Neil

Will try again..

As Flickr is playing up now, just remembered I do have all the pics on my Facebook page in one of my Albums on there. I could provide a link?

I would repost them using Flickr if I could, unfortunately I am having access problems with Flickr at the moment!

Thanks for the comments. All of the livery scheme was masked and airbrushed, to achieve the fading from one colour to the next, using Humbrol enamels. The very narrow pinstripes were sliced from coloured decal sheets and also cut with a compass cutter. The circular 'Icarus' emblem on the fin I printed at home on clear decal sheet because the kit one is awful and not worth using (I printed six copies of that emblem, to ensure I had a few spares to play with, which is the pic that shows them next to the terrible kit decal sheet .... what there is of the kit decal sheet!).

Made from the 1/144 Roden kit, oversized kit engines replaced with my own one-off resin ones, livery scheme achieved with home-made decals and lots of airbrushing/masking and hand cutting decal sheet. Painted using Humbrol enamels, except the metal-finish on the engenes which are in Alclad. Fuselage transparencies were not used for the cabin windows, these were achieved by using Kristal Kleer instead.

Ah!! Those videos bring back ALOT of memories, I remember all of that kind of thing oh-so-well ....

In formation with Vulcan XH535 ....

Thanks for the comments again, much appreciated. :) B)

No, they were not the same, they were two completely different companies and two totally different conversions. The Paragon conversion was for the RAF T2. (I am the owner of Paragon Designs). This is the Paragon RAF T2 conversion set: This is a Jaguar T4 (using my own RAF T2 conversion) which I built a few years ago: Neil. B)/>

Paragon never made a Jaguar E conversion. Neil. B)/>

Very nearly finished, just a few minor things to sort out. Also made a simple base to display it on. B)/>

Thanks for the comments, much appreciated. :)/> Forward fuselage is now sprayed Orange also, again with a heavier coat on the underside and a lighter coat on the top surface to simulate fading which so often happens with Fluorescent colours on aircraft, as in pics of the real 'plane. The coat of Orange was also rubbed down carefully (with Alclad polishing cloths) which also enhances the faded look as the Yellow undercoat begins to show through. I must be honest here and state that this was not entirely my own idea to simulate the faded look, it was suggested to me by 'dehowie' in another

Progress so far, most of the Fluorescent Orange is now on, although the wing leading edges and nacelles have a fuller, heavier coat than the fin, upper tailplane surfaces, upper drop-tank surfaces because these appear to have a more worn and faded appearance in all of the photo's that I have of this aircraft at that time. The forward fuselage is also about to receive a faded/worn coat of Orange too. All surfaces which are eventually to have a final finish of Orange were firstly given a coat of Humbrol Lemon Yellow as an undercoat. Orange tends to apply very well on top of a yellow undercoa

That's pretty much standard procedure for high-quality, high-shine Alclad metal finishes. I generally do not bother with a Gloss Black undercoat for flatter, duller metalic finishes. B)

I had not used that shade before either, I was rather surprised how bright and shiny it turned out. It looks remarkably chrome-like!! (I had made sure that the Gloss Black was nice and smooth and glossy before applying the Alclad though). B)/>

Appologies, I forgot to mention that a Gloss Black was applied first,for both (I used Humbrol Gloss Black enamel). The dull Aluminium is ALC-101, the shiny bright Aluminium is ALC-119 Airframe Aluminium. To be honest, the shiny ALC-119 Airframe Aluminium came out brighter than I expected, but that is probably no bad thing I guess. B)/>

Thinking about it again, that B-52 with the missing fin would itself make a neat model with most of the vertical tail missing!! It was landed succesfully, repaired and flown again for many years. That really is down to the Alclad paint, makes a 'metal' finish relatively straightforward to achieve. :thumbsup:/> B)/>

Quite a famous incident, but nope, that is a different aircraft, although they look very similar. B)

The kit wingspan is approx. 15 1/2 inches (a shade over 390mm). B)/>

Alclad is on, I used ALC-101 Aluminium and ALC-119 Airframe Aluminium; didn't seem much point in using lots of shades on a model this scale. All U/C parts have been given coats of Black or White, and the drop tanks sprayed White, Lemon Yellow and finally Fluorescent Orange. Quite pleased with it so far. B)/>

This is the 1/144 Minicraft B-52H kit, essentially converted to 60-0006, with a rather nice and bright colour scheme. A few pics of the real aircraft first, then some In-Pogress pics of the model so far: B)/>/>

Those were precisely my thoughts when I saw pics of this 'plane. Such a distinctive example of a B-52, apparently it was unfortunately lost in a crash in 1974, due to loss of rudder and elevator control. I do not know if the crew members were injured or lost also. The pic below could be of this aircraft and crew, at some point during it's history .... I have spent a while looking for relevant pics, and several Black & White examples have turned up; I have a very clear shot from the stbd underside in-flight, showing exhaust staining under the wings and skin-ripling of the fuselage, and d

Thanks for the suggestion/tip, I will certainly bear it in mind when applying the Orange, looks very effective. Superb :thumbsup:/> In fact that method could come in very usefull, I have found more pics of the B-52 I am modelling and looking at the pics carefully it appears that the Orange on the leading edges of the wings and on the engine nacelles could possibly be 'newer' or 'fresher' than the Orange on the rest of the airframe (i.e; the forward fuselage, drop tanks, fin, horizontal tailplanes). I may well try your method to try and replicate this. B)/>

Great pics. :thumbsup:/> B)/>

Yes, I know they are there, I can see them in the pics. However, the images are not particularly sharp, the exact walkway pattern/layout is a little vague and non-descript. For example, reflection on the tailplane upper surfaces makes it a little awkward to define the exact layout of the walkways also. I was really trying to ascertain the precise walkway layout for that 'plane at the time. There were minor variations, I was trying to pick the correct one for the model. The pics do not make it easy to choose an exact layout. However I have now pretty much decided on the walkway pattern, if