Subject: Re: Gallery Article - RAF Jet Provost T5A
From: "Steve Bamford ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Aibara Darius @Consult" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2003 14:32:37 -0800

Hi Darius,
Thanks for sending in your Provost article.  I'll e-mail you when it goes on
ARC.

Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
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From: Aibara Darius @Consult <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 12:17 AM
Subject: Gallery Article - RAF Jet Provost T5A

Steve

Yet another....
Gallery Template #05
"1:48 Aeroclub Jet Provost T5A"
by "Darius Aibara"
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Aeroclub make some great 1:48 kits of RAF aircraft that no-one else will
consider.  Their limited run injection moulded kits of the Hunting/BAC Jet
Provost and Strikemaster are no exception.  The Jet Provost T5 kit comprises
relatively thickly moulded fuselage and wing parts with white metal
undercarriage and cockpit details.  Two single piece vac-form canopies are
provided along with decals for an RAF 1FTW aircraft.
The mating surfaces of the plastic parts have to be sanded to give a clean
connection and give the liquid poly glue something to grab on to.  The rest
of the construction is as for a regular injection moulded kit and with
relatively few parts does not take long to build.  Some filler was needed to
blend in the separate jet intake parts with the fuselage.

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When assembly was completed I masked the cockpit tub and sprayed on several
coats of Halfords white auto primer,  This served as the upper fuselage
colour and made the red lower colour stand out better than with a darker
undercoat.  I masked the demarcation lines and brush applied a Humbrol satin
red colour to the wings and fuselage.  The black anti glare nose is Humbrol
matt black brush applied.  Several coats of Johnson's' Clear varnish sealed
in the paint and got rid  of the matt primer finish (warning - the matt
white primer finish is excellent for picking up dirt and smears, but a coat
of Clear will enable any marks to be wiped away!).
I used the kit decals for the 1FTW machine with additional stencil markinsg
from the spares box.
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Photos and text © 2003 by "Darius Aibara"

 <<Jet Provost T5A.zip>>
Regards

Darius Aibara
TPS Consult

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Fax: 020 8256 4082

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