Supermarine Attacker FB.2 (AZ Model)
This will be a good addition to my FAA collection - I'll be making the FB.2 version, not the prototype.
Typical AZ short run moulding from ten years ago or more.
I decided to fold the wings to give her a bit more pizzaz. Note the one piece resin cockpit/seat.
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.
Note where AZ tell you to put part number 10 and note the silhouette of the cockpit on it. Oops.
They tell you to put it here...
...when it actually has to go here.
AZ do not provide the boundary layer inlets, so I'll have to make them.
Don't you just love plastic styrene card? These pieces are 0.008" thick.
Not sure what happened here, but this is supposed to be the arresting hook bay. Ha! Guess I'll have to make that too!
The boundary layer inlets in place.
And with the main intake leading edge in place. The leading edge needs some cleaning up.
Out of the box on the left, after a little reworking on the right.
A little paint and some dry brushing and you'd never know it was one piece. Hope nobody looks real close.
The instrument panel from the Airwaves PE set, with instrument decals from the sticker box.
The two fuselage halves weren't the same height, but I added these spreaders to one side.
For some reason I want to paint this yellow and sing "Full speed ahead Mr. Boatswain, full speed ahead!"
But instead she'll get that loverly Extra Dark Sea Grey. And some Sky, of course.
Forgot the wings - here they are!
I covered up the nasty seam on the turtledeck (right behind the head rest) with some plastic card.
And some more plastic card to make and arresting hook bay.
A little Sky as a primer to see how bad my workmanship is. Uh, I found some things to fix!
Looks a little better than what I started with!
A resin K-14 gunsight is masquerading as a Mk.4E, which is what the Attacker used.
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.
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.
Adding photoetch vents and blending in the windscreen.
Some nice Gunze Extra Dark Sea Grey and some modulation with Dark Sea Grey.
Not too much to clean up once the tape is removed.
And to think this is related to a Spitfire...
Stickers! From an old Modeldecal sheet. Also, some chromate yellow at the wing fold.
Can't miss those numbers.
Some post shading with Gunze Smoke Grey. Attackers didn't get very dirty - they weren't in service that long.
Alclad clear flat varnish tones things down nicely.
These radar altimeter antennae are extra parts from my CMR Sea Venom, and they're perfect for the Attacker.
Antennae are on, as well as rockets/pylons and deck landing sight on top of the nose.
The photoetch pieces sticking out of the nose look a bit odd, but they're authentic.
Exhaust tube is Alclad steel. Got to get the wing tips on next...
Finished!
Kommentare
1 18 November 2018, 23:04
Bill GilmanHi 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
Bill GilmanFinished! She doesn't look too bad after a bit of tarting up. Happy Holidays everyone! Cheers, Bill 🙂
23 December 2018, 15:28
Bernhard PetheI enjoyed the photos. From such a kit to conjure such a beautiful model, respect. 👍 Merry Christmas. 🙂
23 December 2018, 16:09
Roland SachsenhoferWhat a beautiful build- you did really adorable work on this masterpiece, again.....
23 December 2018, 17:31
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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.
