vince14 Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 I'm in with this - the 1/32 Alley Cat (ex. Montex) Hawker Fury, which covers both silver and 25 as I'll be making it in the markings of 25 Squadron. I have both the original Montex and this Alley Cat version. Whilst the latter has many improvements over the original, including the addition of a clear resin windscreen replacing the flat acertate sheet provided by Montex, it also has generaly less crisp castings and (I suspect) a poorer fit. We shall see if I regret this choice, and should instead have gone with the brand new Aviattic Pfalz D.VIII...! First step - checking the kit contents are all there and giving them a gentle wash. Daniel Leduc, Azgaron, Mark_C and 17 others 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 I’m in Vince! Loved doing my first one, even though one or two bits were missing, and looking forward to the second at some point. How are you going to do the shiny, shiny bits? Rick Griewski 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vince14 Posted March 10 Author Share Posted March 10 Probably with Alclad - I'm going to test to see whether their chrome or highly polished aluminium gives a better result. It'll be a while before I post any progress, as there's a significant amount of cleaning up required before I can even think about starting proper. mozart and geedubelyer 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vince14 Posted March 11 Author Share Posted March 11 Here's what I'm working with after an initial clean up... Fit on the underside isn't great, but is fixable. The line of lighter grey on the nose was an area of excess plastic flow, probably due to the mold becoming aged (I suspect my kit might have been at the end of the production run...). One fuselage half has the lip for the chin air intake, but it's missing on the other half. There's a significant step on the fuselage joint behind the cockpit. Looks bad, but is actually quite easily fixed as the fuselage halves here are surprisingly thin and can be easily manipulated into shape. The starboard fuselage half has a couple of poorly molded exhaust port holes. Again, fixable but a bit of a pain. Top wing is in three pieces, and initial test seems to show a decent enough joint. This will require metal rods inserted into the wings to improve overall strength. Lower wing fit is fine on the starboard side, not so good on the port side. All in all, about what I would expect from a low volume kit of this type. Nothing (so far) that is unfixable, but a few niggles to work through nonetheless. Azgaron, mozart, themongoose and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 Some of that moulding is pretty poor Vince! I had nothing like that on my first Fury but I’d better go and check my other one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vince14 Posted March 11 Author Share Posted March 11 Yes, my other Fury is the original Montex kit and everything is much sharper and better defined. Looks like I have some work ahead - good job the GB runs up to the end of the year! mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Checked, mine “A OK”! vince14 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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