Fishbed Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Well it had to be done. Everyone else has one. Don't you? Have to fish out the typhoon and tempest out the roof sometime for a family portrait. Just need a MkII tempest and I'd be a very happy camper. Enough has been said about the Airfix Sea Fury, so I wont repeat details. I enlarged the cowling by putting a 15 thou plastic card shim on each side. That just about makes it fit. I added a gun sight from an Eduard Spitfire that I had spare (not that you can really see it). The decals are from an AeroMaster sheet as I wanted one with the black and white stripes. The photos show a couple of areas I need to touch up. Oh well. Its not like I have other kits to build 😉 Enough waffle, on with the pics. Tim 53 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil.C Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Just beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Wow ... Thats a nice looking sea fury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Lovely finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejboyd5 Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Like the identification lights under the wings - don't remember seeing them before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boom.boom Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 5 hours ago, Neil.C said: Just beautiful. x2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Excellent Sea Fury there, superb job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spad Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Nice one Tim - I like that a lot. I hadn't heard of probs with the cowling - is that a widely discussed issue? ATB Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unfinished project Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Fantastic 👍👍👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KelT Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 That is beautiful. I'm no judge of details or precision so I can only go on looks and for me one of the big sellers is when the model ceases to look like a plastic kit and looks more like a metallic replica. You've certainly achieved that look here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael-S Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 Good job. Best regards. Michael. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spruecutter Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 Very nice - really looks the business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 I like that a lot and I too would like a Tempest II kit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Law Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 Great Sea Fury. I had an RC version of this. So I bought the kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 Brilliant job on this, i'm glad I stick to 1/72, so much detail, so much skill on display, more than I could hope to emulate but not more than I can admire. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJP Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 A nice neat build of the Sea Fury CJP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalkeEins Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 Yes, we do. Cowl shimmed as well. Stalled at the painting stage since I too want to do a striped one.. Surprised Airfix didn’t give us the choice from the box. Yours looks lovely, super work, hope mine turns out as nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishbed Posted August 10, 2018 Author Share Posted August 10, 2018 On 8/6/2018 at 10:58 PM, Spad said: Nice one Tim - I like that a lot. I hadn't heard of probs with the cowling - is that a widely discussed issue? ATB Rick Thanks for the comments all. Rick, yes the problem with the cowling has been discussed here. A quick search will show the conversations. There is a resin replacement if you need one. Tim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham T Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Nice work!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
426 Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Beautiful aircraft and beautiful model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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