Blackburn Buccaneer S.Mk.I (Scale Resin)

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September 6, 2016
Nice box art from Scale Resin.
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September 6, 2016
Beautiful detail - the casting is exquisite. But...we'll see some issues later.
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September 6, 2016
Nice stickers, photoetch, and masks, but only one vac canopy. Hope I don't screw it up!
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September 6, 2016
Fuselage was removed from the blocks by CMR, leaving some nastiness to clean up.
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September 6, 2016
The bottom of the port wing fold needs to look like...
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September 6, 2016
...the bottom of the starboard wing fold. Break out the sanding sticks.
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September 6, 2016
Done! Just keep sanding until the resin gets paper thin and then disappears.
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September 6, 2016
Cockpit detail is really nice.
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September 6, 2016
What looks like a Martel TV screen is just the 1960s era radar.
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September 6, 2016
Almost cleaned up. You have to work on each area separately, and test fit like a madman.
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September 6, 2016
Colour PE! Too bad it's the wrong colour. Buccaneer pits were not Interior Grey Green!
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September 6, 2016
All you can do is paint over it with Dark Admiralty Grey - the correct colour.
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September 6, 2016
The detail really comes out after painting.
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September 6, 2016
Really nice.
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Port sidewall.
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Starboard sidewall.
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September 6, 2016
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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September 6, 2016
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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September 6, 2016
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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September 6, 2016
I added some blanks to ensure the exhaust cans did not fall into the fuselage.
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September 6, 2016
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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September 6, 2016
Everything fits well after some sanding. This "modify to fit" phase was minimal.
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September 6, 2016
I think it looks quite nice.
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September 7, 2016
CMR recommends 27 g of weight up front - I added 30 g to be on the safe side.
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September 7, 2016
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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September 7, 2016
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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September 7, 2016
Starboard side fit much better, remember all of the casting block clean up was on the port side.
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September 7, 2016
Landing gear doors have a really nice, thin lip around the edge, just like the real thing.
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September 7, 2016
However, a portion of the casting block remains on the outside, and it will need to be removed.
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September 22, 2016
Bomb bay added. I wish they had designed the model so this could rotate like the real thing!
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September 22, 2016
Interior of intakes painted with a metallic brown to mimic the resin used.
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September 22, 2016
Engine faces ready for installation at the rear of the intakes.
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September 22, 2016
The brick has legs. The black resin is much stronger and won't sag or deform over time.
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September 22, 2016
The vertical and horizontal tail pieces fit reasonably well. I painted some areas to see if more work is needed.
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September 22, 2016
Air brake strakes are "wafer thin!" Very delicate and easy to damage.
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September 22, 2016
Removing the reinforcing plate for the carrier trials aircraft - quite nerve-wracking!
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September 22, 2016
She's ready for primer!
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September 22, 2016
And she looks much better with a coat of paint.
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September 22, 2016
Now it's time to check all the seams...
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September 22, 2016
...and do some additional inscribing of panel lines. Then she will get her final coat of white.
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November 12, 2016
The demister on the windscreen was not moulded well, so I removed it and will replace with photoetch.
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November 12, 2016
Adding some detail painting to the coaming before the windscreen goes on.
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November 12, 2016
Blending the windscreen to the fuselage with some spackle.
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November 12, 2016
It smoothes out with a dampened paintbrush.
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November 12, 2016
Finally some anti-flash white!
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November 12, 2016
Light Admiralty Grey (I used Gunze H417) in the gear and bomb bays.
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November 12, 2016
Transfers applied, but I think it is too much monotone - it's all white!
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November 12, 2016
A light grey wash was used to break up all of the white - more work to do here!
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November 12, 2016
A darker grey wash used in the bays.
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November 12, 2016
Detail painting in the radar section of the front fuselage.
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November 12, 2016
The oil-based protective layer applied to the air brakes during carrier trials was simulated with Gunze H344.
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November 12, 2016
Seat modification to permit the lateral offset seen in Buccaneer cockpits.
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November 12, 2016
Hey, let's put the rest of this thing together!
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November 12, 2016
Martin Baker bang seats ready to go.
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November 12, 2016
Concrete practice bombs mounted in the bomb bay.
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November 12, 2016
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

Patrick Hagelstein
Ik read the reviews, in this pictures it looks jawdropping!

6 September 2016, 17:55

Bill Gilman
Gobsmacking it is! The cast detail is incredibly crisp, especially for 1:72 scale. Really well done.

6 September 2016, 18:09

Roland Sachsenhofer
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

Dave Flitton
Following!!!!

6 September 2016, 20:00

Łukasz Gliński
Great kit and great review/walkthrough - following

6 September 2016, 20:07

Stefan Schacht
great start, count me in.

6 September 2016, 21:05

Bill Gilman
Thanks mates! It's coming along pretty good so far. I'll have some more pictures soon.

6 September 2016, 23:45

Es-haq Khosravi
What a interesting resin kit! Nice job Bill, So far! Can't wait for the rest!

7 September 2016, 08:44

Holger Kranich
Oh a Buccaneer, Uncle Bill? Looks like a yummie build. I´ll take a seat here!😢

7 September 2016, 09:46

Adam Gudynowski
A lot of resin 🙂

7 September 2016, 09:51

Bill Gilman
You can never have too much resin! 🙂 🙂

7 September 2016, 14:27

Dave Flitton
🙂

7 September 2016, 14:41

Bart Goesaert
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

Bill Gilman
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

Bill Gilman
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

Bart Goesaert
Thx for the explanation, will give it a try soon...

7 September 2016, 15:06

Ekki
Following!

7 September 2016, 16:32

Bill Gilman
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

Ingmar Stöhr
looking nice! Very clean and crisp!

22 September 2016, 19:39

Roland Sachsenhofer
Oh yes! I like that bird already... looks quite promising

23 September 2016, 06:22

Augie
O#m so watching 🙂

16 October 2016, 08:29

Bill Gilman
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

Wilfried Bogaerts
Speechless, so wonderful ! 😮

12 November 2016, 18:44

Augie
Bill.. goddamn that looks bloody wonderful 🙂

12 November 2016, 20:55

Glenn
Another great build

13 November 2016, 00:45

Holger Kranich
This Buc is a beauty, Uncle Bill!

13 November 2016, 07:33

Roland Sachsenhofer
Simply wonderful -what an impressive build!

13 November 2016, 07:49

berni
Nice and perfect 👍

13 November 2016, 08:19

gorby
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

Christian Ristits
This one looks fantastic Bill!

13 November 2016, 09:05

Gerald
very nice 👍

13 November 2016, 09:21

David Thor
Lovely!

13 November 2016, 09:57

Patrick Hagelstein
Beautiful!!!....

13 November 2016, 10:18

Derek Huggett
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

Erik Leijdens
Fantastic Bill!

13 November 2016, 11:19

Stephan Ryll
Awsome work 👍

13 November 2016, 15:48

Christian Bruer
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

Bill Gilman
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

Christian Ristits
Beautiful!!!

13 November 2016, 20:07

Łukasz Gliński
That was quick, but the result is outstanding

13 November 2016, 21:39

Ingmar Stöhr
Beautiful white finish! Excellent work! Really like it! 👍

13 November 2016, 22:15

Marc A.
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

Urban Gardini
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

perry leung wai ho
Brilliant!

14 November 2016, 02:24

Kees Kleijwegt
Wow, that's an awesome Buccaneer! 👍

14 November 2016, 06:03

Ulf Petersen
What a wonderful Bucc, Bill!👍

14 November 2016, 06:16

Soeren R.
Another beauty Bill!
I really hope that we will see the new Brick from Tan soon!

14 November 2016, 07:17

Bart Goesaert
splendid work, and beautiful aircraft...

14 November 2016, 09:20

Tomas Zecha
Lovely !

14 November 2016, 09:45

Stefan Fraundorfer
What a great Buccaneer. You did a wonderful job.

14 November 2016, 10:17

Christian Keller
simply perfect...

14 November 2016, 12:25

Claudio Machado
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

Guus
Simply stunning.

14 November 2016, 14:08

Dave Flitton
Awesome as always!!

14 November 2016, 14:11

Ekki
Brilliant!

14 November 2016, 17:57

MRMLA
So nice Bill 👍 👍 👍 !!! And nice pictures from Bucaneer production... It's a factory like...

19 November 2016, 18:28

Christian Lehmann
Unbeliveable thatvI missed till now. Brilliant work as always Bill.

19 November 2016, 19:47

Eugen P.
This Bucc rocks!!

19 November 2016, 23:02

Bill Gilman
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

Jens
G E N I A L 👍 👍 👍

20 November 2016, 03:34

Michael Haslinger
Awesome!!!

20 November 2016, 05:52

Erik Houghton
You always do a bang up job Bill, no exception here 👍

20 November 2016, 11:23

Spanjaard
fantastic pair of birds, really well done.

20 November 2016, 11:29

arne vd burg
Wonderful build

20 November 2016, 13:20

Greg Baker
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

Patrick Hagelstein
😄 I feel you Greg....

13 November 2018, 04:44

Neuling
Super!

13 November 2018, 05:55

Olivier
Great pair of birds !

13 November 2018, 07:25

Ricardo Reis
Wow!!! Great build sir! 👍

13 November 2018, 07:36

Łukasz Gliński
Awesome! When will they release an injected one? Do you read us Airfix?😉

13 November 2018, 09:12

Roland Sachsenhofer
Most impressive! My congratulations to these gems, Bill!

13 November 2018, 20:22

Roberto Rocat
Beautiful. Bravo.

13 November 2018, 20:52

Martin von Schreckenstein
awesome work. this album is a pleasure

13 November 2018, 21:19

Bernhard Pethe
Great model, clean work! 👍

13 November 2018, 21:35

Gerald
👍

14 November 2018, 05:51

bughunter
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

Eugen P.
Awesome Bucc 👍

14 November 2018, 19:46

Bill Gilman
Thanks mates! I'm think I'm starting to get the hang of building these model kits. 🙂 🙂 🙂

14 November 2018, 23:56

Mike Daniels
Gorgeouossss. Well done mate. What a fab kit. What a great job. Thats gone on the wishlist!

15 November 2018, 00:48

Olivier
They make a great couple...

8 February 2019, 00:56

Cuajete
Well done. Nice couple. Congrats!

8 February 2019, 13:25

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.

Blackburn Buccaneer S.Mk.1

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Blackburn Buccaneer S Mk.1

Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm (1937-now)
No. 801 NAS XN934 117/R
February 1963 Shakedown Cruise (Carrier Deck Trials) - HMS Ark Royal
BS381C:640 FS17875

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