Jet Provost T.3 double build
Obligatory box shot
Painting the seats
Pavla‘s IP with kit decals and lots of setting and softening solution...
Quite good result for a first try of a spontaneous idea. What do you think?
Cockpit finished
Not much will be seen once the fuselage is closed
Caution: Seats are too high. Either you leave the sliding canopy open or you reduce the seat‘s height significantly
Quite delicate surgery if you want to replace the front wheel, but ... eeh, wait a second ...
Something seems to be wrong here ... (compared to Warpaint drawings)
Kit part seems better and no surgery needed anymore - this was an easy decision
Closed that coffins 🙂
Operation wing tip position lights will begin
à 90° corner has to be cut out of the tip tank tip
Corners for position lights have been cut out
Give it some “Blufixx” (similar to “Bondic”) liquid transparent glue/filler (staged photo with cap in order to save highly liquid material)
For hardening, a special U/V led lamp is provided with the glue
Applies some Tamiya clear red and green ...
I would call it successful. In case you wonder: The other, inner half of the tip cap will become black
Almost 2 years no progress ?? Now finally the canopy parts are closed
Comments
13 22 December 2020, 20:22
Keith Goodman
Very nice job on your cockpit! I wish I had seen yours before I finished mine, I could have copied! Ha ha!
Very nice job on your cockpit! I wish I had seen yours before I finished mine, I could have copied! Ha ha!
23 December 2020, 06:05
David Taylor
Nice so far,check your reference as you have a pic of T5 which was heavier.(pressurised cockpit).
Nice so far,check your reference as you have a pic of T5 which was heavier.(pressurised cockpit).
23 December 2020, 14:08
Felix Troschier
@David Taylor, I know. Unfortunately Warpaint only has drawings of T.3 and 4 with retracted gear. But I assume that they have the same tire size.
@David Taylor, I know. Unfortunately Warpaint only has drawings of T.3 and 4 with retracted gear. But I assume that they have the same tire size.
23 December 2020, 14:18
Felix Troschier
@Keith: You say that one should avoid the dayglo decals. What's wrong with them?
@Keith: You say that one should avoid the dayglo decals. What's wrong with them?
23 December 2020, 15:56
Keith Goodman
@Felix: They worked great on the flat surfaces, but are very thick and brittle. I tried every trick I knew but never got them soft enough to bend/conform to the leading edge of the wing. Instead they cracked into small pieces, and color was near impossible to match.
@Felix: They worked great on the flat surfaces, but are very thick and brittle. I tried every trick I knew but never got them soft enough to bend/conform to the leading edge of the wing. Instead they cracked into small pieces, and color was near impossible to match.
25 December 2020, 07:18
Felix Troschier
@Keith: Thanks for your warning. Luckily, I have two sheets. I'll try my best with all the chemicals I have.
@Keith: Thanks for your warning. Luckily, I have two sheets. I'll try my best with all the chemicals I have.
25 December 2020, 10:15
Felix Troschier
@Bernhard: Yeah again but worse than ever. Feel that I start from zero again
@Bernhard: Yeah again but worse than ever. Feel that I start from zero again
5 January 2021, 10:48
Łukasz Gliński
Never seen the Blufix stuff myself, but watch out whether it doesn't dry inside the box. See my Rocket UV Glue adventure with Caravelle:
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Caravelle F-BJTR "Principauté de Monaco" | Album by Woody (1:144)
Never seen the Blufix stuff myself, but watch out whether it doesn't dry inside the box. See my Rocket UV Glue adventure with Caravelle:
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Caravelle F-BJTR "Principauté de Monaco" | Album by Woody (1:144)
5 January 2021, 11:00
Album info
Parallel build of Airfix' recent Jet Provost. Although one is the T.4 boxing, both will be T.3 at the end. Both will get the kit decals from AX02103: One will be aircraft grey/ dayglo from No.2 FTS at RAF Gaydon, the other will be red/white from No. 1 FTS at RAF Linton-on-Ouse.