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2. A close-up of the model out this stage of
construction. As explained later, the kit had all of its panel lines
erased, filled and rescribed. The Cutting Edge resin spinner and prop
have been placed on the nose for this photo but would be later mounted
on a wooden shaft for painting. |
3. These photo's show the
completed model of the Hobbycraft 1/48th scale Sea Fury. It depicts a Hawker
Sea Fury FB. 11 of the Royal Navy as flown by Lt. Peter Carmichael of 802
Sqn aboard HMS Ocean off the coast of Korea in 1952. I built this kit
in May/June 2004. |
4. This is not a very
original subject and it seems as if everyone builds this particular
aircraft. However it is one of the most interesting as it is one of only
two Sea Furies to shoot down MiG jet fighters in the Korean war. The Sea
Fury was one of the fastest piston engine fighters ever built. |
5.
Anyone who knows the
Hobbycraft kit will know how much work it takes to get a decent model
from it. The worst part are the panel lines which have been described as
having been "dug by a JCB". |
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6. I filled all panel lines with superglue
and sanded the entire model down with wet'n'dry until smooth. The Panel Lines were
all rescribed. A Cockpit Super
Detailing set was purchased from Cutting Edge and this built into a
quick and easy cockpit using resin parts |
7. I also purchased the
Exterior detailing set from Cutting Edge. This supplied the
undercarriage and those drop tanks. This set was mostly resin but the
undercarriage was white metal. The set also supplied a new propeller and
spinner in resin. Gun barrels here are hypodermic needles. |
8. This
view shows the boarding step extended from the wing root. This is also from
the Cutting Edge set. The boarding step on the fuselage side would open when
the undercarriage was down on the real aircraft. I had to cut a hole in
the side of the model fuselage and build the step from scratch. |
9.
The canopy is a vac-formed
item from Squadron. After problems with masking lifting the paint
surface on earlier kits I used Halfords primer as an undercoat. Sadly this undercoat
gave a far too rough finish and will not be used again. I will use an Matt Enamel Grey undercoat in future applied with an
airbrush. |
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10. The kit decals come from the Almark set
featuring Peter Carmichael's machine and several others. The Korean War
'invasion' stripes certainly make for an interesting finish..... |
11. The paint scheme is courtesy of Xtracolor
Enamel paints with most other colours coming form Humbrol enamels. The
entire model is finished with a Badger Air Brush. Weathering has to be
subtle on this machine as the Royal Navy kept their machines nice and
clean. |
12.
Black acrylic was used in the panel lines with a dusting of Oil Pastel to
create the exhaust staining and the gun smoke streaks. The exhaust 'natural
metal' panel is actually Bare Metal Foil. I scratchbuilt all of the undercarriage bay doors as the kit
ones were massively over thick. |
13. A passing shot of the tail. In retrospect
I should have airbrushed on a coat of gloss after the Decals were
applied and before applying the weathering. The black acrylic tends to
stick to matt decal film. |
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14. These next two photo's
were taken in December 2004 after the Display Base was added. The Base
is wooden shelving unit that has been stained and varnished. The 'Wooden
Carrier' top is made by Verlinden but it has been considerably
weathered. |
15. The Base will have a Name
Plate and some diorama accessories added later. The original Name plate
came back from the maker with spelling mistake so was sent back. After
this photo was taken the model and base were draped in cling-film and
shelved for storage. |
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