Blackburn / Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer
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FAA models in 1/72 scale
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Preferably, do not fit the wing pylons yet as the flying surfaces leading edges are bare metal on the Buccaneer ( I added the pylons too soon). Baremetal foil was used here and burnished onto the edges. It took quite some work, but the end result is worth it.
The anti-collision lights at the wing tips were made by cutting out notches, filling with a small piece of clear plastic and Microscale Klear. They were given their red-and green paints with Tamiya transparant paint.
Now the model was ready for its decals after several coat of Johnson Klear / Future were added with a wide paintbrush.
ModelDecal set #20 was the main source. I had some trouble with the glue from these decals, carfeully remove as much as possible the brownish glue befor putting the decal on the model.
( Seen in the picture are also a
set of spare decals from a RAF Matchbox kit )
A yellow flap
edge marking decal was also added cut from yellow decal from Xtradecal.
Detailling of some stencilling was
done with black and white paint using a toothpick.
Finally, the decalled model was cleaned up using a cloth with water and after drying, two coats of gloss Johnson Future were sprayed on with the airbrush to protect the decals. As a last step, the canopy was added .
The Buccaneer is still in the clean
configuration with no stores added. The Martel missiles supplied in the
Airfix kit were not carried by the FAA Buccaneers I believe.
[ note: colours vary due to picture
processing]
Another nice
model for the FAA collection.
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February 4, 2006
