Snake45 Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 (edited) Some years ago I saw a photo of a newly restored Sea Fury being rolled from the hanger without any paint or markings. I forget whether it was bare aluminum or overall silver paint (which would probably be polyurethane these days) but I was struck by the inherent beauty of the Sea Fury airframe and thought I'd build a model just like that. Hobbycraft 1/48 kit built 100% out of the box. Paint is Tamiya rattlecan Gloss Aluminum. Exhaust panel and spinner airbrushed Testor Chrome Silver just to get a little contrast, though it doesn't show up all that well. I was right. The Naked Fury is a thing of beauty, is it not? (Note for non-airplane people: What's a Sea Fury? It was one of the last piston-powered, prop-driven fighters, and one of the very best. Too late for WWII, it saw action in Korea and at the Bay of Pigs and was used by Britain, Canada, Netherlands, Australia, Cuba, and Iraq, just off the top of my head. It was the follow-on to the Hawker Tempest, which was the follow-on to the Hawker Typhoon, which was the follow-on to the famous Hawker Hurricane. It was comparable in size and performance to the late-model P-47 Thunderbolt and F4U Corsair. Today, several race in the Unlimited class at Reno along with the Mustangs and Bearcats.) Edited November 9, 2014 by Snake45 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim B Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Beautiful airplane. Great job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Ed Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 I LIKE IT. That's one of those Planes that if you Ever get the Chance, get as close to it as you can when it fires up. Well worth the effort! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 (edited) Very nice. Another one of my all-time favorite warbirds. Gorgeous, sexy airplanes. Edited October 31, 2014 by Ace-Garageguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Naked and Bill says sexy. What's going on here???? Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DynoMight Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Naked and Bill says sexy. What's going on here???? Scott AND someone's angry.. better watch out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philo426 Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Nice!they still use them as Pylon racers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted November 1, 2014 Author Share Posted November 1, 2014 Nice!they still use them as Pylon racers! Yup! In fact, there's FIVE of them in formation on the cover of the new issue of Air Classics magazine. On their way to Reno. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philo426 Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted November 9, 2014 Author Share Posted November 9, 2014 Here's another Hobbycraft Sea Fury I finished up a couple years ago. Australian Navy in an attractive dark blue scheme. I custom-mixed the paint to match photos but to tell the truth I don't remember what I used. But it's not clearcoated nor polished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philo426 Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Just came from the paint shop(no exhaust staining on the fuselage) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted November 10, 2014 Author Share Posted November 10, 2014 Just came from the paint shop(no exhaust staining on the fuselage) Hey, it ain't a Skyraider! The airplanes I modeled the blue one after must have been kept pretty clean (they were basically airshow machines, IIRC). I don't recall seeing any particular exhaust staining on the pics I researched. Come to think of it, I don't recall seeing all that much exhaust staining on ANY Sea Fury. Maybe the Centaurus was a clean-running engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philo426 Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Yeah the Spad really ran dirty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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