spellbinder99 Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 Timmy, I spent seven years working on RAFO Jaguars in Oman and those pictures of the nose wheel well detail match my minds-eye memories of those areas faultlessly. Recognising the ground cooling fan, interior wheel cover and uplocks was a real flashback. Cheers and well done from an Old Jag Fixer. Tony Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel111 Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Incredible! While you are getting to know the Jaguar so very well and have developed superb machining skills, how about machining some 1/32 Jaguar molds? Cheers, Marcel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmy! Posted July 30, 2019 Author Share Posted July 30, 2019 On 7/11/2019 at 5:57 PM, spellbinder99 said: Timmy, I spent seven years working on RAFO Jaguars in Oman and those pictures of the nose wheel well detail match my minds-eye memories of those areas faultlessly. Recognising the ground cooling fan, interior wheel cover and uplocks was a real flashback. Cheers and well done from an Old Jag Fixer. Tony Glad to hear this....means I’m getting the details feel right. Thanks for checking in. Input from those who worked, flew etc. these jets is very valuable to me! On 7/13/2019 at 11:50 AM, Marcel111 said: Incredible! While you are getting to know the Jaguar so very well and have developed superb machining skills, how about machining some 1/32 Jaguar molds? Cheers, Marcel Thanks! Also no 1/23nd molds or kit from me. This one will be strictly 12th scale. Too many projects of my own to finish before my inevitable dirt nap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmy! Posted July 30, 2019 Author Share Posted July 30, 2019 Took some iPhone shots today. The majority of the hydraulic lines are complete for the top of the nose gear well. I’ve added a wire bundle, that several hydraulic tubes will route over, was installed. These tubes required a number of T fittings and check valves to be printed up and pieced together. It’s not an impressive number of tubes installed since my last installment but between fiddly construction and hours of staring at photos to understand where everything connects they consumed that time span. Lastly the torque tube that connects the aft doors to their actuator was installed. There are some hydraulic tubes that will route over this tube necessitating it’s installment now. On to the photos... More soon.... Thanks for checking in! Timmy! D.B. Andrus, Victor K2, Nic C.D. and 19 others 21 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 Fantastic! Timmy! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easixpedro Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 Omg, tell me you painted the ties along the wiring! If you tied them like the real deal, I’m going to start another hobby... I’m stunned. Peter Pete Fleischmann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmy! Posted July 30, 2019 Author Share Posted July 30, 2019 3 minutes ago, easixpedro said: Omg, tell me you painted the ties along the wiring! If you tied them like the real deal, I’m going to start another hobby... I’m stunned. Peter Sorry buddy....I hear baseball cards are big!? They are tied with with wire...still can’t find scale zip-ties but there you go. Seriously thanks for kind nod and following along. Timmy! USMC Herc, easixpedro and Pete Fleischmann 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdthoresen Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 What the hell kind of sorcery is this? Wow, just.......wow. THOR Pete Fleischmann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Fleischmann Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 Oh. My. God. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 Damn! Looks like you took pics of the real thing! D.B. Andrus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 That's just too ,much amazing to contemplate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmy! Posted August 4, 2019 Author Share Posted August 4, 2019 Time to take a little break from tubing! Here is the Weapon Main Unit, part of the control of the five stores hard points. It' s a good warm up for the cockpit detailing to come. The main box was printed along with a block of switches and knobs. The clear cover was cut from Evergreen clear 0.010" styrene and scored and folded to it final shape. The upper portion masked and sanded to create the frosted border. Fairly simple paint job, black body, aluminum wire connections, switches and cover latches and dark grey wiring boots. After a coat a Future decals were applied and a little thinned oil paint was used to pick out details and add some grime. Finally a coat 50/50 flat and gloss lacquer to unify the finish and the cover was attached. Plumbing is about half done so that's next.... More soon and thanks for checking in! Timmy! geedubelyer, HerculesPA_2, sandokan and 16 others 18 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose Pedro Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 Simply Fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geedubelyer Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 Crikey! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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