Completed, The Hawker Fury I,
One of Airfix's older kits, I found this abandoned on eBay, liked the look of it and bought it. As can be seen on the build thread, it was a bit ropey, plenty of flash (or free extra plastic) and a few sink marks. But, overall detail wasn't too bad.
So, the finished result. The shiny front bit is Alclad polished aluminium, the non-shiny bits are plain old Alclad aluminium. I saw this actual aircraft fly at Cosford in 2018, maybe that's why I bought it - I can't remember.
Rigging is with fishing line and tiny wire eyes. Luckily, 1930's bi-planes were a bit stronger than the WW1 stuff I've built before hence, use less rigging.
Whilst doing a bit of research for this build, I came across this web site. http://vintageaviationecho.com/flying-the-hawker-fury/ Well worth a read if the Fury is your sort of thing. The second picture on the site demonstrates, just how big the Fury is, for a bi plane, it's huge.
Any questions / comments are welcomed.
One of Airfix's older kits, I found this abandoned on eBay, liked the look of it and bought it. As can be seen on the build thread, it was a bit ropey, plenty of flash (or free extra plastic) and a few sink marks. But, overall detail wasn't too bad.
So, the finished result. The shiny front bit is Alclad polished aluminium, the non-shiny bits are plain old Alclad aluminium. I saw this actual aircraft fly at Cosford in 2018, maybe that's why I bought it - I can't remember.
Rigging is with fishing line and tiny wire eyes. Luckily, 1930's bi-planes were a bit stronger than the WW1 stuff I've built before hence, use less rigging.
Whilst doing a bit of research for this build, I came across this web site. http://vintageaviationecho.com/flying-the-hawker-fury/ Well worth a read if the Fury is your sort of thing. The second picture on the site demonstrates, just how big the Fury is, for a bi plane, it's huge.
Any questions / comments are welcomed.
