cger Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 (edited) Hi guys, I use the lockdown period in France to diminish my stack of unfinished kits, this is the last completed: it is the Seafury kit from Airfix in the foreign service boxing. I used a resin cowling resin wheels from Barracudacast. The first step was riveting the kit, which I would not do it again, since photos of Seafuries show a very smooth skin . The cockpit was built from the kit parts, since very little remains visible anyway, but I spend some time with the wheel wells, to replicate the intricate plumbing and wiring. I used fly tying lead wire to reproduce the various tubes.To reproduce the Hawker yellow, I mixed Gunze H74 Sky with Tamiya XF4 yellow green. I used the kit decals to depict a RCN Seafury with a low demarcation line between EDSG and Sky. Ironically the first Seafury I built more than twenty years ago was the Hobbycraft kit, that I also finished in RCN markings. One can see the tremendous improvement of the Airfix kit over Hobbycraft. I used Gunze Sky H74 and a mix of Tamiya paints that I found on the web long long time ago, it was attributed to Roy Sutherland. After struggling with various brands of gloss varnish to obtain the glossy finish I wanted, I finally decided to use the tried and true Klear, applied with a flat brush, which I think turned out well. Have a nice weekend, Christian. Edited May 22, 2020 by cger 28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob K. Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Amazing build 👍 Rgds, Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shark444 Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Looks great! Love the wide "beefy" stance of the Tempest and Sea Fury family... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Beauty. The rivets look fairly constrained, love the subtle weathering that you've achieved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Beautiful Sea Fury! The burnt metal behind the exhaust pipes looks very convincing. Kind regards, Joachim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangor Lad Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Great build of a great looking aircraft! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Nice! Well done. Actually, it's just RCN; Royal Canadian Navy. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Hello Christian, Excellent job on this Canadian Naval Fury. Regards, Orion The Netherlands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Spitfire31 said: Beautiful Sea Fury! The burnt metal behind the exhaust pipes looks very convincing. Kind regards, Joachim Lots of agreement with what he said! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJP Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 Very nice and neat Sea Fury CJP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark4700 Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 Beautifully done. I don't see an issue with the riveting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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