Shot of few of the bits from the kit





And the NeOmega resin cockpit







And the photo etched details



Made some masks out of paper



Temporarily assembled the body to do the cammo, this will need to come apart again to fit the cockpit



paint arrived, so gave the plane a coat of the raf grey

then applied the maskol usuing a brush by hand





let dry then applied the raf green



let that dry then started to peel off the maskol, this was incredibly satisfying



maskol off

using maskol to mask!

it's a long time since i've seen someone do that. I used it a lot many years ago when i was doing 1/72.

do you often use maskol?

and do you like it or is itjust a fast solution?

iv tried most methods, this is one of my favourites still, as long as you take your time with it you can get a good effect, my issue with using a mask and spraying is you get a feathered edge which can look ok, but in my opinion isnt realistic

Weathered, got to pull it all apart again now and do the cockpit



will be reassembled tighter with less gaps when permanent

got some of the neomega cockpit done tonight







might have this finished tomorrow

ok more stuff, the details of this cockpit are really good when used with photo etched details





in the cockpit bath tub





cockpit bathtub in the plane, you can see the walls of the cockpit in this pic, this is also a replacement of the standard parts, modification of the insides of the shell were required to fit these





plane partly reassembled again

WOW

Interesting technique that you have there when I wouldn't even contemplate painting and weathering the Bucc until I had it all together and closed up. Mind you when I did my kit the fit was terrible as you can see from the full full build log of my attempt Here

Good work Sir I love the seats awesome

thanks for the comments

more updates, parts fitted, meant to paint the wing edges silver, but i painted and wasnt happy, so i tried tin foil instead and after weathring looks great



Also got the airbrake done and weathered





Overall so far

plane has feet, although iv only stuck one gear door on

Great looking build. The Buccaneer is a cool looking plane!

Great work Steve, the camo came out great. I've not used Maskol before but I've been considering it for my Hind to cover some hard to mask spots.

How quickly do you peel it off after painting?

about 90 mins however you can leave the maskol on for 3 days so it doesnt really matter.

iv improved the silver wing edges now so hopefully will have some pics of that later

Great work mate! Got one of each of the Airfix Buccaneers sitting and waiting for some attention...

finished the canopy for the cockpit



also improved the wing edge silver bits