Hobbycraft | HC1583 | 1:48 | Hawker Sea Fury F. B. Mk.II
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OOB build of the vintage '89 Hobbycraft 1/48 kit.
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Pretty basic cockpit and engine detail - just concentrated on painting as cleanly as possible.
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Post shading and stripes.
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Post shading and painting the white of a roundel. Applied decal over the top of the stripes. Not thinking about how the black would show through the aged Hobbycraft decals!
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Panel line wash and detailing.
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Panel wash and dirty-up completed using only Vallejo and watercolour paints. No Tamiya stuff or oils available at this stage, so obviously had to ensure I was getting it somewhat right, as I couldn't wipe it off afterwards.
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But bought some by now... Adding Humbrol Blue/Grey panel wash. It's a bit 'heavy' this stuff!
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And we're done! 🙂
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评论
26 13 May 2020, 15:05
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The humble Hobbycraft Sea Fury. You're breathing life into these old kits Neil!
27 March 2021, 15:02
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Thanks Nathan for your kind comment. Picked up on a known auction site for £5, hours of fun later, result as above! Love the old kits! ?
27 March 2021, 17:23
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That's fantastic, and I built it when I was a teenager back in the day. It looked no-where near as good as this though!👍
27 March 2021, 19:24
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Thanks James - I appreciate your kind comment and though was never aware of this kit - I am also reliving my youth in these vintage builds! Ha! Ha!
27 March 2021, 21:10
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Hobbycraft tried hard to get some detail happening in their kits, and your rendition has done that attempt a great result in showing just how much 'grunt' these sea fury birds had. 👍
Your attention to detail is well noted and admired. 👍 🙂
Cheers. 👍
27 March 2021, 22:46
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Hi Kerry. Thanks very much for your encouraging feedback... Your comments are appreciated indeed ??
27 March 2021, 22:53
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I tried building the Hobbycraft DO-17, gave up and almost threw it across the room. Nothing fit right and the landing gear was virtually impossible (for my abilities). I replaced all the Hobbycraft kits in my collection with newer ones. Hats off to you bro! Wonderful job!
28 March 2021, 21:58
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Hi Rich K. Yeah, agreed they're not the best. Rather ridiculously maybe!? I've set myself the task of building; rather than collecting all these older kits out of the box... I must be a madman! Ha! Ha! Thanks very much for your comment ? very kind of you ?
28 March 2021, 22:08
Album info
Hi there,
Thanks for stopping by to view my latest build #12 the Hawker Sea Fury F. B. Mk.II.
I build straight 'out-of-the-box' endeavouring to show the build journey in as few photographs as possible - this is my reason for utilising montage imagery to help reduce the image count of an album.
This build was uploaded on the 26th March 2020.
I hope that the you find my build journey both informative and helpful.