mlicari Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 Ok, while the paint dried on my BTD-1 and F11F-1, I thought I might as well take another kit from the stash and have a look. It's my 1/72 FJ-1 Fury from Pegasus. Small parts such as the cockpit, landing gear, and wheels are in in white metal. The rest is rather crudely molded plastic. I've tackled Pegasus kits before (their FR.1 Fireball and their XFV-1) so I know it'll be a challenge. But these can end up looking nice on the shelf, and they're often of subjects that aren't kitted. You can see some of the molding issues on the fuselage: And the sprue attachments on the leading edges of the wings will leave a lot of clean-up to do... The cockpit opening isn't centered in the fuselage, being slightly to port... And I'm not sure yet how I'm going to tackle the nose gear opening... :) Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jose miguel Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 Well Milicari, May be you need a little work for this kit. I like the Fury, but I can wait to another kit; i don´t have your skill level Jose Miguel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 Mike I always love your builds and can't wait to see this Fury .. HOLMES Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ken Middleton Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 good luck with it Mike - seems like a challenging kit to say the least! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mlicari Posted November 25, 2010 Author Share Posted November 25, 2010 Thanks for the kind works, guys! I made some progress on the wings today. You can see the leading edges of the top and bottom halves don't really line up very well. The wing that isn't clamped is mostly cleaned up, with just some putty to be sanded. Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mlicari Posted December 5, 2010 Author Share Posted December 5, 2010 (edited) Progress! I added an "insert" to the port side of the cockpit, since the opening is off-center. Here's the port fuselage half with part of the cockpit (no instrument panel, yet) and the nose gear well inserted (plus the weight!) Here's another shot with the fuselage closed up... As you can see, the top and bottom halves of the wings aren't exactly a good fit...I inserted more styrene strip to fill the gap. And here are the corrections to the asymmetric nose gear opening. There's sill filling and sanding to do, obviously. Finally, the tailpipe opening needs some attention! :unsure: :) Mike Edited December 5, 2010 by mlicari Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aaronw Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 Looks like you have a lot of work in front of you, but these kind of kits make you feel like a "real G-D modeler" when you get them whipped into shape. <_< I've got a Pegasus Siemens Schuckert I've been working on, and I have to just take it in bites. Do a little work then build another kit, do a little more work, do another kit. Good luck, I'm sure you will get it looking right. Well Milicari,May be you need a little work for this kit. I like the Fury, but I can wait to another kit; i don´t have your skill level Jose Miguel Siga did a straight wing Fury and Emhar did a swept wing version, both look like a lot less work than the Pegasus kit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mlicari Posted December 7, 2010 Author Share Posted December 7, 2010 Thanks, Aaron. I've been taking it one piece at a time...with work on other projects to keep me sane! I've built the swept wing Fury by Emhar...a good kit. Didn't know Siga did a straight wing one...might have to hunt one down! Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mlicari Posted January 16, 2011 Author Share Posted January 16, 2011 More than a month since I've updated this! I evened out the tail opening, so that I will be able to insert a styrene tube. And here's the status of the build now...wings and tail are on, as well as the nose. At this point, there's been quite a bit of filling and sanding...good thing I got a complete restock of putty for Christmas! It may have been easier to simply have carved a Fury from a block of plastic... ;) Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SrkiRad Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Well Mike, this kit looks like a real horror for assembling, but I must admitt you're coping with it very well Although it is nice to assemble kit without much puttying and sanding, somehow I really like to see when a modeller makes hish own input with styrene bits, wires and other scratchbuilt things :) You almost passed main part - fuselage + wings... Is there many panel lines rescribing in plan? Looking forward to see this one primered... it will definitelly even out all these puttying/sanding steps Cheers, Srdjan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yardbird78 Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 You are making a silk purse out of a sow's ear, so to speak. That kit has some nasty problems that you are obviously solving quite well. Darwin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ken Middleton Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 It may have been easier to simply have carved a Fury from a block of plastic... :) you are tackling it well Mike! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mlicari Posted January 18, 2011 Author Share Posted January 18, 2011 Thanks guys! It's been a challenging kit, but fun too! I've inserted a 1/4" styrene tube for the tailpipe. The fairing around the top of the nozzle is re-created with putty. :D Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mlicari Posted March 21, 2011 Author Share Posted March 21, 2011 Ok, so I haven't been around lately...too busy at work, and then I got in the zone on finishing my Revell USS Buckley that I've been working on for the past year. I did manage to finish the Fury, too! The first shot is the primer coat... And then done! The decals were nice and thin, but printed singly, which meant it was a challenge to line everything up... Hope you like it! Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stevearado Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Nice job! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mlicari Posted April 9, 2011 Author Share Posted April 9, 2011 Nice job! Thanks! It was a very challenging build, but really happy with how it turned out. Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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