1/72 Gloster P.376 Thin-wing Javelin 3d Print

[kerick]

That looks like fun!
The wing is beginning to have a Phantom vibe.

[Doug K]

Must admit I'm rather taken aback by the size difference between the two. I'd assumed they were much closer in size, but then I've never compared them directly.

She does look nice   

Me too, fantastic work!

[su27rules]

          What a nice great print and design!!  I love it!!

[scautomoton]

All design work is now done. Well, maybe I might do a ladder, but otherwise the only future changes will be to resolve print issues.

 

I'll soon print it with the intention of doing the demo build, but I'm currently reprinting a couple of things which failed due to the print vat leaking recently. I also need to build up some of my other stock first. So while I attend to that it'll give me the KUTA I need to crack on with some personal builds which have stalled lately.

[Charlie_c67]

Whilst I in no way doubt your accuracy, I really don't like how they hung the missiles from the wings 

[jcf]

The aerospace industry and military services' favourite line:
"It's not a new design, it's just a derivative.".
🤣

Looks great. 

[Thorvic]

Whilst I in no way doubt your accuracy, I really don't like how they hung the missiles from the wings 

Given the size and weight ot the Red Dean and Red Hebe, it was probably a nessessity to mount them that far forward to give ground clearance, and prevent fouling of the main landing gear and flaps

[NARSES2]

I'm not a "jet" man, as most who know me know, but I do like the look of that.

[scautomoton]

I'm thinking there's probably a significant contribution to area ruling as well. I'll do some quick CSA measurements when I have time out of curiosity.

[Accidental Loggie]

Fantastic work  . I shall have to have one in due course...

[Archibald]

Back from the other forum - Secretprojects. This P.376 is awesome looking, such a brutish design, like the F.155T that closely followed it. Never noticed it before in Tony Buttler books but - those missile pylons are weird as heck. They put reverse Kuchemann carrots on the wings to support the pylons to support the missiles ??!!  Ok, ok - Red Hebe / Red Dean was a monster of a missile with absurdly large fins. They were also very heavy, so perhaps a matter of CoG shift when launching the missiles at supersonic velocity.

[scautomoton]

I've spent the last week or so going round in circles, 2 steps forward and 3 back with my printer. First, I had a leak from the vat, meaning I had to change the LCD screen protector (luckily nothing worse!) and the release film. Then I started encountering some strange mechanical gremlins which I traced to the new quick-release ChituSystems vat and the fact its film cannot get taut enough. So I have gone back to the OEM vat, but the issue still sometimes pops up, so I'm talking to Elegoo to find out which part to replace.

Nevertheless, in between all of that faff I've managed to finalise the print files for the P.376, of which a selection below. Annoyingly, I've had to compromise on some parts and attach the supports to mating surfaces, so clean up and fitment is a tad more tricky, but otherwise my preferred orientation keeps suffering from layer-shift. Ho-hum, it is what it is.



Handily, I have a bunch of fiddly bits to paint for a Lightning F.53, so can make a start on this very shortly.

[Gondor]

Annoyingly, I've had to compromise on some parts and attach the supports to mating surfaces, so clean up and fitment is a tad more tricky, but otherwise my preferred orientation keeps suffering from layer-shift. Ho-hum, it is what it is.

Don't care, and when can I get one!

[Thorvic]

Well it looks awesome and still seems a well designed kit, i've seen alot worse. I can see this being a popular build at SWM this year 

[Old Wombat]

Looking at the cockpit gubbins' ... That thing's big! Damn' Big!!