Miss Jolly Roger

[thierry laurent]

3 hours ago, Scotsman said:

The FOD option always seemed like a cop out but it does cut out a huge amount of work 

 

Wish I'd had had the guts to cut out the bomb bay to fit the insert , it would have save a LOT of sanding = As for the airbrake - Close it - otherwise you'll never finish the model!

Alas it is too late! I already made cuts in the rear fuselage !

[blackbetty]

tail has been affixed, some putty needed here

 

 

 

bottom, some gaps closed

 

 

 

[Guest]

Wow!  

 

So much faster than my stumbling efforts - Brilliant!

[Rockie Yarwood]

Great work! I just love the Buccaneer - sure wish someone would release a kit for us mere mortals!

[blackbetty]

some tape to not disturb adjacent areas while using (fine grade car) putty

 

 

 

 

 

[blackbetty]

putty/sand/putty/sand/repeat, then the first guidecoat

 

 

 

[LSP_Kevin]

Looking good, Karl!

 

Kev

[Troy Molitor]

I also agree.  Looks great.  

[blackbetty]

the fit of the wings is actually very nice

this thing is BIG and HEAVY

 

 

[Guest]

I built a cradle to hold the beast once it got to the stage it made a big difference when working on it - just a thought 

 

Oh and for the build - amazing progress!

[blackbetty]

Thanx Colin

i should have paid more attention to your build.....

after fitting the wings i just puttied the small seam, only to find out that the transition from wing to fuselage is very smooth. you cant really see where the fuse ends and the wing begins. so i had to rework that area

 

 

after removing of the tape:

 

hope that cuts it  

 

[viper]

She is looking very good indeed . Really ought to get around to my collection at some point 

[blackbetty]

that seems to be a little better

 

 

 

[blackbetty]

working on the main gearbays, not an easy task. its good they can hardly bee seen when the model rests on its legs

 

 

comparison shot to Dans Vigilante i got yesterday - what a monster!

i imagined the buc being smaler....

 

 

[blackbetty]

still more work on the gearbays. these are very hard to get reasonably correct, the castings are full of bubbles, so maybe i will remove some detail and scratch the parts

i also made a cut in front and rear of the revolving bombbay, it has a pretty prominent gap on the real thing