Popular Post eng Posted June 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 27, 2021 (edited) Evening one and all, Thought I'd share a few pics of my recently completed new tool Airfix Bucc S.2B. The Bucc is an old favourite of mine, having lived in NE Scotland as a youngster for most of the 80's these were a common sight blasting around the countryside at low level, and a regular visitor at Aberdeen on practise diversions, our school conveniently right under the flightpath! I couldn't wait for the Airfix new tool to be released and have another couple of these to produce yet. Built out of the box except for the addition of a resin CBLS practise bomb dispenser. A stunning kit, lovely decals, 2 great marking options, plenty scope for aftermarket extra's but it really doesn't need much to produce a nice build. I built this from the outset with the intention of putting it on a base and showing it gear up doing what the Bucc does best - low level! I did some maths and have displayed the aircraft at a scale 25-30ft off the top of the base. To fly a jet at this height at 500kts over a featureless North Sea must have been a phenomenal experience and demand utmost concentration. And so, on with the pics..... Hope you like this one, all comments welcome, good and bad. Rgds, Eng Edited June 27, 2021 by eng 93 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 Now that really looks lovely and the in-flight attitude is just perfect for a Bucc. Fantastic build all round and something to tempt wheels down modellers like me to possibly consider something different. Cheers and well modelled.. Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard E Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 Very nice - you've really captured the Bucc' in its natural environment. 22 minutes ago, eng said: To fly a jet at this height at 500kts over a featureless North Sea must have been a phenomenal experience and demand utmost concentration. As a Buccaneer pilot once described it to me: it's so smooth it's like rolling a ball bearing on a sheet of glass. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieW Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 Lovely model of one of my favourite jets. It looks absolutely as though it was tearing up the sky. Richie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Brantley Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 Fantastic model eng! The wheels up appearance is so dynamic! I've never built an airplane that way and now, your Bucc is inspiring me to consider doing one that way too. Thanks for posting that! 🥃 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David H Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 Nice Job, Eng! Its really a lovely model kit....with the qualifier it works best in the hands of an experienced modeler who can work around the few minor foibles of the build <COFF! GLARESHIELD! COFF!>. It's very cleverly and intensively-engineered for what it is, but its a truly worthy 72nd scale replica of the plane. -d- 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klubman01 Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 That is really well put together. Great workmanship. Trevor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nheather Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 Fantastic model. And I like the display base, very simple but makes the aircraft look very dynamic. What did you use for the arm - is it tubing or solid rod, what metal and what diameter. And how did you prepare the model to receive the arm - did you glue a block of something inside? Cheers, Nigel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shalako Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 My goodness what a beauty!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 Absolutely superb work . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 That's awesome work, looks like a great kit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markyp2015 Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 Very nice build. I also have one of these to build as my dad was based at Lossiemouth in the 60's & 70's 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 Saw this on Insta, great work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 What a superb model, looks like a shrink-ray job. Perfectly posed too. Excellent modelling 👏👏👏 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Norman Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 Well Snazzy, 3rd pic is just excellent! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 Nice job! The colour & flatness of it is superb. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger331 Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 Excellent model of the Bucc.........brought back memories from the early 90s. Being buzzed by a pair 'roaming in the gloaming' on our way up to Strathallan one evening from Edinburgh in a Sea King HC.4. I was then fortunate enough to get up to Lossiemouth for the Farewell to the Buccaneer event back in 94......For once the weather behaved itself and we were able to see and photograph almost all of the remaining airframes before being treated to some impromptu air displays on the day - a memorable event. Well Done, Sir ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shorty84 Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 Hi Eng, fantastic display, looks really dynamic 👍 Cheers Markus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Riot Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 I always love to see a Buccaneer, and this is absolutely beautifully made. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Pearcy Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 Excellent build and superbly posed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head in the clouds. Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 Captured the Bucc perfectly, nice one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eng Posted July 1, 2021 Author Share Posted July 1, 2021 Good Evening one and all, just wanted to say a massive thanks for all the love for this one! Very much appreciated indeed thank you. On 6/28/2021 at 6:49 AM, nheather said: Fantastic model. And I like the display base, very simple but makes the aircraft look very dynamic. What did you use for the arm - is it tubing or solid rod, what metal and what diameter. And how did you prepare the model to receive the arm - did you glue a block of something inside? Cheers, Nigel Hi @nheather the support is a piece of 2.3mm hard steel wire polished up and carefully shaped. Its simply glued into place through the 3 layers of structure just aft of the rear fuselage bulkhead with Araldite epoxy. The other end is just pushed into an interference fit hole on the base. I must admit my display plan kind of grew with the kit and if I do another I would probably secure a nut inside the fuselage and thread the end of the rod, or use 2 pieces of square section hollow tube that telescope neatly together. On 6/28/2021 at 8:12 PM, Tiger331 said: Excellent model of the Bucc.........brought back memories from the early 90s. Being buzzed by a pair 'roaming in the gloaming' on our way up to Strathallan one evening from Edinburgh in a Sea King HC.4. I was then fortunate enough to get up to Lossiemouth for the Farewell to the Buccaneer event back in 94......For once the weather behaved itself and we were able to see and photograph almost all of the remaining airframes before being treated to some impromptu air displays on the day - a memorable event. Well Done, Sir ! @Tiger331 that must have been epic to see from an airborne platform! I remember seeing footage of the final Bucc Farewell and would have loved to have been there for that. I have 2 fond memories of the Bucc, the first a mass airfield attack during the 1986 Lossie where at one point there were Bucc's beating up the airfield at very low level from every direction you looked, and then the last one I saw airborne was the RAE machine. A group of us were on a school activities week and were sea fishing out of Portpatrick in SW Scotland, being the only boat for miles around I'm 100% sure the Bucc crew saw us before they shot past a few hundred metres off the bow but low enough to be kicking up some spray! Yes the Bucc was some bit of kit. Thanks again for all the kind comments, a wrap-round camo bird will be the next one, and a Gulf War machine with some nice nose art at some point too. Cheers, Eng 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimT Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 Beautifully crafted build, and wonderful, clean paint job. As noted, the pose - coupled with the photography - make this whole thing an exciting post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nheather Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 On 6/28/2021 at 8:12 PM, Tiger331 said: Excellent model of the Bucc.........brought back memories from the early 90s. Being buzzed by a pair 'roaming in the gloaming' on our way up to Strathallan one evening from Edinburgh in a Sea King HC.4. I was then fortunate enough to get up to Lossiemouth for the Farewell to the Buccaneer event back in 94......For once the weather behaved itself and we were able to see and photograph almost all of the remaining airframes before being treated to some impromptu air displays on the day - a memorable event. Well Done, Sir ! I look back fondly at the 90s as a great decade for airshows. I would do Fairford, Farnborough, Mildenhall, Biggin Hill and smaller shows. There was so much variety back then - after the fall of the wall we started to get plenty of Russian and former Soviet visitor, always plenty of US attendance. Saw Desert Storm Buccaneers on the ground and flying. Unfortunately, after 911 the political stage changed, coupled with the increasing cost and reduced budgets, and tightened safety rules, attendance at shows has got a lot more limited - to the extent that the shows started to lose their individuality and it became pretty much the same exhibits, at the each show and every year. Still enjoy airshows but they are not a patch on what they were in the 90s. Cheers, Nigel 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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