Airfix 1/72nd BAC Jet Provost T.5A
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Airfix 1/72nd BAC Jet Provost T.5A
Here's my second finish of 2017, a JP T.5A built using the venerable 1970's Airfix Strikemaster kit. All in all the old Strikey kit is not too bad but there are errors, the worst being the cockpit canopy. The rear framework needed correction as Airfix moulded it with too much of a backward slope and I made a new frame out of very thin plastic card. On the inside of the rear canopy I also made a rear bulkhead out of plastic card and rod as no such item is provided in the kit and a roll over hoop was made out of plastic rod to go behind the seats. A little cockpit detail was added and the seats were beefed up using plastic card and filler as OOB they are a bit on the weedy side and ejection pull handles were added made from stretched sprue. To give the model a more candid appearance I dropped the flaps, new ones being fabricated from my dwindling store of aerodynamically shaped plastic strip and I re-positioned the elevators and rudder and it is not uncommon to see parked JP's displaying their flaps and control surfaces as such.
Paint is largely enamel, Revell Matt 5 white and HU 174 Signal Red and Hu-40 light grey with Tamiya acrylic being used for the black anti-dazzle. All paint was applied by airbrush and, yes, the masking was a bit of a pain Markings are chiefly from Xtradecal sheet X72236 with stencils being a mix of the kit and my spares box.
BAC Jet Provost T.5A, XW404, 1 Fighter Training School, RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire, 1980.
And here is the JP with my recently completed Hawk
This pair made for an interesting bit of modelling and fill a gap in my collection as the old red/white/grey scheme is my favourite for RAF trainers.
Thanks for looking.
Paint is largely enamel, Revell Matt 5 white and HU 174 Signal Red and Hu-40 light grey with Tamiya acrylic being used for the black anti-dazzle. All paint was applied by airbrush and, yes, the masking was a bit of a pain Markings are chiefly from Xtradecal sheet X72236 with stencils being a mix of the kit and my spares box.
BAC Jet Provost T.5A, XW404, 1 Fighter Training School, RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire, 1980.
And here is the JP with my recently completed Hawk
This pair made for an interesting bit of modelling and fill a gap in my collection as the old red/white/grey scheme is my favourite for RAF trainers.
Thanks for looking.
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Re: Airfix 1/72nd BAC Jet Provost T.5A
The Provost is delightful, and the both of them make a superb little display; great work on both Shaun!
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Re: Airfix 1/72nd BAC Jet Provost T.5A
Wow. Very good builds.
Besting 60 years of mediocre building of average kits in the stand off scale
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Re: Airfix 1/72nd BAC Jet Provost T.5A
Thanks guys, that's very kind of you!
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Lovely work Shaun!
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Great build of the paraffin budgie. Nice one.
All the best.
Greg
All the best.
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Re: Airfix 1/72nd BAC Jet Provost T.5A
Shaun, it's great to see these vintage kits skillfully brought to life using old school techniques.
First class work, mate.
First class work, mate.
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Re: Airfix 1/72nd BAC Jet Provost T.5A
Excellent builds as always.
My work bench is starting to look like Portsmouth Naval Dockyard.
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Lovely work Shaun, may your flaps always droop!
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Re: Airfix 1/72nd BAC Jet Provost T.5A
I agree this is a spectacular little model!
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Re: Airfix 1/72nd BAC Jet Provost T.5A
Very nice work Shaun.
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Splendidly colourful.
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Many thanks guys, your comments are very much appreciated.
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