discussion Langy's Airfix 1/48 Buccaneer S.2B

[flyjoe180]

Hope you get the paint you need soon Chris, that first layer looks great.

 

[langy71]

Hope you get the paint you need soon Chris, that first layer looks great.

Paint was delivered today, so all being well I'll get back to this over the weekend...

 

[flyjoe180]

does this sound about right to those of you who can understand the mystical art that is involved with setting up a camera for taking better pictures than your phone does.)

I use my phone to take pictures of my models. You should be able to edit the photos on your phone or your computer. I find the colours are darker on the phone; without using too many functions as I am not a photographer and don't understand the myriad of options, I simply lighten the photo using exposure and brightness. It doesn't mess with the finished look of the paint work, but brings it to a more realistic hue

 

[John Race]

Interesting method of doing the basic paint Chris. That's a lot of hard work so far.
Matron went by as I typed; she looked interested !

 

[Jim R]

Looking good. That is a very interesting pre-shade approach.

 

[langy71]

Desert pink is now all done,
done a bit of post shading with buff to bring up the highlights, and completed most of the smaller detail painting...(although there's not much on a desert aircraft),
Applied a couple of coats of mr colour satin gloss ready for the few decals that these aircraft carried and then to start dirtying it down and begin work on the weathering..

oh, And I managed to drop it whilst manhandling it around masking the wing strips..(the silver bits), and broke off the end of the port wingtip, searched for ages trying to find it but to avail, so I'm gonna have to scratch a new bit.....damn and double damn..

 

[Steve-the-Duck]

That highlighting works a treat

 

[flyjoe180]

Very nice paint work Chris

 

[Darian Frey]

That's very nice indeed - I do like Gulf War birds, they all look very interesting in that desert pink.

 

[langy71]

And an update,

After sitting and looking at the overall colour this turned out, I decided I wasn't really happy with it,
so a quick paint order, a trip back to the shed /paint shop, a bit of a custom mix and I'm currently sitting with it coloured like this.

A lot closer looking to the various on line images I keep looking at.

If anybody is interested the colour mix I've used was MRP-185 and MRP-339... (20/25% of 185 added to around 75/80% of 339 with a couple extra drops of MRP 004 White to add a touch of flavour to the mix..lol)..
don't worry too much about getting the colour spot on as it's pretty much a 'best' guess with a random colour like this, also once you start applying washes and oil work it'll darken up a tad...




















This is the 'ball park' colour I was aiming for...

 

[flyjoe180]

Looks like you have nailed that desert pink shade, very nice work.

 

[langy71]

Cracking on now, decals applied,...(all 15 odd of them...lol and she's ready for another satin coat proir to some washes and oil work, also most of the weapons / dangly bits finished off.......

 

[Steve-the-Duck]

Another real 'plane detail, don't know if it's in the kit instructions, but most of the blade aerials have a thick black leading edge. This was actually Mastic, rather than paint, nominally to protect the poor erks who might knock their heads against them
Richard still has the scars to prove that!

 

[langy71]

Another real 'plane detail, don't know if it's in the kit instructions, but most of the blade aerials have a thick black leading edge. This was actually Mastic, rather than paint, nominally to protect the poor erks who might knock their heads against them
Richard still has the scars to prove that!

Funny you should say that as I've spotted it on loads of images, and yet the instructions say nothing about it...(amongst other things they missed).

I'm currently trying to work out the correct colour for the cover on the 'front and rear of the pod at the top of the vertical stab, Airfix say it's olive drab,but loads of images have it as a dark orangey red ish colour..

this bit...

(please note the last two images are the copyright of Graham Molineux and are only used here for reference.)



Actual images from 'guinness girl'

 

[Steve-the-Duck]

I'm sure Rick will know.
Also, he says the Mastic application was officially for radar absorbance!

 

[langy71]

Also, he says the Mastic application was officially for radar absorbance!

Stealth tech on a late 50's British Jet...... And the yanks think they invented it ... lol
I'm guessing they did this cause the vertical stab is about the only thing picked up on radar when flying at it's usual operational height...(about 10 feet A.S.L.)....

 

[yak face]

Fantastic work chris. , loving this . The paintwork looks great and this modern Airfix bucc looks a great kit . Ive done the earlier 1/48 and enjoyed it ( also in gulf colours ) but this one looks a lot more detailed in areas like the cockpit .

 

[HAWKERHUNTER]

I think your altered shade is better Chris. I was just looking on line and there are so many variants for this shade of paint. Model is looking great

 

[Steve-the-Duck]

The pod ends. Richard doesn't remember exactly (it was forty years ago!), but he reckons it's a dielectric aerial end, which looks reddish brown on grey ones, and later Gulf one. He seems to think it's fibreglass of some kind
But, olive drab definitely doesn't match the photos
Me, I'd do clear orange over grey. But that's perilously close to how I paint polished wooden props on my silver wings stuff!

Sorry we couldn't be more helpful

 

[langy71]

Fantastic work chris. , loving this . The paintwork looks great and this modern Airfix bucc looks a great kit . Ive done the earlier 1/48 and enjoyed it ( also in gulf colours ) but this one looks a lot more detailed in areas like the cockpit .

It's well worth a look at it, I've really enjoyed popping this together, no real issues..