1/48 Airfix Buccaneer 

by Colin Whitehouse

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This is a model of a scene where the last Buccaneer was shot from the waist catapult of HMS Ark Royal in 1978. The Buccaneer is one of my favourite planes and is a shape you can only really enjoy as a model due to the subtle contours of the Area ruled fuselage.

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The kit was built out of the box with decals from 3 Guys. Crew were from Hasegawa's deck crew set as were the deck crew figures. The base is a sheet of acrylic with the hole for the JBD cut out and detail scratch built with scrap.

There has been a lot of criticism of this kit but I loved it and have another 3 in the stash for my old age.

Colin

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Photos and text © by Colin Whitehouse