WildBill50 Posted December 13, 2018 Report Posted December 13, 2018 Here is the Airfix 1/48th TSR2. I added a CMK cockpit and SAC metal landing gear. The SAC gear addresses one of the problems with the kit. The kit gear is splayed out about 3 degrees and the SAC gear corrects that. I added some hydraulics and brake line to them also. Since all of the TSR's flew in a white test scheme, I wanted something that looked a little more menacing. I painted mine in a tactical wrap around paint scheme of MM Dark Sea Gray and MM Dark Green. The tail I painted up like a show bird from the #16 Squadron, The Saints. I always liked there little guy with the halo. I found a picture on the web and it was thee perfect size for the large all moving tail. I adjusted the fuselage contour where it meets the top of the wing. The CMK cockpit really helps this kit. There are other parts that could be addressed by resin, but I chose only the cockpit. I don't think any putty was used for construction. I had a great time building this thing and boy is it big. Bigger than an F-111. Any comments good, bad, indifferent, all welcome. Bill
WildBill50 Posted December 13, 2018 Author Report Posted December 13, 2018 I had a heck of a time trying to tint the canopies. Everything that I tried just ran off and pooled up. One of our club members, Richie experimented with a bunch of concoctions and finally got something to stick and was the right color. He used white glue and clear paint and all kinds of VOODOO Magic. Whatever it was it worked great. Thanks Rich! It feels great to get something done finally. Bill
ghodges Posted December 15, 2018 Report Posted December 15, 2018 The Saint! Nice build and great to see what might have been! GIL
Mark Deliduka Posted December 15, 2018 Report Posted December 15, 2018 Magnificent job man! I have the 1/72 scale model of this plane and someday I might just get started on it. I'm just concerned about the white coat in it.
WildBill50 Posted December 18, 2018 Author Report Posted December 18, 2018 Thank you gentlemen, This was a great pallet cleanser for me. It was pretty much out of the box with no real vices. Mark, There are so many different paint schemes I've seen for this plane. The white one was for the testing of the plane and then would have been on it if it would have been on nuclear alert. From what I've been reading about it though it would have ended up like the Tornado with all of it's different camo schemes. Since it wasn't put into production the sky is the limit for how you could paint it. There are a bunch of schemes on line with decal to match. Go for it. It is a really cool looking jet...even in white. Bill
Mark Deliduka Posted December 18, 2018 Report Posted December 18, 2018 Thanks Bill. Excellent clarification. I'll consider my options when the time comes.
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