Tizzy Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Finally i have completed the Trumpeter Hawker Sea Fury i have been struggling with for the last couple of months.If it could go wrong,it did go wrong during this build.The kit is not that bad although it does have several inaccuracies,most of which i chose to ignore.The ony things i couldnt live with were the very anaemic prop and the ridiculous drop tanks.I used an Aeroclub prop and left off the drop tanks as the actual aircraft probably flew without them quite often.The model had to be made wings folded as the fit between inner and outer wings was ghastly.The wings folded option isn't great either as you cannot fold them over enough.Decals are Xtradecal.Now it's finished i'm quite pleased with it but it's been hard work.So here it is No1 in my collection of RNAS Culdrose aeroplanes. Hawker Sea Fury FB.11,VX639,of 739 NAS based at H.M.S Seahawk,RNAS Culdrose,Cornwall,early 1950's. Hope you enjoy looking at it .Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deon Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Thats looks like a neat model Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahross Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 (edited) Nice. 72 or 48? Can't have to many Sea Furies Ross P.S. Ignore me I jusgt read the thread title Edited February 22, 2009 by mahross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InFlames Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Nice one! I guess I'll have to add her to my FAA collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 (edited) Tizzy And a big "brother" in quarter scale: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.p...c=17842&hl= V.P. Edited February 22, 2009 by Homebee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlin101 Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Nice looking 'Fury & a different scheme, job well done! Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Nicely finished little model,well done :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil B. Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 i've got a special hobby sea fury kit i intend to build (one day-honest!) its a colour scheme that really suits the fury imo. what really caught my eye on your build are the lights, what did you use for them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miroslav Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Very nice and clean...good work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousFO98 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Hi Tizzy love your Sea Fury, and a good scheme- will have to look out for the decal sheet as i have a couple of PM/Airfix kits in the stash Just a thought about the nav lights for future reference- they had a clear perspex with coloured bulb not sure about the underwing landing lights- i couldn't find out, so left them i put on the drop tanks though so again likewise chose to replace the blades as they are anemic as you said i put the wings down on my trumpy one and had a bit of a battle of it. The aerilons are usually dropped when the wings are folded. I hope you don't mind my raising these points- they are meant to be constructive- i don't consider myself an expert - just observations from when building my effort. The Sea Fury is a big favourite of mine- and you have a great kit for the shelf. for what it is worth; my shelf fell on the sea fury breaking the legs are in half your pics have cheered me up - thanks for posting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tizzy Posted February 23, 2009 Author Share Posted February 23, 2009 Thanks for looking and thanks for the comments.To answer a few of the comments. The kit supplies transparent parts for the lights and i painted these with Tamiya clear red and green acrylic.I did realise that the glass is clear on the real thing and the bulb is coloured.I did try to replicate the look of this by painting the cut out area in the relevant bulb colour and fitting the clear plastic lamps over this,but i found the colour did not really show through the clear plastic as i would like.In a larger scale i would drill holes in the transparent lamps and fill this hole with the relevant paint,but in this scale i'm not adept enough to do this.So this was my compromise. As to the position of the flaps i had originally fitted the outer wings in the down position and fitted the flaps accordingly.Then i had such a bad time trying to get a smooth fit between the 2 halves,i eventually gave up and fitted the wings folded hence the flaps being in the wrong position.Mind you,the position you are forced to leave the wings in is nowhere near folded enough.Any one who manages to get a good finish with the wings down has my admiration.The fit is terrible and the joints so weak.So Walrus I am so sorry to hear all your hard work got flattened by a shelf.I am quite pleased with mine now that it's finished,although it's far from the perfect build.Just finishing it has been an achievement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousFO98 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Hey Tizzy i know what you mean about the wing join- one of these days am gonna get to grips with the Trumpy wing fold join Thank god the Gannet doesn't have the twofold or else i'd be fettling till the trump of doom- pun intended fwiw here is my effort pre shelf (and carefully chosen so you can't see the drop tanks ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 TIZZY.... ELEGANCE and BEAUTY in your Fury !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mass Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Lovely looking clean, straight build - well done ! Just watch those shelves, Sea Furies seem to be glass magnets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Very neat, I like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tizzy Posted February 24, 2009 Author Share Posted February 24, 2009 I don't know where they got their measurements for the droptanks from,but whoever measured up for the PM model made a similar mistake,so maybe an example has flown with bulbous tanks like this.Nobody seems to recall seeing these large tanks fitted.They are essential if you are building a Korean war example.An aftermarket set of correct scale/shape is now available.Before this people modified droptanks from other kits.Luckily i was building an example flown regularly without droptanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 your Fury looks nice. And yes, this model has some heavy fails. The wings are a pain to attach, and the profile of the inner and outer sections don't fit well. So, much work needed... Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Nice one, I've always hidden away from doing folded wings but your build looks sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousFO98 Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Nobody seems to recall seeing these large tanks fitted.They are essential if you are building a Korean war example.An aftermarket set of correct scale/shape is now available.Before this people modified droptanks from other kits.Luckily i was building an example flown regularly without droptanks. thanks for the heads up Tizzy- do you know who has released them please Hi Alex The wings are a pain to attach, and the profile of the inner and outer sections don't fit well. i thought it was my usual incompetence - after the same struggles with the 1/72 Wyvern i seriously considered folding the wings- but wasn't sure about the strength or otherwise of the wingfold parts how to they stack up Tizzy please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tizzy Posted February 25, 2009 Author Share Posted February 25, 2009 thanks for the heads up Tizzy- do you know who has released them pleaseHi Alex i thought it was my usual incompetence - after the same struggles with the 1/72 Wyvern i seriously considered folding the wings- but wasn't sure about the strength or otherwise of the wingfold parts how to they stack up Tizzy please? The folded wings are fiddly to fit in this scale, but do fit quite well and are quite secure once in place.I thought it would be more of a workup than it was.I think the 1/48 model will be a lot easier as the parts are that bit bigger to handle.It's just a pity they don't fold the wings over quite enough,leaving them in a more upright position than on the real thing. I have recently seen a build of this kit in MAI by Mike Grant and he commented on the bad fit of the inner and outer wings.He also mentioned the weakness of the join here and he solved that problem by adding tabs of plasticard to strengthen the join.Obviously the stronger the join,the easier it is to carry out the heavy sanding/rescribing required.I've been told that the fit of the Wyvern wing is much better.I do hope so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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