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Re;the 'new' airfix 1/72 Buccaneer...

Started by Army of One, February 08, 2010, 01:38:22 PM

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Army of One

.......I have been looking on the airfix website and it is in one of the new red boxes. I know not all the new red boxed models are new tools.....couldn't find any info on the limited search I did,does anyone know if this a new tool m if so,how good is it please?
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Supertom

Nope, it's the good ol' old tool, with new bits for a Granby Bucc.  Still, if you bought that kit, and got the bits from Aeroclub, it's still a lot less than the pricier CMK kit.
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Army of One

BODY,BODY....HEAD..!!!!

IF YER HIT, YER DEAD!!!!

ChrisF

I built the old one "when't i were a lad".. nice simple build... Nothing too fancy but it went together real well... I can see why they kept the old tool as its a good base for better detail...

philp

Any info on what "new bits" are included?  Any new cockpit parts?
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Mossie

IIRC you should be able to build pretty much any variant based on the S.2 from the kit bits.  So LGB's, Sidewinders, AN/ALQ-101 & Pave Spike for the Granby versions, extra large Slipper tank for the SAAF versions.  Think it already has options for the flush & bulged weapons bays, with TV Martel, radar Martel plus datalink pod, Sea Eagle & RAF slipper tanks.  I doubt it'll have any cockpit detail, possible, but it's not Airfix's way!

Sounds like a 'Weapons set with free kit' affair!
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Howard of Effingham

Quote from: Mossie on February 09, 2010, 04:35:27 AM
Sounds like a 'Weapons set with free kit' affair!

if that's the case simon, then its something airfix have done before several times.

lets see

:tornado: GR4
:tornado: F3
  jaguar GR3

all updated from elderly-ish kits with extra weapons sprues.
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Mossie

It's quite a good thing, some dedicated weapons sets have similar amounts of ordnance & cost the same or more.  The GR.4 is worth getting for the weapons & to slap the mods onto the Revell kit!
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Weaver

Quote from: Mossie on February 09, 2010, 04:35:27 AM
IIRC you should be able to build pretty much any variant based on the S.2 from the kit bits.  So LGB's, Sidewinders, AN/ALQ-101 & Pave Spike for the Granby versions, extra large Slipper tank for the SAAF versions.  Think it already has options for the flush & bulged weapons bays, with TV Martel, radar Martel plus datalink pod, Sea Eagle & RAF slipper tanks.  I doubt it'll have any cockpit detail, possible, but it's not Airfix's way!

Sounds like a 'Weapons set with free kit' affair!

It would need AS.30s to do all the SAAF options.
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kitnut617

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Quote from: Howard of Effingham on February 09, 2010, 04:46:32 AM
if that's the case simon, then its something airfix have done before several times.
lets see
:tornado: GR4
:tornado: F3
 jaguar GR3

all updated from elderly-ish kits with extra weapons sprues.

You can add the Airfix Club Harrier GR.7 to that list, apparently the extra sprue only comes in this release (so I've been told )
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Hobbes

That Harrier LGB sprue looks very much like one of the Tornado GR4 sprues.