Sometimes You Just Gotta Build It! Academy Jaguar Plastic Model Kit

Sometimes You Just Gotta Build It! Academy Jaguar Plastic Model Kit - Build & Review

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@69bird3 10 ай бұрын

I have built many a variety of kits through the decades. I do not recall ever reading a disclaimer that the actual product may look different than what's shown on the box. I actually appreciate the honesty despite how small it is written.

@ModelMinutes 10 ай бұрын

yea, its a "get out of jail" card really - so when someone complains they can say "well, we did tell you that you might not get what was advertised" - which I get, but still think it is annoying when you buy a kit and expect to be able to build what is shown on the box and not a completely different paint scheme

@Ducknuck84 10 ай бұрын

Nigel get the AIM-9 Sidewinders! No the Big AIM-9 Sidewinders! 😆

@ModelMinutes 10 ай бұрын

They really mean business this time :)

@plasticalchemist 10 ай бұрын

Simple build that brings a lot of fun. Some times you need to build and forget about the rest.

@ModelMinutes 10 ай бұрын

Well said 😊

@i.setyawan 10 ай бұрын

The gigantic 'Sidewinders' look more like some old Soviet A-G missiles! 😂

@leddyzee247 10 ай бұрын

Well done Matt, keeping it simple, not every model has to be rivet perfect and take an eternity to finish. I noticed it has no tail fin decals, but you did a great job on such a small kit

@ModelMinutes 10 ай бұрын

yeah, i'm not sure if academy didn't bother including them or if they were absent on the real aircraft

@leddyzee247 10 ай бұрын

@@ModelMinutes Good call Matt, it looks like they were absent on the operational cats.

@Gremlins_Modelling_Mayhem 11 ай бұрын

Nice build Matt, having just been up close to the Buccaneer "Guinness Girl" (a scheme that airfix has just released in the 1/48 version) @ Hendon, you've got the balance of paint colour to weathering about right.

@ModelMinutes 11 ай бұрын

Thanks! Glad you think so :D

@ChristianSchroter-ok4sk 3 ай бұрын

Hello mr. minute!Seems 2me like a nice fastdish for the mojo.for in between.cause of the scale and the Limited number of parts.with best regards and sticky greetings from Brandenburg germany.faithfully yours.your modellmate.christian

@dpswets 10 ай бұрын

Looks like a nice and fun buuld :) I would've kept the sidewinders off I guess because the massive size would annoy me but other than that I'd love to build this.

@ModelMinutes 10 ай бұрын

I did think about printing some replacements, but in the end just rolled with it

@bravodelta3083 10 ай бұрын

Nice build!

@ModelMinutes 10 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@krisztianpapp6604 8 ай бұрын

I finished an Academy 1/144 Luftwaffe F4F Phantom a while ago. It was great kit and had a much better scale regarding its rockets. It also had some minor interior aswell! I also bought a Revell Tornado ECR in this small scale and looking forward to it! It has some really difficult looking tiger patterned front stickers wich looks intimitading tho.

@ModelMinutes 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@Simon_Nonymous 10 ай бұрын

If you Google theGuardian Reader Jaguar you'll get some great pics of various bits of nose art on these kites who flew in Op. GRANBY, including Viz's very own Fat Slags.

@ModelMinutes 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info!

@jefthing 10 ай бұрын

I’ve just made two - one British, one French. It’s a smart little kit and goes together well (although a bit of filling is needed). One word of warning: the fins on the big sidewinders are sharp as thorns! I punctured my finger twice cleaning them up.

@ModelMinutes 10 ай бұрын

ouch!

@spamuraigranatabru1149 10 ай бұрын

I just made this, the F-4E (Dressed up to be a British Phantom) and the Tornado, they've been showing up all over the place and for extremely cheap

@ModelMinutes 10 ай бұрын

Yes, hobbycraft here in the UK has them really cheap

@henrysanchez4810 10 ай бұрын

I love building 1:144 kits.👍

@ModelMinutes 10 ай бұрын

yes, they are good fun

@davidreeves-turner6572 10 ай бұрын

I can’t claim any level of in-depth knowledge, but is the nose on the model in the thumb nail correct? I thought that the RAF version had a squared-off nose rather than a pointy one?

@ModelMinutes 10 ай бұрын

i can't say that i noticed or know about that tbh

@MCT954 10 ай бұрын

The RAF single seat Jaguars had a system called LRMTSS, it was a laser ranging device. The nose was a chisel shape with windows. The two seaters didn't have, or the French Jaguars

@benmanning4340 10 ай бұрын

You should build the hobby boss 1/18 scale kits. They are very unique and very fun to build. I've done the Focke Wulf FW190 and the Messerschmitt ME262. They are a fantastic addition to my collection hanging from my ceiling and makes my other kits look tiny! Keep up the good work 👍

@ModelMinutes 10 ай бұрын

thanks for the suggestion but I think 1/18 scale kits are a bit too large for my available workspace at the moment

@mattheweagles5123 10 ай бұрын

Those are massive sidewinders.

@ModelMinutes 10 ай бұрын

So big 😂

@yorkshiremanmodels 10 ай бұрын

would make a decent kit for someone trying the hobby for the first time with it being so cheap turned out decent to say how much time you spent on it

@ModelMinutes 10 ай бұрын

Yes, definitely something to mess about with!

@johnnoble01 10 ай бұрын

What's wrong with Humberol liquid poly say compared with Tamiya?

@ModelMinutes 10 ай бұрын

Tamiya extra thin is my preferred product, the humbrol one is a bit aggressive and leaves a glossy residue, the brush applicator being a bit rubbish too

@johnnoble01 10 ай бұрын

@@ModelMinutes i agree the brush is rubbish but i just use a paint brush. Been using Humberol liquid poly for over 50 years now and also use Tamiya green and white and AMS plastic weld. Always good to have a couple of different types to hand.

@wadejustanamerican1201 10 ай бұрын

Very nice, but I really have to get a magnifier. Thanks as always.

@ModelMinutes 10 ай бұрын

You and me both!

@Alan_Saund_Models 10 ай бұрын

Nice build.....but I thought the gulf war jaguar had the missiles on top of the wing

@ModelMinutes 10 ай бұрын

I think that was one option irl but sadly not included in the kit

@TheNorwegian 10 ай бұрын

Re the Gulf War loadout, according to an old book I have they'd have two Sidewinders, one on overwing rails on each wing. The underwing points were for bombs or other air-to-ground ordnance, or fuel tanks. Could a Jaguar even carry more than two Sidewinders? I've never seen photos of any with more than two AIM-9s (or Magics). It'd be a pretty lousy air-to-air fighter anyway....

@ModelMinutes 10 ай бұрын

Academy doing a bit of modelling license with this kit

@TheNorwegian 10 ай бұрын

Those missiles though....

@ModelMinutes 10 ай бұрын

😂

@Andy.Gledhill.Models. 10 ай бұрын

Hi Matt. Sadly it looks like a lot of these 1/144 aircraft kits are pretty awful. I would have expected better from Academy. Those weapons are a joke lol. Just a quick note about Microset and sol. If you read the instructions on the bottle, you don't need to use Microsol if your decals are on a flat surface such as the wings and flat fuselage sides. Microsol is only needed if you need the decal to conform to a sunken shape. EG the dials on an instrument panel.

@ModelMinutes 10 ай бұрын

they might be awful kits but for something cheap to build they fit that bill quite nicely. Whilst i might not need to use microsol if it is a flat surface, it can't hurt right?

@Andy.Gledhill.Models. 10 ай бұрын

@@ModelMinutes Aye, but you are just wasting that Microsol. My bottle of it is 3/4 full, but my Microset bottle is nearly empty.