Latest finished project

[The Wooksta!]

This has been under wraps for a while, although some of you knew about it and have seen it at an earlier stage.

Yes, my Martin-Baker operated TSR2, employed for ejection seat trials at high speed (the Meteors were getting long in the tooth and are a tad slow).

It's a basic Blackbeard Resins kit, with the white metal insert from the Heritage kit.  Serial code is for one of the pre-production aircraft, as I figured an older aircraft was more likely to be used for this sort of trials work.  I'll do the history later.

Scheme is dayglo (althought it's actually Peugeot Seville Orange - I couldn't find dayglo in Halfords and this was the brightest colour) and light aircraft grey.  The calibration markings are swiped from the Airfix Hawker P.1127.

Eyecatching, eh?

[Gary]

HEy Lee...

Is that the interceptor version (ducks)

Cool job dude

[John Howling Mouse]

Very sleek and cleaner than anything I could ever do.

Are you missing the aft canopy, though?

[John Howling Mouse]

You know, that kind of in-flight test shot would sure make an eye-catching action diorama..

Hmmm... little tissue paper for the flame of the bang-seat, some clear plastic holding the ejected seat, canopy and chute beginning to deploy in motion...

[Sisko]

Looks bloddy nice!!!!!!!!1

Can't wait for the airfix kit to show up.

[noxioux]

Ahhhh, very pretty.    

[TsrJoe]

sweeeet !  


 

[nev]

That looks very nice Lee, neat scheme.

As an aside, I so much prefer BAC to BAe.  I'm not sure why, but our planes were so much cooler when they were called BAC    

[lancer]

Nice looking test bed Lee

[The Rat]

Very very nice, and don't fret the car paint, that orange is about the best looking dayglo I've ever seen on a model! Is it authentic touch-up paint, or is it available in hobby shops?

[nev]

Halfords are a car accessory chain store in the UK, who stock a huge selection of spray cans for virtually every manufacturers colours on the road.  So yes, authentic touch-up paints.  The paints are their own brand.  As you've probly gathered by the way some of us British modellers gush over them, they are brilliant - excellent coverage and quick drying    

[Martin H]

And to aid the modler even more Halfords have recently satrted to mix aerosols in store to order...If its on their system and u have the BS or FS number they can mix it for u.  Hows that for surport for the hobby?

[Ollie]

BS number?

Is that Bull Sh-t number?  That would be the perfect What If colours then!

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[elmayerle]

BS number?

Is that Bull Sh-t number?  That would be the perfect What If colours then!

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Britihs Standard number, Ollie.  Their equivalent of the US FED-STD-595.  If mrmory serves me correctly, Dave Klaus, the gent who founded Meteor Productions, once published a cross-reference between thd diffeent national standards to help the modeller.

[Ollie]

I figured that out Evan, I was pulling people's leg...