Grey Beema Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 Hi all, Hot off the bench today Blackburn Skua II L2927/A. 803 Naval Air Squadron HMS Ark Royal, Mediterranean, July 1940. Green Leader and Squadron CO Lt JM Bruen. Special Hobby 1/48 Kit, Paint - Hataka / Xtracrylics. Markings - Mix of kit, spares, generic and made. Scheme:- Ark Royal interpretation of the order to paint the undersides of the aircraft Sky (without having seen Sky Paint). I need to thank @iang for all his time and help in identifying what this aircraft probably looked like.. 803 NAS HMS Ark Royal Operation Catapult Mers-el- Kébi (French Algeria). Dakar 03.07.40. (1830) Curtis Hawk Damaged. (1910) Moraine 46 Damaged. (1930) Breguet Br.521 Damaged. 06.07.40. Shadowing flying boat Shared Destroyed 09.07.40. Air strikes against Cagliari planned. Z506B Shared Destroyed. 02.08.40. Air strikes against Cagliari. Z01 Shared Destroyed. 31.08.40. Operation HATS. 1/3 Cant Z501 Shared Destroyed, ½ S.79 Shared Destroyed, off Balearic Isles. Off now to prep for the Hellcat Group Build in which I’ll be building a Hellcat with a family connection.. Thanks for looking in.. 36 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveyGair Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 Lovely job. The first kit I built when getting back into the hobby big time a few years ago was their 1/72 offering which built up nicely. Davey. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahavelona Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 Fantastic job on a challenging kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 Really good looking (if that's an adequate expression) Skua! And the simple background is suprisingly effective in setting an atmosphere. Same 'sky' as in the Hurrican photos, I notice… 😉 Nice work! Kind regards, Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Beema Posted June 20, 2021 Author Share Posted June 20, 2021 5 minutes ago, Spitfire31 said: Really good looking (if that's an adequate expression) Skua! And the simple background is suprisingly effective in setting an atmosphere. Same 'sky' as in the Hurrican photos, I notice… 😉 Nice work! Kind regards, Joachim Thanks Joachim, Its a very big sky... 😂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 That looks the biz,...one of the best Skua model that I have seen,... just right with the colours, especially the blue undersides. I found one with a huge roundel that I want to build one day, same sqn, with the fuselage code etc,...... Cheers Tony 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Beema Posted June 20, 2021 Author Share Posted June 20, 2021 20 minutes ago, tonyot said: That looks the biz,...one of the best Skua model that I have seen,... just right with the colours, especially the blue undersides. I found one with a huge roundel that I want to build one day, same sqn, with the fuselage code etc,...... Cheers Tony Hi Tony, Thanks Mate, yes it makes a change from S1E and TSS. The TAGs cockpit is all wrong in the model as is the bomb recess. I only found a reference after I had buttoned up the fuselage (of course). Guess at some point I’ll just have to build another. Hellcats next though. One with a family connection.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 19 minutes ago, Grey Beema said: Hi Tony, Thanks Mate, yes it makes a change from S1E and TSS. The TAGs cockpit is all wrong in the model as is the bomb recess. I only found a reference after I had buttoned up the fuselage (of course). Guess at some point I’ll just have to build another. Hellcats next though. One with a family connection.. Yeah not the most accurate kit,..... the propeller is all wrong with teeny stubby blades too,...... but better than what we had before! I`ll look forward to the Hellcat`s. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelh Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 Damm good. The Skua is not exactly the most charismatic of aeroplanes but your rendition is really excellent. Actually it's really impressive. When I zoom in on the photos the attention to detail is superb. Brilliant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oberleutnant Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 Cool. Not often modelled that! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 Lovely work GB - I've got one of these at the top of the pile! Cheers, Roger 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 Great model, the weathering is excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrzeM Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 (edited) Lovely model of ugly airplane [ducking for cover] In fact I love Skua, it isn't a Spitfire but has a spirit! BTW, should the Norway April-May 1940 campaign Skuas have blue undersides too? Edited June 21, 2021 by GrzeM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Beema Posted June 21, 2021 Author Share Posted June 21, 2021 (edited) 54 minutes ago, GrzeM said: Lovely model of ugly airplane [ducking for cover] In fact I love Skua, it isn't a Spitfire but has a spirit! BTW, should the Norway April-May 1940 campaign Skuas have blue undersides too? Well I guess that beauty is in the eye of the beholder -it’s kind an acquired taste (read Marmite).. For the Norway Campaign the Skua wore the standard S1E camouflage. Underside Black and white Identification markings were applied. See L2725 / F below, the mount of Lt WP Lucy. (I must bring it back to the bench and rebuild the alighting gear at the right angle..) And put gun patches on the new one.. Edited June 21, 2021 by Grey Beema 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrzeM Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 Another good model! Thank you for info! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
85sqn Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 Top work Phil! Really great👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Beema Posted June 21, 2021 Author Share Posted June 21, 2021 3 hours ago, 85sqn said: Top work Phil! Really great👍 Cheers Nick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsaircorp Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 How did I miss this beauty ?? Apologizes Phil, but 2021 has been badly shaky for me and my modelling passion sutffered a lot from it. That's 2 really fine Skuas.... Congratulations !! Sincerely. CC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Bravo Zulu to you 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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