sierrascale Posted June 22, 2020 Author Share Posted June 22, 2020 8 hours ago, KursadA said: 755 on the first sheet and 756 on the second sheet are basically simply navalized F-86E's without wing fences, and can not be built using the Kitty Hawk kit. I am providing these markings for completeness and for those of us willing to kitbash an F-86E into these historically important airframes. In the profile above I just used an FJ-2 profile for 755, which is not really right and I will correct it in the final profiles. The second sheet has two overall blue early test & eval jets (755 and 754), a reserve jet from Columbus, and all of the remaining USMC FJ-2 operators. Profiles for these coming sometime later in the week, depending on how overwhelmed I am with shipping your preorders. Fantastic news! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
titan8251 Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Nice! Can't wait to get this one. Andy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KursadA Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 Folks, these sheets were a lot of work. Researching older subjects such as this one takes a lot of time and effort to get things right, using a handful of fuzzy black and white photos. I can design a modern F-15E or an A-10C sheet in an afternoon : the Interwebs is full of up-to-date photos of every single aspect of these modern aircraft, markings are standardized, in many cases even the official marking specs are available. Not so with the FJ-2 or FJ-3. Many of you would agree that the kit decals are pretty bad. If you plan to build an FJ-2, I hope you will support my work on these older subjects by ordering these sheets when I release them in August. As I mentioned, each sheet will be limited to 250 copies. If successful, I may reprint them later (especially since it took me a while to design them); but it will take a while. And this is what's on the second sheet: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Corey Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 Oh man that Columbus jet is awesome! Fantastic sheets Kursad! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sierrascale Posted July 1, 2020 Author Share Posted July 1, 2020 (edited) Paypal at the ready! Appreciate your hard work on these old planes... Edited July 1, 2020 by sierrascale Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jpk Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 My card is waiting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JeffreyK Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Is the nose artwork with the starts a single decal? Just asking because the shape of the nose on KH's FJ-2 kit is quite a bit off and I'll release a corrected nose in a few weeks. A one-piece decal fitted to the incorrect KH nose wouldn't fit my corrected nose... Saying that, the nose shape in your profiles looks much more like the correct shape than KH. Cheers, J Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KursadA Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 1 hour ago, JeffreyK said: Is the nose artwork with the starts a single decal? Just asking because the shape of the nose on KH's FJ-2 kit is quite a bit off and I'll release a corrected nose in a few weeks. A one-piece decal fitted to the incorrect KH nose wouldn't fit my corrected nose... No, it's a one small cluster of stars for each side of the fuselage. That said, there are enough spare individual stars on the sheet and I will recommend the user to use the individual star markings. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Corey Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Kursad, could you confirm for me that the Columbus jet has been retrofitted with the later FJ-3 ribbed rudder and elevators? These are the marking I’m going to use, and I’ll go ahead and attach the flight controls in preparation for paint and decals. thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Corey Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 33 minutes ago, Corey said: Kursad, could you confirm for me that the Columbus jet has been retrofitted with the later FJ-3 ribbed rudder and elevators? These are the marking I’m going to use, and I’ll go ahead and attach the flight controls in preparation for paint and decals. thanks! I found a photo of 132111, it has the ribbed flight controls. 🙂 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KursadA Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Here are the final drafts of the designs of the two sheets - please keep in mind that there is a common stencilling sheet and a black/white sheet for both sets which will have modex numbers, serials, etc. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Hmm. Double nice! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jpk Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 When can we preorder? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KursadA Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 These will be available in September - so it's a bit early for preordering. I will enable preorders in late August. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Corey Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 Putting down white paint in preparation for decals! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KursadA Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 20 hours ago, Corey said: Putting down white paint in preparation for decals! Looking good! Only 2-3 weeks to go before the decals are available, it looks like your model will be ready for decaling well before then. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Corey Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 7 hours ago, KursadA said: Looking good! Only 2-3 weeks to go before the decals are available, it looks like your model will be ready for decaling well before then. Cool, I’m excited to see them! I’ll probably pause once I get the white base where it needs to be, and then proceed once the decals are available. I can fall back to other projects until then. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Drifterdon Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 2 hours ago, Corey said: Cool, I’m excited to see them! I’ll probably pause once I get the white base where it needs to be, and then proceed once the decals are available. I can fall back to other projects until then. Looking good Corey. I wasn't planning on buying this kit but the decals have convinced me otherwise. Has happened on more than one occasion with Caracal Decals! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Corey Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 12 hours ago, Drifterdon said: Looking good Corey. I wasn't planning on buying this kit but the decals have convinced me otherwise. Has happened on more than one occasion with Caracal Decals! Don, also keep your eyes peeled for the Hypersonic Models https://www.hypersonicmodels.com resin that should be available once the Japanese Post resumes service to the US. Looks like it will be awesome! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Drifterdon Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 2 hours ago, Corey said: Don, also keep your eyes peeled for the Hypersonic Models https://www.hypersonicmodels.com resin that should be available once the Japanese Post resumes service to the US. Looks like it will be awesome! I saw their stuff and really hit on the updated tires for the T-38. The Fury cockpit update set looks like it's a must. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KursadA Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 (edited) For those who are not on the mailing list (but why?), the FJ-2 Fury sheets are now available and preordering. CD48171 - 1/48 FJ-2 Fury - Part 1 CD48172 - 1/48 FJ-2 Fury - Part 2 And folks, yes, I know that the prototype XFJ-2's were basically navalized F-86Es. And yes, the profiles show them as FJ-2 (which are 99% identical). They are just profiles on an instruction sheet - they are there to show what goes where. The differences of the aircraft are described profusely in other places. I understand that the KH FJ-3 is out now. My artwork is already ready; having been printed and released in my two 1/72 scale sheets. The FJ-2 and FJ-3 sheets will use the very same stencilling sheet (which already had the few different stencils that the FJ-3 had). You can expect to see the FJ-3 sheets sometime around the end of the year. Edited August 23, 2020 by KursadA Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KursadA Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Around %30 of both FJ-2 Fury sheets were preordered in the first 12 hours - please secure yours now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonbryon Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 On 8/23/2020 at 8:37 PM, KursadA said: Around %30 of both FJ-2 Fury sheets were preordered in the first 12 hours - please secure yours now. I've preordered mine through Hannants. I presume they are going to get some? Jon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KursadA Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 6 hours ago, jonbryon said: I've preordered mine through Hannants. I presume they are going to get some? Jon They will have a limited quantity sometime before the end of September. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonbryon Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 1 hour ago, KursadA said: They will have a limited quantity sometime before the end of September. Thanks. As long as some are on their way, I'll be okay 🙂 Jon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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