Blackburn Buccaneer S.Mk.I (Scale Resin)
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Nice box art from Scale Resin.
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Beautiful detail - the casting is exquisite. But...we'll see some issues later.
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Nice stickers, photoetch, and masks, but only one vac canopy. Hope I don't screw it up!
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Fuselage was removed from the blocks by CMR, leaving some nastiness to clean up.
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The bottom of the port wing fold needs to look like...
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...the bottom of the starboard wing fold. Break out the sanding sticks.
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Done! Just keep sanding until the resin gets paper thin and then disappears.
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Cockpit detail is really nice.
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What looks like a Martel TV screen is just the 1960s era radar.
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Almost cleaned up. You have to work on each area separately, and test fit like a madman.
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Colour PE! Too bad it's the wrong colour. Buccaneer pits were not Interior Grey Green!
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All you can do is paint over it with Dark Admiralty Grey - the correct colour.
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The detail really comes out after painting.
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Really nice.
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Port sidewall.
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Starboard sidewall.
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The top of the front wheel well will need to be sanded down a bit in order to make the cockpit fit.
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Check out the PE on the front port console - it's a Ninja Frisbee of Death! Throw it at your adversary when you're out of ammo.
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Seats will need to be modified in order to be correctly offset from each other. I had to do this on the older S.Mk.2 kit too.
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I added some blanks to ensure the exhaust cans did not fall into the fuselage.
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Cockpit coming alive with PE, detail painting, decals, and a wash.
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The white switches add a nice contrast.
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Everything fits well after some sanding. This "modify to fit" phase was minimal.
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I think it looks quite nice.
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CMR recommends 27 g of weight up front - I added 30 g to be on the safe side.
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Next step in closing the fuselage is to tape everything together.
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I'll work on one area at a time, removing the tape and applying CA to the seam with a scalpel blade. This allows each area to be aligned before moving on to the next area.
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Once the fuselage is together, I applied some putty to smooth the seams. The large area in front of the intake will actually be hidden by the intake cone, but I filled the defect anyway.
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Starboard side fit much better, remember all of the casting block clean up was on the port side.
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Landing gear doors have a really nice, thin lip around the edge, just like the real thing.
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However, a portion of the casting block remains on the outside, and it will need to be removed.
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Bomb bay added. I wish they had designed the model so this could rotate like the real thing!
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Interior of intakes painted with a metallic brown to mimic the resin used.
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Engine faces ready for installation at the rear of the intakes.
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The brick has legs. The black resin is much stronger and won't sag or deform over time.
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The vertical and horizontal tail pieces fit reasonably well. I painted some areas to see if more work is needed.
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Air brake strakes are "wafer thin!" Very delicate and easy to damage.
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Removing the reinforcing plate for the carrier trials aircraft - quite nerve-wracking!
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She's ready for primer!
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And she looks much better with a coat of paint.
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Now it's time to check all the seams...
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...and do some additional inscribing of panel lines. Then she will get her final coat of white.
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The demister on the windscreen was not moulded well, so I removed it and will replace with photoetch.
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Adding some detail painting to the coaming before the windscreen goes on.
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Blending the windscreen to the fuselage with some spackle.
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It smoothes out with a dampened paintbrush.
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Finally some anti-flash white!
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Light Admiralty Grey (I used Gunze H417) in the gear and bomb bays.
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Transfers applied, but I think it is too much monotone - it's all white!
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A light grey wash was used to break up all of the white - more work to do here!
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A darker grey wash used in the bays.
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Detail painting in the radar section of the front fuselage.
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The oil-based protective layer applied to the air brakes during carrier trials was simulated with Gunze H344.
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Seat modification to permit the lateral offset seen in Buccaneer cockpits.
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Hey, let's put the rest of this thing together!
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Martin Baker bang seats ready to go.
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Concrete practice bombs mounted in the bomb bay.
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Photoetch support member added to aft end of lower fuselage.
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I shortened the jury struts so the angle of the folded wings is better.
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Comments
6 September 2016, 17:44
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Ik read the reviews, in this pictures it looks jawdropping!
6 September 2016, 17:55
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Gobsmacking it is! The cast detail is incredibly crisp, especially for 1:72 scale. Really well done.
6 September 2016, 18:09
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incredible! Plenty of details on the resin- and on your work you did in the cockpit! That will be another inspiring beauty I am sure!
I will follow with interest!
6 September 2016, 19:27
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Thanks mates! It's coming along pretty good so far. I'll have some more pictures soon.
6 September 2016, 23:45
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What a interesting resin kit! Nice job Bill, So far! Can't wait for the rest!
7 September 2016, 08:44
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Oh a Buccaneer, Uncle Bill? Looks like a yummie build. I´ll take a seat here!😢
7 September 2016, 09:46
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seems like a mighty nice kit... beautiful work to. How do you glue the fuselage halves? Have a few resin kits myself but I always hesitate to start these... Is it better to use cyano, or 2 component glue?
7 September 2016, 14:53
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I've added some new photos, the fuselage is closed and now I'll start working on adding the tail. Cheers!
7 September 2016, 14:56
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Hi Bart, I use superglue (CA adhesive) unless the fit is really bad, then I will go to 2-part 5 minute epoxy. This one fit pretty good, so superglue was all that was used.
It's almost impossible to use superglue and glue the entire fuselage together at once, so I tape it together first, then work on one area at a time, first removing the tape and then applying the superglue into the seam with a #11 scalpel blade (since the rest of the fuselage is still taped together, you can't spread the seam apart much, so a thin blade is perfect to get the glue in.) Then I move on to the next area, eventually working my way all around the fuselage. Hope I explained that OK! 🙂
7 September 2016, 15:01
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Hi mates, I've added some more pictures of the Buccaneer S.1. I've advanced to the stage where she is primed and almost ready for her coat of white. The overall white scheme carried by the aircraft used for the carrier trials aboard HMS Ark Royal is quite distinctive, and will make a nice contrast with the rest of my FAA models, which are mostly all Extra Dark Sea Grey. The instruction booklet says to use Titanium White as the colour, but I'm wondering if it should perhaps be Anti-flash White. Maybe they're the same? Cheers, Bill
22 September 2016, 14:58
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Oh yes! I like that bird already... looks quite promising
23 September 2016, 06:22
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Lots of progress on the Brick - I think she looks pretty good in her coat of anti-flash white. It's certainly a scheme not often seen on a Buccaneer. Not much more left to do! Cheers, Bill
12 November 2016, 18:26
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Reading about this build has been fascinating, so thanks for adding comments to each photo. Note to self, 'don't do a resin kit' - I haven't your patience.
13 November 2016, 08:36
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Tha's done a reet crackin' job on thy Bucc, our Bill (let's see Google try and translate THAT from Blackburn!). Seriously, as beautifully hand-built as the real thing (and they say the real thing was hand-built because some of the design tolerances were so tight/poor, they literally hammered bits into place at the factory!). Great stuff as always Bill!
13 November 2016, 10:40
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Wonderful finish and excellent work, one if not the best you have build so far 👍 I take my hat off you Bill.
13 November 2016, 18:00
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Sed non possum amplius partes. EGO coniecto ut suus 'perfectus est! (Well, I can't find any more parts. I guess that means it's finished!) Another one for the display case - lots of photos added. I especially like the ones at the end of the album with the S.1 and S.2B together. Blackburn's finest! Cheers, Bill
13 November 2016, 20:02
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Impresive, very nice fine work. I find the work very neat and very real. The neatness and lines very smooth, my regrards!
13 November 2016, 23:03
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Bloody marvelous mate! Any 1:72 kit that falls into your lap turns out to be a show stopper when you're done with it, just the way we're spoiled to see from you as usual...
13 November 2016, 23:07
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Another beauty Bill!
I really hope that we will see the new Brick from Tan soon!
14 November 2016, 07:17
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Great work Bill! I will use your model as inspiration to try to start mine S.Mk.2B from CMR.
14 November 2016, 12:36
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So nice Bill 👍 👍 👍 !!! And nice pictures from Bucaneer production... It's a factory like...
19 November 2016, 18:28
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Unbeliveable thatvI missed till now. Brilliant work as always Bill.
19 November 2016, 19:47
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Thanks guys, I have to change the jury struts though - they're too long and consequently the wings aren't angled in enough. The wing tips should be closer at the top. That's what I get for using the struts that came with the S.2 kit, and copying them for the S.1. As they are, they're 18mm long, and they should be 12-13mm.
20 November 2016, 01:02
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I'm not sure Bill, bughunter, Mike Grant, Christian, etc. Should be allowed to post updates to their albums on the same day... my heart (and confidence) can only take so much. I'm gonna flag this issue for Tim...
13 November 2018, 00:41
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Awesome! When will they release an injected one? Do you read us Airfix?😉
13 November 2018, 09:12
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Bill, Congratulation to this model! This is not my topic, but what you have created out of this resin cast blocks is unbelievable 👍 I was not aware of this jet, until Greg want to ask Tim to ban us, so we have to sync our update in future 🙂 Thanks Greg for the hint!
14 November 2018, 17:44
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Thanks mates! I'm think I'm starting to get the hang of building these model kits. 🙂 🙂 🙂
14 November 2018, 23:56
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Gorgeouossss. Well done mate. What a fab kit. What a great job. Thats gone on the wishlist!
15 November 2018, 00:48
Album info
This is the new Scale Resin kit from CMR Moulding & Casting. Having also built CMR's S.Mk.2 Buccaneer I can say that this is all new tooling, and not an adaptation of the older kit. This one is better detailed, but some parts suffer from some awkward attachment points to the pour block, which the older kit didn't have. Nothing that can't be dealt with however.