Multi-coloured Swap-shop
Multi-coloured RAE Blackburn (HS) Buccaneer S.2 XW987 seen on short finals to A&AEE Boscombe Down - 19th July 1990.
This is one of the three acquired for weapons trials - originally painted yellow/green/white - still with the camera gear attached under the wing-tips but repainted in 'standard' MoD(PE) Raspberry Ripple - red/white and blue. Obviously various panels have been replaced that are still in primer and the fin has been swapped from a line machine where the green/grey camouflage remains.
Note the several small calibration crosses - 2 under the starboard intake and one on the airbrake housing.
After retirement, she lived on and became ZU-BCR with Thunder City out in South Africa and is potentially back now flying there.
See my previously posted model here:
www.flickr.com/photos/29288836@N00/13445110055/
Scanned print
Multi-coloured Swap-shop
Multi-coloured RAE Blackburn (HS) Buccaneer S.2 XW987 seen on short finals to A&AEE Boscombe Down - 19th July 1990.
This is one of the three acquired for weapons trials - originally painted yellow/green/white - still with the camera gear attached under the wing-tips but repainted in 'standard' MoD(PE) Raspberry Ripple - red/white and blue. Obviously various panels have been replaced that are still in primer and the fin has been swapped from a line machine where the green/grey camouflage remains.
Note the several small calibration crosses - 2 under the starboard intake and one on the airbrake housing.
After retirement, she lived on and became ZU-BCR with Thunder City out in South Africa and is potentially back now flying there.
See my previously posted model here:
www.flickr.com/photos/29288836@N00/13445110055/
Scanned print