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Those anchors are really neatly done David, nice to see the gap between the stock halves, many including me in past builds, clamp them flat. Really like the fine bolts in them. 👍- 302 replies
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It does look good, so ugly it looks cool, a lovely AEW example resides at Elevington. It is monster, the number of steps to climb up to the cockpit, think I’d get vertigo! 🫣
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1/32 a bit big for my remaining shelf space, but Airfix do a 1/48 Vixen to go with this Bucc, then there is just the Phantom left, the Hasegawa one is not often available and not sure what the Revell one like?
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Yes the dream Trinity for me is the Bucc, Vixen & Phantom. 😁
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I try to add all the small decals, usually first then “reward” myself by saving the national insignia, squadron markings, nose art etc to last. Unless of course there is a small stencil on top of a larger marking. I was hoping to make progress on my Bucc soon, but work taking me an away from home this coming week, so maybe next ! Enjoying seeing your’s come together now.
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Looking good under any lighting conditions 😁👍
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What a great looking cabinet Brian 🤩 Work does get in the way, I know it has for me, barely visited the workbench for over a month now. Please do start a Sphinx log, I’ll be there! 😉
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Good to see the Buccs have survived, they have had a varied career and even been used in "Topgun" style Pop videos back in the day.
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Those Buccaneers are based in South Africa along with EE Lightnings that you could book flights on as tourists. Then they lost a Lightning and the ejection seat failed, due to lack of maintenance and they were grounded. There is a group trying to get them airborne again, but it is an uphill task even in S.A. for them to get permission and funding and infrastructure back in place. It was called Thunder City
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Great progress Sam, really starting to take shape and get the feel for how she will look completed. 👍
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I like the wash, suppose you could make it heaviest around the engine and undercarriage / access panels and less prominent elsewhere where less maintenance was done, you are zooming along. Me, well the hall carpet was laid today so the end is on sight, just feel like I’m missing the party here! Living through you Craig!
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Another great build Andy, the Beaufiighter is a good kit, I have built a couple, including the thimble radar nose version.
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Very good, let us see “Toot” when all done, looking very Regal as he is!
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With seasoning, don’t Peacocks, Pythons and Iguanas all taste like chicken 🐓? 😋 Sorry maybe not the “modern” response required….. I’ll get my coat.
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There are “hints” from Chris he might re-visit one of his earlier designs, the “Cruizer” class of Brigs/Sloops would be a good commercial option as they have many RN/USN incarnations he/we could chose from.
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On the plus side two of the armourers are wearing red lipstick 💄 so supplies can’t have been too bad! (for the important stuff) 😉
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Looking forward to seeing the results Andy! I might even dust off my Airfix “car-door” this year, maybe! 🤣
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No, good spot, he does tend to do “catch-up” posts every so often, as he doesn’t browse MSW constantly like addicted souls like us. Hope he is okay. 👍
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Yes I did spot when first looking into the box, there are a few parts not required for the S2.C/Ds This is a common theme with the more recent Airfix releases, they must have a whole production run/alternative version release dates mapped out. Shows some forward planning to get the most/economy out of the initial moulds. I have the new 1/24 Spitfire Mk.IXc in stock and that is definitely set up for future releases including retracting tail-wheel, clipped wings, broad-chord “shark-fin” rudder, whole new engines forward of the firewall. So take your pick - Mks. VIII/XXII/XXIV(high back) might be on the horizon. 😁
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Hi, Yes I have the same issue and it doesn't seem right to me either. Thanks for the heads-up, I think that little rectangle needs filling - although in-flight Buccs do show wear of paintwork around the hinge areas there are no holes!
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Both those pictures show the ledge the "flaps" rested on, Egilman got this covered. 👍 Btw. did you spot the "Dash-cam" on the top of the tail in the second picture, this must be one of the ground taxiable Buccaneers? Looking at the mould of the Airfix kit it looks like it might benefit from a bit of thinning above the front tilt limit of the tail plane, if I could be bothered, the photos seem to show it is thinner?
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Yeah I think that is correct, I don’t understand the mechanism or why it was used but the whole elevator/tail plane tilted on top of the tail unit and also the traditional elevators moved up independently. Hopefully someone more knowledgeable will know why? Sure there would be a reason, maybe to do with the aircraft being design to go near supersonic at low altitude, a design feature to avoid “flutter” is it on the elevators?
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Glad to see you back at your "Nisha", you won't get any comments from me on delays to building "Nisha"! 😆 From memory Chris does provide a plan for "Nisha" when it had no sails and alongside, but this involved having the gaff/boom down and bowsprit pulled inboard, so quite a radical 'look' (But it would make the model even smaller for displaying.) 😄
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Neat looking row of hinges!
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My 1990's gulf war one is open, so I will do mine closed this time.
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