I decant my Microset and Microsol into empty Tamiya thin cement bottles, appropriately cleaned and labelled first of course.

The tin with decals is a technique i used to use with wargaming figures banners back in the 90s in place of the paper ones typically provided. It can work quite well with care and could be used for RBF tags and similar things. The metal of drinks cans is probably fine enough.

With chubby fingers; I empathise as I have those days when your fingers will not do what they're told to do. This is an excellent build.

Good job Gary. I have used the foil from wine bottles to make seat belts and believe that the best part is step 1: open bottle of wine. 🙂

New tooling or old tooling…. Airfix will always be Airfix I feel.

The model will be arriving coming week. Certainly will check your videos to get some tips building it.

Gary, so nice to see that I'm not the only one that forgets things, and has difficulty with stubby fingers. I think it makes modelling so much more Fun!

I do have to confess, Gary. I watched you putting the seats into the cockpit and thought: "'Shouldn't you be doing the Seatbelts now, Gary? It's going to be a real awkward task in that narrow cockpit if you do it later on...." Buy you did make it work, even if your hair looks a little bit sparse, now! ;-)

That positive >click< as parts go together is very satisfying. With those small decals and the dry-brushing, that cockpit has come alive. I also use graphite dust/ground pencil lead very lightly to give just a hint of shine, showing wear. Looking forward to the turbojet. Nicely done!

Re painting. As I'm inclined to be a bit prone to overspill with a brush I'd be inclined to dry fit, say the seat parts first, mark the areas which would be glued eventually, then paint the rest before assembly. That way there's no glue on the contact surfaces, but you don't risk any overspill if you slip whilst painting.

So far so good! Wonderful build and great detail, keep up the good work!

Great work Gary. I felt for you with the straps but let’s face it, we’ve all done it.

Looks great Gary. Lots of tips there. Thanks for sharing. Happy days and model on! 😎🇨🇦

There used to be a test pilot on Phantoms at St Athan who used to arrive on camp in his 2CV ! With little half glasses and really unimposing but when he climbed into the cockpit ……. Wow could he throw a fighter jet around !

Great video .... looking forward to the rest ..

Great work garry amazing detail you have picked out im looking forward to seeing the rest of the build take care

Great job Gary, looking good. Will watching on as this build continues 👍

what a cracking job Gary !!!!! really looking forward to the next video !!!!! .....magic

What amazing cockpit detail

I'm glad it's not just me that's split micro set because the brush ferrule has caught on the neck of the bottle.

These are excellent!! My Missus just got me this for my birthday, looks like a fabulous kit of an outstanding Aircrafr so really want to do it justice, these videos are going to REALLY help with that. 👍

I love this machine, and I enjoy the calm way you build. I was holding my breath waiting to see the harnesses :)

Looking good so far.

Looks like a real nice kit. I kinda like that type of aircraft.. Low level attacker, that is manly.. Glad Airfix is doing these classic British things. Might not buy any, now, but i am glad they are around and Airfix is making money from them!

Got one of these coming from Airfix. Always good to see your vids Gary, I’ve watched since you were just an ordinary bloke, keep them coming you do a great job 👍

Lovley detail in the cockpit Gary dry brushing is one of my fav techniques :)

Fair play to you. Ithink l would have cried if I'd forgotten the seat belts

Lovely job Gary. Cockpit looks superb and appeared to be a really good fit. If the rest of the model turns out this good, it'll be a scorcher.

Hi Gary, I’m Kenny and I’ve just started watching your channel. For this I’m so sorry as the videos you produce are top notch 🤓 seriously I’m so impressed with content AND your presentation 🤩 I like how you record every comment on clicking bell, subscribing etc most just record it once and stick that recording on the end of each video which is, in my opinion, lazy. Your build videos are very interesting as you explain so much about the kit and the actual aircraft itself ie the ejection seats being offset to each other 😎 very informative of you and for me extremely interesting 🤓😎🤩 I also like how you show mistakes or fiddly bits with sausage fingers 😅🤣 I myself suffer badly with this and the fact I have hardly any feelings in my fingertips 😅 I also mainly build 1/35th WWII German armour, mainly Tiger I’s 😍 but I have a number of 1/32nd aircraft that I’m intending to build once I’ve built up my skills a bit more 🤓 mistakes or fudging can easily be hidden on an armour kit with a well placed tarpaulin or copious amounts of thick mud 😉 but with aircraft you have no such luxuries 😳🥴😔 anyway thank you very much for your wonderful channel, a breath of fresh air 😍😍😍 I wish you every success Gary you totally deserve it mate as all the hard work you do is very much appreciated 🙏😍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Enjoyable Gary listened as i glued myself to tank tracks . Regards Gav.

Great video and love the foil straps!

One thing missing from the cockpit is the sticky mess of broken chinagraph pencil leads and biscuit fragments on the floor.

Nice surprise.

My buccaneer turned up yesterday so following your build with interest. Good advice on the seat belts was wondering if i should get after market ones but not now. Thinking of getting remove before flight tag's as doing the folded version myself.

Gary we all make mistakes...Great build so far...............

Ah! Cool.. Model Minutes (Matt) uploaded a video to KZfaq yesterday interviewing Paramjit :)

AH...the Blackburn, NA 39, Buccaneer...I have 3 of them.(Corgi die cast in 1.72 scale) I made the Airfix kit when it was first issued. How much was it...I hear you ask... OK. It was as far as I recall, Airfix series 2. Which were a bit more expensive at 4/6d (Decimal translation = 22.5p) and the nose could be set sideways, the air brakes could be set at fully open and the wings had the folded option. Boring self endulgent stuff.... Living with spitting distance of the Hawker Siddley factory at Brough, East Yorkshire I often met people who built this 'Beast of Maritime aviation. And according to them...it was an absolute beast. Boring self indulgent stuff.... I had a metal staircase from the Buccaneer assembly jig which came in handy what I needed to replace my old slippery wooden and extremely perilous workshop staircase. FURTHER.... Freinds who were instructors in the training section at Brough...oversaw the refurbishment of the centre section on the 'Handley Page Halifax' that is on permanent display near York. There is only 1 aircraft that can replace the Buccaneer....and that's Another Buccaneer. Nice job on the build...and fine tribute to 'The boys' at Brough.

Hey Gary! GOOD JOB! I love it so far, I am a modelling obsess aswell if you class yourself as that! I have 3 waiting to be built! I love the instructions.

Nice work Gary👍👍We won't mention the seat harnesses.

11:50 I feel your pain - i'm forever knocking over my bottles of that stuff. The new humbrol paints look great and this build is gonna look so sweet when you've finished :)

That wine foil's gotta' be death to a blade.

Coming along nicely mate,great idea with the harness/straps,i've done the same with a flag on a T-34 i built. 👍

Hi Gary, the Buccaneer looks as if it is going to be a great huild, I will wait until the RAF version comes out, I can understand the reason behind the foil idea for the seat straps, looking forward to the next update, best regards from a Kiwi living in Australia.

So much work to do to get the cockpit right. Glad you were able to savage a win after the mistake. I had a plastic model of a Buccaneer as a young boy but nowhere near as detailed as this model will end up with. 😁

Very good work on the airfix 1/48 buccaneer it must be hard work building that model. Please do the airfix 1/72 spitfire mk.22.

Save the empty pots from the starter kits or buy some paint mixing pots and put your sol and set in these then if you knock them over it's not such a disaster.

I recommend watercolour brush pens for decal solution. Takes risk of spillage in use out of the equation.

Nice cockpit Gary it looks very fine. Your ejection seat handles are very nice as well, I can't ever get mine that evenly spaced. Gary do you think the seat harness decals will be ok just installing them straight on the seats? The canopy will be closed on mine.

I really enjoyed this Gary and you’ve done a super job. The Airfix plastic looks more like Kinetic now, has it changed?

Great build Gary! A couple of tips, artist's silver pencils or even HH leaded pencils work well for dry brushing. And for black areas I rub ground up HB pencil lead into the black coat which gives a worn metallic effect. As for the Microsol/set bottles they fit into the inner part of a Tamiya rattle-can lid which can be screwed into a piece of wood for stability. Looking forward to the next installment!

On the subject of the folding nose, it's a shame, but understandable as you say. However I wonder why they couldn't have said something like "if you have the nose folded, be sure to drill a hole in the bottom of the nose wheel and secure to a suitable base with wire to avoid tail sitting" Perhaps something that 3rd parties can offer a option for along with a representation of the radar unit.

Would very thin postcard work with the straps?

Gary do you know if the buccaneer had it's wepons loaded while the wings were folded as struggling to find any reference photo's that show this

I use Vallejo Acrylics but the paint strips off the plastic easily. Anyone know how to better adhere the paint to the plastic? I wash it with soapy water and let it dry for a day.

I got mine 2 weeks ago. they are missing sprue G and H. Apparently they shipped a lot of kits out like this.

Can i ask which washes you use please

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just built this kit. must say I wasn't very impressed with the way the nose/ cockpit section fitted to the rest of the fuselage seeing the price of this kit.