Graham T Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 (edited) The usual struggle that's part of the joy of this kit but I always think it's well worth it in the end. Neomega cockpit & Check Six decals for XW526 an S2B of 15 squadron. The roundels however come from the kit as I was't happy with the proportions of those provided on the Check Six sheet, however, the Airfix roundels are about a yard off register - take your choice! I left off the IFR probe as this was oftemn removed from aircraft based in Germany (although I have photos of this squadron's aircraft with & without the probe). Left off the ILS aerials on the tail & the ECM pods from the wing leading edges as was the case with early RAF Buccs. I also removed the fifth vortex generator working outboard on each wing which was a feature of Martel capable aircraft. Anal? Me? Edited September 27, 2006 by Graham T Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stephen Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 Nice finish there Graham, I know what you went through and it's been worth it. Stephen Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PapaSmurf630 Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 Looks great...lovely little model Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gary West Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 Nice one Graham - best scheme ever worn by the Bricks in my opinion. Would look great alongside a Jag from the same era. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jonathan Mock Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 Love those glossy late 60s/early 70s RAF schemes! Great work Graham. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dbang1988 Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 Hi nice job, but I think yo umay need some weathering at the air brafe on the tail, it looks so new (too white) since an aircraft uses it airbrake to take off and landing too often. Thanks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ShaunBD Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 (edited) Nice build, Justs go to show that the kit can be finished! I have one built as far as primed for painting. I'm not sure what colours to paint it yet? It was rare for IFR probe to be carryed on RAFG Bucc's as there was no tankers asigned to RAF Germany. Another reason was that most trips would have been one way, if the balloon had gone up! Great build, well done. Shaun. Edited September 27, 2006 by ShaunBD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aggressor Supporter Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 Nice Buc there. Especially like that last photo that shows it off well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VOODOO73 Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 One of my fav RAF plane.Looks very good with this scheme.Congrats Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jonathan Mock Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 (edited) I can never understand why the basic proportions of the "D" roundel have been frequently incorrectly produced - the size of each ring is divided by thirds, i.e. if the roundel is 60mm across, the white areas will be 40mm and the red centre 20mm. Shaun mentioned the fit, when I built one of the first kits back in 1994 I can remember the dry-fit of the fuselage did not look promising. But I found that by fixing the fuselage halves at the wings first and then working my way back towards the tail, joining and binding everything section by section, it firmed up by the time I got to the nose (which was all mentioned in the October 1994 Scale Models write-up). I think part of the problem is the kit breakdown, there's a lot of air and complex shapes which mean the plastic isn't very rigid - but on some batches its just down to poor moulding, where the parts are not given enough time to cool before being ejected from the mould, and the use of a slightly "softer" grade of plastic, which is all down the moulding again. The tooling for the Buccaneer was done by Occidental in Portugals, where the intial batches of ktis were produced, before moulding was moved the France. Having built a fair few over the years. I think I might dust down one of the my Bucc kits and try and offer the definitive "fix it" guide to the kit. Its not as bad a some people would say it is, but its not as straightforward as it could be either! Edited September 28, 2006 by Jonathan Mock Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jonathan Mock Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 I've seen some shockers Mike. some that no amount of brute force or TLC would cure! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
billbuccaneer Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 Hi Graham, That's a beauty Buc. it's my favorite bird! Only criticism: the roundels are printed off register. a dab of paint around edges might hide the white edge on them. :( Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nev Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 Looks lovely Graham - any chance of a shot of that Neomega 'pit? Shame about them roundels though Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Graham T Posted September 28, 2006 Author Share Posted September 28, 2006 Looks lovely Graham - any chance of a shot of that Neomega 'pit? Shame about them roundels though :blink: Thanks Nev. Bit of a decalling disaster this one - in case you missed an earlier post, I applied both underwing serials the same way around!. I'd struggled so much that I decided to leave it alone for now. Next time I've got LAG in the airbrush & if I can find the correct sizes letters & numerals, I'll PROBABLY respray & reapply. No promises. The Neomega pit is very good. My only problem is the existence of a large gap between the pilots panel & the resin comming. Same thing happened with the last Bucc I built so it can't be me.....can it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
madmike Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 Lovely work Graham, goes to show that this kit can be a ripper when the will to build it is strong! MikeJ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Darius at home Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 Graham Excellent work as usual. The Airfix Buccaneers are wonderful...I don't care what they say Once again great modelling and a super finish. Darius Quote Link to post Share on other sites
devil505 Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 Great job and a beautiful finish! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Frank Steffens Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 Nice finish Graham! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bill Clark Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 I can never understand why the basic proportions of the "D" roundel have been frequently incorrectly produced - the size of each ring is divided by thirds, i.e. if the roundel is 60mm across, the white areas will be 40mm and the red centre 20mm. The roundels look okay to me (well apart from the white outer "ring"), whats wrong with them? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Graham T Posted October 4, 2006 Author Share Posted October 4, 2006 The roundels look okay to me (well apart from the white outer "ring"), whats wrong with them? Bill.....the roundels that Jonathan is referring too are I suspect those on Check Six sheet which I didn't use as I was a little dubious about their proportions. Those on the kit are the "off regsiter" Airfix ones which I used in preference (wish I'd touched them in properly!). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jonathan Mock Posted October 4, 2006 Share Posted October 4, 2006 I should calrify that I wasn't referring to the Check Six decal sheet, more just exaples I've come across on other decal sheets, ktis and artwork in general. I have the Check Six sheet here and it looks good to me! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bill Clark Posted October 5, 2006 Share Posted October 5, 2006 I should calrify that I wasn't referring to the Check Six decal sheet, more just exaples I've come across on other decal sheets, ktis and artwork in general.I have the Check Six sheet here and it looks good to me! Understood Jonathan, Remember the old Xtradecal sheet in 1/72 with the red centres separate? The colours were SPOT on- maybe a bit to Spot On!!!; Shame about the size of the red centres though!! And surprisingly enough the R/W/B decals in Aeroclub's multi-media kits (Lightning F3, Vulcan ) were very oddly proportioned....... As for Airfix's white lines...I've come a cropper a few times only realising they were out of register once on the camouflaged model!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Graham T Posted October 6, 2006 Author Share Posted October 6, 2006 As for Airfix's white lines...I've come a cropper a few times only realising they were out of register once on the camouflaged model!!! Yea, that's what happened here, you gotta love white backing sheets Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hurrinut Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 Broughs finest brought to life, nice model. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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