H.S. Buccaneer S2B (Airfix 1:48)

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April 8, 2020
Ejection seats done
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March 29, 2020
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April 15, 2020
Cutting out the wheel wells caused the bottom half of the fuselage to warp, to get the bomb bay in place without gaps had to clamp the whole fuselage in place to remove the warping in the bottom half
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April 15, 2020
Forgot to install these two ecjection seat rails
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April 15, 2020
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April 15, 2020
Cockpit ready for final assembly
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April 15, 2020
Dry fitting the cockpit, the front starboard wall will need some trimming
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April 15, 2020
Port wall had some minor gaps to fill
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April 15, 2020
Starboard walls fit aren't the best...rather biggish gaps
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April 15, 2020
Test fitting the completed cockpit, which actually sits really nice in place
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April 15, 2020
Cut out too much of the original glareshield to fit the resin shield, otherwise the shield will sit too much forward
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April 15, 2020
Gaps filled in
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April 20, 2020
Navigator blast shield installed
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April 20, 2020
The jet pipe needs some clean up
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April 20, 2020
The jet pipes need shortening due to the resin wheel wells taking more space than the originals
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April 20, 2020
Everything is sanded as the plastic is really rough
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May 10, 2020
Scribing some panel lines
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May 10, 2020
Fitting issues...can't press the top part in to align with the bottom half as the epoxy used to attach the resin cockpit makes it impossible...
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May 10, 2020
...so therefore forced the bottom half outwards to align with the top part.
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May 10, 2020
More alignment issues
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May 10, 2020
The nose sections forced into position, glued and lots of tape to hold it in place. Let it sit for a day to set. The fuselage is glued in sections otherwise you can't get everything to align.
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May 10, 2020
Next the tail section is glued.
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May 10, 2020
The air intakes didn't align with the fuselage so some pieces of styrene had to be inserted here.
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May 10, 2020
The whole fuselage eventually glued in place.
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May 10, 2020
PE parts from Airwaves added to the air brakes
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August 13, 2020
Assembling the slipper tanks.
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August 17, 2020
Lots of filler...
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August 17, 2020
Primer on
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August 17, 2020
Slipper tanks done
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August 13, 2020
Wheels need to be masked
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August 13, 2020
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August 17, 2020
Made a mistake here...those silver parts should be same color as the rest of the gear.
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August 17, 2020
Lading gears fixed and some wiring added.
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August 19, 2020
Completed landing gear.
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August 19, 2020
This doesn't look right...
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August 23, 2020
Should look like this.
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August 23, 2020
Used the Eduard PE instead of the Airwaves one for the bottom, now looks more like the real thing.
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August 19, 2020
Tail section installed.
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August 23, 2020
Careful drilling...
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August 23, 2020
Just a dry fitting, the pitot tube will be assembled last as it's a prime candidate to be broken off or be bend.
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August 25, 2020
Used a spare HUD I found in a box as the kit's HUD is rubbish
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August 27, 2020
Primer on.
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August 28, 2020
Some more sanding needed...
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August 28, 2020
These gaps looks a bit big
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August 28, 2020
That looks better
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September 3, 2020
The angle of the refuelling probe was too much, it should be about 10°.
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September 3, 2020
Refuelling probe fixed.
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September 14, 2020
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September 14, 2020
The Kits-World decals are excellent
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September 18, 2020
The yellow stripe should be higher up on the fuselage
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September 18, 2020
Carefully loosening the decal
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September 18, 2020
Yellow stripe in correct position now.
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September 18, 2020
Then this happened...somehow the stripe lengths are different, didn't spot it when applying them.
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September 18, 2020
Loosening the decal again...
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September 18, 2020
Stripe fixed.
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September 18, 2020
All decals applied.
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November 30, 2020
First time I'm using an oil wash.
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November 30, 2020
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November 30, 2020
Wash applied.
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November 30, 2020
Tanks and missiles attached.
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November 30, 2020
The slipper tanks sit too far outward on the wings if using the guide pins, it should not go over the wing hinges. **Correction - these are actually the correct positions, fixed later on.
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November 30, 2020
Another view of the slipper tank sitting too much outwards on the wing.
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November 30, 2020
Slipper tank in the correct position - actually not. Fixed later on.
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November 30, 2020
The position of the fuel tanks were actually correct on closer inspection...they do go slightly over the wing hinges.
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November 30, 2020
Fuel tanks reattached in the correct positions now.
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December 9, 2020
The canopy was sanded as it had some scratches and wasn’t clear.
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December 9, 2020
Time to try my new rotary tool to polish the canopy.
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December 9, 2020
Undercarriage in place.
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December 9, 2020
I lost the clear part for the navigation light on top of the fuselage so made a new one with Glue ‘n’ Glaze.
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December 10, 2020
Ejection seats installed.
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December 10, 2020
Just a test fit...the pitot tube will be installed and painted last to avoid knocking or bending it.
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December 10, 2020
Awaiting a final semi gloss coat.
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December 10, 2020
Building the ladders and FOD guards.
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December 14, 2020
With closed canopy and before adding the ladders and FOD guards to the engine intakes.
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Celliers Автор
Hi Megan. I used a resin cockpit set from Neomega as the Airfix one had basically no detail on it and I'm planning to have an open cockpit. Just had to take my time carefully painting the panels and dials. Had some fitment issues with some of the side walls but once inside the fuselage it won't be noticeable 🙂

9 May 2020, 22:21

Nathan Dempsey
Nice work so far & good notes on the construction too.

11 August 2020, 16:28

Michael Phillips
Umm, wow. That is some incredible work there. I have always wanted to do a Bucc, but had been waiting on Tanmodel to release one, which may never happen as it seems. But you are knocking this one out of the park!

11 August 2020, 16:47

Daniel
this looks like a lot of work - but will be a rewarding outcome for sure, taking a seat 👍

11 August 2020, 19:01

Celliers Автор
Thanks Nathan, Michael.
@Daniel, this kit has a lot of work, nothing fits properly so you have to love filling and sanding. And then I somehow got into riveting the whole thing which added so much more work...I hope to have everything assembled in the next week ready for painting.

17 August 2020, 19:30

David Taylor
Hi Celliers got 2c/d in the stash.Watching to see how this one goes.

21 August 2020, 16:56

Jos Jansen
Missed this one...following!

21 August 2020, 17:42

Alexander
Looks like a massive amount of work, but it surely paid out so far - great detailwork in the cockpit and wheel wells! 👍

21 August 2020, 20:35

Gerald
👍

23 August 2020, 06:32

Ata Turgay
I love landing gears. Great work.

23 August 2020, 19:27

Slavo Hazucha
Great plane & nice work on all the details, joining mid-season to see the further stages! 👍

24 August 2020, 09:16

Celliers Автор
Thanks David, Jos, Alexander, Gerald, Ata & Slavo.

25 August 2020, 19:01

David Taylor
What load out are you doing Celliers,anti ship or mud moving.

26 August 2020, 08:32

Celliers Автор
@David, I'm doing the anti ship load.

27 August 2020, 13:46

Nathan Dempsey
I've got to get that refueling probe/pitot set. It looks much nicer than the kit part!

27 August 2020, 14:21

Danumurthi Mahendra
enjoying the journey, as well as the destination. great in-progress photos!

27 August 2020, 15:12

Jos Jansen
Great iconic jetplane...you are making a stunner!

28 August 2020, 13:02

playtime 222
Drool!

31 August 2020, 21:15

David Taylor
Hi Celliers,if you have either Kinetic harriers they have a super set of Sea Eagles

7 September 2020, 19:31

Slavo Hazucha
great progress & a lovely clean job on the camo & nozzles 👍

7 September 2020, 19:38

playtime 222
Grumble... Mutter.... Martels... 😄

8 September 2020, 00:42

Clifford Keesler
Very nice. Too bad those are so hard to find now.

8 September 2020, 01:14

Guillaume Blanchet
Very impressive !!

8 September 2020, 02:00

David Taylor
sorry playtime later Buccs had eagles.

8 September 2020, 18:10

Celliers Автор
Thanks all for the comments. Just started with the decals, decided to get the Kits-World decals sets as the kit's decals has seen better days being over 25 years old...

14 September 2020, 20:23

Celliers Автор
Time to finish this baby, she's been sitting on the half build shelf long enough...

30 November 2020, 19:08

Nathan Dempsey
Nice to see this one going again. Looks like you're nearly there.

30 November 2020, 19:17

Jos Jansen
Great Celiers...still watching and you can see the finish line!

30 November 2020, 19:29

Gary Victory
Fanstic build. A real labour of love. Looking forward to the final reveal.

1 December 2020, 07:50

Maxim Malparte
Looks delicious! Can't wait to see it finished.

1 December 2020, 08:02

Clifford Keesler
Agree, can't wait to see it done.

2 December 2020, 00:15

Francky
I have this kit is my stash as well. I see you used a few aftermarket sets from Eduard and others. Which of these do you find the most useful, now that it is done?

Your model is very well done, it motivates me to start on mine 🙂

10 December 2020, 10:21

Augie
Just lovely.. so nice to see one of these coming out

14 December 2020, 13:33

Celliers Автор
She's finally finished 🙂
Thanks @Augie.
@Francky, I would definitely get the Neomega cockpit and wheel well resin set as the kit's are very basic, the Airwaves speed brakes PE set as well as the Master pitot tube and refueling probe. I only used a few parts of the Eduard PE sets.

14 December 2020, 13:41

Nathan Dempsey
That's a build to be proud of Celliers. Well done.

14 December 2020, 15:27

David Taylor
Brill build.

14 December 2020, 16:04

Clifford Keesler
I agree with everyone just a beautiful build.

15 December 2020, 02:24

Francky
@Celliers: and my wishlist just got a bit longer 🙂 Thanks for the info.

15 December 2020, 10:09

gorby
Fantastic job! Well done for wrestling this kit into shape.

15 December 2020, 15:31

playtime 222
Great job - Notes taken. I have 2 of these cos I was lucky enough to get the accidental double boxing.

15 December 2020, 15:54

Celliers Автор
Thanks @Nathan, @David, @Clifford, @gorbygould.
@playtime 222 - lucky you getting 2 kits. I have another one that I'm going to build in SAAF colours, but not anytime soon. The next project better be easier than this one.

15 December 2020, 19:20

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H.S. Buccaneer S2B (Airfix)

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Blackburn Buccaneer S Mk.2b

Royal Air Force (1918-now)
No. 12 Sqn. XW530
1988 Cold War - Lossiemouth, Scotland
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