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Welcome, thanks to
Lothar I have finished the Heller kit which troubled me from beginning.
By luck I purchased a cheap Hi-Tech conversion set somewhere in A'dam,
Luchtvaarthobbyshop.nl and when I returned home I noticed a dent in the rear of
the vacuformed canopy. Something that couldn't be repaired, not even by hot
water.
So I ordered another and kept me for 6 weeks waiting, c'est la vie. The second
one had a damaged front part (tiny hole due to a staple).
I cut both canopies and assembled one plus re-equipped the British gunports into
French ones.
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Kevin provided me
some M3 'perfect it', polished the canopy and glued it with ordinary UHU plastic
hobby.
Thanks to him the canopy got more clear and finally dipped in Future (what
else). He also sent me his Heller Jaguar E 1/100 and built the kit straight
away.
The Hi-tech 1/48 needed lots of
sanding and slowly turned into one piece. Added a clear piece for the backseat
pilot (guess it is for protection when a bird might hit the front windshield).
I hoped to get some realistic tyres but the Heller kit included some shown as
disappointed.
I used the Esci Jaguar A 'Argonne' decalset when Lothar sent me
a resin afterburner set and extra wheels plus 4 ejection siege markings and some
data.
I put some wiring, airbrushed the kit with Humbrol mixed blue (matt 157)-gray
(156), green (matt 30) and varnish with a Badger 100LG.
Pictures showed me new and weathered E's thus testing home the variety of colors
with a surten amount of light (flux) and discovered the optical lie. A very good
source from the web supplied me enough to finish it off (http://www.ffsmc.com/pages/walkarounds/avions/Jaguar/walkaround-Jaguar-01.php).
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I hope you like my jaguar E, it
was just something I need to do, building a kit I never seen before and love
having it. Perhaps I will try to shoot better pics next time!
Duncan
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