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  1. I have this in my stash. Is this a Frog kit?
  2. Lovely, well done boat 👍. I have the 1/35 S100 in the stash but can’t pick up the courage to build it. Actually, all my 1/32 and 1/24 planes are still waiting for me too….. I will probably have to learn from you, to make the first cut and the taste blood. Will certainly use your build as reference.
  3. Looks like I will just proceed to purchase the S2C IP and seat belt 3D decals for my S2B. The Airfix provided seat belt decal doesn’t do any justice to this 1/48 scale plane.
  4. Digging out this old posting. I just bought the 1/48 S2B and found that most aftermarket add-on are for S2C. I believed there are some differences in the instrument panels between both variants. Since I can only get S2C 3D decals for IP and seat straps, can I get away with the scrutiny policemen if I used it in my S2B?
  5. Got to finish the cockpit so that I can close the canopy for painting. This is my first ejection seats with PE straps and it is money well spent. The PE straps made the seats pop, visually. I will likely order the PE straps for my 1/48 S2B Buccaneer. The seat kit came with a double loop upper ejection handle, which is not in the Strikemaster. Had to drill holes in the seat and put a brass rod for the single loop handle. Ejections seats painted and mounted into cockpit. Had to raise the seat higher. Painting will be soon and I would like to try some of the techniques that are so commonly used by modellers.
  6. All assembled, including the landing gears. Quite a bit of filling required and lots of scribing. Cut a square hole on the port side for a yellow handle and added a round disc from the spare PE box. Had to build a bulkhead to cover a big gapping hole behind the seats. Again from the spare box, formed a bracket and insert a rod for the pitot tube at the bottom of the nose. Next up will be the resin ejection seats and canopy, then paint.
  7. Ok…it’s the BRITmodeller here, so everyone is naming only British planes. Here in Singapore, I grew up seeing and hearing the low howling sound of the Hawker Hunters. It’s a beautiful plane but it can’t beat the F14 Tomcat. The F14 gets my vote for a beautiful fighter.
  8. Thanks for the link. I have seen pictures of this with the intake nacelle not removed. I just need a confirmation from someone who may have worked or seen that it is indeed 3 panels to access the engine. That is, top and bottom panels swing out and center panel removed.
  9. I have tried but failed to get any decent pictures of opening panels to access the port side engine. The Airfix 1/48 S2B has a top panel open option to show the engine. I would want to show more of the engine and more panels will need to open. I can find pictures of Buccaneer with top and bottom panels opened but there seemed to be a missing center panel. Does anyone have pictures or info on how are the panels opened to show the engine?
  10. Wow! I am speechless. I have this similar kit in the stash and after reading the 3 pages, I am afraid to start the build. This build will be my reference to build the VF1.
  11. If wife is going along, Yodobashi Camera is a good place. She can shop, so can you. I visit Japan every year but do not have much time for hobby shops visit other than Yodobashi camera due to family.
  12. Built that Tamiya M1 way back in the early 80s. Fit well and it was a joy to build back then without the trend of putting on aftermarket add on and weathering.
  13. Very nicely coloured Buc. I have to agree Airfix has improved significantly for new tooled kits but is too heavy handed for panel lines. Their recessed panel lines are too wide and deep for the 1/72 scale kits. Just ordered the 2 buc bundle kit. If anyone wants a buc, check out Airfix site for the good deal.
  14. Guess what? Airfix pushed me over the fence while I was sitting on it. Airfix just offered a 2 buccaneers bundle for a good price, so I jumped on it.
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