Gloster Javelin PR (Finished on page 4)

mat · July 17, 2021, 07:42:28 AM

Gloster Javelin PR.11

In 1952 Gloster made a design study for a Photo-Reconnnaissance version of the Javelin. P.347 were basically a Javelin with extended wings and a longer nose to house the cameras.

Even if RAF in 1953 did put forward a Operational Requirement - PR.118D and P - for a PR version of the Javelin, in the end the force chose to keep the Canberra for the job.

But what-if RAF have ordered the PR-Javelin.

It would probally have been in service as long as the Canberra.

My Group Build will be based on a kit, I once picked up in, what was then know as, The Evil Empire. I can't remember if is was in Murmansk, Kiev or Odessa. According to the box it contains an airplane. Looking closer you will see, that the airplane is a Gloster Javelin produced on the former Frog Mould which went East in the late 70's.

PR19_Kit · July 17, 2021, 07:58:03 AM

I'll look forward to seeing this build.

I've thought of doing a P.347 myself, but as usual never got started on it.

mat · July 18, 2021, 06:14:25 AM

The russian kit

PR19_Kit · July 18, 2021, 08:07:43 AM

Oh yes, FROGspawn at its very best (or worst sometimes...)

mat · July 18, 2021, 08:56:34 AM

The build have started. Trying to improve cockpit and remove the see-through option

sandiego89 · July 18, 2021, 12:55:43 PM

Be careful with the sanding stick!. I think they used chalk or soap in some of those injection molds- a few swipes and you are halfway through the fuselage!

Bravo for using a Warsaw Pact mold, I am also looking forward to this one.

kerick · July 18, 2021, 03:07:15 PM

I wonder if it's related to the one I built a REALLY long time ago. It was molded in green which I thought at the time was perfectly fine.
Should be lots of room in the nose for cameras if that radar is removed. I'll be watching this one!

mat · July 19, 2021, 02:32:12 AM

There will be plenty of room for cameraes in the nose. I'll build it according to the drawing in "Gloster Javelin" by Richard A Franks

mat · July 19, 2021, 02:34:59 AM

Quote from: sandiego89 on July 18, 2021, 12:55:43 PM
Be careful with the sanding stick!. I think they used chalk or soap in some of those injection molds- a few swipes and you are halfway through the fuselage!

Bravo for using a Warsaw Pact mold, I am also looking forward to this one.

This kit is moulded in a hard and rather brittle version of Comecon-Plastyk

zenrat · July 19, 2021, 04:54:55 AM

Quote from: mat on July 18, 2021, 06:14:25 AM

Loving the box.

NARSES2 · July 19, 2021, 06:23:29 AM

Quote from: zenrat on July 19, 2021, 04:54:55 AM
Quote from: mat on July 18, 2021, 06:14:25 AM

Loving the box.

As am I. It could be a child's shoe box from the 60's

PR19_Kit · July 19, 2021, 08:34:15 AM

Quote from: NARSES2 on July 19, 2021, 06:23:29 AM

As am I. It could be a child's shoe box from the 60's

It probably WAS one before they over-printed it!

TallEng · July 19, 2021, 01:02:58 PM

A long, long time ago I made a PR Javelin.

https://flic.kr/p/2mccfvV

I'm not sure but I think it involved the Airfix/Heller boxing an italeri F-84 Thunderflash, and the
Wings of a no name Grumman Intruder.
Looking forward to seeing your take on it
(Actual build log thingy from way back in time here) https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=27314.msg418653#msg418653

Regards
Keith

mat · July 21, 2021, 05:47:46 AM

And now for the wings.
The wheelwells have been improved from just being some empty spaces. And the wingtips hacked off.

mat · July 21, 2021, 05:51:41 AM

The remaining wing and the new wingtips are compared with the drawing. The basic of the new outer wing is a F-86A wing. As I remember from a very old Hasegawa kit