Thank God for Greg! Best model channel on YT. No nonsense, no BS, no more than necessary whats-in-the-box preview then straight into quality building. And possibly Blackburn's finest offering. You've done them proud, Sir!

@GregsModels

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😂👍

Beautiful paint job as always. You've really given me a lot of fantastic stuff to try out on model railways. Hope you keep on uploading this stuff it's just fantastic

Just heard Airfix are bringing out a Bucc in 1/48 scale later this year (2022) can't wait built the 1/72nd scale in the south African scheme thoroughly enjoyed building it well done on the model most impressive

Airfix 1:72 Buccaneer was one of my first kits when I was 13 years old (1972). Best regards from Finland😊

@GregsModels

9 ай бұрын

😎👍

Lovely build, thanks for posting!

Nice one mate... I recently got an Airfix Royal Navy Buccaneer 1/72... HMS Eagle visited NZ in the early 70's and I fell in love with the Buccaneer.. I been interested ever since.. cheers from down under 👍✈️🇳🇿

Superb, and you make it all look so easy!

Howdy from Texas! I forgot you did this build. I have the S2C arriving next week and I wanted to thank you again for this video. I'm finishing the Airfix 1/48 Lynx and have their 1/48 Gnat completed and in the display cabinet. I am loving the New Airfix! Best wished for the New Year.

what a job !!! beautiful absolutely beautiful work

Nice build. Always impressed by your paint and weathering. Cheers!

Another great build. The finish you get on your models is just fantastic.👍

always looking forward to your builds!

Stunning build as always Greg and delighted to see it come together thanks to the quality of this kit from Airfix

I applaud your skill and attention to detail. Great finish.

y Yet another great build and video, Greg, thanks for sharing.

One of the most iconic bird of the cold war era. I always loved its unmatched exotic look, and those air brakes ! So British! Superb assembling as usual, congratulations.

Beautiful model.

Beautiful job. So enjoy your videos Greg.

Great build Greg. I love how you do your paintwork on all your kits and it’s a style I’m trying to emulate. Thanks again mate and look forward to your next build

Nice job, looking good. Will refer to this when I'm building mine. It's possibly not exactly contemporary, to go with the UK cold war V Bomber force I'm planning, but the Buccaneer is such an iconic shape with its 'area rule' design that it's hard to resist! Problem is I've not done any sort of model for twenty years or so, so I'm practically a complete beginner.

Beautiful finish😊 I love the Buccaneer

Lovely aircraft well built. Steve

Plenty of bang in your Bucc! Very nice build 👍

Looks fantastic 👍

The Buccaneer, in that tactical camouflage, at low level, awesome, can't beat it.

@GregsModels

Жыл бұрын

Can't wait for the Airfix RAF Bucc

Beautiful!

Turned off sky …watching you…lovely build. Thank you ..😎

@GregsModels

2 жыл бұрын

😂👍

Very nice as usual 👏🏻

i remember doing this kit when i was only 16-18,using only the glue at time,made i right mess off it ,painting with a brush,but still thought this was the best model ive made ,thankyou for posting a memory

Lovely build. I think the bucc is one of the coolest looking planes ever designed.

I came across your channel the other day and I am working my way through all your videos. They are really enjoyable and you do fantastic work.I hope that one day Airfix produce a 1/24 Buccaneer. I would love to see what you could do with that!

@GregsModels

Жыл бұрын

That would be very nice, but I'm not holding my breath 😂

A wonderful build Greg, I'm not much of a plane builder these days, however I do appreciate watching a great builder work their magic! I like the white spirits idea of toning down the Tamiya wash. Great tip!

Another masterclass Greg, the Buccaneer was an aircraft that always seemed to play second fiddle to some of the other aircraft at the time. It was a bit like the story of the spitfire and hurricane. One being the throughbred and the other being the workhorse. You have done true justice to an RAF workhorse. Well done mate and best wishes from NZ stay safe.

@lllordllloyd

9 ай бұрын

At a time when so many projects has prolems, delays and cost blowouts, the Buccaneer just worked. Author Bill Gunston has written intetesting stuff about it.

Good job, very cool. Nice work

Certainly is a good friday when my feed shows a new video from you greg!! Once again immaculate execution. I always make my stencils " go for a walk" too at 1/72 scale. That made me chuckle. Thankyou for sharing your talents with us and have a great Easter!

@GregsModels

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Edward you too

Nice build and what a great looking jet aircraft love your channel

Nicely done and I hope I can get this kit later.

Great work 👍

That's right lovely that is.

the parts sprayed as if swapped from another airframe were a nice touch, lovely build

@GregsModels

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Great build , Greg ! Can't hardly wait to get my grubby hands on one of these kits. 😁 Hope you and your family have a Great Easter ! Cheers, Tony

@GregsModels

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, you too!

Fantastic job. First aircraft I worked on when I came out of training in the early 80s. You are correct about the intake colour as far as I can remember.

@GregsModels

Жыл бұрын

Cheers 👍

Really Airfix took a big step forward, in the past it was a headache ,,, great job as always my friend. Good Easter cheers

@GregsModels

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, you too!

GREAT JOB!!!! 🤩

Beautiful work Greg. Very nice Buccaneer 👏🏆🥇

@GregsModels

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Really nice Buccaneer, Greg 😊👍

Recommended military kit: any Tamiya kit will do. B.t.w. Greg, congrats on another great model build. Thanks for sharing !!

Always enjoy your builds mate, and it was a great honour to meet you in person at Telford last year. Yes of course you don’t remember me , why would you. Anyway keep up the good work and looking forward to your future builds.

@GregsModels

Жыл бұрын

Hope to see you this year at Telford👍

Great build, yet again. Really like your approach to each kit you tackle. The Bucc is my favourite post war RAF jet. A 1/48 or 1/32 would really do it justice, but as it's not that well known outside of the UK and SA, we'll have to live in hope that the Airfix guys come through...

@GregsModels

2 жыл бұрын

We do need a 1/48 replacement Bucc ASAP 👍

@fergusdoyle1895

2 жыл бұрын

Looks like Airfix are going to do a new 1:48 Bucc. Hope it's a new kit and not a rebox of the mid 90s one.

Im really glad that everyone has funds to purchase aftermarket accessories for already expensive kits. I dont.

Great build, Greg. It looks like a really nice kit. Yes, I'm also hanging out for the 1/48 Buc! BTW, I do like your approach to modelling ;-)

Superb job, Greg! Looks like Airfix will be granting your wish in 2022, with the new range

@GregsModels

2 жыл бұрын

Wonder if the RAF one will follow close behind?

That came out a real treat, Great looking 1/72 Buccaneer. My personal approach with stencils is, start with the largest then go down is size till I can no longer be arsed.

@GregsModels

3 жыл бұрын

😂

I remember building the '70's tooled Airfix BB Buc as a kid. It had folding wings, folding nose & tail and a rotating weapons bay with torpedo! Awesome kit, remember it fondly. Nice work Greg, as usual. Agree totally on the stencils BTW.

@andrewmountford3608

Жыл бұрын

Not torpedo; it was a bomb iirc

Very nice, looks very good! ;)

'The stencils can go for a walk' Love it! Another epic build Greg. How about a Saladin or Saracen for a bit of old school six wheel fun?

Nice green gray.👍 When I'm a teenager my first encounter with Buccaneer is cheap Matchbox 1/72. Well I'm poor modeller, can't afforded an enamel for it so I'll leave it bare..ha..ha.

Amazing!

Sweet!

Another nice build, and looks the part. I believe Airfix supplied 4 x Sea Eagle missiles in their 1990 release of the Bucc

Thought it WAS 1/48th. for a sec when I saw the size of the box. Really nice build.

@GregsModels

3 жыл бұрын

👍😎

Hi Greg! What a Bucc! I didn't know that this model in this scale, it was so cute, and with a really high level of detail, more than it's big brother in 1/48. The photoetched parts, are superb and the fit of the entire model is perfect. Like we say in Guatemala: "está chilero" (really excellent). Impressive again, Greg. The only thing that I can say Is: "Máster Modeller, I Salute you".

@GregsModels

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Jayro

They use to have a 1/48 scale one back in the 90's when desert storm was underway because I still have mine which is awaiting to be built

@archerry6457

3 жыл бұрын

Good luck with that! 😉

Great job as usual Greg. Airfix did bring out a 1\48 scale Buccaneer the kit I have is #08101 and can be built as either the Royal Navy or the South African Air Force. As for a military vdehicle give the Tamiya Challenger 1 a go.

Nice

Noice! Good job the Buccaneer was a big aircraft 1/72 is far too small for me these days. Totally agree about the throttle levers and the stencils too 👍

As one of the few people in the world with a complete 1/32 IFA Buccaneer S2B with 4 Sea Eagles , you'd better believe I'm watching this video , if nothing else to see what I missed !

That's a lot more complex in engineering than I thought it would be, especially with the internal structures, and even more so in that scale. Seats came out great too, very nice. Your ability to vary between the scales is nice to see, I think it shows your all round degree of modelling is well adapted to fluctuate between the smaller models to the larger ones but surely it must be frustrating that the level of detail follows suit and you can get your teeth in to the larger stuff a whole lot more, ie the detail in the stuka far exceeds this 1/72 Bucc. Still a great looking build bud, the paint job, really sweet. Keep them coming. Notification bell on 😉

@GregsModels

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Mark have a great Easter👍

Great build. I have the older Airfix 1/72 Buccaneer kit and won’t be using Sea Eagles. I’ll check it out and if they’re in there, you’d be more than welcome to have them.

@GregsModels

3 жыл бұрын

That's very kind of you but the Bucc has been boxed away now, thank you anyway, Greg

Another great build, but you could have made it a LOT dirtier and still been 100% realistic. Not only do the exhaust fairings (the nibs), turn completely soot black, but so does the whole of the lower half of the rear fuselage, and the underside from the rear of the nosegear all the way aft gets a good staining of reddish brown from leaking hydraulic fluid. The top of the wings and spine, tend to get streaky from a combination of blown air from the slots in the leading edge of the wing, fuel leaks, and the vortex generators. Then there is Hydraulic fluid and some grease around the wing join, and a good dollop of black rubber hoofprints from Lineys who having previously half dissolved their boots in Hyd Fluid and leaked fuel, then have to clamber all over the aircraft - and run out to the wing tips to give them a bounce when the wing fold refuses to unstick. Other than than that - perfect. 208 Penetrate! PS I don't remember ever seeing a black intake . They were an off white on Navy AC I think, but RAF ones, at least in the 80s, were a shade of grey much the same as the undercarriage.

There was a rumour going around that Trumpeter was going to do a 1/32 scale Buccaneer and Jaguar GR1 I nearly fell off my chair.

@bugler75

3 жыл бұрын

Oh that would be nice!

Lovely build Greg. Looks like that blast screen would protect from nuclear blasts as well as the ejection seat. Hopefully we will get a 1/48 with less complicated engineering, sometime.

@GregsModels

3 жыл бұрын

😂

Lovely build Greg. I believe that the Airfix 1/72 Sea Harrier kit comes with Sea Eagle missiles, so if you have that kit, or can get one that would give you some Sea Eagles for the Bucc.

@GregsModels

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers 👍

All our wishes have come true airfix 2022 NEW MOULD 1:48 Blackburn Buccaneer S.2 RN! has been announced.

@GregsModels

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, joy of joys, with ladders no less!

👍

Another great build mate. My suggestion for next build would be StuG.IV,Panzer IV or Churchill Mk.IV. 👍

@GregsModels

3 жыл бұрын

Will add them to the list 👍

note how he avoided one of the most common modeling mistakes: he painted on the weathering and highlighted panel details after placing the decals. As a rule: if dirt, grime, salt, exhaust stains...you name it... gets on the air frame, it gets on the markings, too, and should be shown that way. 50-odd years ago, I worked as a repairman on USAF C-130's. believe me, when these ships came back from missions over S. Vietnam, they were plenty dirty, and nobody went around with a scrub brush cleaning off the stars-and-bars! It is just wrong to have a wonderfully weathered Spitfire, with pristine roundels and Squadron codes. (( a DUH-thud or aaaaaarrrrgggg is appropriate here)) Greg, you mentioned but did not mention assembly problems with the kit. I have been a modeler since the mid-1950's; over the years, I have built both early versions of Airfix (NA. 39 and S.2b), and both Frog and Matchbox S. 2 Buccaneers. All of them had 2 main areas of difficulty: top-bottom or L-R fuselage gaps and misfits, and incorrect intake shapes with awful fits. All builders at the time saw these gaps, etc. as being almost unavoidable, considering the complex shapes of the air frames. Are these faults also the case with NT Airfix?

@GregsModels

2 жыл бұрын

This Bucc is light years ahead as far as fit goes, nothing major for the competent modeller out there. I can't vouch for the accuracy; Ill leave that for the rivet counters. Life is too short in this scale 😎👍

I worked on Buccs around the first Gulf War. The intakes were white as you have done in your model. The only thing I can see that is incorrect is that the avionics bay door (underneath the aircraft near the exhausts), was painted in camo as per the rest of the aircraft, not the yellow you have done, unless it was cannibalised from a "desert pink" aircraft. Great kit, waiting for the RAF 1/48 version :-)

@GregsModels

2 жыл бұрын

Same here 👍

fantastic Greg,Tamiya Famo halftrack please,tracks and wheels!

@GregsModels

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I'll add it to the list

Enjoyed the build Greg i thought the ejector seat looked great by its self . Regards Gav.

@GregsModels

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Gav hope you're having a nice Easter.

@gavinbooth

3 жыл бұрын

You too marra . Regards Gav.

How about the Tamiya British 25-pounder field gun and tractor? It's out of the ordinary and you get a boat load of goodies for the money. I always enjoy your builds and learn a lot from them. Best wishes and good health to you and your family from the hills of old Virginia, Gregg! Cork

@GregsModels

Жыл бұрын

😎👍

The Airfix kits are hard to come by lately... I struggled to get their S.2C version. This one is not obtainable. 😑 Nice model!

Excellent build. Was there an option to build it with the wings folded and the tail cone airbrake open as it seems a bit pointless for Airfix to put all that detail on the parts just for it to be covered over?

Such a great video, it takes real skill to tell a story concisely. Lost count of the number of times I've lost patience with waffly box reviews and overly prolonged build videos - 25 minutes or so seems perfect for a relatively complex 1/72. Did you use the original undercarriage pieces or aftermarkets?

@GregsModels

3 жыл бұрын

With the smaller kits I'll try and build straight from the box, if I can. Sometimes if the cost isn't much I'll add aftermarket products. The cockpit fret was the only upgrade 👍

Lovely - Any reason you didn't add the registration decals?

@GregsModels

2 жыл бұрын

If memory serves me right, the two photos used for the well worn scheme had the rear serial numbers obliterated by smoke. Also, the one photo showing the underneath at a shallow angle showed no idents under the wing.

I doubt if Airfix will ever retool the Buccaneer in 1/48th. No-one outside the UK and under the age of 50 even knows what a Buccaneer is. Military Vehicle suggestion: either a Takon or Miniart Grant tank in full desert camo.

Fantastic work, Greg! Your videos have really made me rethink a lot of modeling dogma that I've fallen into. I've been going through your vids hoping to find where you may address this, but no luck, so I'll just ask: what do you think your Tamiya paint with to get that nice eggshell finish you seem to be getting. Also, just picked up the 48th bucc and using this vid for inspiration. Thanks for sharing such beautiful and artistic work.

@GregsModels

8 ай бұрын

The paint surface is wet sanded with a very well-worn sanding sponge. This is a very precarious process as you can burn through the paint. I did a video on sanding the surface of the paint in preparation for applying decals some time ago. It has a thumbnail of a Meteor wing. But depending on the finish of the subject I'll seal everything in with either a Tamiya satin, very diluted, or a very diluted Winsor & Newton matt varnish. Hope this helps.

Hi , Greg . Another great build .I must say that Airfix have certainly upped their game with this model . A friend bought and made their late 1970's version . The fuselage was totally hollow and had far fewer parts . He painted it in the Royal navy colours . Upon joining the navy himself , he gave it to me with the caveat that i didn't re-paint it in RAF colours , as i was joining the RAF later that year . I kept my promise , and still have it . Any chance of an RAF Hercules build ?

@GregsModels

2 жыл бұрын

A Herc is on the cards. Zvezda has released the 'J' variant, maybe. But I fancy building the 130K in the dark earth and light stone scheme.

Is the previous 1/48 Airfix Buc considered a total loss? I did have it once upon a time, never built it, but do remember how warped parts were on a dry fit.

@GregsModels

3 жыл бұрын

It's like anything in modelling time and effort and it builds into a great Buccaneer.

17'30", what is the little pad you use with water to flatten the surface please?

@GregsModels

2 жыл бұрын

It's just a very very well worn piece of foam backed sanding pad.

10:06 Hand painted canopy - good stuff. Did you ever get involved with any of that floor polish business some modellers use on canopies?

@GregsModels

3 жыл бұрын

Sometimes, but not on this model, canopy is nice and clear.

I see Airfix have released a 1/48 Buccaneer this year, possibility?

@GregsModels

Жыл бұрын

I'm waiting for the RAF version 😎

iv got a few 'buc kits but all in 1/72. didnt airfix release a 1/32 in the early '90's??

@GregsModels

2 жыл бұрын

It may have been the 1/48 Bucc 👍

The only thing to replace a Bucc,is a Bucc.

Nice work, was the buccaneer a fighter or bomber? And when did it serve, dont know anything about it

@GregsModels

3 жыл бұрын

It began as a carrier strike aircraft but during its career, it carried a multitude of weapons during its service; nukes, dumb bombs and laser-guided missiles even a camera pack, although I don't know whether it was ever used. As far as guns go; not on the RAF Bucc.

@rickmoreno6858

3 жыл бұрын

@@GregsModels thank you Greg, for the information, it's a cool looking plane. Was it fast?

⭐⭐⭐⭐👍👍😀🍻

What grit sandpaper do you use for the wetsanding

@GregsModels

2 жыл бұрын

Usually 400, 600 and then 1200.

@Krieger-productions6149

2 жыл бұрын

@@GregsModels at nice I was only asking because when I wetsand the paint tends to come off but I use vallejo not Tamiya

@GregsModels

2 жыл бұрын

@@Krieger-productions6149 Sorry, I thought you meant the plastic. I use a well worn foamed back sanding pad or a damp cloth for the paint surface. As for Vallejo they seem to have an elasticity to them which make the technique useless; whereas Tamiya paints dry hard.

Just a comment for the algorithm

Anything BUT a Tiger or Sherman Tank, way too many of them on here!! Find something obscure but interesting.... Dunno what though??

@GregsModels

3 жыл бұрын

Will do

its a great build but my own personal opinion is the at 1/72 Airfix is so overpriced with no photo-etch or masks