perdu Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 I might also have a Falcon one too, I forgot the Sea Venom was in that set Want it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Riot Posted July 27, 2019 Author Share Posted July 27, 2019 2 hours ago, perdu said: I might also have a Falcon one too, I forgot the Sea Venom was in that set Want it? Thank you, although I bought the Pavla one on ebay last night so hopefully that should be ok. Unless I manage to break that one as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Riot Posted July 27, 2019 Author Share Posted July 27, 2019 Cut some small intake strakes from the serated edging strip of a kitchen foil box. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Riot Posted July 27, 2019 Author Share Posted July 27, 2019 The wing roots need filling top and bottom ... After sanding and buffing ... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Riot Posted July 28, 2019 Author Share Posted July 28, 2019 Booms added, starting to look like a Venom now. The fit wasn't the best so I used PVA glue to fill the joins. I'll sand it later when it's dry. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 I hope you don't mean PVA glue because that does not like to be sanded no matter how long it sits For the booms you might have been better to use cyanoacetate glue which can be sanded when it dries if you have an overlap Would even glue it on and then used Humbrol or Squadron putty to fair it in That is harder than Perfect Plastic Putty to enable proper sanding to be done 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Riot Posted July 28, 2019 Author Share Posted July 28, 2019 It was PVA glue, though fortunately on such a small area I think I got away with it! I'll need to get some cyanoacetate glue instead! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Riot Posted August 6, 2019 Author Share Posted August 6, 2019 After a brief holiday, it's back to the Venom. A few of these beauties arrived as ebay bargains too! Sea Venom masked ready for the underside spray ... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Hawkins Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 The Attacker is especially amusing as it has no wheel bays for the undercarriage. I did might in Silver as a Prototype...... Steve 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Riot Posted August 6, 2019 Author Share Posted August 6, 2019 Oh dear. Wish I'd known before I bought it! Might have to try cutting them myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 Thin little solid wings milord, you will have a massive job on your hands if you tackle that We will help of course, all things are possible 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 4 hours ago, Lord Riot said: Well well. A 1/72 FAA love nest! Some great subjects there, very good taste. The Sea Venom is coming along nicely, and although that Attacker will bneed some work, as Bill says, you will get much help here. Terry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 8 hours ago, perdu said: Thin little solid wings milord, you will have a massive job on your hands if you tackle that We will help of course, all things are possible Ahem, not sure what kit you've got,maybe it came pre glued. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 I dont even have it any more but I am certain the Frog Attacker was of the 'solid wheel bay, slot for the legs and doors' era If it was a two part wing like the Gannet making bays will be a piece of cake... (Must search Scalemates later for pictures or click the link...) Thanks Steve Ah yes it is a two part wing, each side, so much much easier to detail a bay You will need to make better (longer) legs though 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 I’m loving the box art on that Attacker. The batsman looks like he’s ... I have no idea what (but definitely not giving that pilot any help). Anyway, a lovely post-War Fleet Air Arm extravaganza in store; excellent taste! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 HINT Do not let this ravening horde know when you start the Gannet They will all be egging you on to make it with accurate wing folds Hinges working and everything (Don't ask how I know...) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 3 hours ago, Ex-FAAWAFU said: The batsman looks like he’s ... I have no idea what (but definitely not giving that pilot any help). Maybe he was a *South African batsman, and wasn't really trying? *insert cricket team as required. Ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71chally Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 nice, and brave, work with the Sea Venom, be nice to see this shape up. The Attacker kit is basic, but worth the effort put in, however the Airfix Sea Hawk is truly ghastly. It is one of the few kits that I have thrown away. I would try and source the lovely MPM Special hobby one which is nice and in a different league. And, if you are up for a bit of selling and buying I would personally chop the Hasegawa Sea Harrier for either the Italeri or Fujimi (I got one for a fiver with a Wessex HU.5!) ones, which are that bit more accurate. The Wyvern kit is a thing of absolute beauty, Trumpeters finest hour! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Riot Posted August 7, 2019 Author Share Posted August 7, 2019 Thanks James, interesting to know what lies ahead, especially as I've been away from 1/72 for a bit. The Sea Hawks were very cheap, now I know why! I always thought Hasegawa was the benchmark for kits, though that was about 25 years ago. I want a Wessex so I might look for that double kit. Any opinions on the ancient Airfix Buccanner Mk.1? It's the only option for an S.1 isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71chally Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 The Hase SHar is a nice kit, but not quite as good as the other two (which seem related). The original Airfix Buccaneer S.1, that will be the NA.39 kit, I would only entertain that now as a nostalgia build, it is woefully lacking in any detail, you can see right through it and the undercarrige is beyond a joke, even for its time. @perdu has done a benchmark S.1 conversion using the Matchbox S.2 (My favourite of the older kits), hopefully he can find the thread and point you there. I would hang on for the new tool Airfix Buccaneer kit to come out and either go for an .2 or consider conversion work, hopefully a manufacturer will step up to the plate and give us a decent S.1 conversion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gondor44 Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 27 minutes ago, 71chally said: The Hase SHar is a nice kit, but not quite as good as the other two (which seem related). The original Airfix Buccaneer S.1, that will be the NA.39 kit, I would only entertain that now as a nostalgia build, it is woefully lacking in any detail, you can see right through it and the undercarrige is beyond a joke, even for its time. @perdu has done a benchmark S.1 conversion using the Matchbox S.2 (My favourite of the older kits), hopefully he can find the thread and point you there. I would hang on for the new tool Airfix Buccaneer kit to come out and either go for an .2 or consider conversion work, hopefully a manufacturer will step up to the plate and give us a decent S.1 conversion. I'm guessing that Airfix will be way ahead in that game by haveing the intakes and exhausts on the same sprue for the S.2 kit thus makeing it easy for them to produce the necessary parts easily for an S.1 with the least trouble, just like they had a seperate spure for the differences between the F4-K and the F-4M. Gondor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Riot Posted August 7, 2019 Author Share Posted August 7, 2019 Airframe sprayed upper and lower; I'm reasonably pleased with the colours, especially as the EDSG is glossy. I might try and scribe a few more panel lines in it if I can find a good enough reference photo. It took quite some masking with those twin booms, just needs a bit of touching up but thankfully not much. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat C Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 7 hours ago, 71chally said: however the Airfix Sea Hawk is truly ghastly Worse than the Frog? I would suggest Hobby Boss as the way to go for a modern Sea Hawk kit. Venom looking good BTW! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71chally Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 9 hours ago, Pat C said: Worse than the Frog? Some of the moldings on the Airfix are terrible and very hard to rectify, my memory of the Frog is that it was basic but more buildable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 20 hours ago, perdu said: They will all be egging you on to make it with accurate wing folds Hinges working and everything Or perhaps a contra rotating prop that actually goes both ways .................🤔 Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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