Airfix 1/72 Blackburn Buccaneer S.2C

[A_J_Rimmer]

Excellent work!

[Jim R]

Thanks guys. Your posts are most welcome.
I've been working on this nose fold. First job was to be brave and take a razor saw to the nose.




Then cut two discs and scratch enough detail to look (as Ron would say) "summat like"!


A bit of adjustment and ....






It's too small for my skills to achieve any more detail.


Primed


and painted.




Mike, Scottie, Jakko and the like would have detailed far more and Chris would have a working hinge and lights but this will do me :tongue-out3:

Thanks again for your posts.

[A_J_Rimmer]

Looks really good to me!

[scottie3158]

Jim,
Some excellent scratchery mate.

[boatman]

HI Jim WOW some excellent modeling here an in 1/72 scale as well very well done SIR you are a top scrachtery modeler
chrisb

[Guest]

Mike, Scottie, Jakko and the like would have detailed far more

Two of those guys, anyway

What you’ve got there looks excellent, and in 1:72, I’d say you could probably get away with a lot less, so it’s a very nice job

[The Smythe Meister]

Looking good Jim, following all of the way

[Waspie]

Bleeding fantastic Jim. Superb job not only chopping the cone off but making the innards look so real.

[vizenz]

Jim, you are doing a fantastic job! It is a pleasure to follow your photo report.

[Lee Drennen]

. crumbs all over the floor...

Hold on I’ll get the Broom.

[Lee Drennen]

It is a pleasure to follow your photo report.

I will second that.

[Jim R]

It's a great feeling when modellers, whose work you admire, post such nice comments. Very grateful.
I have been building up the body and the nose and tail. The fit is excellent. The only problem with the body is it is made up of many parts. Very little will be seen especially as I'll be fitting covers over the intakes and exhausts. Although all these parts fit very well, even a slight error, just a fraction of a millimeter out, and repeat that with the build up of parts and things aren't perfect. So a little fettling and a tiny bit of filler was needed.
It is looking like the Buccs iconic shape. The wings have been razor sawn off as the kit gives folded wings which I have chosen.


Thanks again guys. Happy modelling

Seems boring to have just grey plastic when so many of you are joining in with the race/rally car GB with all that blue, yellow and red plastic and sparkling chrome :smiling::tongue-out3::smiling:

[boatman]

HI Jim your bucc looks good nice to see someone else havein a go at a cut an shut model lik my tomcat as it makes the model so much more intrestin an like miko has done very well done so far an i'll be followin your build
chrisb

[A_J_Rimmer]

Nothing wrong with a bit of grey plastic, especially when it looks as good as that!

[Waspie]

Just out of interest Jim, does the kit show/have the tiny little vortex generators on the upper leading edges of the wings? When working on them in training I always they always drew blood when scrabbling over the wings. (Never got to work on the aircraft after training).
It's coming on a treat, even 'naked' it looks every bit a Bucc!!!