wadeocu Posted August 13, 2020 Author Share Posted August 13, 2020 Some things to update everyone on. First I neglected to explain how I did the canopy frames. First I masked the inside: After painting the inside frame color, I used an Eduard set to mask the windscreen and the off-white main canopy frames. Then I masked over the off-white frames and painted the remainder in Extra Dark Sea Grey. The rest of the paint work is described above. Now on to the decals. - Jack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wadeocu Posted August 14, 2020 Author Share Posted August 14, 2020 First a nice gloss coat. After years of spending a lot of time airbrushing Future, I learned that a nice broad brush works well and gives it a nice thick coat with no brush marks; it is a very forgiving medium. I used the kit sheet for the standard markings (roundels etc.). I also used the most visible stencil markings for the top side, but the white portions actually had some different color stencils - blue and red instead of the white and yellow found on overall EDSG Buccs. Also pictures on Air-britain of XN976 from the period indicate that it lacked stencil markings that later grey over white Buccs had so I decided to leave off the stencils for the white portions and will use this photos as my rationale! 😉 One thing that I did want to do that required some finagling was to do the under-wing serials in blue rather than black as the restored XN974 sports. The Kitsworld sheet (which is useless and a waste of money) has them in black as well; it also has the wrong size side serial, the Royal Navy lettering is too big, the squadron badge is not the right colors and the Rolls Royce badge (the main reason I got the sheet) is too big. 😔 Here is a picture of XN974 (circa 1971) that I think confirms that the serials were blue and not black: So, to get blue under-wing serials, I turned to the decal sheet from a CMR FAA kit. It has XN982 and XT276 in blue on it. I thought great I just need to make a 4 then .... I let that dry overnight and then - oh drat I got something terribly wrong didn't I ...... After sanding off the 8 I cut out the 7 and replaced it. Then it was down to making a 4. This proved to be a challenge. I used the only 4 on the sheet which was a light blue serial and pieced together bits cut from the leftover X and T to make it roundel blue. I used the CMR decals for the white serials on the side as well. Piecing together a 4 from bits of a 1 and a 7 was fun! I also cocked up the Royal Navy from the CMR sheet and ended up using one from Modeldecal No.57. I have to say, Modeldecal sheets are from a past era and a bit thick, but they are spot on accurate and the right color. At least as far as the Buccaneer sheets went; they really were well researched. Current Xtradecal and Kitsworld sheets are riddled with errors. I sure wish we could get nice thin modern decals accurately depicted as the esteemed Dick Ward managed decades ago! Here are a few shots of where I am now with it. Getting close to the finish line! Cheers - Jack 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 Looking actually slim and slender in these markings and dress! Verx nice model, nearly finished! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wadeocu Posted August 14, 2020 Author Share Posted August 14, 2020 Pics posted in the gallery. As I explained there, I have to call this one done now as I will have no more time to work on it this weekend. No nav lights yet as my clear red was all dried up when I opened it up. I will also be making a stand that (hopefully) will resemble the roof at Brough per the picture at the begging of the thread. Here are a couple of more pics of the current state of things; sorry for the lousy quality, I won't have time to do any better before the whistle blows so these will have to do. Many thanks to our hosts and organizers! - Jack & 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 Nice finish, and great patience with those number decals. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David H Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Beautifully presented, and a great inspiration for my current Buccaneer S.2 project as well. david Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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