks..


1000 lb retarded bomb.

[flyjoe180]

Coming along nicely Chris. Those exhaust nozzles look fantastic

[langy71]

Nothing much done on the actual Jaguar as I'm waiting for paint to arrive, mabye I'll start the marbling ready for the top coat, and finish the undercarriage.

However, the pilot 'Steve' got a new set of clothes, not sure he's 100% accurate, but it's close enough, unless anybody else can see anything I've missed / bodged up on..

[langy71]

And a bit of marbling, not my best, but it'll do what I need it to do..

(quick question, when you guys 'black base' do you bother marbling the undersides of the aircraft ?,
Been watching a few build vids and most of them do the whole aircraft, however I can't see the purpose of this as the marbling is supposed to create faded panels / colours on the top of the aircraft, when the sides and underwings wouldn't be exposed to the sunlight in the same way, does this make sense ?)

[yak face]

Looking excellent chris , as for the marbling , personally I dont do it that often , I usually end up obliterating it .

[Steven000]

Nice work Chris, looking good.
I like to marble the underside as well, gives it a more uniform weathered look, undersides gets dirty too from liquids and takeoff/landing, not really UV weathering but I like the effect.
In the end do what you like best ; )

[papa 695]

Just seen this one Chris, some cracking work going on. Looking very good indeed.

[flyjoe180]

Looks good Chris, love the look you've given 'Steve'. I don't usually 'marble' coat either, I'm more inclined to add lighter or darker colours to larger areas, perhaps more of a pre-shade than black-basing.

[langy71]

After reading over the posts, I'm thinking of doing a bit of 'marbling' on the undersides.
However I'm thinking about going with a darker MR Surfacer 'mahogany' to help with the dirty underside effect.. any thoughts guys ?

[flyjoe180]

A darker mottle would suit the underside in my opinion Chris

[Jim R]

Great work on this Chris. Those 3D printed exhausts look great - worth the extra. Pilot looks nice.

[langy71]

Finally had a delivery of the paint..so I thought i'd throw a bit at her,

Granted the pics seem a little dark, ( the bottom pic has been lightened and sharpened up to show the detail) but in normal light the pre shade / marbling worked well.

Gonna let this dry completely for a couple of days then it's full stream ahead with the rest of it..