32scalelover Posted July 25, 2024 Posted July 25, 2024 Does anyone have any info on this kit as far as quality, price, or release date? Hopefully it will be better than the Hobbycraft one, more on par with the rare fisher kit. Greg
scimitarf1 Posted July 25, 2024 Posted July 25, 2024 Currently being tooled in China. It was designed based on a LiDAR scan of the Navy Wings airframe. PE in the box and 7 schemes (British, Australian, Netherlands and Canada). Slide moulded canopy to capture the complex curve. Due out in the first half of 2025. LSP_Kevin, BloorwestSiR, Kagemusha and 5 others 7 1
Oldbaldguy Posted July 25, 2024 Posted July 25, 2024 I am nearly three quarters of a century old. Why are they doing this to me? Alex, Shoggz, Royboy and 6 others 8 1
fastterry Posted July 25, 2024 Posted July 25, 2024 1 hour ago, Oldbaldguy said: I am nearly three quarters of a century old. Why are they doing this to me? I hear you OBG, I'm in the same age bracket and furiously trying to make inroads into the stash and finish as many models as possible before the guy with the scythe puts his hand on my shoulder. One of my unfinished SOD models is the Fisher Sea Fury so I will probably pass on this one. TRF Oldbaldguy, Shoggz, CRAZY IVAN5 and 2 others 5
Royboy Posted July 26, 2024 Posted July 26, 2024 Same here! I know that as I'm being carried out into the churchyard a good friend will whisper through the box hey you'd never guess this one they've just released a 1/32 scale Blackburn Buccaneer and Sepecat Jaguar! C'est la vie!! If I'm lucky I might actually see the Sea Fury though? Kagemusha, scvrobeson, CRAZY IVAN5 and 5 others 2 6
32scalelover Posted July 26, 2024 Author Posted July 26, 2024 Sounds like it will be nice if I can wait.... Greg
Tony T Posted July 27, 2024 Posted July 27, 2024 Looking forward to seeing this. Getting rid of five kits for every new one I buy, but I'm running out of easy ones to part with. On 7/26/2024 at 6:26 PM, 32scalelover said: Sounds like it will be nice if I can wait.... Greg Do you have a choice? Tony monthebiff, Kagemusha and wunwinglow 3
monthebiff Posted July 27, 2024 Posted July 27, 2024 2 hours ago, Tony T said: Looking forward to seeing this. Getting rid of five kits for every new one I buy, but I'm running out of easy ones to part with. Do you have a choice? Tony I'm with you there Tony, I had quite a large Wingnut collection but have slowly sold the lot over the last 6 months as life is far to short to rig the things and decided to stick with WWII subjects to build. I've also been going through my stash of AM which was equally shocking. Regards. Andy Kagemusha and CRAZY IVAN5 2
CRAZY IVAN5 Posted July 27, 2024 Posted July 27, 2024 On 7/25/2024 at 2:49 PM, Oldbaldguy said: I am nearly three quarters of a century old. Why are they doing this to me? To keep ya going! I'm only a few years behind you [well, I'm 68], and i keep building and have quite a reserve built up to keep the juices flowing. If yer buildin', yer livin'. Keep on jamming brother! I got ideas of being 105 and riding 200 hp sportbikes ,dragging a knee in the turns, though I might need some help getting on and off the thing ,once I'm on ,I'm good! wunwinglow, John1, Shoggz and 6 others 4 5
32scalelover Posted July 29, 2024 Author Posted July 29, 2024 This is probably a dumb question, but not being a RAF expert by any means here goes. Special Hobby makes a nice 1/32 Tempest II kit. To my untrained eyes it looks like a Sea Fury. I assume there are a lot of differences between the two?? Greg
R Palimaka Posted July 29, 2024 Posted July 29, 2024 22 minutes ago, 32scalelover said: This is probably a dumb question, but not being a RAF expert by any means here goes. Special Hobby makes a nice 1/32 Tempest II kit. To my untrained eyes it looks like a Sea Fury. I assume there are a lot of differences between the two?? Greg Not a dumb question, everybody has their area of interest. There are only a couple of people I can think of out there on the internet who think they know everything. First of all, the Sea Fury is a naval aircraft of the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm so not RAF. And the Tempest and Sea Fury do look similar but they are different, sort of like the difference between a Wildcat and a Hellcat maybe? Richard
LSP_Kevin Posted July 30, 2024 Posted July 30, 2024 58 minutes ago, 32scalelover said: This is probably a dumb question, but not being a RAF expert by any means here goes. Special Hobby makes a nice 1/32 Tempest II kit. To my untrained eyes it looks like a Sea Fury. I assume there are a lot of differences between the two?? Greg The most obvious difference between a Sea Fury and a Tempest is that the former has a raised cockpit compared to the latter. The top of the Tempest's fuselage is relatively flat from nose to tail, whereas the Sea Fury has a noticeable hump up to and back from the cockpit. Kev Martinnfb and scvrobeson 2
R Palimaka Posted July 30, 2024 Posted July 30, 2024 (edited) Yes, as Kev says, the most obvious was the raised cockpit and humped fuselage in the Sea Fury. The aircraft was intended to be a lighter weight version of the Tempest II. Wingspan was shortened, and wheel wells and undercarriage moved in. Also Sea Fury had five-bladed prop as opposed to four blades on the Tempest. The tail was taller and a different shape. Wing leading edge intakes rearranged. I'm sure others will chime in with more... Richard Edited July 30, 2024 by R Palimaka Martinnfb and scvrobeson 2
32scalelover Posted July 30, 2024 Author Posted July 30, 2024 Thanks for the explanation guys. I figured there might be slight differences as I knew on was Navy and one was RAF. I was hoping that the differences would be minor like the F-4D Phantom and the F-4J. Oh well, they are both cool aircraft. I do think I like the Sea Fury a little better. Greg
MikeC Posted July 30, 2024 Posted July 30, 2024 (edited) 4 hours ago, R Palimaka said: Yes, as Kev says, the most obvious was the raised cockpit and humped fuselage in the Sea Fury. The aircraft was intended to be a lighter weight version of the Tempest II. Wingspan was shortened, and wheel wells and undercarriage moved in. Also Sea Fury had five-bladed prop as opposed to four blades on the Tempest. The tail was taller and a different shape. Wing leading edge intakes rearranged. I'm sure others will chime in with more... Richard Pretty much sums it up. The wings were shortened by effectively removing the centre sections of the Tempest wing so the wheel wells on the Sea Fury "meet in the middle". The only other things I can think of are the obvious Naval mods like a hook. There was a non-Naval version as well, but the RAF weren't interested as they had shiny new jets. However, some were sold to Iraq; I don't recall any other customers, but may be wrong. I suppose a T-bird version in due course would be too much to hope for? Edited July 30, 2024 by MikeC Martinnfb, scvrobeson, CRAZY IVAN5 and 1 other 4
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