Bill Gilman
Next project. Boy, I'm a glutton for punishment.

Stephan Ryll
I'll take a seat Bill 🙂 ordered already some shares from putty manufacturers😉

Holger Kranich
As usual, i´ll take my seat in front row, right behind uncle Bill. I wont see your face when you suffer...😉😉

Bernd Korte
Very good! I'm a fan of these labour of love builds!

Bill Gilman
Welcome aboard, mates. Labour of love? Well, I love the aircraft and it's for sure going to be labour... 🙂

B. M.
I'll follow that! You're a courageous man 😉

Stephan Ryll
Up,to a nice start Bill 👍 that will be hard work I guess

Bill Gilman
I've finished the scribing, the fuselage is assembled, and the first coat of Medium Sea Grey is on. This has highlighted a few areas that still need some work, including some of my scribing that is too deep. I guess I got carried away at times. Mr. Surfacer should fix that - I don't want anyone thinking that the Mad Matchbox Trench Digger has been working on my Javelin!

I've separated the tailplanes from the vertical fin, as they were normally down a bit when the aircraft was on the ground. The elevators need to be removed so they can be posed as well. Come to think of it, the flaps on the underside of the wings should be down too, but it's too late for that! All told, the Heller/Airfix kit fits together quite well, and there was very little putty used. It's also a very good match to the T.3 drawings I have.

I put the landing gear on so she can set on her legs. The gear is quite spindly though - I applied a layer of thin superglue over the stress points hoping that will strengthen them a bit. I'm not worried about the gear collapsing due to the weight of the model, just me and my fumble thumbs knocking them off! Cheers, Bill

Bill Gilman
Hi mates! I'm getting closer to painting the T.3. It will have the typical Dark Sea Grey and Dark Green over High Speed Silver camouflage scheme. The markings will most likely be XH336, 226 OCU. Or maybe XH438, 72 Sqn. I decided to have the tailplanes slightly drooped, and the elevators drooped a it more. This seems to be the normal situation when the aircraft is on the ground. This required me to cut off the tailplanes, and then cut out the elevators. The elevator hinges got destroyed in the process, so I made new ones from card stock. I also had to scratchbuild the canopy arch, which is not included in the kit. It's fairly obvious looking through the canopy. I'm off to the UK on Friday and will be at SMW in Telford on November 9. Cheers, Bill

Christian Lehmann
👍

Andy Ball
Watching your labours-of-Hercules on this one! Great job!!

Cuajete
Fantastic job so far.

Erik Leijdens
Great work on this ancient kit 👍

Łukasz Gliński
I have to follow this! Even though it's gonna make me abandon bulding my kit from Chematic😉

Bill Gilman
Thanks mates! Sorry for the late reply, but I was travelling to the UK for SMW. Maybe some of you will attend as well?

Łukasz Gliński
Wish I could and as I see who's ateending I wish even more😉 Looks like much more important event than I thought 🙂

Andy Ball
I'll be at SMW on Sunday, hope to see some of you?, although it's a bit difficult as everyone uses Avatars!

Augie
Ooo going to be watching, going silver?

Holger Kranich
Same question here!🙂

Bill Gilman
Well, the underside will be silver!

Bill Gilman
Finally, some paint of the Javelin T.3! She now has the standard scheme of Dark Sea Grey/Dark Green over High Speed Silver. I have some detail painting still to do (like the tip of the nose and the intake lips) and then she can get a coat or two of clear gloss to get ready for the transfers. My wife and I visited Scotland on our trip to the UK (right before SMW), so I've decided to use the markings for XH436, No. 151 Squadron at RAF Leuchars in 1960. The tail will have a nice St Andrews Cross, so that will add a bit of colour. I've uploaded the latest photos so you can see the progress. Enjoy! Cheers, Bill

Stephan Ryll
Looking very good Bill 👍

Matthew A
Fantastic work

Cuajete
Very nice work.
Why Airfix will not release a new mold?

Bill Gilman
Hi mates. The Javelin T.3 is finished, and I've uploaded many more photos. I think the old gal cleaned up pretty good. What do you guys and gals think? Cheers, Bill

Matthew A
Lovely job looks like a new tool Airfix

Stefan Schacht
well done 👍

B. M.
That's a masters job. Airfix can have a look at it how it should be done now 😉

Oleg Bogolei
Very impressive!

Łukasz Gliński
Awesome finish! Looking forawrd to seeing your FAW.9

Neuling
Very clean work!

Bill Gilman
Thanks mates! The FAW.9 will follow shortly (I need to take a break from all that scribing!). My next project will be the CMR 1:72 Blackburn Firebrand TF.5. Cheers, Bill