Thanks... I keep all the rubber bands that arrive in the mail or shopping... they become very useful. Pegs are invaluable. Bugger the washing.

Great to have you back in the hobby mate.

Thanks Matt

Thanks Aaron. I did finish the build and scratch work on the folding wings, but still need to paint it.

Yes it is... new mould Airfix are a joy to build

Thanks Lance

It’s a great kit Alex... I’m sure you will do a superb effort.

Thanks Bill

Thanks Gavin

Yes it is an easy build and well designed.

You should enjoy it... very nicely moulded and fits well

Hope they made Sea Vixen in 72th someday. Love those British Cold War machines.

Thanks matey... should have the paint on next month

@@HarryHoudiniModels you're welcome. Cool

Sure is one sexy bird

Thanks matey

Fit was very good. Hardly used any filler

Thanks Angus

Thanks Andrew

It’s a long cry from 20th Century Airfix kits, and that’s a good thing

You can see my face? Bugger I forgot my makeup

@@HarryHoudiniModels Oh dear....forgetting to put ones face on is never good mate, it's gonna ruin your whole day now! 😳😲😉😆😂

I’m sure you will enjoy the build, as I did.

@@HarryHoudiniModels just finished it! really enjoyed it but watch out for the canopy! it's way to big to sit properly managed to crack mine whilst trimming it down! :( i'll have a video up shortly if anyone's interested!?

Hope you enjoy it!

Ah yes that sounds familiar... thanks

@@HarryHoudiniModels I wasn't really interested in getting one of these until I saw this. It looks great.

Hope you enjoyed it. Still haven’t painted mine.

@@HarryHoudiniModels so many projects, so little time.

Yep ain't that the truth!

Thanks for the feedback

Happy to share matey

Glad you like it John

Thanks Thomas.. it's a great kit

Thanks, will do!

I hope to get to that during this lockdown... but clients keep sending me work! It’s on my list.

Thanks matey

The problem when Bask makes chicken soup, is she eats the bird, so all I get is warm chicken flavoured water!

It is nicely engineered and apparently quite accurate

It’s a great build.... must get around to painting mine one day

Still need to make that and paint it…

I think it is!

On my list to get back to… moved house so that kit was reboxed to travel then forgot about. I did a lot more on it. There is an album of photos on my Facebook page.

Yes it is…

@@HarryHoudiniModels thanks looking to build this kit or at least add it to the stash :)

I covered the few potential problems, nothing major, the kit fits very well. It just needs some planning with painting as I explained.

Airfix did make a 1:48 kit back then but it’s chalk and cheese compared to the quality and fit of this new one. They brought out a 1:72 Blenheim then months later released and up scale 1:48 kit last year. I reviewed that one. Since they now design with CAD it’s not too hard to scale up and add detail for bigger moulds. Cross fingers for a 1:48 Buck soon.

Thanks for the info Harry, It would be great to have a decent 1/48 buccaneer, Or have a 1/48 Gannet.

@@philevans5390 the 1/48 buccaneer can be made onto a nice model with some aftermarket resin parts and some light rescribing of pannel lines it's not too bad a kit

I don’t think I’ve ever seen ejector seat handles on an Airfix kit, at least not 1:72. I’ll add aftermarket ones or make some later. Things like that I won’t add now, because I’m more than likely to knock or break them off while working on the model.

The 1/72 lightening has ejection handles 👍🏻

Well there you go. I checked my Lightning kit and you are right. So I checked my Harriers and Skyhawk kits, all recently tooled, but no grab handle for the ejector seat. Must be a new thing for Airfix.

The Harrier MB seats didn't have handles but the American seats on the Skyhawk did have them..

I’m no expert but obviously the tail hook would be removed. My research showed they looked pretty identical apart from that. Best find a photo of what you want to build and compare, maybe some ariels may be different?

@@HarryHoudiniModels Correction, my father used to work on Buccaneers when the Royal Air Force had them as the MK.2B version for the RAFs Maritime Strike requirement. He was with 12 Sqn based at RAF Honington, Englad along with 208Sqn before they moved to RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland. The RAF Buccaneers were the Mk.2C variants taken from the Royal Navy and were modified with Bomb Bay door fuel tanks to extend the range so the belly looks bigger. So if there is an additional more ballooned shaped bomb bay door in the kit not mentioned in the instructions, Id say you can do an RAF Bucc but no doubt Airfix will re-release the kit as a Mk.2B with RAF markings. The RAF did retain the tail hooks as they were handy for field arrested landings for instance if a tire blew or brake failure. Another modification was that the wing fold hinge access panels on both top and bottom of the wings were removed by ground engineers as they actually became more labour intensive during RAF service as they weren't used so often as they needed to be inspected more often to ensure they would still work. Of course the wing fold was used even on land 1 to maximise hangar space and flightline space and 2 just to keep the system operating. Hope this helps.

Good to know.. thanks.. strange how they kept the tail hook?

@@HarryHoudiniModels Actually a lot of land based aircraft, mainly fighters, have a tail hook of some description but are only used for emergency landings and they are not anywhere near as robust as those fitted to Naval aircraft as the stopping distances aren't as short for land based jets. F-16s, F-15s, Tornados, Jaguars, Rafale, Mirage etc all have lightweight tailhooks to engage cables located at the ends of runways which are operated on a drum and pulley system to disipate the energy from the jet. So it made more sense to retain the hook on the Buccaneer for land ops than to remove it and have to redesign a new one anyway. Carrier based arresting equipment is more robust and is adjusted according to the weight of the aircraft about to land on the deck. For example the weight of a French Navy Rafale is a lot lighter than that of a US Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet therefore the arresting cables would be weighted/calibrated for the weight of either based on the amount pressure stored in the pistons used to slow the rate of deceleration. Of course the alternative to a cable arrested landing is flying into a rigged barricade but that's a last resort if the hook is disabled or the crew are injured as it damages the aircraft causing millions of dollars of damage.

Yes it is William

Clearly not out yet. Part one comes first then later part 2. That's how that works...

Part 2 will be out when I get some free time in the holiday break

Yep, that's how I have it. Thanks

I think he's being pedantic because you said it was to put it in a hanger lol.

You have hangers below decks too.

Yep...

Yep in part 2 as I explained at the end of the video.

How come so many are confused as to how a mutipart video series works?

You buccan wally LOL

Ah yes of course... I’m getting old my mind forgets the simplest of things.. thanks

I usually do a cold voice over the video for the most part, with only music for the speeded up time lapses or the hero shots at the end. This one was an experiment with a background tune. I may not do it again.

Some of the old Airfix moulds are getting pretty dreadful and the engineering is very outdated, even though they rebox them in the new Red Boxes so they look like new kits. Airfix was taken to task about this and has started adding a mould date / release date to boxes now. I would always check on Scalemates to see if it's really an old 50's or 60's kit in a new box before buying. scalemates.com

@@HarryHoudiniModels wow. that website is awsome.. just looked it was first tooled in 1978! and reboxed 7 times... anyway avoid it at all cost. there is hardly any parts in it. and like i said terrible quality. - A50097. thanks though appreciate it and will certainly be using that site again.

Ryan Flood revel mosquito is a load of wank aswell 😂

That's an old kit, the one Harry is building is brand new. The revell mosquito is just as old and just as bad but for some reason people only knock airfix for re releasing old kits when they all do it. If you insist on buying kits without using Google first you will be disappointed sometimes regardless of who you buy the kit from.

You’ll be pleased to hear Airfix just announced a brand new mould Vulcan yesterday. Which going by the quality of their new kits, like the Buccaneer, should be excellent. It is sad they sell the very old mould kits in new boxes, which can be disappointing if you don’t do your research before buying. But if you still want a Vulcan, watch out for Airfix’s release date of the new kit.