mike romeo Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Here we have an RAF Fury FB.XI of 17 Sqn, based in Burma in April 1945. This was the usual mount of the Battle of Britain veteran, Sqn Ldr 'Ginger' Lacey. This was made from the PM kit. Not without its issues in terms of accuracy and detail, it's at least a blank canvas for any upgrades you wish to make. I gouged out the undercarriage bay and scratchbuilt my own, built up the leading edge shape (missing out a square oil cooler), plated over the rear of the cockpit (a blank pit) and smoothed it out with filler, and added some exhaust pipes. As the carpet monster ate my Heller Tempest V windscreen, I had to use a Falcon vacform Tempest canopy which fits approximately, I suppose, but gives to much insight into the lack of cockpit detail inside. regards, Martin 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Cracking job Martin, and actually a very believable what if proposal! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike romeo Posted June 29, 2015 Author Share Posted June 29, 2015 Cracking job Martin, and actually a very believable what if proposal! Thanks, Steve! I've got a mini-theme of Far East WWII allied "What ifs" going at the moment, with the F6F-7, the FAA F4U-4 and this above. Hmmm I've got a Jay's Models Vampire F.I conversion for the Heller Vamp which could work in somehow and if Airfix ever do a new tool DH Hornet, I've got some ideas for that, too! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Another great whif Martin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 Nice, But have I seen this before somewhere? Fred 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike romeo Posted July 2, 2015 Author Share Posted July 2, 2015 Nice, But have I seen this before somewhere? Fred What, like your signature line? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_W Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 Lovely Build. Didn't they take part in the Battle of Jacobs Creek? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tc2324 Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 Splendid build. A very nicely done whif. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
su27rules Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 Nice!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir T Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Superb Job Martin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erewhon1872 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 very nice scheme. Forgive my ignorance but is that camo/two shades of blue roundels what they call SEAC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Yes. South East Asia Command. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike romeo Posted August 11, 2015 Author Share Posted August 11, 2015 very nice scheme. Forgive my ignorance but is that camo/two shades of blue roundels what they call SEAC? Erewhon, Many thanks! Graham has already answered your question, so I won't repeat him. regards, Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erewhon1872 Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Erewhon, Many thanks! Graham has already answered your question, so I won't repeat him. regards, Martin Martin was remiss of me, should have said thanks to Graham for his reply. Seen the scheme on Spitfires before but of course it's a novelty on a Fury, looks very good and perhaps a clue as to what we'd have seen if Japan had fought on? Read a book many years ago about what would have happened if the Manhattan project was a dud. The Home Islands have to be invaded with massive civilian resistance, the war spins on into 1946/47 and Uncle Joe's boys get to Berlin first.......... and kept on going! It was called 'The Bomb that Failed and here's a snippet from an Amazon review.......... the author Ronald Clark writes of "the sliver of chance" that separates history that what might have been. The sliver of chance in this instance is the failure of the Trinity test in June 1945. With the atomic bomb an apparent dud, the United States moves forward with Operation Olympic, the invasion of the Japanese home island of Kyushu. The unintentional death of the Japanese emperor enrages the island's population, ensuring a vigorous and bloody defence. With casualties mounting, the U.S. resorts to biological warfare and withdraws troops from Europe in preparation for an invasion of Honshu, actions which cause a split with its British ally and create an opening that the ambitious Soviets are quick to exploit. ............ against a backdrop such as that I can easily see the RAF having a use for a Hawker Fury and not cancelling the order to leave the FAA to pick up the project? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike romeo Posted August 12, 2015 Author Share Posted August 12, 2015 Aye, "slivers of chance", indeed. Another: what if the Air Ministry hadn't vigorously pursued the development of radar in the years immediately prior to WWII? What if Tizard and the RAF Operational Trials unit at Biggin Hill hadn't developed the rules to make it work as an operational system? Makes me shiver. Re Mr Clark's scenario, as you say, I'd have thought an RAF Fury would have been a likelihood. regards. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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