Italeri's 1/72 Jaguar GR.1 (Full Build) 

Thank you, that's very kind of you to say.

im 15 years old modeller

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Cheers Tony

I recently completed the Italeri Volvo FH14, it’s the most detailed kit I’ve ever built, looks superb but I’m pretty sure it’s a newish kit.

@@pc44pilot94 I had a think about it after I posted that comment. Italeri's Land Rover Fire Engine was pretty good. :)

Yes, you're right I remember Hasegawa's Jag had better surface detail.

Thanks Dan

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We need a new tooled Jag, it's long overdue👍

@@GregsModels Totally agree!

Thanks Andrew

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Thank you Aleš👍

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Hi Mark, yes the Kitty Hawk Jag looked really good from what I can remember. I'm baffled why I let it go 🤔

@@GregsModels because I guess at the time it seemed like the thing to do. I let the Airfix Javelin go a couple of years back, regretted it immediately! Doing a Hobbyboss 1/16 T-34/ 85 at the minute with a Tamiya 1/48 Lanc as a sideline. Box builds tho. Nice and steady away

@@7Markandrews I'm looking at building the 1/16 StuG or the Panzer III, hopefully soon

Thanks Jon, yes I don't like wasting my hard earned money on things that might be improved with a bit of plastic card 😂👍

I bet that was exasperating! 😉

I moved onto the Jaguar as soon as it arrived at RAF Coltishall, working in the hydraulic bay, our servicing air publications were photocopies of hand written documents for the first year. So I may have read your handwriting. I remember the odd sentence contained english words we were not sure of the meaning of. The other thing which was a problem being all the pressures etc, were metric, all our gauges imperial, on our test rigs, none of us had used metric before. luckily we quickly learned to convert until we were upgraded to metric.

Yes, it does have that Matchbox quality

Cheers Mark

Fingers cross someone might bring a half decent one out. I mean, how long have we been waiting for a decent 1/72 and 1/48 Bucc. I'll be waiting for the S.B2, which I hope won't be far behind. And at £70+ gives me the chance to start saving.

6" is approx 150mm, in 1/72 that panel gap would be in the region of 2mm. These old kits are bad but no old kit has 2mm panel lines. But I agree that sometimes it's best to fill, sand and rescribe particularly if they're a bit 'soft' too.

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It's long over due 👍

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Having built one of the best kits ever, Tamiya's 1/32 Mozzie, It might be some time before I get the enthusiasm to build the same subject in 1/24. But it's sat there gathering dust on the shelf waiting!!!

Many re-boxes, I think it harks back to the mid or late nineties.

Thanks, I'll lookout for it.

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I built the Hasegawa kit back in the mid eighties, still have the great box artwork. I remember it being a good kit. The Italeri one looks slightly better, at first glance. But it's a very poor fit and has accuracy issues. Then there are the Airfix, Matchbox and Frog ones 😬, I've never built any of them, a lucky escape. I'd go for the Hasegawa kit first then the Italeri one next. But what I'm trying to say is that we are long overdue for a new tooling. Come on Airfix!!

@GregsModels thanks! I have the Hasegawa kit mostly all together and it's sitting on the shelf of doom so to speak waiting to be finished. It did seem like a pretty good kit though but a 21st century one would be nice! Inside of intakes did you just paint them in whatever color the fuselage is in that area i.e. gray or green? Thanks very much!

@@jonathanhudak2059 I can't remember now the Jaguar has long gone, to a better home. But I would have thought an off-white might be best.

@GregsModels okay thanks on that!

I've a stack of plastic-card of various thicknesses; I pick one that feels right. This stuff can be bought at any decent model shop or online.

Yes, we are long overdue for a decent Jaguar in 1/72. Kitty Hawk produce a good 1/48 Jag or did?

I didn't realise HobbyBoss made a 1/72 Jag

@@GregsModels yup! they made one. I haven't assembled mine yet but it looks decent. Cockpit is empty though, seats look basic. Strangely though, they only did the French versions. Would've been interesting to see the RAF and Indian ones as well.

From what I remember surface detail was far better, but that's all I remember back in 1984/5 when I built it.

I'm still scratching around. It's the hardest thing about making the videos, subject.

Cheers Henrik

It's usually two colours, XF-3 yellow with a small amount of light green or even a light grey, it's up to you.

If these are old decals this would explain the disintegration. Most decals have a limited life and go yellow and brittle over time. New or recent ones, it's just poor decals I'm afraid. One solution may be Microscale's liquid decal film, supposed to restore old or decals, never used it myself.

@@GregsModels Ok thanks, Greg, I bet that kit has been on a shelf since the late 90's, and the Rocket kit was a re-issue from chiner, so yeup bad quality all round. Ill look for some Microscale' liquid at Hobby Lobby, thanks Greg!!!!

@@GregsModels I have used the microscale liquid film to rescue some of their very old decals. Was very impressed. Brushed on single coat with flat brush, left it for a day, just to be sure, then used in the normal way. The film disappeared under a coat of matt varnish.

@@kitbag9033 Thanks bruh.

It has to be in my humble opinion a very tight soft edge. See my Airfix 1/72 Phantom vid👍

RAF serviceman from Coltishall 1977+ here. The camo on the wrap-around grey / green was a soft edge, but only right up close. The grey had an odd purple-y reflective 'granite' effect to it, as if it had very small glass granules in it. This camo wore off easily at the very front of intakes, nose of the recce pod, the laser marker windows, etc. revealing a yellow-green undercoat, which was then protected with a black, rubbery 'mastic' to prevent more aerodynamic wear. These black areas are often seen on photos of this time. Inside the usually-open panels was an oily-shiny light grey like the undercarriage legs, sometimes with dirt or 'soot' on it, and the edges of often-opened panels almost always had greasy hand and finger marks. The recce pods usually had thin red and white stripes on the lower rotating part, and small black stencils with instructions about rotation, etc. on the ground for loading and removing camera film magazines. These pods were brand new at that time, and were dull camo grey and green all over. There are other details, such as the 'red-phosphor bronze' effect gun muzzle surrounds, the small triangular steel blade-like antenna under the nose behind the nose gear door, and the one, later two, blade aerials behind the cockpit. These and the RWR aerial on the tail also gained protective black mastic. This all applies to the time when markings were at their minimal visibility level, during the 'low contrast' era for markings, something that was extended to the airfield, with kerbstones being dull green and even window frames being 'toned down'. 41 Squadron's flying 'can-opener' and 'cross of Lorraine with bars' were painted in dull roundel red, only gaining a yellow crown and central white line some years later. At this time, the nosewheel door and the fin had a single identifying letter, black with a thin white surround.

Also. Well done. That paint job is fantastic.

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