sanfrandragon Posted May 26, 2020 Author Share Posted May 26, 2020 Seats done: But while test fitting the fin it seems to overhang the end of the fuselage by a couple of millimetres, which I don't think is right. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Lime Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 13 hours ago, sanfrandragon said: overhang the end of the fuselage by a couple of millimetres, which I don't think is right. Agreed, that overhang shouldn't be there. Difficult to say for sure what the fix is without knowing the kit and all it's foibles, but maybe a sliver of resin off-cut to extend the mounting and then fair it in with Milliput? Mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Without seeing the whole area I'd say the fin looks to need moving forward a few milimeters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanfrandragon Posted May 27, 2020 Author Share Posted May 27, 2020 6 hours ago, Col. said: Without seeing the whole area I'd say the fin looks to need moving forward a few milimeters Yep, I should have shown a better picture, but I sanded off the leading edge of the fin and managed to lose most of the overhang at the rear before it wouldn't sit right on the fuselage. There's still a small overhang but I can live with it. In other news I managed to lose the resin block with the semi-oval plates that fit flush to the fuselage just in front of the air intakes. I contacted CMR but they said it was Unlikely they would have spares and heard nothing since so I might have a go at trying to cut a piece of ultra thin resin scrap to size and fit. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanfrandragon Posted June 18, 2020 Author Share Posted June 18, 2020 Got the desert pink on, from Xtracrylics. In reality it looks much more pink! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 Looking pretty in pink. Cheers 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 Tidy paintwork. Looks to be a bit of subtle weathering going on there as well 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanfrandragon Posted June 21, 2020 Author Share Posted June 21, 2020 17 hours ago, Col. said: Tidy paintwork. Looks to be a bit of subtle weathering going on there as well Kind of. The panel lines are so faint in some of the key areas they aren't going to take a wash so I drew them in with a felt tip pen before I put on the desert pink. I did have a go at scribing some of the lines but my skill level wasn't up to it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 Nice work with the paint. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanfrandragon Posted June 22, 2020 Author Share Posted June 22, 2020 So Im thinking how to do the navigation lights on the spine, the fin and wing tips. They are just moulded into the resin. I have clear red and green paints but what should the undercoat be? At present it’s the desert pink, but better might be white? Or silver? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 I usually use silver as an undercoat, then apply the appropriate colour. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 On 6/22/2020 at 7:28 PM, Jabba said: I usually use silver as an undercoat, then apply the appropriate colour. Use this method as well and it yields acceptable results in my opinion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 On 6/22/2020 at 7:03 PM, sanfrandragon said: So Im thinking how to do the navigation lights on the spine, the fin and wing tips. They are just moulded into the resin. I have clear red and green paints but what should the undercoat be? At present it’s the desert pink, but better might be white? Or silver? Quite a few Eduard etch frets have a series of cut outs around the frame designed to produce ID lights. I think the procedure would be to heat some clear or appropriately coloured sprue over a flame & then press against the cut out. This pushes the plastic through the cut-out & results in a well-shaped lamp. Edge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanfrandragon Posted June 24, 2020 Author Share Posted June 24, 2020 10 hours ago, Edge said: Quite a few Eduard etch frets have a series of cut outs around the frame designed to produce ID lights. I think the procedure would be to heat some clear or appropriately coloured sprue over a flame & then press against the cut out. This pushes the plastic through the cut-out & results in a well-shaped lamp. Edge That's interesting, I've never noticed. I'll have a look at the old frets I have lying around, thanks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wadeocu Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 (edited) I used an Eduard template to do these lights on my Hunter T.7: - Jack Edited June 24, 2020 by wadeocu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanfrandragon Posted June 25, 2020 Author Share Posted June 25, 2020 Looks great! Should the lights on the spine and fin of the Buccaneer be red too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wadeocu Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 (edited) Actually, for a Granby Bucc, no. Sorry, didn't think of that right away. In later service life the beacons were replaced with a more triangular shaped clear covering: Both of these options are on the clear sprue for the new Airfix kit. I am not sure how CMR dealt with it as I don't have the later service life boxings they did. - Jack Edited June 25, 2020 by wadeocu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanfrandragon Posted June 26, 2020 Author Share Posted June 26, 2020 12 hours ago, wadeocu said: Actually, for a Granby Bucc, no. Sorry, didn't think of that right away. In later service life the beacons were replaced with a more triangular shaped clear covering: Both of these options are on the clear sprue for the new Airfix kit. I am not sure how CMR dealt with it as I don't have the later service life boxings they did. - Jack It’s the more triangular shape just moulded into the resin. If I find a suitable fret it looks easy just to cut this off and replace with a clear piece of sprue, no need for any paint. Thanks for your help! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanfrandragon Posted June 29, 2020 Author Share Posted June 29, 2020 Got one side weathered, just needs a matt coat. The port navigation light looks a bit big and red, they seem to be hardly visible in reality. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanfrandragon Posted July 5, 2020 Author Share Posted July 5, 2020 Last lap now, glazing plus odds & sods to fix. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Very nice indeed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Almost there and looking good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanfrandragon Posted July 24, 2020 Author Share Posted July 24, 2020 Finished! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 A well worn Gulf Buccaneer, well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Lime Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 On 7/24/2020 at 7:05 PM, sanfrandragon said: Finished! That looks every inch the Gulf War Buccaneer! Superbly done. Mark. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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