Fairey Barracuda Mk.II Special Hobby 2016 tool 2018 box
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48 27 July 2023, 10:17
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Made a start on this Special Hobby kit which has no resin or PE. The aircraft is deceptively big and has a lot of parts. Internals currently being put together/painted. 🙂
Welcome Carlo, pull up a seat! 👍
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13 August 2023, 16:23
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Good job so far, Guy. I am waiting on a painting mask before I finish painting my Barracuda! Way too many panels to mask by hand..
13 August 2023, 17:05
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Internal cockpit and rear areas now in ready for the fuselage to be glued together. 🙂
Thanks for your kind comment Gordon. I agree with you, masking is definitely required for this plane! 👍
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27 August 2023, 15:31
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Fuselage now together. Next will be the wings to put together. 🙂
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28 August 2023, 17:37
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Wings are now together. After quite a lot of sanding, I managed to fit in the holder for bombs/torpedo. Next will be to fit the final 2 side windows and then attach the wings. 🙂
29 August 2023, 15:03
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Wings and tailplane attached to fuselage. In the end I used superglue to attach them as the attachment parts are sparse to say the least. A fair amount of filler used but still needs to be sanded down. 🙂
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30 August 2023, 16:33
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Primer added and some pre-shading. First colour to be painted is dark slate grey. 🙂
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15 October 2023, 14:23
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Top of Barracuda painted with Dark Slate Grey and extra Dark Sea Grey. 🙂
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22 October 2023, 15:09
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Underside painted Vallejo Model Air sky. 🙂
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25 October 2023, 17:17
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Decals added to top and bottom of aircraft. Only a few more to add once the pieces are added. 🙂
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29 October 2023, 18:27
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Unusual undercarriage fitted. Arrester hook fitted, spans for tail fitted. 🙂
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5 November 2023, 17:17
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I declare this Fairey Barracuda completed. The aircraft denoted was with 810 NAS attached to HMS Illustrious in 1944. 🙂
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18 November 2023, 15:16
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20 November 2023, 17:13
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A Fairy Baccaruda (I can't say Barracuda)...as the song goes...
excellent result again Guy!!
21 November 2023, 10:42
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Very many thanks for your kind comments Bernd, Andy & Pietro. 👍
@Bernd: the build is ok apart from the wings which are a bit of a pain to attach. Also no direction pins and some of the transparencies I had to use transparent glue to simulate transparencies.
@Andy, I don't think Barracuda would work with this song.... 🙂
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23 November 2023, 17:06
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20 December 2023, 16:08
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21 December 2023, 16:09