1:48 Blackburn Buccaneer S.2B Airfix Model Kit: A12014 £72.49

Scale: 1:48

Number of Parts: 320

Dimensions(mm): Length 402  x  Width 279

Skill Level: 4

Flying Hours: 4

Humbrol Paint Required: 

      Version A, B, C & D: 2, 11, 19, 26, 33, 53, 85, 103, 121, 127, 128, 130, 153, 154, 155, 159, 165, 166, 230

      Version A: 163, 164

      Version B: 163, 164

      Version C: 29, 163, 164

      Version D: 24, 34, 118

      Pilots: 61, 150

Additional Info

Entering RAF service some seven years after it had with the Royal Navy, the Blackburn Company received an initial order for 26 new aircraft, with RAF machines having a number of differences from their seaborne counterparts and designated S.Mk.2B. For an aircraft the Royal Air Force didn’t really want, the Buccaneer proved to be an exceptionally capable machine and by the time they were scheduled for retirement, they were reluctant to let them go. Although they were forced to take a naval aircraft they had originally dismissed, it didn’t take long before the camouflaged Buccaneers of the RAF began to show why this was definitely not a second rate aircraft option.