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1/48 Hawker Sea Fury, AMG

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Just bought the Baghdad Fury at 08 Open in Stockholm. Price was 320sek around 35€.

Looks good in the box, have to get a better look and check references tomorrow when I get home.

I didn't get any instructions as they had forgotten them in Ukrain but I was promiced a pdf version in a few days.

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Hi Smoffo- any initial impressions since you bought this ( so frustrated to realise that a colleague from my local UK club travelled to the Moson show and could have picked one of these up for me )?

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Alot of (future) boxings:

 

- ref.48512 - Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 Aerobatic VH-BOU - 

 

- ref.46601 - Hawker Sea Fury Mk.X FAA - https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/AMG48601

AMG48601.jpg

 

- ref.46602 - Hawker Sea Fury "Bagdad Fury" (Two-seat) RIAF - https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/AMG48602

AMG48602.jpg

 

- ref.46603 - Hawker Sea Fury "Bagdad Fury" (Single-seat) - https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/AMG48603

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- ref.46604 - Hawker Sea Fury T.61 Pakistan AF - https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/AMG48604

View Photo 

 

 

- ref.46605 - Hawker Fury F.61 Pakistan AF - https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/AMG48605

View Photo 

 

 

- ref.46606 - Hawker Sea Fury T.20 Royal Navy - https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/AMG48606

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- ref.46607 - Hawker Sea Fury F.11 Egypt RAF - https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/AMG48607

AMG48607.jpg

 

- ref.46608 - Hawker Sea Fury T.61 Pakistan AF -

1/48 Fury T.61, Pakistan AF

 

- ref.48610 - Sea Fury T(T)20 DLB (Deutsch Luftfahrt Beratungsdienst) -

1/48 Sea Fury T(T)20 DLB

 

- ref.48614 - Hawker Sea Fury T.20 Burma AF - https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/AMG48614

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- ref.48617 - Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 Royal Navy - 

 

V.P.

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No thanks - seems to have the same silly cockpit 'cut out' error that the Trumpeter kit has. I'm still inclined to think that the best starting point for a 1/48 Sea Fury is the old Hobbycraft kit?

Come on, Airfix.....you know it makes sense!

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Well I've invested in the Baghdad 2 Seater. Tempted by the other 2 seater boxing as well, as I prefer the look of the joined cockpits, but I've already adapted a HC kit as a Baghdad Fury so a 2 seater to join it will be nice. It does look as though the single seater still does not have the correct cockpit opening, yet the 2 seater front cockpit looks more correct, so hopefully they can adjust and fix that before the further single seat releases.

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No thanks - seems to have the same silly cockpit 'cut out' error that the Trumpeter kit has. I'm still inclined to think that the best starting point for a 1/48 Sea Fury is the old Hobbycraft kit?

Come on, Airfix.....you know it makes sense!

only if you like scratchbulding, or getting expensive or OOP AM parts, along with filling the trency panel lines, plus it's no longer available.

the last new issues were by Kitech a few years ago, I think the moulds are in limbo.

I'm surprised you didn't do the old chesnut about the Falcon vacform being the most accurate 1/48th kit. (it is, in overall shape, just see http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/69728-hawker-sea-fury/page-3)

The cockpit cut out was mentioned early on in the thread, and if that's the only fix then it not a big problem, the Trumpy kit has , lots more than that!

The only 2 seater ever was a Maintack conversion from 20 years ago which has long been OOP.

a £40 OOB price tag is not is good, but the kit does come with etch and resin and interesting decals.

I'll wait to see what sensible reviewers have to say about it.

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Well, my Baghdad Fury has arrived. First impressions are good. I no longer have the Trumpeter kit having sold in semi disgust, but whilst there are rivets on this AMG kit, they are subtle, and may well be almost filled by a primer coat and subsequent top coats. Detail parts in both plastic , etch and resin are also very nice. Wheel wells and U/C legs are particularly nice. One ( big ) issue however is that the fuselage as supplied is the single seater version and has to be cut accurately in order to fit the 2 seater insert. The instructions as supplied do not advise this. I contacted Dora ( above ) who confirmed that this is the case. Looking more closely at the photos in this thread the cut out and the join can be seen . Personally I am a little disappointed in this and have suggested to the manufacturers that they tool a 2 seater fuselage with the cut out already made as I think many modellers will be put off by having to make accurate cuts for an insert ( me being one of them, but for me it's too late as I bought the kit not knowing this). The ideal solution would be a fuselage with the cut out and two optional inserts so that a) you could have a 2 seater or B) fix the inaccurate cockpit sill line of the current single seater fuselage. I may actually try this myself and cut out just enough to add the front half of the insert to get a much better single seat Fury.

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No thanks - seems to have the same silly cockpit 'cut out' error that the Trumpeter kit has. I'm still inclined to think that the best starting point for a 1/48 Sea Fury is the old Hobbycraft kit?

Come on, Airfix.....you know it makes sense!

That's because it's a copy of the Trumpeter kit!

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Given what you have in your shed, your references will be better than mine. Save for the obvious scalloped cockpit area, what other shape errors do you see?

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Given what you have in your shed, your references will be better than mine. Save for the obvious scalloped cockpit area, what other shape errors do you see?

Exhaust fairngs cannon blisters, gear doors, canopy shape

Most of the bad bits from the Trumpeter kit.

Better off with the Hobbycraft kit, which isnt that bad or the Falcon vac

which also isnt that bad.

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Well I have a HC kit in the stash complete with Cooper details cockpit and aftermarket U/C. When I get a bit of spare time I'll look at them both side to side. I did have a Trumpeter kit and I recall the rivets being quite deep and certainly regular. On the AMG kit, some of the ( very fine) rivets are not absolutely straight, as if they have been created by a ponce wheel or riveting tool. The Exhaust fairings as definitely smother and shallower than the Trumpeter one ( at least as far as I can tell from sprue shots of the Trumpeter kit). I think this is not a straight copy. Agree the cockpit opening is awful. I think this could be corrected using the insert for the 2 seater. Have to compare the gear doors with those from the HC kit. Not hard to replace with card, but shouldn't be necessary on a new kit.

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