"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy."

[Old Wombat]

Yes, much sleeker.  Quite a good looker, although I still prefer the late Beaufighter TF.X/TF.10 fin with the fillet - personal preference, nothing more (and tbh I can't explain why).

I've often thought how old-fashioned the Buckingham/Buckmaster (and to a slightly lesser extent the Brigand) airframes looked - taildraggers, that's why.  A tricycle u/c Brigand would have looked so much more mid-1940s to my eye.

Odd, considering the Beau was a tail-dragger, too.

[The Wooksta!]

"Then what are you looking in the cellar for?"

Having had cause to go looking in the loft - I wanted the Magna Buckingham up there*, plus a torpedo and attachments from the Beaufighter spares box, as well as checking how few Wyverns are tucked away up there (not enough Novo ones, sadly) - I had a look through the various Valom Brigands, Buckmaster and Buckinghams up there.  And I found several sets of Aeroclub P122 - Brigand props!  That's saved me having to clean up Magna's vile white metal.



*I don't know why really, given that the Magna Brigand is bad enough.  Do I really want to subject myself to that same vile undercarriage?

[kitbasher]

Yes, much sleeker.  Quite a good looker, although I still prefer the late Beaufighter TF.X/TF.10 fin with the fillet - personal preference, nothing more (and tbh I can't explain why).

I've often thought how old-fashioned the Buckingham/Buckmaster (and to a slightly lesser extent the Brigand) airframes looked - taildraggers, that's why.  A tricycle u/c Brigand would have looked so much more mid-1940s to my eye.

Odd, considering the Beau was a tail-dragger, too.

But the Beau was late 30s/early 40s so was of its time.
 
IIRC the Albemarle was the only British production piston-engined tricycle undercarriage aircraft of the war years, compare that to the number of production US tricycle u/c types during the same period. 

[The Wooksta!]

"If anyone else asks that question, I'm going to stick their head through the window!"

Not done much with this, but I did take a brave pill to tackle Magna's god awful canopy.  As is typical with Magna, its going yellow, but there are no chance of replacements and no other canopy will fit.  I have tried.

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Just a loose fit for now and it's a bit...vague.  Typical Magna really.

Like the Buccaneer, I need to paint the coaming cockpit green before I can get the canopy, then start masking to get some paint on.