Single engined Blackburn Buccaneer ....DONE!!

[kerick]

Late the party on this build.. liking the thought direction. Even though I am a big Bucc fan and this is sort of heresy... I like it !!!!

Brian mate I'm becoming a fan of this beast ..the look of this plane has grown on me quiet alot and that's the main reason I've tried to keep this looking as much like a Buccaneer has I can ..minus its airbrake ..that I just couldn't find a place for it ..so it's a brake chute now .

A Rolls Royce  BR 700-715C1-30   would give you over 21,000 lbs of thrust, but you'd have to play games with the timeline in your backstory.

Kits second rule 👌
That's Gentlmens rules are very handy pretty much all the time 

Thanks to Kericks voice being stuck in the back of my head about the intakes and all the aircraft ive checked I've finally come up with a way to enlarge them ..ive widened the original intakes by 4mm .
So now they'll still look like Buccaneer intakes but taller 

Looking forward to seeing it!

Me to Ken ...im really enjoying how this is turning out 

I'm always willing to help out a friend!   

😆 🤣  damn right about that 
The new intakes do look pretty good ..bigger for sure but still have the look of the Buccaneer 

If you don't post a pic it never happened.......

If my internet speeds up abit then it's possible I'll post a update ...I had a wee mini disaster with the nose cone and I'm now reshaping it..well not reshaping..more rebuilding it ..I epoxied it last night so it's good to go now for sanding 

Sounds like it inadvertently impacted a nonmovable surface during a vertical acceleration.

Nope 😄
It's very strange actually bud ...I used air rifle pellets in the nose cone as weights ..nothing new or strange about that...and I used this cheap nasty CA glue to make say put ..nothing new or strange there either..done that many times too .
What I noticed was a dent in plastic which I thought was weird and when I pushed it ..it was very soft ...some how the CA was softening the plastic..it's never done that before..so I cut it out and the more I cut the less nose cone was there 😅
Weird that huh? 🤔 😅
So Tamiya epoxy putty has been doing it's job..so far it's going well 👌

I had that happen with lead shot and CA. But only one time out of many. Weird.

This has me thinking mate ..im wondering if it something to do with that plastic Airfix use.
I'm wondering this because I've done this many times with brands like Monogram.  Revell..Hasegawa and so on but not Airfix..im pretty certain I've never built a 48th scale Airfix kit before..before this one anyway also this is 30yrs old too and I did notice how soft this plastic is.
So that got the thinking going.

Organic chemistry. That way lies madness!

[Wardukw]

Late the party on this build.. liking the thought direction. Even though I am a big Bucc fan and this is sort of heresy... I like it !!!!

Brian mate I'm becoming a fan of this beast ..the look of this plane has grown on me quiet alot and that's the main reason I've tried to keep this looking as much like a Buccaneer has I can ..minus its airbrake ..that I just couldn't find a place for it ..so it's a brake chute now .

A Rolls Royce  BR 700-715C1-30   would give you over 21,000 lbs of thrust, but you'd have to play games with the timeline in your backstory.

Kits second rule 👌
That's Gentlmens rules are very handy pretty much all the time 

Thanks to Kericks voice being stuck in the back of my head about the intakes and all the aircraft ive checked I've finally come up with a way to enlarge them ..ive widened the original intakes by 4mm .
So now they'll still look like Buccaneer intakes but taller 

Looking forward to seeing it!

Me to Ken ...im really enjoying how this is turning out 

I'm always willing to help out a friend!   

😆 🤣  damn right about that 
The new intakes do look pretty good ..bigger for sure but still have the look of the Buccaneer 

If you don't post a pic it never happened.......

If my internet speeds up abit then it's possible I'll post a update ...I had a wee mini disaster with the nose cone and I'm now reshaping it..well not reshaping..more rebuilding it ..I epoxied it last night so it's good to go now for sanding 

Sounds like it inadvertently impacted a nonmovable surface during a vertical acceleration.

Nope 😄
It's very strange actually bud ...I used air rifle pellets in the nose cone as weights ..nothing new or strange about that...and I used this cheap nasty CA glue to make say put ..nothing new or strange there either..done that many times too .
What I noticed was a dent in plastic which I thought was weird and when I pushed it ..it was very soft ...some how the CA was softening the plastic..it's never done that before..so I cut it out and the more I cut the less nose cone was there 😅
Weird that huh? 🤔 😅
So Tamiya epoxy putty has been doing it's job..so far it's going well 👌

I had that happen with lead shot and CA. But only one time out of many. Weird.

This has me thinking mate ..im wondering if it something to do with that plastic Airfix use.
I'm wondering this because I've done this many times with brands like Monogram.  Revell..Hasegawa and so on but not Airfix..im pretty certain I've never built a 48th scale Airfix kit before..before this one anyway also this is 30yrs old too and I did notice how soft this plastic is.
So that got the thinking going.

Organic chemistry. That way lies madness!

That I'd bet on 
Whatever it was I think ive got it beat now ..it's epoxied and Tamiya puttyed with the white ..sanded smooth ..it's getting very close to slapping it togetherish..then painting .
Still want a desert scheme but not pink..I fecking hate pink..don't want US desert sand as it's to bright ..but with a black primer and light coats I might be able to get it darker ..adding white might not go well 😕

[kerick]

Add a little brown or grey?

[Wardukw]

Add a little brown or grey?

Ken..remember I'm 3/4 colour blind so I gotta stick to easy stuff 
I picked up 3 Tamiya paints today..desert sand..dark yellow and dark yellow 2 ...figuring those 3 combined layer apon layer could give a half-decent desert colour .
It's going to be primed in flat black and sprayed lightly so the black will create depth .

[kerick]

Sounds like a plan to me!

[Wardukw]

Hoping it's a good one .

[Rick Lowe]

A friend recommended adding cream to lighten something, rather than white, as it makes a 'warmer' tone. FWIW

[Charlie_c67]

Did this get any further/finished?

As to engine choice, there's a ready made drop in in the form of a developed De Havilland Gyron in place of the piffling junior's.

[Wardukw]

Did this get any further/finished?

As to engine choice, there's a ready made drop in in the form of a developed De Havilland Gyron in place of the piffling junior's.

Your timing is pretty good mate   
I actually threw paint at this yesterday 😅
Would have been more paint today but the RW intervened and interrupted my plans ...sadly the next two days are going to be much the same .
But this ain't dead or forgotten..ie..shelf queen   

[Charlie_c67]

That's good to hear. Hopefully you'll be able to squeak it in on the last day of the year

[Wardukw]

That's good to hear. Hopefully you'll be able to squeak it in on the last day of the year

Charlie mate that's possible but I would say something about that not holding your breath thingy 😉 😜
There's still quite abit to do and that end of the yr thing is coming close ..48rs I think or something like that 🤔 😅

[Wardukw]

As i mentioned in a previous post ,,the CA pretty much ate the plastic on the nose of this bird ,,,damn near completely destroying it  which did complicate matters some what 
Well after quite a bit of work i got it sorted to the point where im happy with it ...would have been even more happier if it hadnt happened at all 

Heres what the nose looked like after removing the super softened plastic .
DSCF4866 by Phill Harrison, on Flickr
And in these pics you can see what tit looks like now ..
DSCF4892 by Phill Harrison, on Flickr
DSCF4893 by Phill Harrison, on Flickr
DSCF4894 by Phill Harrison, on Flickr
DSCF4895 by Phill Harrison, on Flickr
DSCF4896 by Phill Harrison, on Flickr
Oh theres also the rest of the build to look at too .

[Rick Lowe]

And that's easily sorted paint-wise, by making that part the radome, in black.

Coming along well, Phill.

[McColm]

Well done 

[Wardukw]

Thanks ya muchly gentlemens   
Next will be some good ol gloss varnish..decals and some weathering..gotta paint bits first of course then varnish