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I'm attempting make a 1/48 F4H-1 using the Hasegawa F-4B with the Falcon 3 in 1 vac set which has in addition to the F4H it has a F-106B and F-105B set as well. The shape of the forward fuselage is pretty good from what I can tell. It attaches at the base of the windscreen. I do have the Ginter book on the early F4H to compare the shapes. The parts to do the very early curved intakes, while they fit well they don't align well with the slight hump in the fuselage so it may require filler of some sort to blend it in. It also comes with the small nose scoops but the version I want to do has the NACA scoops. That might be difficult to do. The canopy is one piece from the kit wind screen back and looks ok for vac. A dip in Future would help with the clarity. Sure would make life easier if someone made a 3D printed set.

We need a 3D designed set for this backdate.

Attn FJ-Fury fans. Reskit's new releases include FJ-3, 3D printed cockpit decals by Kelik for the Kitty Hawk FJ-3. They are $9.60 a set. I just bought six sets to go with my six kits that I have. There are a couple of decals that I can't identify. I think one is the throttle, the second one with the red dot,? This set should also work just fine on the KH FJ-2 kit as well. Thought I would give a heads up for the Fury fans.

In the early 1970's I would see the USS Shangri-La in NS Mayport. At the time Mayport had the Shang, the Saratoga and the Roosevelt in the carrier basin. A sight to see when all in port.

If it doesn't bother you, no worries, it is your kit and that is a nice build. Others may feel differently. Labor is labor and cost is cost. I know some may feel the cost is not worth the effort to correct, others may enjoy the work involved to correct, some may just want a quick correction that might cost less than most aftermarket correction sets. I found the CA kit, TA-4J, to be a very nice kit and pretty much an exact copy of the Hasegawa kit save for a few mods made, I would guess to avoid any CR infringements. I did have all of the Hasegawa A-4 kits at one time and the CA kit so I could compare the CA kit. You lose nothing with the CA kit other than it having a VAC canopy. I believe I modded a Monogram OA-4M canopy to use on the CA kit since the CA canopy had a dent in it. I think I also had to modify the aft canopy fairing because it was misplaced.

I will make an additional comment. The OP was wanting to make a FJ-2 and another poster said the KH FJ-2 is a better choice than the old ESCI/Ital kit. Which is a very valid statement. If the OP can get a KH FJ-2 kit, the Hypersonic Model parts are a must for an accurate -2 Fury.

Still they are ~$36.00 with around $15 for shipping. Still a good price. I don't know what your VAT% is.

captwoxof, The conversion to an early -3 is pretty simple. Just use the -2 wings and parts on the -3 fuselage. I would suggest acquiring the Hypersonic Models -3 cockpit update set along with replacement rudder and horizontal stab set and the new 3D printed nose gear strut. All excellent and necessary if you want to do a correct early -3. However, the kit itself is not an easy build. A lot of fiddly stuff to deal with. Make sure you check and recheck before applying glue. The nose gear is particularly frustrating. Another area is the gun ammo doors. You have to use the -3 doors which are different from the -2's because of the latter's cambered wing. I really like the later -3 Fury and have a bunch to build. I wish another company, like Hasegawa or Tamiya had made the early Fury's but this is what we have to work with until someone else has the bravery to do a new one. HTH's.

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/hyperscale/early-fj-3-wip-t535436-s30.html Ok, here's a photo. It is almost done. Had a few more things to do to finished it. It has been finished since then.

The only good thing about the re-release of the Italeri Fury is the decal sheet. It covers markings not in the Caracal sheets. I took advantage of the reissue from KH. I now have several -3 kits in my stash. I don't want to be wishing I had ordered them when I had the chance if the go away again. Add to that the absurd tariffs being imposed by the orange idiot. I had also stocked up on some Hypersonic bits for them as well as Caracal decal sets, which are now sold out. I think I'm in good shape for Furys.

Ebay has several KH FJ-2 Furys for sale, for a very reasonable price too. I combined a KH FJ-2 with a KH FJ-3 to make an early GSB FL-3 Fury. I had ordered a -3 from a seller but the box had been crushed. I was hoping everything was ok but the one thing that was damaged was the canopy. The kit was pretty much worthless without it. I did have a -2 kit so decided to bash the two. I used the Caracal Decals Fury Part 1, VF-33 decal GSB scheme. I'd post a photo but I don't know how to using a URL. If they had drag and drop it would be a lot easier. Also, the Marines flew the -3 in the Gray over white scheme if it is Marine markings you want.

The CA kit is a Hasegawa knock off, however, they did get the wing slats correct with no step unlike the Hasegawa wing. The CA wing is a drop fit to any of the Hasegawa A-4 kits. Saves the tedious job of correcting the step.

I just ordered five nose gear struts from Jeffrey. Hopefully they will arrive soon. I asked Jeffrey if he might consider doing the mains as well. Also, the FJ-2 and 3 are available on ebay from China. I ordered two and they arrived well packaged. There are differences with the new release of the FJ-3, but I assume the -2 is similar. The plastic is a darker gray, like Tamiya kits. Also the instructions are smaller and not glossy like the original.

What if one wanted to build a USN 1/48 F-111B?

Are SH/A going to re-release this kit anytime soon? I missed it on the initial release.