A different Hunter T12

[PR19_Kit]

I tried the high speed tanks from the TSR2 but they're ENORMOUS!

They're about 1.5 x or 2 x as long as the Aero 1 style tanks and even thicker in the mid section. Short of using longer Hunter tanks, like the ones used on G-APUX that I mentioned and built at the start of my Harrier G-VTOL thread, there aren't any alternatives available, and those tanks are anything but low drag.

If I could get some smaller versions of the TSR2 tanks they'd be ideal, but they'd need to be 1/100 scale or so.

How about thanks from a Jaguar or Phantom or even a Mirage?

Hm, yes. I have a few Mirage F1 kits knocking about too.

[kitnut617]

I tried the high speed tanks from the TSR2 but they're ENORMOUS!

They're about 1.5 x or 2 x as long as the Aero 1 style tanks and even thicker in the mid section. Short of using longer Hunter tanks, like the ones used on G-APUX that I mentioned and built at the start of my Harrier G-VTOL thread, there aren't any alternatives available, and those tanks are anything but low drag.

If I could get some smaller versions of the TSR2 tanks they'd be ideal, but they'd need to be 1/100 scale or so.

How about thanks from a Jaguar or Phantom or even a Mirage?

Hm, yes. I have a few Mirage F1 kits knocking about too.

What about those Mirage type tanks which have the rocket pod on the front, like on the over wing Lightning.  I think I've read somewhere they were developed for unguided air-to-air RPs which would suit your project ---

[PR19_Kit]

The T12s were strictly only for pilot and nav training and weren't intended to cover weapons training, that was going to take place aboard the TSR2 trainers in the other half of 237 OCU. That's the RW situation, not from my backstory BTW. 

I was also thinking of those Mirage 2000 tanks with the swollen front end and a  tapered rear end. I've got a 2000N somewhere in The Loft, the one with an ASMP underneath that has those included.

I've got the initial decals on the T12 now and it's starting to look 'alive'.  More decals later today.

[kitnut617]

Colin (Freightdog) does these Kit

http://www.freightdogmodels.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=27_29&products_id=813&osCsid=2b1bc1d36e94ffcd76b54c56303642f6

And Heritage Aviation does these

http://www.kitsforcash.com/mirage-2000l-underwing-tanks-192-p.asp

[PR19_Kit]

All the colours in all the sizes. 

[PR19_Kit]

In the middle of adding some of the smaller decals I dropped the model............ 

The rear fuselage, the styrene bit, broke away from the forward resin bit completely! I've superglued it back together but there's bound to be some sanding down needed and some re-painting and re-varnishing. Ho Hum....

[kerick]

I feel for you! Nothing worse than doing something over again.

[Gondor]

In the middle of adding some of the smaller decals I dropped the model............ 

Oh C~@P 

Gondor

[PR19_Kit]

Amazingly the top half of the joint shows almost no sign of being glued, it looks just like a panel line! 

The lower half needed a little sanding and it's re-painted nicely, phew! Back to the decals..........

[kerick]

Awesome!

[rickshaw]

Amazingly the top half of the joint shows almost no sign of being glued, it looks just like a panel line! 

That is how a conversion kit is meant to look, Kit. 

The lower half needed a little sanding and it's re-painted nicely, phew! Back to the decals..........

Obviously the fault of the model builder, not the conversion kit... 

[PR19_Kit]

That is how a conversion kit is meant to look, Kit. 

The lower half needed a little sanding and it's re-painted nicely, phew! Back to the decals..........

Obviously the fault of the model builder, not the conversion kit... 

Hehehe, I thought I'd be sanding down excess glue, but it only leaked out on the bottom, and not much of that.

It's all repaired now, re-painted and re-varnished and I've started on the home printed decals for the OCU itself.

[Captain Canada]

Ouch.

[PR19_Kit]

I've got all the main decals on the T12 now, but not without difficulties.

Amazingly the Cartograph printed sheet for the F6 decals, with the 3 colour roundels, was out of register! There was a 0.5 mm wide half ring of white round one side of the roundels, so they got junked. They were replaced by Modeldecal D Types which were perfect of course. I'm using the serials from the FGA9 as they are later ones and fit with my backstory of the T12 being lower hour airframes, and in addition they're black which suits the scheme a lot better than white ones.

Then I added a few stencils to the starboard side, just to see how it looked, and added all my home printed 237 OCU decals. These were the unit crest on the nose, the OCU 'Swooping Eagle' badge on the fin and the unit flashes either side of the fuselage roundel. There's loads of stencils to add yet and I may not use some of them as they are SO small.





I've posted a pic to show how long the TSR2 drop tanks are. To my mind they are FAR too long, but are the right shape if they were scaled down some, but I don't know how to do that. I've yet to decide on the tank to use, so many possibilities...

[DogfighterZen]

I like this bird a lot!  Glad to know you managed to get the broken bit back in with no fuss... i wasn't so lucky on my F-16W, enlarged wings and intake with putty, dropped the thing a month ago while sanding...  the result was new wings and a whole lot of PSR on the intake still to do... 
Anyway, i also think that those tanks are too long, maybe they could blend in better if you add some stabilizers on the rear... but i really think that drop tanks with a sharper front end, would suit your T-12 perfectly, IMHO, that is.