1/48 NA FJ-2 Fury ESCI/MONOGRAN/REVELL

[fam43]

Late in 2017 I tried my skills on the ESCI-FJ-2. At first I had a good going but desaster struck me around X-Mass. But see how it happened.

The ESCI beast:

I got my hands on a NA-drawing of the FJ-2:

When I compared the drawing with the Esci Kit it became clear that much sweat had to be spent on this project.

There is a good side (tail hook topcs) who shows what you get building it out of box- simply ugly.
Tailhook Topics Drafts: ESCI 1/48th FJ-2/3
Because the Esci blue Fury kit was very britle I used their F86-E kit which is comparable and not so prone to breaking apart. (I believed)
I started sawing and sanding. First the vertical tailplane fin has to be moved foreward.

Next step:

 

[Wurger]

Great !!!

 

[fubar57]

Love the Fury. Did not realize how much was wrong. Looking forward to this

 

[Airframes]

A complex project, but it should be good !

 

[Gnomey]

Great work so far!

 

[Crimea_River]

Very ambitious. Not to say the ESCI kit is accurate but one also needs to be careful with "drawings" found on the net. Not all are accurate either.

 

[fam43]

Hi Cremia River,
you are awfuly right with your remarks about drawings. Good pics of the real thing are better. The Esci kit definitely is a joke which only can be built with industrial amounts of acrylic cement and putty. But there is no otrher kit of the Fury in quarter scale.

 

[SANCER]

It is a good project and a well-deserved effort to this beautiful Fury.

Saludos
Luis Carlos

 

[Wayne Little]

Should be an interesting build.

 

[Ohm-men]

My kind of modelling!!! Curious to see how this will develop further!

 

[fam43]

The ECCI- kit was very brittle and after this was all I could get out of it, I threw the fuselage away.

Now I took the good ole Monogram Sabre and started again. This is what I got from this.

I think I made the right choice.

Staying with Revell now I took the slatted wings from their Sabredog. It was tedious to saw the arester-hook and catapult hook compartments but scratchbuilding is for the fearless.

 

[Gnomey]

Looks great so far!

 

[Crimea_River]

Nice work Michael.

 

[SANCER]

Me gusta Michael, looks good so far

 

[fubar57]

Good choice

 

[Wurger]

 

[T Bolt]

Nice surgery there

 

[fam43]

As usual the Marines received the planes which were rejected by the Navy. This means a bare metal finish is the paint of the day. I used Revell Aluminium for the ground color.

 

[Airframes]

Nice paint finish.

 

[Gnomey]

Great work so far!