Tag: Blackburn

• Blackburn Buccaneer – Part Five – The Exhibit

  

  You may wonder how Stein’s Air World museum can afford to get all these wonderful airplanes for display. The answer is simple; they are gifts given in charity. The new Blackburn Buccaneer Mk 1 seen here is just such a one. It was donated by the Gentleman of the Cloth. Of course, it’s not all…

  Dick Stein

  October 30, 2019

  1:72 scale, British aircraft, Colour Schemes, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Museums, Painting, Scale Models, Stein’s Air World

  Blackburn, Buccaneer, museum, prototype, Stein’s Air World

• Blackburn Buccaneer – Part Four – Sleeker and Sleeker

  

  The last posting about the Bucc was a little discouraging – you saw the massive seams and holes in the thing for what they were. Like seeing an old actress without her makeup on. Well this time you get the effect of art and science. The holes have been filled and the layers of lacquer…

  Dick Stein

  October 29, 2019

  1:72 scale, British aircraft, Colour Schemes, Lacquer, Masking, Model Airplane, Painting, Scale Models, Tools, Workshop

  Air World Museum, Blackburn, paint stand

• Blackburn Buccaneer – Part Three – Well, It Is…

  

  …What it is… The engine compartment is full now, and it’s time to mate the sections of fuselage and attach the wings and tail. The initial dismay at the fit of these things can be alleviated with a little discrete carving and sanding, and the lips of the mouldings at least come pretty close to…

  Dick Stein

  October 28, 2019

  1:72 scale, British aircraft, Model Airplane, Modelling materials, Scale Models, subassembly, workflow

  Blackburn, filling, sanding

• Blackburn Buccaneer – Part One – Not A Straight Line…

  Note: This is the post I meant to put up today…but failed to find. I repeated myself re. the Spitfire, so I have taken down the morning’s column and published this one instead. Not a straight line anywhere on this plane, I should think. But that’s not a bad thing – there were few straight…

  Dick Stein

  October 26, 2019

  1:72 scale, British aircraft, Model Airplane, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Airfix, Blackburn, Royal Navy