Ratch Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 History: In 1957, Hunting Percival received their first tangible success for Jet Provost when a production order was received for forty Jet Provost T3 aircraft. The requirement called for the increased-power Armstrong Siddeley Viper engine, as well as ejector seats and a revised undercarriage arrangement. In total, 201 Jet Provost T3's were built at Luton between 1958 and 1962, although the Jet Provost T4 variant was already underway by mid-1960. The T4 carried an improved Armstrong Siddeley Viper ASV.11 power unit which was quickly adopted by the key RAF training facilities at Cranwell, Little Rissington, Linton-on-Ouse, as well as RAF Leeming and RAF Ackington. 198 Jet Provost T4's were built ahead of a further engine upgrade and the addition of pressurisation, seen in the arrival of the Jet Provost T.5 (Developed by BAC), which first flew on 28th February 1967. Hunting Jet Provosts remain in service into the 1990's and due to its easy, inexpensive maintenance, a number remain in flying and taxiable condition in private hands today. In-box Review: This is a re-issue of the 2016 tooled 1/72 scale kit, with new markings. Dimensions are 137 x 156mm. Parts count is 45 pieces. Skill Level is one with one Flying Hour printed on the box. Moulded on three grey frames and one clear, details are soft in my opinion. Frame A Frame B Frame C Frame D The crew figures are squat and fat, but the over all shape is good. As the kit has been around for eight years, most of us will have seen what can be done with the kit and will probably have made up our own minds over that time. The country of manufacture is India. Instructions are printed on an 8-page, A4 leaflet with an additional sheet for stencil placements. Airfix provides full colour schematics as painting guides and decal placements. Decals are by Cartograf, ensuring crisp printing, perfect registration, good density of colour, and unnoticeable carrier film. The marking options are for: Scheme A) Flight Lieutenant Julie Ann Gibson, the first female RAF pilot, No. 1 Flying Training School, RAF Dishforth, May, 1990. Scheme B) Royal Air Force College, Cranwell, 1962. Paints advised: 18 Gloss Orange 19 Gloss Bright Red 33 Matt Black 34 Matt White 53 Metallic Gunmetal 56 Metallic Aluminium 61 Matt Flesh 64 Matt Light Grey 72 Matt Khaki Drill 83 Matt Ochre 85 Satin Coal Black 96 Matt RAF Blue 106 Matt Ocean Grey 121 Matt Pale Stone 130 Satin White 166 Satin Light Aircraft Grey These are not included in the kit. RRP £11.99. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modeling maniac Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 Really really want one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modeling maniac Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 Lovely looking aircraft, surprisingly maneuverable too. They do a nice display too, I know as two did a display at RAF Cosford Airshow 2024. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tour de Airfix Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 I think this rates as one of the best 1:72 small kits that Airfix have ever produced. The detail is excellent and in my experience, and I've built a fair few of them now, it goes together beautifully. I look forward to seeing your finished model and hear your views on how it builds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john redman Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 The crew figures are squat and fat Yes, and? What's wrong with that? Wanna make something of it? 🙂 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A J Rimmer Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 Well my trouble is, I really want this kit as I love the JP's in red and white, but I already have three of the Red Pelican Aldi specials in the stash... Oh to have Frist world Problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john redman Posted August 9 Share Posted August 9 What about doing one of these? Hannants used to have a set of these markings in a bundle of other Provosts, although if you have a printer, you could probably do your own as it's a fairly simple scheme. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A J Rimmer Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 On 09/08/2024 at 21:31, john redman said: What about doing one of these? Hannants used to have a set of these markings in a bundle of other Provosts, although if you have a printer, you could probably do your own as it's a fairly simple scheme. Thanks John. I do have the xtradecal sheet with a lot of options on it, but yeah, I like that - I'll have to take another look at the decals I have and see if anything like that is on there. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john redman Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 I have a vintage red stripe Provost that I plan to pair with a red stripe Iranian F5A as a DFD. At one point the F5A was going to face off against a Gazelle, in an unequal match similar to the MiG21 / Cessna pair. This was because rather amusingly, Iraqi Gazelles have a spelling mistake on the tail boom that I wanted to reproduce. In the end, I found a Provost for reasonable money, and I like the idea of a three-tone camo F5A versus an NMF / day-glo Provost. I can't find any evidence the Iraqis ever painted that day-glo out. I wonder if it was their equivalent of black and white invasion stripes? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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