Randy Lutz Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Hi all Here is my Hawker Sea Fury Mk. 60 “Baghdad Fury” which I built a few years ago. I performed the following enhancments to the kit: Cockpit Area - Cooper Details resin cockpit installed to replace kit parts - added drop tank jettison and selection levers Fuselage - Spinner replaced with Cooper Details part - Squadron vacuform windscreen and sliding canopy to replace kit canopy - handholds and footsteps added - rear of fuselage and bottom of rudder modified to represent a de-navalised variant - whip antenna made from surgical wire Wings - gun barrels added - navigation lights replaced with clear sprue - red, green and amber recognition lights made from MV Products lenses - clear covers for recognition lights added - shell ejection ports added - missing bulges added to wings behind undercarriage - kit wheel well and landing gear replaced with Cooper Details parts - inner detail and actuating arms added to inboard gear doors - main undercarriage doors corrected - pitot tube replaced with hypodermic needles - the entire wing was block sanded to reduce the oversize panel lines and then rescribed to make them more defined Paint and Decals - airframe painted with Xtracolor X2 Dark Earth BS450, X9 Middle Stone and X26 Azure Blue - all markings are from Aero Master 48-712 Sea Fury Part III - aircraft weathered with chalk pastels References - Aircraft Archives, Fighters of World War Two, Volume 2 - Profile Publications No 126, The Hawker Sea Fury - Scale Aircraft Modelling, Volume 11, Number 6 - In Action No. 117, Hawker Sea Fury - Warpaint No. 16 Hawker Sea Fury Cheers and thanks for looking Randy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scooby Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Nice work Randy, I never understood the differences between the wing and fuselage scribing, the fuselage is so well done. A different person obviously did the wings. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dragan_mig31 Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Nice one.Great job. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dekon70 Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Nice! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 A most impressive build, with exceptional paint and decaling of an unusual subject. While I appreciate all the extra details that are added to the a model, it's the overall look and feel that is most important to me. No one area should over shadow the rest of the build. With your build, all the various elements work very well together, so the viewer focus changes has he views different areas of the model. Joel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Randy Lutz Posted March 30, 2015 Author Share Posted March 30, 2015 A most impressive build, with exceptional paint and decaling of an unusual subject. While I appreciate all the extra details that are added to the a model, it's the overall look and feel that is most important to me. No one area should over shadow the rest of the build. With your build, all the various elements work very well together, so the viewer focus changes has he views different areas of the model. Joel Thanks Joel This has to be the nicest compliment about my work I have ever received. Cheers Randy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Thanks Joel This has to be the nicest compliment about my work I have ever received. Cheers Randy Randy, thank you. I was just stating the truth. Looking forward to your next build. Joel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skids72 Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Thats one stunning Sea Fury, very impressive Simon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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