Brad Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 I picked this up pretty cheap second had and I'm glad I didn't pay much for it. The kit is devoid of detail and some of the fit is bad, the undercarriage in-particular. I also added some RP-3 rockets from the Airfix Seafire XVII that I did not use. If I'm to build another Sea Fury it'll be either the Trumpeter kit (despite it's problems) or the Fisher model. The decals used were from Blackbird Models; Latin American Air Wars Vol 1 - Bay of Pigs. They are very nice decals, thin, glossy and settle down well with Mr Mark softener. However, the colour scheme given for '541' is probably incorrect for the period and I suspect they were looking at pictures of the Sea Fury in the Cuban Air Force Museum, that is painted a touch haphazardly. They also missed the small '541' decal for the undercarriage main gear doors (I put this on with spare decals). On the colour scheme, '541' was painted in a two tone, wrap around striped camouflage of a lighter and darker colour. What these two colours were is anyone's guess. The decal sheet suggest a light green and an olive drab and I substituted the olive drab for an olive green. It's probably flown against the invasion in the Bay of Pigs and according to sources, shot down a rebel flown B-26. Sources say all Cuban Sea Fury's were repainted overall olive drab before the invasion, but pictures to show this aircraft armed with rockets with a pilot stepping into it, so without a date on the picture, who knows for sure? 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Wow - what a great finish. You make it look like it was a top of the line kit. The tyres and wheels are nicely muddied up. Cheers, Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 looks great, nice job on the paint and finish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Wow, this is something of a rarity, never seen one in this scheme before, refreshingly different 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Beautiful, just beautiful! And that camo lends it a lethal air that the silver/natural metal Sea Furies don't quite have. Excellent modelling! Kind regards, Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stéphane Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Excellent, and the camo scheme is really nicely rendered. As said before, this is giving a mean look to the beast . Best, Stef (#6) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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