rotorheadtx Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 (edited) I just received a copy of the FROG Tempest, which I had never seen before. It's a surprisingly nice kit! I'm going to build it for the Obsolete Kit GB, so I thought the Sea Fury would make a great companion piece. I'm aboard! Edited July 13, 2013 by rotorheadtx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintsPhil Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Good luck, I hope the Sea Fury is equally as surprisingly good!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Hi Fella Hope you are well, Good luck with your build. All the bestChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotorheadtx Posted July 14, 2013 Author Share Posted July 14, 2013 (edited) Well tie me to the mainmast and flog me..... It turns out I don't have a copy of the FROG Sea Fury anymore. Whut thuh..?? I opened the box containing my Sea Fury and Tempest projects and ....... 3x Pioneer variations. What possessed me to let go the FROG stuff is a puzzler. SO....one T.20 two-holer, if you please. Airwaves u/c and p/e bits, and Matchbox Tempest wheels. HSS with 24 inch yellow trainer bands on single-engine props, Right?? Edited July 14, 2013 by rotorheadtx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 The PM Seafury is probably as good as the Frog one ever was but still current I believe so not sure if it'll cut the mustard for this group build, the Frog Tempest would though I think & yes, you're right, its a surprisingly good kit for its era. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotorheadtx Posted July 14, 2013 Author Share Posted July 14, 2013 Steve, with all due respect, I think you've got the wires crossed....this is my submission for the FAA GB. I only need an obsolete kit for the Obsolete GB, and that's going to be my FROG Tempest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotorheadtx Posted July 14, 2013 Author Share Posted July 14, 2013 Assembly begins in the cockpit, by discarding all of the kit-supplied parts. Okay, I jest, the cockpit floor is actually a very good fit to the interior of the fuselage, but it sits far too low. I added transverse strips of 1/16th inch plastic stock to raise it. The pilots seats are miniscule and simply disappear into the interior; I binned them and substituted a pair of True Details resin USN seats with seatbelts. Side consoles are from the Airwaves etched set, with some plastic stock to anchor them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 Steve, with all due respect, I think you've got the wires crossed....this is my submission for the FAA GB. I only need an obsolete kit for the Obsolete GB, and that's going to be my FROG Tempest. Guilty as charged, but in mitigation, I'd like to have taken into comsideration that I have been doing nightshifts & I'm having trouble keeping up with all these group builds just now. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotorheadtx Posted July 16, 2013 Author Share Posted July 16, 2013 (edited) One other problem with this kit is the slightly pebbly surface finish to the airframe parts. The fuselage halves, cowling, and wings all need to be rubbed down to prepare for the HSS finish; I took the parts with me to work and started the process during idle moments. I'll post before and after pics shortly. Edited July 16, 2013 by rotorheadtx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 I corrected and detailed the living daylights out of one of these kits a few years back and it does make up into a good model of the type. I would lose the under wing fuel tanks though, they are way oversize. I think they are meant to represent the rarely carried ferry tanks which have never seen carried on this mark. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 Great choice Tony, tyhe Frog kit would have been first prize but I think the two seater should look just as tasty. Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FZ6 Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Looking forward to seeing how this one turns out as I like the Sea Fury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotorheadtx Posted August 1, 2013 Author Share Posted August 1, 2013 Shame to admit, I have been too busy with work to work on the kit! Terrible, being gainfully employed..... I'd get so much more modelling done on the dole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Hi Tony, Don't worry once you are retired, you'll have more than enough time to model. That is, provided you don't let all of lifes other distractions into your life, like birding, walking, photo club, painting, cycling...... Good to hear you can get a bit of modelling done at your place of work. I built my first vac-formed kit in my lunch breaks at work, a Bell X-1E. It all fitted into a 4 inch square box. Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotorheadtx Posted August 21, 2013 Author Share Posted August 21, 2013 So I've been quietly beavering away on this kit; sanding down the surface roughness, and getting the airframe ship-shape. Now I read that the moulds have been destroyed. On one hand I want to celebrate, yet PM/Pioneer took on a subject that no-one else outside the Czech Republic would bother with..... tragic, to a point. My sincere thanks to the folks in Turkey for even bothering to try; your efforts are/were appreciated. More impetus to get this done, and done well. And by deadline......... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rik Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 I too have one. Does anyone have a picture of one in Cuban markings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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