Staying
with the Korean War aircraft theme, my next subject is a Royal Navy Sea
Fury FB11. This well known Sea Fury from 802 squadron (VJ 232),
operating from the HMS Ocean, was flown by Peter Carmichael who had the
distinction of shooting down a Mig-15 in August 1952.
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The
Hobbycraft kit is fairly basic and OOB builds into a decent replica for a
very reasonable price... just in case you want a collection of Sea Furys. J
If you want to enter a contest you should track down some
after-market additions or prepare yourself for some amount of custom
detailing. As I’m aiming for a volume of aircraft in the display
case I opted for OOB. For a quick rundown on the Hobbycraft kit; the
panel lines are overdone, the gear doors are too heavy, the prop is not
quite right and the cockpit detail is minimal (mind you with the
Hobbycraft canopy closed you won’t be seeing much interior detail
anyway.) J However for a “quick build” producing a decent
replica for a few dollars I won’t really complain. If you want to
see this kit’s potential, hunt down Stuart Hurley’s excellent modeling
on this kit, which is just “inspirational”.
David
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