cjhm Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 (edited) Here is my Airfix Buccaneer, inspired by the Rowland White book 'Phoenix Squadron' (Vulcan 607 is a good read too) I built it wheels up, it needed lots of filler which in turn meant the panel lines etc got lost during sanding but I don't think it looks too bad All was as supplied in the box other than using the Martels (which are on the sprues but not the instructions) which needed some plastic card rails and spares box decals to match pics on the internet. Paint is all by brush, main colour is Lifecolor Gloss EDSG, decals went on well with Gunze Mr Color\Mr Mark softner which were then sealed with Lifecolour clear gloss I managed to get a spare decal sheet from Airfix so I could have matching serial numbers on the rear fuselage (one is for another plane, a copy\paste error I presume) Base is a piece of a pine shelf kit with a polyfiller sea and balsa trim finished with pine colour varnish. The sea was painted with Lifecolor grey\greens then sealed with 'canopy fix', a crystal clear PVA which was repeated a few times to get a smooth finish after I varnished the first coat of clear PVA and it all cracked (it would have made a very good dry lake bed effect ...) Plane is suspended on clear acrylic rod (brought on eBay), bent using a hot air gun paint stripper whilst wearing thick gardening gloves (still got hot hands!) I've returned to modelling after 10-12 years or so 'child break' and have been building stuff 'from the box' to please myself, trying not to get hooked back on the need for resin\etch\decals and absolute accuracy (not that I ever achieved it) so hope you enjoy it as it is Pics taken with a Canon A620 compact camera in macro mode using a Poundland mini tripod and delayed shutter release to stop wobble Edited February 2, 2011 by cjhm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev67 Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Very nicely executed, I would not worry to much about the panel lines in 1/72 scale anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenko Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Welcome back ...and what a way to come back. Good build and an excellent method of displaying. I like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 I think that looks excellent, you've captured a real sense of speed there although I can't quite explain how, just like a 70s/80s Fleet Air Arm recruiting advert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vtecjack Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 That is very nice excellent finish too I am in the process of building one of these myself,I hope it ends up as good as yours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev1n Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 that looks cool nice job and I like the way you've displayed it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbuna Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Very nice....the display looks great as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Lovely job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Superb, love the base too. Finsh looks superb for the hairy stick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F111Fan Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Stunning, beautiful work on that! Very well executed, and the diorama works really well too. Brilliant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Love it, very nicely done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxidad Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 That's a very nice build indeed - great finish, on a great aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M4rk Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Spookily that is almost exactly how I planned in my head on doing the very same kit, i.e. displayed flying low over the ocean where a Buccaneer is in its element , never went through with it though as 1/72 isn't my scale and I sold the kit to fund more 1/48 styrene. You have done a marvellous job with it though, glad to see it in that setting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trpsarge Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Lovely scheme, lovely gloss finish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcooljules Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 looks good dude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BasicModelling Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 A beauty.. love the seascape base too!! Great idea.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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