Doccur Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 F333 Fairey Delta 2 1/72, WG774, SBAC Farnborough airshow 1957 'God awful Purple' (duplicate post from FROG squad gallery) Please find attached for your aural consumption, my attempt at the 1964 tooling of the record breaking aircraft, the Fairey Delta 2. When I embarked on this GB, got a couple of bagged kits from my father, but came across this beauty (albeit in a novo boxing). I was looking for decals as the Novo ones are notoriously bad, and came across the example I have modelled here. After a while discussing with @PeterB, I sorted some decals and paint out and started on the kit... there were less around 20 parts... this should be easy! How wrong was I you ask? Very 😂 WIP is here: More time was spent filling and sanding this brute than putting it together, but doesn't that make the end result all the more satisfying? Despite messing up the first coats of paint and having to sand down again I am pretty happy with my representation of this historic and classic aircraft. I think this has got me hooked on post-war British jets as I am eyeing up an SR53! Thanks for watching folks. Ash 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbo88 Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Guess a fuselage doesn't get much more streamlined than that! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 That looks brilliant, in every sense of the word too I guess. I've long thought the FD.2 was a thing of great beauty, would that someone would put out a new model of it or even that I could find an original for not silly money. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amo Aero Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 So cool! The color looks very convincing. Beautiful work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head in the clouds. Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Lovely build and that scheme was 60 years before its time (very gender neutral). I plane to build all 3 colour schemes some time so I shall have a good read of your WIP. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr T Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 6 hours ago, stevehnz said: That looks brilliant, in every sense of the word too I guess. I've long thought the FD.2 was a thing of great beauty, would that someone would put out a new model of it or even that I could find an original for not silly money. Steve. Dora Wings are apparently working on a 1/72nd scale version. I wonder if the moulds have reached the end of their life as the Novo version looked a bit rough in places. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 22 minutes ago, Mr T said: Dora Wings are apparently working on a 1/72nd scale version. I've heard rumours to this effect, I wait in hope. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invidia Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Really nice looking model 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doccur Posted July 9, 2019 Author Share Posted July 9, 2019 44 minutes ago, Mr T said: Dora Wings are apparently working on a 1/72nd scale version. I wonder if the moulds have reached the end of their life as the Novo version looked a bit rough in places. That would be most welcome! I can vouch for the fact that even the novo boxing is rough to say the least... 20 minutes ago, stevehnz said: I've heard rumours to this effect, I wait in hope. Steve. ^^ would it be too cheeky to hope for a 1/48 version? Ash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 6 minutes ago, Doccur said: would it be too cheeky to hope for a 1/48 version? 'course not, along as I get my 1/72 one first. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 As noted in the GB Ash a superb example of what can be done with an old unloved kit,great job. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doccur Posted July 9, 2019 Author Share Posted July 9, 2019 1 minute ago, stevej60 said: As noted in the GB Ash a superb example of what can be done with an old unloved kit,great job. Much appreciated Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 A word comes to mind: elegance! Beautifully handled and finished. But I didn't hear anything… 😉 Kind regards, Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.1127 Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Love the aircraft, love this scheme in particular. Well done in knocking it into shape! P. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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