Blackburn Buccaneer S1/S2A/S2B/S Mk 50.
Kits
S1  Czechmaster CMR1142
S2  Czechmaster CMR1165
S2A  Czechmaster CMR1143
S2B  Czechmaster CMR1156, Matchbox PK106, PK142
S2C  Czechmaster CMR1165
S2D  Czechmaster CMR1165
 
Conversion Parts
S1 Maintrack K7202
Flush bomb bay door Final Touch FTA136
 
Cast Detail Parts
ALQ-101 ECM pod Airparts 027
Buddy refuelling pack Airwaves 72010
Martel data link pod Airwaves 72015
Martin Baker Mk 6MSB seat  Aeroclub EJ027, Chota Sahib A01
Nosewheel & oleo assembly Aeroclub V062
Radome Airparts 016
Red Flag update set w/- tanks & pods Airparts 023
RWR aerials Airparts 021
S1 air intakes Model Art 003
S2B ejection seats Airwaves 72062
Wing pylons Airwaves 72012
Wing slipper tanks Airparts 014
Undercarriage Airwaves 72008, Final Touch FTA101
 
Etched Detail Parts
Buccaneer Aeroclub V092, Airwaves 72011
Crew entry ladder PP Aeroparts L722
Wing fold internal detail Airwaves 72215
 
Vacform Canopies
Buccaneer Aeroclub C011, Canovac 070, Falcon 19
 
Decals
  South Africa
S Mk 50 423 24 Sqn Xtradecal X1472
 
  UK
Royal Air Force
S2A XT279 OCU Display a/c, XV352 208 Sqn Red Flag Nellis Check Six 7205
S2B Standard grey/green scheme: XV359 208 Sqn, XV361/FF 12 Sqn Airfix 03055
S2B XX901 N 'The Flying Mermaid', 'Sky Pirates' Operation Granby Almark S10, Xtradecal X02472
S2B Operation Granby: XW547 'Guiness Girl', XV582 'Sea Witch Debbie', XX894 Almark S12
S2B 12 Sqn 75th Anniv Almark S15
S2B XW526 155 sqn, XV331 16 Sqn, XX885 216 Sqn, Boscombe Down: XV334 DRA, XW986 RAE; Operation Granby Bahrain: XX895/G 208 Sqn, XX885/L 12 Sqn; XX894/020 809 Sqn, XX352 237 OCU Final Ops scheme Check Six 7205
S2B All 13 aircraft from Operation Granby Model Alliance 72100
S2B XX348 16 Sqn Laarbruch, XV352/FC 237 OCU Lossiemouth, XX885 12 Sqn overall grey scheme with Sky Pirate noseart Model Alliance 72101
S2B XK533/LM/682 700Z Model Art 7233
S2B 15 Sqn Modeldecal 026
S2B Operation Granby: XW547 R 'Guinness Girl', XX885 L 'Hello Sailor Caroline' Modeldecal 109
S2B XX899 P 'Laser Lips Laura' Operation Granby Modeldecal 109, Xtradecal X02472
S2B XX895 G 'Lyn', 'Jaws', 'Glenfiddich' Operation Granby Modeldecal 110
S2B XX900 208 Sqn, XX901 Red Flag, XW547 216 Sqn, 12 Sqn: XV361, XX885, XN983, XV165, XT273; 237 OCU: XV355, XT271; XW988 RAE, XW529 BAe test a/c Xtradecal X00772
S2B XW533 A 'Miss Jolly Roger', 'Sky Pirates' Operation Granby Xtradecal X02272
S2B Operation Granby: XV863 'Sea Witch', XV332 'Dirty Harriet' Xtradecal X02472
 
Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm
S1 XN928/119/R 801 NAS HMS Ark Royal anti-flash scheme Model Alliance 72121
S1 Early low viz schemes: XK533/LM/682 700Z NAS, XN953/E/109 600 NAS, XN965/LM/636 809 NAS White anti-flash scheme Model Art 72033
S2A XT279/237 801 NAS HMS Victorious, XT277/320/H 809 NAS HMS Hermes experimental overall Squirrel grey scheme, XT269/732/LM 7008 Flt RNAS Lossiemouth Model Alliance 72101
S2A XN976 overall black scheme Fineline 2004
S2A XN978 700B NAS, XN972 801 NAS, XV358 800 NAS Modeldecal 057
S2A 809 Sqn: XT277, XV344; XV338 801 Sqn, XV866 736 Sqn, XV867 803 Sqn Xtradecal X01472
 
Kit Review
The new resin Czechmaster kits are a breath of fresh air for Buccaneer fans. They are expensive resin kits, but very comprehensive. We have not personally inspected an example, so we cannot vouch for their shape accuracy, but based on Czechmaster's repuation, they should be good. For those on a limited budget, the Airfix & Frog toolings are inaccurate. The Matchbox one is the only accurate injection moulded kit of a Buccaneer in 1/72, on account of its superior canopy, intakes and nose. The overall outline appears to be more accurate as well. Although the panel lines on the Matchbox kit are far too deep, they can easily be filled. The only advantage offered by the Airfix kit is that it includes a healthy dose of underwing stores; in the form of wing tanks, optional parts for radar guided Martels, TV guided Martels, or Sea Eagles, and a data link pod. It also includes optional parts for the flush or bulged bomb bay door. An article on modelling the Airfix Buccaneer fitted with Matchbox wings and intakes appeared in Scale Aviation Modeller International March 2000. So either empty your wallet, or marry the Matchbox kit with the various aftermarket parts available, and Airfix's ordnance if you require.
 
Selected References
Aeroguide 5: HS Buccaneer S Mk 2, by Roger Chesneau & Ray Rimell, Linewrights 1984
Warpaint Series No 2: Hawker Siddeley/Blackburn Buccaneer, by Paul Jackson & Peter Foster, Hall Park Books
Wings of Fame Vol 14
go offsite to the Buccaneer website

Last updated 13/11/07.
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