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NA FJ-2 Fury ESci /Monogram/Revell 1-48


fam43

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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:

 

 

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

 

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

 

 

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There is a good side (tail hook topcs) who shows what you get building it out of box- simply ugly.

 

http://tailhooktopics.blogspot.com/2015/04/esci-148th-fj-23.html

 

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.

 

 

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Next step:

 

 

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  • 1 month later...

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

 

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

 

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I think I made the right choice.

 

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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.

 

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Next disapointment were the ESCI-decals. Sure they were very old. They won't come off the decal sheet. When 24 hours weren't enough I dried the sheet and scanned it. Printing the sheet  on clear decalpaper I I won the fight.

 

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A few parts had still to be cemented on to the kit than it was finished.

 

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The wing tanks are scratchbuilt because I ran out of Esc-itanks. Maybe they are 1-2 mm on the short side but this don't bother me.

 

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A marine Fury has to be presented at the coast. Therefore rollout was at Lübeck at the baltic sea. in april.

 

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