PanzerWomble

Looking good .

It's a good kit with no real vices . I found the canopy needed a bit of extra "fitting" on the one I did last month , other than that typical Tammy offering .

Thud's muvver ... Always makes me think this aircraft started production only 5 years after they stopped making Thunderbolts. These days takes that long just to complete the feasibility study .

Preferred the original Cannibal Holocaust , that is a real class film 🤮

Didn't they eat each other or was that another film ?

He was one of a kind ......& like them all died way too young .. .. seems like a cue for the second track of the album ...

Thanks peeps I really need to get around actually finish this !

A bit old now but this Japanese film I enjoyed a lot , paints Yamamoto as being driven into war by internal political forces against his better judgement . One can argue the veracity or enjoy the action

The missile sneakered up on it !!!!! I'll get my coat .

Fun fact - Viv Stanshall grew up in Shillingford , which is where we used to live till last year.

So apart from the EE Lightning being the finest fighter ever for shure., I have a soft spot for the old Widowmaker. Back ...no ...........way back when ...no even further back please ......, in my trippy dippy psychedelic youth , my love of prog rock was strong , and this particular album has happy memories . As far as I know it's the only album soley dedicated to an aircraft model ( don't correct me if I'm wrong) , Linky link .......so for your delight and delectation , please join me down the rabbit hole of 1974 and the magnificence of Bob Calvert's / Hawkwind's meanderings .... or just sit along for a build log and ignore the music ...it probably hasn't dated well. . Either way I'll be singing along . Enjoy ... or not .... Laterz

The Revell turned up , it was a complete Richard III ...not worth a tube of glue TBH ....so flashed out for the Hasegawa instead ...equally old but probably a better base.......... yes......... will be buying the Italeri by next Friday no doubt.

I built the same old kit 20 years ago with my young son ( his choice) , it was completely unmemorable . Here is current red peril pencil I'll use as a base. When it gets delivered thought the interwebs from Ebay land , we will commence.

So ...in an alternative universe I thought I'd join a what if GB...and so will share it over here as well as I don't build LSPs much . Cheers Following the 1957 Defence White Paper’s cancellation of manned aircraft development by the ridiculous Duncan Sandys, (Defence Secretary at the time), many promising UK aircraft projects came to a close. As well as wholesale project cancellations, the forced mergers in the UK aircraft industry resulted in English Electric going bankrupt despite having good order books for both Canberra and formally the Lightning. By 1960 the policy of “no manned aircraft” is looking increasingly pointless, and the UK is forced to re-evalute. Industrial espionage by Lockheed, (namely by taking the infamous ‘headless man” pictures from the Duchess of Argyles dubious afternoon activities), then blackmailing Sandys into forcing through a multimillion pound deal to buy 300 of the F104 E (English) for the RAF . Using a licence built J79 (as a slap to RR), although with the new Red Top missiles developed for the cancelled Lighting, they entered service in 1964, just 12 months after Starfighters were withdrawn from frontline US service. A step advance over the Gloster Javelin, the 104’s problems of stability and high accident rate also dogged the UK’s fleet. Eric Brown described the Starfighter as a hot ship, that "has to be flown every inch of the way", but recommended developing the supersonic Buccaneer II instead. In service they became known as the 'Jinx Jet' . Various upgrades came as Lockheed developed the G variant, and later, the proposed purchase of F111’s were intended to replace what had been the short term ‘interceptor problem’. With F111’s also cancelled in 1970, 104E’s soldiered onto into the early 1980’s when they were phased out in favour of UK spec F15s. It remains one of the UK’s worst procurement fiascos up until the recent decision to buy the F35 …another Lockheed “one size, fits no one, and costs way too much” effort. As this is a fun / silly build I have forked out for the cheapest lawn dart as opposed to the Italeri offering, it will be OOB, no AM lipstick for this pig, markings will be masked, and missiles made. Laterz PW

Same tool as I built for the Doolittle raider , used a huge amount of noise weight

I remember reading that the Icelandic models buccaneer was something like 9kgs of resin 😢

She's a big bird for sure , you're getting your exercise in moving all that resin around. 😀

Ok cockpit is now in , fuse in one part , did painting it separately help ....maybe ? Wasn't left with the idea "OMG this is a best method." Remedial filling spraying now done, black spine and tail on . Light black flory wash on to give it a used look and highlight some panel lines. Using tape to remove some of the paint , has given a water damaged aluminium look as per below ? So ,,,,,decals , wings, weapons , wheels and then done .

Domeskis .... meanwhile Lighting is in one part .....