Friday, 24 September 2021

Blackburn Buccaneer S.2C

This is my Airfix 1:72 scale Blackburn Buccaneer S.2C depicting the aircraft which took part in the  'Belize Overflight' from No. 809 NAS, HMS Ark Royal, January 1972. 





This build was inspired by Roland White’s book, Phoenix Squadron, in which a pair of Buccaneer fighter bombers were launched from Ark Royal on an unprecedented long-range mission to overfly Belize so as to deter Guatemala from invading the then colony, British Honduras.



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The Kit


Brand: Airfix
Title: Blackburn Buccaneer S.2C
Number: A06021
Scale: 1:72
Type: Full kit
Released: 2019 | Initial release - new tool

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