This is my 12 year
old son Chris' 1/48 Esci FJ-2/3 Fury which he has done in the scheme of a Jolly
Rogers VF-61 Fury. Unbeknown to us when he got the kit was that the decals
were so old that they would shatter on contact with water and as the cockpit
detail required decals, I gave him some Eduard P/E (FE-236) for the F86 Sabre to
dress the cockpit up a little. Thanks to the other Andrew D-The Jolly
Rogers Guy and Jose (Almansur) Chris got enough pics of airframe code 215
to enable Chris to stencil and paint the white nose stripe and identify
the rest of the markings required. The decals came from a generic
AeroMaster sheet with the stars and bars from a F4-U Corsair sheet with the
red stripes cut to size and fitted. The NAVY title were from an Aussie
Decal sheet with the rest of the markings being salvaged from the kit sheet
sprayed with gloss and cut out individually. The Jolly Roger on the
starboard side was a left over from a sheet we found in the stash and is only on
one side of this particular aircraft.
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Chris also wanted one of the wings
up so I showed him how to do it using a razor saw. The aircraft when ready
was painted in Model Master Dark Sea Blue and Classic White. We hope one
day Italeri will see their way to reproducing this kit as it goes together so
well with little putty required as I can see a CAG version on the horizon with
the multi-coloured nose strip and 00 codes.
Chris hopes you like
it.
Chris
& Andrew Doppel
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