Bennygmanuk Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 (edited) Ok as Graham T asked for it...here's some pics. When we met briefly at Telford, we were talking about resin kits and I mentioned that as I'd not built a resin kit before, I'd bought the Typhoon to build up some confidence before tackling fifty-odd pounds worth of Buccaneer. It had actually been sitting started but not progressed beyong cockpit painting for some time. Graham assured me there was nothing to fear and as I had the week off after the show, I dug it out and got on with it. The kit went together well (any problems were of my own making). In the spirit of experimentation I'm also trying enamels on this one having previously only used acrylics - so far I'm very impressed. First time out with Milliput too and trust me, there's plenty fairing in that vac canopy!! Here's how she looks at the moment, albeit somewhat 'cocooned' for spraying... next step will be to mask and paint the green areas of the camo' Any comment/critique actively encouraged... Steve. Edited December 19, 2006 by Bennygmanuk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ron Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 Looks pretty good from the photos. How it look with the camo added? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andy Mullen Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 Looking good so far Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Graham T Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 Keep it up......resin models, not quite so far towards the "dark side" as vacforms! (I'm still baulking at the price of the CMR Bucc though, wish I'd bought that £40 example at Telford). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bennygmanuk Posted December 22, 2006 Author Share Posted December 22, 2006 Thanks guys, I'm quite pleased so far. I'm hoping to get the camo' finished in the next few days and hopefully the whole thing finished over Christmas. I'll post progress as I go. Graham, I saw the 'cheap' Buc' after we spoke. I was tempted to get another but resisted. Had it been the forthcoming FAA version, that might have been a different story. Steve. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bennygmanuk Posted December 24, 2006 Author Share Posted December 24, 2006 Getting there now... Should be finished in the next few days. Steve. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
flyingaxe Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 Nice work Steve and very inspiring too. :D CMR has indeed a lot of attractive models on the market being the price its drawback. I bought its Wyvern just a couple of weeks before the announcement of the Trumpeter’s release, now I have both and definitely none inspiration to start to work with the resin one. <_< Considering what I’ve heard and have seen plus your comments about the way that it builds it makes me thing again that maybe I should try one of theirs Seafire, this is always a very difficult decision considering that I need to deal with my modeling budget. Claudio Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bennygmanuk Posted December 25, 2006 Author Share Posted December 25, 2006 Thanks Claudio, glad you like it and if it inspires you to have a go at the Wyvern then that's even better. Something I've noticed is the with resin unlike plastic it's difficult to see just how detaild the parts are before painting. When I hit this one with the primer coat the engraved details really popped out at me. Unfortunately you're right about cost too. If it wasn't for the prices I'd probably have three quarters of the CMR catalogue by now. I did a search to see if I could buy direct from the manufacturer (like Eduard), but no luck so far. Their up-coming stuff looks interesting too; I just noticed some new Vampires, Piper cub and a Cessna 150 (!) on Hannants 'future release' section. my wallet is hurting already :D Steve. PS got some satin coat on this morning and removed the canopy masking (yeah, Christmas morning - sad isn't it?) so I'm one step nearer completion. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bennygmanuk Posted December 29, 2006 Author Share Posted December 29, 2006 (edited) All done... This is a very nice kit in my opinion. Of all the completed models in my collection this looks the most 'right' in sit and outline. My first resin kit, but definitely not the last. Steve. There's afew more pics here; http://s102164210.onlinehome.us/forums/ind...howtopic=107819 in critiques. Edited December 29, 2006 by Bennygmanuk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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