Looks very in that camo, Dizzy.

Looks SO massive! "Breaking the wall of sound" gets a new meaning...!  

What a magnificent beast! That's what i call a Viggen on steroids, great stuff, Phill. Also love that camo.  

Yes, that's an original Revell mold, and it's a single-engine variant with parts for an R/1 and R/3. There's an alternative boxing for a German Gina, too. Together with the Meng kit IMHO the best mono-engine G.91 around, while Matchbox' Yankee has two engines and a longer fuselage (from the trainers, just with a single seat). IIRC the only IP kit of that type, even though there are resin kits/fuselage sets.
The yellow plastic is blinding bright, though. But the decal sheet comes with all black stripes for the Tiger Meet aircraft the boxing represents - but I am not certain how well these can be applied... 

Nevertheless, more things to show from the Malvinas/Falklands:

Painting and markings:
The more challenging part, because I wanted the model to "tell the story" of being hastily transferred into a combat zone and then receiving an improvised and not perfect tactical camouflage on top of the original peacetime livery. For the latter I settled upon an all-over light grey scheme, inspired by some Portuguese Ginas.


1:72 Fiat G.91R/4; 'A-252, Grupo 3 de Ataque, Fuerza Aérea Argentina (FAA, Argentinian Air Force); Port Stanley (Malvinas/Falklands Islands), April 1982 (What-if/Revell kit) - WiP by Dizzyfugu, on Flickr


To create the overpainted finish (and to cover the kit's bright yellow plastic!) the model first received an overall coat with Revell 374 (RAL 7000). The landing gear bays as well as the cockpit tub were painted in slightly darker US Neutral Grey (FS 36251), while the air intake and the landing gear struts became dull aluminum (Humbrol 56).


1:72 Fiat G.91R/4; 'A-252, Grupo 3 de Ataque, Fuerza Aérea Argentina (FAA, Argentinian Air Force); Port Stanley (Malvinas/Falklands Islands), April 1982 (What-if/Revell kit) - WiP by Dizzyfugu, on Flickr


The camouflage on the upper surfaces was added on top of that, and – with a very good paint reference about the FAA's Pucarás during the Falklands conflict – I settled for mixed tones, because that was the same case in 1982: anything was used and stretched, resulting in a wide range of shades of green and brown, often very pale, and sometimes not properly applied (see my comment about the Claveworks profile above). For the green I mixed Humbrol 78 (RAF Cockpit Green) with90 (Sky) to create a pale lichen green. The brown was to be rather reddish, and I mixed Modelmaster 1701 (US Army Earth Red, FS30117) with Humbrol 168 (Hemp) to soften and dull the tone down.


1:72 Fiat G.91R/4; 'A-252, Grupo 3 de Ataque, Fuerza Aérea Argentina (FAA, Argentinian Air Force); Port Stanley (Malvinas/Falklands Islands), April 1982 (What-if/Revell kit) - WiP by Dizzyfugu, on Flickr


An unevenness of the single colors was accepted to underline the makeshift character of the paint scheme. Furthermore, areas where original roundels and tactical markings would "shine through" were spared or so thin that the original grey underneath would be visible, too. For the same reason the canopy frames remained partly grey and spotty. In contrast to that the yellow ID bands were created with decal sheet material and applied as "solid" markings.

The decals came from an Airfix Pucará sheet, but the tactical code was modified. Stencils were taken from the Revell kit and an Argentinian Mirage III.


1:72 Fiat G.91R/4; 'A-252, Grupo 3 de Ataque, Fuerza Aérea Argentina (FAA, Argentinian Air Force); Port Stanley (Malvinas/Falklands Islands), April 1982 (What-if/Revell kit) - WiP by Dizzyfugu, on Flickr


1:72 Fiat G.91R/4; 'A-252, Grupo 3 de Ataque, Fuerza Aérea Argentina (FAA, Argentinian Air Force); Port Stanley (Malvinas/Falklands Islands), April 1982 (What-if/Revell kit) - WiP by Dizzyfugu, on Flickr

The model received a black ink washing and some post-panel-shading, supporting the shaggy look. Soot stains around the guns were done with graphite, and finally everything was sealed with matt acrylic varnish.

Next stop: the Falklands in 1982. 

An MOD Jag would be very good  !

Anigrand I note has a new range of 1/144 models in conjuction with Williams Models of Japan (Click on the name to be taken to the website)

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In a bid to increase potential for the Jaguar E-Type an independent garage in Park Royal came up with the idea of converting the car into a utility vehicle for the fixed head coupe. This being slightly longer than the existing models and in theory should have been a bit more roomy.
Butchers, bakers and even the odd candle stick makers jumped at the chance of a car that could take their product/produce to market as quickly as possible, but the price not the cheapest of options but a novel one, something to turn heads and gain more sales. A gimmick than something practical. With a canvas roof as an option or something specialised.
The farming community asked for a four wheeled drive version, two bundles of hay could just about fit in the rear standing upright. Not as practicable as the Land Rover but a great talking point at the local pub.
The Ministry for Roads imposed the 70mph speed limit on A roads and motorways which didn't stop people from breaking it even though some of the Police forces had their own Jaguars as pursuit vehicles.
To the boutique owner the E-Type Ute although smaller in space than the Mini panel van was the car to espire to,sort of status symbol, even if it was second or third hand.
With the fuel crisis in the 1970s sales dropped with SJMcColm Engineering Ltd having to use a more economical engine and a upgrade of components for a smoother ride, over heating and other niggles were sorted out. The hundreds of orders had dropped to the lower double figures. An unexpected request from the Ministry of Defence kept the model in production until the 1990s all be it refurbished E-Types of all three marks.
Export sales were slow to begin with but the thought of ownership of an E-Type did appeal to the car enthusiasts even when production stopped the Ute was the cheapest option.

I have the 1/24 Revell 67668 Level 3 Jaguar E-Type fixed head coupe, I also have some leftover parts from the Italeri 3660 Land Rover Fire Truck so the 4x4 Ute is within reach of being built depending on if I come across any problems regarding the build.

Quote from: PR19_Kit on Today at 12:06:16 AMAre you SURE that gun's big enough? 

It's damn near exactly the right lenght Kit 😆
I found some info about this thing today and I was dead right about one thing at least ..they did plan the use a King Tiger manlet on this 
Score one for me at least .
This wooden mock up was built between 43/44 with planned production taking place later in 44,,early 45 .
Course that never happened and how it would have worked I don't know but I'm sure it would have been useless after a short period of time..

Are you SURE that gun's big enough? 

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter

Most of you will by now have watched one or all of the Harry Potter/ Fanstastic Beasts and where to find them series of films or read the books or listened to the audio books.
Probably thinking what if I can build something for one of the houses or boat, train,  vehicle or aircraft or something that was used or be useful for a witch or wizard in their world.
 The worst thing is that the TV series will be out very soon so the next generation gets to experience all the things that were missed out in the previous films.


All the fun of the fair.

I haven't been to a funfair in decades but what if you could design and build your own rides or stalls. You wouldn't need to create the whole thing just a feature and a description of what it's purpose is.

The prototypes or preproduction models that never made it into service or the forecourt.
This opens up a whole range of whiffery by choosing a topic and creating the build to as close as possible to the preproduction or prototype, yes you can change the colour scheme and decals. Nothing straight out of the box is allowed.