1/144 Blackburn Buccaneer resin kit

[Nick C]

Hello, 

 

First try at aircraft since I was a kid (a long time ago!) I usually do ships, but came across some 1/144 resin British aircraft at Telford last year from https://www.144th.co.uk/

 

Picked up a Buccaneer and a Lightning.

Lovely kits, great quality and very nicely detailed.

 

Only extra bits I added were ejection seat handles, seat belts from odd bits of etch, a piece of acetate sheet to represent the 'hood' over the navigators position s the kit part is necessarily quite heavy, and some bits of etch and wire to replicate the wing folding mechanism. I need to work on my aircraft weathering!!

 

This is the Buccaneer ready for inspection;

 

Ejector seat handles from 0.2mm copper wire;

 

Wing fold mechanism from spare etch and wire;

 

Thanks for looking and any feedback gratefully received.

 

Cheers

 

Nick

 

 

 

[Deano353]

Some great detail for such a small model. Nicely done.

[binbrook87]

Fabulous! Looks every inch a Bucc and hard to tell it's micro scale 🤓

I've got one in the stash and was waiting for someone to build one 😁 Thanks for sharing

[Darwinism]

Wow - that’s beautiful - well done Nick!

[ajmm]

Beautifully done. Your paint job is superb and the little details in the wing fold and cockpit make a huge difference. I’m most of the way through this kit but have begun some major reshaping to the nose which to my eye is a bit too beaky. Really hope mine turns out half as good as yours though. 

[Skodadriver]

I missed this first time round. Congratulations on your fantastic work - I would never have guessed it was 1/144.

 

Dave G

[Ray S]

What a great result that is! I have looked long and hard at the 144th website, and succumbed to the Javelin a few months ago, and this is prompting me to have a go when I have finished my latest builds.

 

As has been mentioned, it looks to be a rather larger scale than it actually is. Your upgrades have done wonders,

 

Ray

[Nick C]

@Ray S, @Skodadriver, @ajmm, @Darwinism, @binbrook87,  @Deano353, thanks for all the kind comments, much appreciated.

 

Cheers

 

Nick

[F-32]

That's brilliant!

[Mig88]

Beautifully finished indeed!

I have some of these kits in my stash and I'd be happy if mine came anywhere near yours!

Thanks for showing.

 

Miguel

[Clio182]

Looks very good. Hard to believe it's 1/144