1/144 TSR.2 build

[Hobbes]

I've started to build the Pit-Road kit. This has more parts than any 1/144 kit I've built yet. It all fits well (with some rather oversized locating pins). As you can see, the insides are nicely detailed, if a bit cruder than Revell's recent offerings.







Next step is the engine intakes, which need a bit of fiddling to get the gap between the intake and fuselage correct.

I've no idea yet how I'll finish the aircraft...

[NARSES2]

That does look nice Harro

[PR19_Kit]

That does look nice Harro

... and about as complex as the Airfix 1/72 scale version! Why do TSR2 models have to be so complicated?

[Thorvic]

Yeap looking good Haro 

Kit it's becuase most of the 1/144 scale kit use the Airfix kit as a basis  !

[Hobbes]

The parts breakdown is different, so it avoids the problems of the Airfix version, e.g. the intakes are much easier to build. There's a lot of parts, but they all fit together easily.

[Librarian]

Did this ever get to completion?

[Captain Canada]

Glad I stumbled into this ! That kits looks awesome ! I'd love to see a row of them all navalized ;-)

[Hobbes]

I haven't done anything on this since those initial photos. I'm on a rocket building spree at the moment, and since it's all scratchbuilding, it's very slow going.

[Librarian]

Just discovered that Great Wall have released a TSR-2 in 1/144. Might try that one instead.

[JayBee]

Just discovered that Great Wall have released a TSR-2 in 1/144. Might try that one instead.

I have the Great Wall kit and as far as I can tell it is the pit Road/Skywave kit reboxed.
Pit Road issued two versions of the kit, Prototype and A What If Strike version. The only difference being that the strike version had an extra sprue giving four underwing pylons, four missiles which look a bit like Sea Eagles, AND the underbelly long range tank.

The Great Wall kit gives the extra sprue. 

I know what I am planning for mine, I just need to find some time for it. 

Jim

[Captain Canada]

There are so many tasty 144th scale weapons in the newer Dragon kits, ( F-18E Tornado etc. ) that you could do anything with modern weapons.

[Hobbes]

Pit-road has two modern weapons sets in this scale as well.

[eatthis]

if i wasnt skint id have a dozen of these beasties!