Matt's "Airfix" Buccaneer and "Matchbox" Phantom

[mattbacon]

Reasonable progress this weekend, in parallel with a home visit from not-so-small daughter for Bonfire Night and much cooking...




Little guys installed. the Airfix Bucc comes with decent cockpit decals, and the ModelDecal set I have for the Phantom has good panels as well.




First time with Hataka lacquers, and very good they are... DSG on the Bucc...





I screwed up the Bucc at first, being unable, it seems, to read a shaded black and white painting diagram. Second time around, I realised that the Xtradecal set I'm using has incompatible four-views: the wrap-around camo just CAN'T join up the way they it is drawn. So, I busked it a bit... The Bucc will be in 12 Sqn Fox Head markings with Martels; the Phantom is going to be in 92 Sqn Silver Jubilee colours...

best,
M.

[Stuart]

Great painting on both of those - They look superb!

[iggie]

They both look excellent!

[DavidWomby]

They look wonderful. Did you mask the camo job or freehand it?

David

[ShaunW]

A great looking pair, Matt, they are really shaping up very nicely indeed.

[shangos70]

Both are looking great with the camo applied.

[mattbacon]

Thanks, guys. The camo was brush painted in outline and roughly filled in, then overcoated with the airbrush to make it more even. I figured that was the best way to get sharp demarcation and quickly. No new pictures, but I’ve brought them to Paris with me, and last night I got the decals on the Phantom. The Modeldecal set is comprehensive to a fault. Stencilling an F-4 in 1/48 was bad enough, and my eyes were bugging after 2 hours with this little’in... At least the Xtradecal Buccaneer set only has the main markings and a handful of bigger stencilling...
Best,
M.

[JamesPerrin]

I’ll be checking that stencils 50 thru 75 are correctly position before it’s eligible for display

[mattbacon]

All done... just in time for SMW, and now properly photographed...





best,
M.

[DavidWomby]

Lovely. Well done and, just by looking at that pic, I would not have guessed that was the Mbox that Phantom.

David

[iggie]

Wow! Top work on both; they certainly look far better than their heritage should allow!

[Kitaholic]

beautifully finished, as has been said, you wouldn't guess the base kits

[MarkyM607]

Smashing stuff.

[JamesPerrin]

The impromptu decal demo on the Phantom went down well with the punters. Both were great additions to the display.

[ShaunW]

First rate job, Matt, that is a great example of how oldies can be polished up very nicely indeed in the right hands!