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

[NARSES2]

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

That's the thing that strikes me Womby

[PR19_Kit]

Javelins WERE big, great big LUMPS of aeroplane, that probably flew despite it being theoretically impossible. 

[DeeBob]

It's interesting to think of how much aircraft design was becoming a "solved equation" in this era- the Javelin looks positively antiquated but this design seems like it could have hung on in service for another decade or two. Fantastic work!

[Weaver]

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

Looks great.

"So please fund it by the fewer-questions-asked route, please. Please."

"Why?"

"That's more questions, not fewer..."

[Weaver]

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.

1,330lb and nearly 18ft long. It was basically an air-to-air Exocet...

[Charlie_c67]

Javelins WERE big, great big LUMPS of aeroplane, that probably flew despite it being theoretically impossible. 

The Bumblebee of the skies...

[scautomoton]

Many things have occurred over the last couple of days. Firstly, I sanded all the fuselage and wing parts prior to assembly. The second is that most of the undercarriage, interior and various doors have had a first coat of paint. Most importantly though, prior to assembling the fuselage the compressor faces and the inlet ducts got painted so I could actually start gluing stuff together. Since the faces are buried so deep inside I only hit them with Molotow Chrome and a quick black wash. The inlets got a light coat of Mr Color Super Metallic Super Duralumin.

Then it was time to assemble the fuselage and wings. The joint between the inner and outer wings required very meticulous cleanup to ensure a perfectly flat mating surface. As mentioned previously, the only way to get the wings to print properly was to use those surfaces for the supports.

Since its going together so quickly I've been thinking about the paint scheme. I can't see Glosters or the MoS doing anything other than a carbon copy of the real Javelin scheme, even though this would look good in NMF. But the way the camo needs to work around the inlets is going to cause some headaches. II was struggling to think of an example I could follow, but on another forum Gondor mentioned the Vulcan, and that looks like it could work nicely.

[Gondor]

It was the almost head-on shot down the intake to show the engine compressor face that made me think Vulcan! Yes, there is only one engine per intake, but the general shape is very similar.

[PR19_Kit]

It sure is BIG! 

[Weaver]

Then it was time to assemble the fuselage and wings. The joint between the inner and outer wings required very meticulous cleanup to ensure a perfectly flat mating surface. As mentioned previously, the only way to get the wings to print properly was to use those surfaces for the supports.

Random thought: would it be possible to have both joint faces with a female slot in them in order to make them easier to clean up and get flat, and then have a separate male "tab" that links them together?

[scautomoton]

Then it was time to assemble the fuselage and wings. The joint between the inner and outer wings required very meticulous cleanup to ensure a perfectly flat mating surface. As mentioned previously, the only way to get the wings to print properly was to use those surfaces for the supports.

Random thought: would it be possible to have both joint faces with a female slot in them in order to make them easier to clean up and get flat, and then have a separate male "tab" that links them together?

This is exactly what it has 

[Weaver]

Then it was time to assemble the fuselage and wings. The joint between the inner and outer wings required very meticulous cleanup to ensure a perfectly flat mating surface. As mentioned previously, the only way to get the wings to print properly was to use those surfaces for the supports.

Random thought: would it be possible to have both joint faces with a female slot in them in order to make them easier to clean up and get flat, and then have a separate male "tab" that links them together?

This is exactly what it has 

Heh - great minds and all that...

I've always found that to be the hardest part of smoothing wing roots: cleaning neatly around the base of the male tab. It's a pity more manufacturers don't do this, isn't it?

[scautomoton]

Primed and pre-shaded. Well, the biggest piece is. I haven't touched the flaps and things yet. You can also just about see the pencil lines where I've marked out the camo. Before that though, I think I'll paint the fin flash (since a regular Javelin one won't be anywhere near the correct shape).

 

[Thorvic]

I think I'll paint the fin flash (since a regular Javelin one won't be anywhere near the correct shape)

Would the Super Javelin maintain the Javelin style fin flash or would it adopt a more conventional sized fin flash ?

[scautomoton]

I think I'll paint the fin flash (since a regular Javelin one won't be anywhere near the correct shape)

Would the Super Javelin maintain the Javelin style fin flash or would it adopt a more conventional sized fin flash ?

Hmm, good question. I'm going to go with the same/similar. Namely because over 14 years and 9 variants the colour scheme was basically unchanged. 

Similarly, the Hunter single seat variants maintained the same scheme, flashes etc over a slightly longer timeframe and most of us expect the P1121 would have a Hunter scheme or similar. 

Plus I've already masked for the white base!