NAA FJ-3 + FJ-4 FURY "Sabre goes Navy

[fam43]

A long tine ago I bought two Matchbox Fj-4 kits. Very simple kits without panel lines but very cheap. Always wanting some Furys I started an attempt to reshape what I had into reasonable models.

The methusalem:

I try to build the two Furys at the same time. TZhe Matchbox kit is missing any panel details nor does it have undercarriage bays.
Let's start with the FJ-4.the easier kit to build. A comparison kit and some rework.:

The same applies for the wings:

 

[Wayne Little]

This should be good..!

 

[Wurger]

 

[fubar57]

Very nice start

 

[Crimea_River]

Always interested in your work. Looking forward to updates.

 

[SANCER]

It is an interesting project Michael and the way you start, invites to follow him closely.

Saludos y estaré pendiente

Luis Carlos

 

[Gnomey]

Good work!

 

[fam43]

As allready mentioned I used the Matchbox kit for the FJ-3 too. A comparision between the origional FJ-4 and FJ-3. A lot of putty is needed for the conversion:

The modified FJ-4 again:

The early FJ-3 with wing slats. Wings are from the Revell Sabredog which were left over from another project:

 

[Wurger]

 

[Gnomey]

Great work so far!

 

[fam43]

Have another look at at the half finished fuselages of FJ-3 and FJ-4:

The wings of the FJ-3 have to be rescribed later on.

 

[fubar57]

Looking good Michael

 

[Wurger]

 

[F-104nut]

WOW this is looking awesome. Nice to see some old school kit being brought back to life. Love to see whats going on here

Cheers Brian

 

[Wildcat]

Excellent work!

 

[Gnomey]

Looks great so far!

 

[fam43]

thanks

 

[T Bolt]

Wonderful work

 

[Tony Hill]

Wow, I always love scratch building conversion jobs. Looking forward to following.

 

[fam43]

Some time has past since my last post. Had to build a F-86K from Kittyhawk not the easiest kit to bulid. But now I'm back on the Furys.
Since the last post they got their wings and elevators + some racks for ordonance. The FJ-3 only needs a coat of primer and its midnight blue color.

The FJ-4B has to get some more putty and sanding where the lower wing joins the fuselage than it will get the primer treatment too.