Hawker Sea Fury by Danstream - FINISHED - Airfix 1:48

[Danstream]

Dear all,

I went on with gluing the windscreen piece in place and painting the metallic exhausts shrouds, but I did not take pictures of these steps. Then I started to mask the fuselage to prepare it for the application of the Extra Dark Sea Grey color.

 

 

For the EDSG I chosed the Gunze 333 which is specific for this color without the need of concocting any mixture. This is the first time I use these Gunze paints and I was positively impressed by their quality. After removing the masking tape I got this:

 

 

 

To easy the masking, I sprayed the fuselage alone first. This is a dry check to show how the assembly of the exhaust stacks will look like:

 

 

Finally, some pictures with the cowling just dry fitted to check the chromatic contrast:

 

 

 

That's all for now, next upper wings and horizontal surfaces will be painted.

Best regards,

Dan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Old Collingwood]

Thats looking great  - so love the Two tone RN  colours  - typical of FAA  aircraft.

 

OC.

[Danstream]

Dear all,

today I finished the camouflage. The paint that I used, Gunze Mr. Color 333, was great in rendering the Extra Dark Sea Grey. Not knowing how transparent the decals would be, to be on the safe side, I left two white circles on the spots where the roundels will be placed.

 

 

 

 

I also glued in place the surfaces of the empennages slightly posed:

 

 

Now, everything is ready for a coat of clear.

Best regards,

Dan.

Edited March 31, 2021 by Danstream
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[Canute]

Sharp looking paint job there.

[Danstream]

Dear all,

profiting of few days off for Easter break, I went on with the small bits, i.e. landing gear, wheels, doors, etc. The Sea Fury was equipped with seemingly complicated landing grear legs, probably dictated by the heavy loads they experienced in the naval usage.  At this relatively small scale, not all the details can be added and again, like I did for the other parts of this build, I tried to replicate something that conveyed the idea of this complicated gear, rather than attempting an exact replica. Once liberated from some moulding marks (not many to be honest) you have a fair replica of the basic shape. I tried to enhance it by adding the main oleo struts, tubing and springs obtaining this:

 

 

Tubing and springs were made of lead wires. Then some colors, a coat of floor polish and some touches of Tamiya black liner to accent few details. Now they are ready to be installed:

 

 

That's all for now, waiting for the airframe being ready.

Best regards,

Dan.

Edited April 1, 2021 by Danstream
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[ccoyle]

1 hour ago, Danstream said:

At this relatively small scale, not all the details can be added and again, like I did for the other parts of this build, I tried to replicate something that conveyd the idea of this complicated gear, rather than attempting an exact replica.

 

I think you failed the "convey the idea" mission, 'cause to me those look like exact replicas! 😲😉

 

Edit: Just for fun, here's something that, in my mind, "conveys the idea" of a Sea Fury, albeit perhaps not very well. 

 

Your model, OTOH, looks like a proper miniature Sea Fury!

[lmagna]

I didn't give you permission to post my latest attempt at a scale aircraft build Chris!..................... 

[Danstream]

Hey, Chris, you made me smile with the "convey the idea" mission!! 😄

Thanks for your nice line.

Cheers,

DAn.

[Danstream]

Hi all,

thanks to few days off work and to the covid restrictions, I went on with my build and sprayed a light coat of Tamiya X-22 gloss clear on the entire model. Finally I reopened the wheel bays after long time. You can also see few oil streaks that I have added to add some 'real life' effects.

 

 

 

At the same time, I also finished the landing gear with its wheels:

 

 

The landing gear was then glued into its place. I must say that Airfix did a nice job in reproducing these items and the overall impression is quite convincing.

 

 

Finally, on its legs. One of the big milestones of a model build. (As a side note, you see that my cutting mat is discolored on its right hand side. This was the result of tipping over my glue bottle puoring the glue dangerously close to my model. Until when I find another suitable backdrop, we have to bear with a marred mat).

 

 

 

The tyres of the wheels were treated with white powder obtained by grinding a pastel pencil. The model is now getting all the small bits and decals will follow. I have used almost all the kit parts and the box is almost empty now. That means that the end is close and I need to pay a lot of attention now because for me it is quite easy to spoil a build at this stage (see the glue story above).

Best regards,

Dan.

Edited April 4, 2021 by Danstream
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[lmagna]

7 hours ago, Danstream said:

That means that the end is close and I need to pay a lot of attention now because for me it is quite easy to spoil a build at this stage (see the glue story above).

Oh please be careful. This is too nice of a build to have it go south at this point!

[Danstream]

Dear all,

a small update with other small pieces that went into place. I rebuilt the oleo jacks of the wheel bay doors using a small 1 mm dia. brass tube and a metal wire:

 

 

With the doors glued on and some black streaks added to the closed flaps:

 

 

Finally, the gun muzzles were inserted, here you see in the picture how I slided them in with my big clumsy fingers and the help of a thin copper wire:

 

 

Ready for firing (but still needing some dark color):

 

 

 

Now is the turn of the arrestor hook:

 

 

and, last but not least, some colorful decals which went on beautifully:

 

 

I added some pastel powder to depict some scorching of the steel plates close to the exhausts. I am getting into the home stretch now with the decal positioning.

That is all for now,

best regards,

Dan.

 

 

Edited April 6, 2021 by Danstream
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[Old Collingwood]

Excellent work Dan.

 

OC.

[Landlubber Mike]

Beautiful work Dan.  Fingers crossed no issues as you get to the finish line.

[Egilman]

On 4/4/2021 at 3:27 AM, Danstream said:

That means that the end is close and I need to pay a lot of attention now because for me it is quite easy to spoil a build at this stage

I have all the faith in you that you will get it over the finish line brother....

 

Not an issue my friend....

 

Beautiful work.....

[Edwardkenway]

NICE

[Danstream]

Dear all,

this is probably my second last instalment before the end. All the decals are now placed, with the exception of few stencils which I omitted because I was too bored to deal with them. These Airfix decals are of a very good quality, with a minimum carrier film, saturated colors and very well printed. Although a tad thick, they went on beautifully and reacted well to Micro Scale softners.

 

 

 

The decals have a gloss finish, hence I will spray a last coat of clear to make their shine uniform with the rest of the airframe. I will use the usual Tamiya X-22 with a small percentage (c.a. 5-6%) of flat agent and a drop of matt white. Meanwhile, after the decals on the propeller blades, I sprayed the blades with a coat of matt clear. Propellel and engine are now ready to be glued on:

 

 

After the clear coat, I removed the cockpit masking. Now the shine is quite unform with a slightly satin finish. The windscreen came out fine, but the headrest and the cockpit sills need some touching up:

 

 

The walkways on the wing roots were provided as decals, but I did not like their gloss finish. Therefore, I contourned them and sprayed them with a very dark matt grey. Once dried, I put them on as normal decals:

 

 

Lastly, a shot with the canopy just dry mounted to see the overall effect:

 

 

Now, what remains to be done is attaching the engine, mounting the canopy, the pitot and the underwing tanks together with few touching ups.

After that, the final pictures with a proper camera for the final instalment will follow.

Thanks for having followed and supported me so far,

best regards,

Dan.

 

 

 

Edited April 10, 2021 by Danstream
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[Javlin]

Smart looking Crate Dan!

[popeye the sailor]

very nice job..........the paint work is awesome!  

[Danstream]

Hawker Sea Fury FB 11

Koninklijke Marine - 1953

Airfix 1:48

 

 

Dear all,

this is the final istalment of my Sea Fury build. I enjoyed very much this model from Airfix which reproduces quite well the lines of this powerful and handsome aircraft. The fit of the parts is very good and well engineered. Decals are also of very good quality. On the downside, the surface details are a bit heavy and few details are missing, but these negative point are dwarfed, in my opinion, by the positive ones. On a scale of 1 to 5, overall, I would rate between 4 and 4.5. For my model, I chose one of the versions offered in the kit, namely an aircraft with the livery of the Koninklijke Marine (Royal Netherlands Navy) which in 1953 was part of an aerobatic team called AeroBats.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A big thanks to all who followed my build and provided suggestions and support.

Best regards,

Dan.

 

 

 

 

Edited April 17, 2021 by Danstream
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[ccoyle]

Outstanding!

[mtaylor]

Beautiful and expertly done.  I hope you'll be doing more models.

[Old Collingwood]

I agree with the others  - Beautiful work  - please do some more - your talents are  superb in this field.

 

OC.

[Canute]

Superb job on this gem. Thanks for sharing your work.

[Egilman]

Beautiful, tasty execution as well....

 

Need to do another... like grandma's cookies, you can't do just one.... {chuckle}

 

Anyway, wonderful job on an aircraft that been difficult for some.....

[Edwardkenway]

😲👏👏 excellent model Dan!!

[lmagna]

Beautiful plane Dan. I enjoyed following the build and seeing how a real talent makes fantastic models.

[Danstream]

Dear all,

thanks for the likes and for the very generous comments to @ccoyle, @mtaylor, @Old Collingwood, @Canute, @Egilman, @Edwardkenway, @lmagna which made me blush 🙂. I understood that some of you would not dislike if I will show again my WIP posts when I will start another model. I will be very pleased to do so, but I might have a question to our administrators. Before this build, I was used to publish my WIP posts on an another forum dedicated to aircraft modelling. Would it be acceptable if I have WIP posts on two sites (this and the aircraft one) at the same time on the same subject? Thanks for clarifying that.

Now I have to progress on my Mayflower which is languishing on my workbench.

Thanks again and best regards,

Dan

[ccoyle]

2 hours ago, Danstream said:

Would it be acceptable

 

Absolutely. People do it all the time.

[Landlubber Mike]

Well done Dan, and if you're able, please do share your work.  You're very talented!

[Danstream]

Thanks Mike for your words. At present, I do not know which kit I will choose as next build, but once started I will post it here. I am attracted now by aircraft of the cold war period, which I connect with my youth. However, I am not yet sure.

Good luck with your builds and best regards,

Dan