Supermarine Attacker FB.2 (AZ Model)

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November 18, 2018
This will be a good addition to my FAA collection - I'll be making the FB.2 version, not the prototype.
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November 18, 2018
Typical AZ short run moulding from ten years ago or more.
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November 18, 2018
I decided to fold the wings to give her a bit more pizzaz. Note the one piece resin cockpit/seat.
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November 18, 2018
The Airwaves PE is for the Frog kit, but I'll use it anyway. The FB.2 markings I want are on the old Modeldecal sheet.
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November 18, 2018
Note where AZ tell you to put part number 10 and note the silhouette of the cockpit on it. Oops.
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They tell you to put it here...
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...when it actually has to go here.
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November 18, 2018
AZ do not provide the boundary layer inlets, so I'll have to make them.
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November 18, 2018
Don't you just love plastic styrene card? These pieces are 0.008" thick.
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Not sure what happened here, but this is supposed to be the arresting hook bay. Ha! Guess I'll have to make that too!
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November 18, 2018
The boundary layer inlets in place.
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November 18, 2018
And with the main intake leading edge in place. The leading edge needs some cleaning up.
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November 18, 2018
Out of the box on the left, after a little reworking on the right.
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November 18, 2018
A little paint and some dry brushing and you'd never know it was one piece. Hope nobody looks real close.
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November 18, 2018
The instrument panel from the Airwaves PE set, with instrument decals from the sticker box.
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November 18, 2018
The two fuselage halves weren't the same height, but I added these spreaders to one side.
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November 18, 2018
For some reason I want to paint this yellow and sing "Full speed ahead Mr. Boatswain, full speed ahead!"
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November 18, 2018
But instead she'll get that loverly Extra Dark Sea Grey. And some Sky, of course.
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November 18, 2018
Forgot the wings - here they are!
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November 18, 2018
I covered up the nasty seam on the turtledeck (right behind the head rest) with some plastic card.
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November 18, 2018
And some more plastic card to make and arresting hook bay.
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November 18, 2018
A little Sky as a primer to see how bad my workmanship is. Uh, I found some things to fix!
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November 18, 2018
Looks a little better than what I started with!
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November 18, 2018
A resin K-14 gunsight is masquerading as a Mk.4E, which is what the Attacker used.
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November 18, 2018
AZ left out the auxilliary cooling inlets on top of the fuselage, so the spares box came in handy again. Note that I cut off the wingtips.
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November 18, 2018
The kit included the prototype's simple bubble canopy. A little strategic masking and we've got the framework as seen on the FB.2.
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December 23, 2018
Adding photoetch vents and blending in the windscreen.
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December 23, 2018
Some nice Gunze Extra Dark Sea Grey and some modulation with Dark Sea Grey.
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December 23, 2018
Not too much to clean up once the tape is removed.
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December 23, 2018
And to think this is related to a Spitfire...
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December 23, 2018
Stickers! From an old Modeldecal sheet. Also, some chromate yellow at the wing fold.
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December 23, 2018
Can't miss those numbers.
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December 23, 2018
Some post shading with Gunze Smoke Grey. Attackers didn't get very dirty - they weren't in service that long.
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December 23, 2018
Alclad clear flat varnish tones things down nicely.
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December 23, 2018
These radar altimeter antennae are extra parts from my CMR Sea Venom, and they're perfect for the Attacker.
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December 23, 2018
Antennae are on, as well as rockets/pylons and deck landing sight on top of the nose.
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December 23, 2018
The photoetch pieces sticking out of the nose look a bit odd, but they're authentic.
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Exhaust tube is Alclad steel. Got to get the wing tips on next...
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Finished!
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Bill Gilman Автор
Hi mates, this is my little side project that I'll be building in-between the big sub-assemblies on the 1:32 Tamiya Spitfire. There are not a lot of kits for the Attacker, and this one is probably the best injection kit. CMR make a resin kit, but I don't think it's up to the same level of quality as their latest Scimitar, Buccaneer, or Sea Venom beauties. Anyway, the AZ Attacker kit is not without its faults, and I'll be fixing them as I go along. I decided to tart up the kit with some Airwaves photoetch, which may need to be modified since it was designed for the Frog kit. But then, Airwaves PE doesn't always fit the kit it was designed for, so maybe it will work out OK! Enjoy the photos - Cheers, Bill

18 November 2018, 23:34

Alec K
Looking great so far Bill. And a bear of a kit it appears... 😄

19 November 2018, 03:49

Ekki
Watching.

19 November 2018, 18:58

Bill Gilman Автор
Finished! She doesn't look too bad after a bit of tarting up. Happy Holidays everyone! Cheers, Bill 🙂

23 December 2018, 15:28

Łukasz Gliński
Awesome quickbuild Sir! And an admirable result too 🙂

23 December 2018, 15:58

Bernhard Pethe
I enjoyed the photos. From such a kit to conjure such a beautiful model, respect. 👍 Merry Christmas. 🙂

23 December 2018, 16:09

Olivier
Very nice plane. And one I had never ever heard of.

23 December 2018, 17:16

Roland Sachsenhofer
What a beautiful build- you did really adorable work on this masterpiece, again.....

23 December 2018, 17:31

Christian Bruer
Excellent work and unique aircraft 👍

23 December 2018, 20:50

Clifford Keesler
She looks great Bill, well done. Happy Holidays to you also.

24 December 2018, 00:31

Ekki
Very, very good result. Well done! 👍

7 January 2019, 21:49

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This is the old AZ kit which I'll be tarting up with the Airwaves photoetch set (hope it fits since it's for the Frog kit), and some aftermarket stickers from Modeldecal. I'll be folding the wings, too.

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