Tony Whittingham Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Hello all, I’m planning a build of a Buccaneer S.1 in the early scheme, and can’t find a clear photo of the open airbrakes. Would these have been white on the inside, or some other light colour? Airfix recommends dark gull grey, but I think that might apply to the S.2 only. Any thoughts from the Buccaneer experts? TW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klubman01 Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 I would think that white would be correct, seeing as how the entire airframe was white externally on the early schemes. Probably left in white when the external colour changed to grey and white. That's my opinion only, and stand to be corrected by more knowledgeable individuals on the forum. Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Womby Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 2 hours ago, Tony Whittingham said: Hello all, I’m planning a build of a Buccaneer S.1 in the early scheme, and can’t find a clear photo of the open airbrakes. Would these have been white on the inside, or some other light colour? Airfix recommends dark gull grey, but I think that might apply to the S.2 only. Any thoughts from the Buccaneer experts? TW I am not an expert but I do have a few references on Buccs. In Allward's book, on p52, there's a B&W pic of all white S1 and hte insides of the airbrakes are a very dark colour with large white numbers (I think the aircraft id code). I would guess a dark grey in there. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71chally Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 They did vary a bit, but generally they were finished in an Admiralty Grey. There were a couple of periods when different protective coatings were tried by the FAA and these gave a goldy green, and a dull red finish respectively in that area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Very early aircraft were yellow white anti flash aircraft Light Admiralty gray, aircarft with 800 NAS in EDSG/White were yellow zinc chromate . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Whittingham Posted October 23, 2020 Author Share Posted October 23, 2020 Thank you all for the input. Tracking down Light Admiralty Grey has yielded a Humbrol match of HU122, for those of you who might be interested. Have to hunt some down, Canadian supplies are shrinking fast!😕 cheers, TW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 This was a Vallejo colour Vallejo 70.973 Light Sea Grey on here but their 70.907 Pale Grey Blue is also very close. On this build I used both shades to give density in places around the engine bay and undercarriages on both S1s. Excuse sadly bent pitot please, fixed now 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 17 hours ago, Tony Whittingham said: Thank you all for the input. Tracking down Light Admiralty Grey has yielded a Humbrol match of HU122, for those of you who might be interested. Have to hunt some down, Canadian supplies are shrinking fast!😕 cheers, TW Try Humbrol 87 steel gray very close to colour. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy Bird Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 When I was building my S.1, I found a few photos like this which showed a dark colour with white numbers: It was explained to me that this was a result of an anti-corrosion coating which was a dark red-brown in colour. I interpreted it this way: This is the Scale Resin (CMR) resin kit of the S.1 in 1:72 scale. I've since fixed the position of the folded wings - they should be much closer together at the wingtip. Cheers, Bill 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Whittingham Posted October 24, 2020 Author Share Posted October 24, 2020 13 hours ago, perdu said: This was a Vallejo colour Vallejo 70.973 Light Sea Grey on here but their 70.907 Pale Grey Blue is also very close. On this build I used both shades to give density in places around the engine bay and undercarriages on both S1s. Excuse sadly bent pitot please, fixed now Very nice, this is the scheme I’m after. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Whittingham Posted October 24, 2020 Author Share Posted October 24, 2020 7 hours ago, Grizzly said: Try Humbrol 87 steel gray very close to colour. Will do. I thought that might be a close match, might lighten it up a bit though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahawk Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 Don't tell anyone but, after trying out a range of colours in the rough ballpark, I ended up using Xtracolor RLM 76 Hellgrau: had that hint of blue I was looking for. Oh, just a minute, is that a lynch mob at the door? 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Womby Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 1 hour ago, Seahawk said: Don't tell anyone but, after trying out a range of colours in the rough ballpark, I ended up using Xtracolor RLM 76 Hellgrau: had that hint of blue I was looking for. Oh, just a minute, is that a lynch mob at the door? Heretic! 😜 David 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 2 hours ago, Seahawk said: Don't tell anyone but, after trying out a range of colours in the rough ballpark, I ended up using Xtracolor RLM 76 Hellgrau: had that hint of blue I was looking for. Oh, just a minute, is that a lynch mob at the door? No Seahawk its OK They're outside my place, got a barbecue going and no sign of social distancing at all. They can stay out there, they ain't a coming in. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now