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Hello Dears !

Here I'm again !

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A drama Dogge is de rigueur !

Not sure to finish this one in 2018, but whatever I dedicate this thread to a great gentleman @Ex-FAAWAFU

I try the big game and bet my Bucc kit on this one !

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3 days of brainstorming about the air intake beside engine nacelle...

For nuthin'

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It's included in the heritage kit !

Here's the start

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No need of these..

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Will be used later, may be

That will be fun I think !!

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I already have the Bang seats !

Sorry a mould for the bang seats !

And up we'll go !

Have a good modelling time

And yes I know, I'm absolutely crazy, that point has been debated in Telford with our green alien and the stickless general !

So don't you worry I'm done !

Sincerely.

CC

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There is a story that you can never have too many Buccaneers

 

It must be  true

I started it 

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Lucky you, it has the tiny intakes by the big ones

 

I will have that immense little pleasure to come soon

 

Bucc club just got bigger, yahoo

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In fact Dear Colleague,

I'm searching for 2 other Buccaneer....

'cause I have some pink paint... and a good decal sheet...

There will be a "Hello Sailor" is this surprising ??

So let's go for the Buccaneer club

Yooohhooo A bottle of rum !

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Please ! Do forget about the Brown sauce !!

Sincerely

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forget it?

 

No never

 

Isn't it made in Antwerp?

 

Or Brussels?

 

Or some other place in Europe...

 

It used to be made in a place three miles from my house when I was child  :)

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27 minutes ago, perdu said:

forget it?

 

No never

 

Isn't it made in Antwerp?

 

Or Brussels?

 

Or some other place in Europe...

 

It used to be made in a place three miles from my house when I was child  :)

Nederlands/netherlands....so dont buy it anymore....there is an brand from Essex though ....they also make jam;)

Although other providers of condiments are available 

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Hello Dears,

Just say forget about the Brown sauce because I used to hear "Rum and Brown sauce, you know how to party !!"

never noticed it before, but yes ! it's made in the Netherlands :blink::blink:

Incredible ! It's almost impossible to buy it in Belgium :blink:

Lea & Perrins.. The best Worcesteshire saus ever, but became also hard to find !!

We now can find some pretty tasty lemon curl, orange marmelade is now a belgian classic !

Global village... But I still must cross the channel for havin' my favourite rum !

I do not need Rum to be eager to cross the channel !! must be said !!

I'm going to work in the cold january rain ! fixing cars on the roadside...

Have a nice modelling day !

Sincerely.

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Hello Dears,

The more I go the more I feel eager to do this one !

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Or 220, but this one will be interesting too, a Rooed Bucc...

Tempting !!

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But I prefer an all white buccaneer so... I saw one of these with 4 bullpup Under the wing.... More tempting...

Well, I'll use this !

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I searched but the Bucc still have the same ejection seat, S1, S2 and so on !

There's a tiny difference !

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The same can be said about the tub !

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Pavla seem right in size and shape !

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As usual, I did'nt put it all in one time

But I managed to do this !

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With this kit, we are milles away from the Walrus...

Look

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Look mama!! there are 2 Blackburn niceties...

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Now making a pure S1 interior, That will help !

Ok Dears, now I will search my resin parts to find 2 look alike first stage compressors of Gyron junior

Cannot let these air intake empty...

Have a nice modelling time 8

Sincerely.

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A warning my friend

 

The pen-nib fairings need reducing for the Byron Gyron Junior engines

A certain Naval Officer pointed this out to me a while ago

 

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Stupid tablet thought it knew better than deHavilland :(
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I just love this!

A big brutish Buccaneer, resin conversions and an "excellent" early 90-:s Airfix fit.

I had the dual boxing (heh) of that kit but after completing half of one I just lost interest in it. But whenever Airfix cuts sume new metal for Buccaneers in any scale I'll be all over it!

Have fun now CC!

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The S1 had different ejecting seats without the elevated leg guards and the different head box

I dashed ahead making the moulds for the later type before I had it pointed out for me

 

So now I have moulds for both types in 1/72th scale  :(

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actual seat for S1

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I'm not pretending these are perfect, they aren't but they represent what can be an easy mistake to make, or put right

 

The early seat is similar to the seat in Lightning and Sea Vixen, I do forget stuff like mark numbers but I think the S1 should have MB 4(s?)

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9 hours ago, perdu said:

The S1 had different ejecting seats without the elevated leg guards and the different head box

I dashed ahead making the moulds for the later type before I had it pointed out for me

 

So now I have moulds for both types in 1/72th scale  :(

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actual seat for S1

P1130408.jpg

 

I'm not pretending these are perfect, they aren't but they represent what can be an easy mistake to make, or put right

 

The early seat is similar to the seat in Lightning and Sea Vixen, I do forget stuff like mark numbers but I think the S1 should have MB 4(s?)

Hello Dear Colleague,

Yes, these are Mk4, but there is Mk4a, Mk4m, Mk4 early...

Whatever, I have Lightning bang seats and I think that I have Sea vixen's one too...

Will correct it,

Please what do you mean by pen-nib fairing ??

Think that I'm gonna be pranked once again:emo:

Today, I'm tired to the bone, 3 towings with the vrs and 8 interventions, stone dead !!

Sincerely.

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8 minutes ago, corsaircorp said:

Please what do you mean by pen-nib fairing ??

Think that I'm gonna be pranked once again:emo:

Today, I'm tired to the bone, 3 towings with the vrs and 8 interventions, stone dead !!

Sincerely.

CC

I'll probably stand corrected but I believe a good example of a pen-nib fairing can be seen between the tailpipes on the Gloster Javelin T3.  As the name suggests it's reminiscent of the shape of a dip-pen or fountain pen nib.

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I am referring to the fairing at the back of each jetpipe

The one on the kit is quite a large teardrop shape, when the S1 had de Havilland Gyron Juniors that fairing was the same shape but was much less in area

For the smaller tailpipe the smaller fairing was in use, compare the two in photographs

 

I don't do 'pranking' this is modelling, far too important for that kind of thing in my opinion

 

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You're all welcome, take a seat, have a cigar Aaaaand :cheers::cheers:

But was it necessary to add this one...

Very glad to have you aboard !!

Sincerely !

Ooookay he's an U.S sailor, did'nt find a brit one on the spot !

Have a nice modelling day !

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Oh God; horrible flash-backs to Dartmouth!  Yes, even us orrff-icers had to learn how to use a Bosun’s call, and it is a LOT harder than it looks.  You’d just about get that warbling malarkey sorted out in advance, but then your turn as duty victim came along and all flimsy technique would fart and fly out of the window (to quote a joke from c.1465), leaving you with nothing in your locker but a feeble wheezing sound.

 

Instruments of Beelzebub, they are!

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So, Must find Something like that...

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I will look in my jet collection and resin parts

3 blade airfoil with a big multi holed bulbous nose.... ????

Will have to build it from scratch...

Let an access hatch open ???  No no tempting but I don't think so !

Sincerely

Nozy searching CC !

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Hello Dears,

seemingly, my boss did'nt want me to finish a kit per month !

Gone once again for 5 evening work days :swear:

Now, with our new lap top, I can go to BM....

Have a nice modelling time !

Sincerely.

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Hello Dears,

So, here I'm again !

I searched in the kits at hand for a good first stage compressor !

But Nothing that will make me happy :undecided:

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The blue Airfix part is the compressor for a RR Spey !!:rofl2::rofl2:

Then I got an:idea:

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May be my Gunny guy past can help !! .357 a good way to fix things !!

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Gotcha !! African past help too, if you don't have the needed part... Then Make it !

There will be first stage comp for Gyron Junior at 1/48 in a few weeks !

Now, I need your advice, especially you Dear @perdu.

Pen nib fairing huh !

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