Plastic Bonsai Posted March 5, 2021 Author Share Posted March 5, 2021 (edited) Seats done. This is about a week of fiddly fiddling. Handles from fuse wire and lot of different paints. The front seat slid in. The rear was tight with the spikey thing on the nav console - I've no idea what it is but it's on one of the Britmodeller ref photos so it must be right and I shaved the location tab off the seat to get it to sit right. The lateral seat offsets are just about visible though at a full-size of 8 inches total it may be wishful thinking. Wing tips, RWR pods and flaps attached but the remainder of the cockpit and canopy to be done and as I like to have as much attached as is reasonable prior to painting I'm adding some of the flimsier parts though the undercarriage, pitot and pylons are definately off until the end. Edited March 9, 2021 by Plastic Bonsai 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plastic Bonsai Posted March 9, 2021 Author Share Posted March 9, 2021 Fitted the hook with the tail bumper deployed. I've drilled out the coal hole/rear avionics bay hatch as I see it open on the one picture I have of a Granby Bucc being prepped for a mission and Airfix do supply the hatch separately. Blast shield fitted - not a very positive fit but the windscreen is sublime as is the canopy itself but I intend to fit that open so all my hard bodging on the seats can be seen more easily. So I have stuck down the small separate bits to be sprayed and stuffed various orrifi with tissue paper and I think I'm ready to spray Oh Lordy! This is the bit I stall on.. . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 Nice to see this one almost altogether. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plastic Bonsai Posted March 25, 2021 Author Share Posted March 25, 2021 Ok so sprayed and the important decals are on. The instruction sheet says many of the stencils were over painted so I will have a shufti at the reference photos to get an idea on that. The decals look good but it's a bit early to tell if they have taken well - MiG decal Set solution on standby.... I am not happy with the sprayed xtracolour paint - but I am out of practice with spraying and when putting the decals on in critical daylight with the help of my partners spectacles I see so many rough bits that also show in the phone photographs. Anyway onwards and upwards. Painting up the detail bits and applying more stencils (maybe) when my eyes have rested. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Looking good with the decals on. Yes most of the Pink painted aircraft had very minimal stenciling, mainly just the important safety ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plastic Bonsai Posted March 26, 2021 Author Share Posted March 26, 2021 Even minimal markings put models to a higher level. Yes it certainly looks like there are not many other markings that I can see.. The only one I am missing is the large white RESCUE arrow on the port side of the nose. I think I can move the under-wing roundel out slightly so it's not overlapping the pitot boom. It seems that way in the photos and frankly who would paint it like that anyway - far too much trouble for us modellers. Hopefully the visibie gauges on the fuselage are on the Airfix sheet. I now have a load more stencils and markings on that sheet for the other Buccs that are sure to come after this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 I am sure that the gauges were on the Airfix decal sheet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plastic Bonsai Posted April 2, 2021 Author Share Posted April 2, 2021 (edited) The wheels on the Bucc... Nose-wheel is a little free to pivot at the moment and I tried putting the nose-wheel door on the wrong side and cut off a hinge as I couldn't fit it. One "Doh!" moment later.... Stores done. More stencils than on the rest of the aircraft. I am presuming the painting went a bit more carefully around the all important role equipment. I found the white rescue arrow on the Desert Storm sheet. It has complete markings for all six aircraft so if anyone wants to do another scheme them I'll pass them on. Before I put on the stores and any more bits I can easily break off I will try and weather this bird a bit. The tally it has is for the whole War so I'll be depicting it waiting to do one more. Edited April 2, 2021 by Plastic Bonsai 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 good to see this one standing on its own three legs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plastic Bonsai Posted April 13, 2021 Author Share Posted April 13, 2021 Nearly there.. Dog dirty and loaded for bear. The carpet monster has taken the re-fuellng probe so i have an S2C on its way to donate that part. I also got a Flightpath ladder set but that has vanished as well. Either may turn up though. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 Looking good all weathered up. Pity about the probe and the ladder, at least you do have a replacement for the probe hopefully the ladder will turn up when you least expect it to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plastic Bonsai Posted April 17, 2021 Author Share Posted April 17, 2021 Ok calling this one done. This has taken me several years to actually get this far with any model and I've re-learnt a lot in the process. Starting is no problem, the FG1 and S2C are already half built but I stall on something, loose bits and start others. At least doing the build on here with your encouragement kept me focused. So I got the probe from the S2C and the 2 small sensor probes that were an aperitif for the Carpet Monster. He still hasn't coughed up the probe or ladder set. Pictures in the finished gallery soon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desert falcon Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 Congrats on finishing it !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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