Beyond The Sprues
Modelling => Completed GBs => Group and Themed Builds => In the Service of Her Majesty GB => Topic started by: MAT on October 30, 2022, 07:47:56 PM
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The P.1202-9 were a studie put forward by Hawker Siddeley (Kingston) in 1977/78 as an answer to the requirements in AST.403 for a successor to the Harriers and Jaguars of RAF. A long line of proposals from various aircraft producers led in the end to the building of the EAP and the Eurofighter Typhoon, which entered service in RAF in 2006 - 29 years after AST.403 was originaly submitted.
But what if RAF had overruled the mandarins of Whitehall and ordered the P.1202-9 into production?
The Hawker Siddeley P.1202-9 ”Hobby” entered squadron service in the autum of 1984. The plane were named af the Hobby (Falco subbuteo) which is a very swift falcon nesting in Southern England. Then some argentine generals and admirals made the mistake of their lives in 1982. After the recapture of The Falkland Islands, Britain needed a strong air defence on the islands to ensure, that there would be no repetition. So in the winter 1984-85 a flight of Hobby's arrived af RAF Mount Pleasant.
The model in scale 1/72 will be based on an old f-16 kit from Idea in the ”wrong scale” of 1/48 and the sadly remains of a PM Models F-16, which did lose its wings to a Douglas XF-3A conversion.
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Image for those unfamiliar:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/e68/GTwiner/P.1202.png)
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This should be good . . .
cheers,
Robin.
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That's the one. Here on page 269 in"British Secret Projects: Jet Fighters since 1950" by Tony Buttler.
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And here are the pieces, which would eventually by hard work, a lot of PSR and mayby some witchcraft be turned into the P.1202-9
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The beginning
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The first cut is the deepest. The 1/48 fuselage is too wide and to high. So it has to be trimmed.
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And by the way: The intake is not at the right place and don't have the right size. And the fuselage i too long. So, more cut, cut, cut .......
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The 1/48 fuselage cut and glued to the approximate dimensions. Ahead lies some more fumbling with card, glue and hours of PSR.
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Whoa! :icon_surprised: That's a first! I've NEVER seen an F-16 kit's fuselage split that way. :icon_surprised:
Interesting project! :smiley:
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With the help of some plasticard and a lot of sanding is the 1/48 fuselage transformed into the aftfuselage of the 1/72 P.1202-9
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Now the its time for adding the 1/72 F-16 front fuselage to the 1/48 F-16 aft fuselage. Looks like it's possible to make it fit.
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First testfit - looks like we got a match
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With surgery like that, you're in almost pure scratchbuilding territory! It's looking good.
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The 1/72 front fuselage is now attached to the 1/48 rear fuselage. And the first phase of the PSR have been started.
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And now for something completely different: The wings.
The wingspan of the 1/48 F-16 is precisely the same as the 1/72 P.1202-9. And the angle of the leading edge is the same too. But the trailing edge has to be modified.
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The wings are now cut to the new form and sanded to the correct profile.
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Nice work on that fuselage! Carry on!
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Now it's time to do something to the void in the bottom of the fuselage.
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The inlet need to be reshaped. So more cutting and rearranging of the pieces, and a well for the nosewheel is added.
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The RB 431-14R engine need an exhaust. With some PSR the 1/48 F-16 exhaust might work out.
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Great stuff MAT! This is turning into a truly epic kit bash :smiley:
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The exhaust is finished and ready to give the P.1202-9 a hefty push
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The intake is also done and filled with some lead to prevent tailsitting
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Now it's time to do the tailplanes. They used to be the wings of a F-5E, that had ended up on my scrapyard
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There's some lovely plastic surgery going on here :smiley:
Mog
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This is just getting better and better . . . :smiley:
cheers,
Robin.
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The tail fins are coming into shape, They used to be the tail planes of a MiG-23, which lost its wings to the build of a Messerschmitt P.1102/105.
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The intake have been glued to the rest of the fuselage and blended in with a lot of PSR.
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The wings have now been added and I'm getting closer to the paint phase. Originally I would had placed the P.1020-9 on The Falklands in the late 1980's/ early 1990's and envisaged it painted in the two colour grey camo as seen on EE lightnings. But lately weird and disturbing pictures have sneaked into my dreams, and I have started to imagine export orders from Canada (dark green/dark grey top/light grey bottom) og Australia (multi coloured SEA scheme) - And what about the Kiwis?
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The airframe of the HS P.1202-9 have been moved to the Assembly Hall. And it seems like all the pieces fit together - Relief :smiley:
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This is just . . . :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:
cheers,
Robin.
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That came together well :smiley: :smiley:
Mog
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Well, that is just chock-full of all kinds of awesomeness :smiley: :smiley:
... envisaged it painted in the two colour grey camo as seen on EE lightnings...
Temptations aside, that Lightning scheme of Medium Sea Grey and Barley Grey would really suit your P.1020-9!
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I too felt, that the grey Lightning scheme would really suit the P.1020-9 But I opted for the darker version of Dark Sea Grey top and Medium Sea Grey bottom, as I thought that there would be too little contrast between the greys and the pink/light blue Roundels.
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Good call on colors :smiley:
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Good call on colors :smiley:
Indeed! The DSG over MSG looks really good ... and sets off the lo-vis roundels :smiley:
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Paintjob is finished and Decals added. Looks like I gonna make it in time for the Deadline
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I did use some low-vis Roundels larger than the ones used on the Lightnings, Tornados, Jaguars etc., as I felt. that the low-vis Roundels became almost un-vis on such a large Plane.
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Prolifically excellent build
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Paintjob is finished and Decals added. Looks like I gonna make it in time for the Deadline
I'm sure an extension can be arranged, should you need it . . .
cheers,
Robin.
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This looks awesome!! Clearly a should have been built design!
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Stunning build :-* :-*
Mog
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Now the P.1202-9 got wheels to stand on. And I think, that I will make it before my own deadline. I have about a week until my house will be filled with kids and grandkids, as we are to celebrate my mothers 96 years birthday.
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Mat,
Absolutely astounding! I wish I could get a kit straight out of the box to that level of finish.
Good luck with the birthday celebrations
Mark
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How about an Israeli one with conformal fuel tanks, a fuselage hump and lumps and bumps?
I have a plan to convert a F-16XL to that but yours would be awesome!
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How about an Israeli one with conformal fuel tanks, a fuselage hump and lumps and bumps?
I have a plan to convert a F-16XL to that but yours would be awesome!
Yes. That would be awesome - but then the P.1202-9 would not be In the Service of Her Majesty. Unless we rewrite history, so the British Mandate turns into a british Colony! And stays that way until at least after 6 february 1952 ;) Maybe an Idea for an other build !!!
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Dang -- Sooo real world,,, must be :smiley:
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very nice work on the 1202, looks really good 8)
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P.1202-9 with stuff under the wings - Armed and dangerous
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That's the business!
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Wow! That is gorgeous MAT :smiley:
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That really is an excellent Build, you wouldn't know it wasn't built straight from a kit . . . :smiley:
Don't forget to post some images in the Gallery Thread.
cheers,
Robin.
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Ready for take-off
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Very photogenic :smiley:
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First testfit - looks like we got a match
MAGIC!