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Hi,

Here are some shots of my finally completed 1/72 Emhar FJ-4B Fury. This kit was a bear to tackle – tons of filling and sanding and many corrections to make (aided by the great Ginter “Naval Fighters” book on the FJ-4 Fury and also the “Detail & Scale” Fury volume). A list of the corrections I made follows, in no particular order.

The cockpit was a total mess – it was fixed with the Airwaves photo etch set for the instrument panel and sidewalls. The floor and rear deck are sheet styrene. The ejection seat is a metal replacement from Aeroclub (good thing too as I didn’t have enough weigh up front until the seat was fitted!) and the stick is from the parts box. I added a short stretch of the air intake in front with a piece from a pen cap sawed in half length-wise to fit as close as possible. I super glued it to the opened up air intake and then puttied and sanded it until it looked smooth. I cut off the rudder and made a new one since the kit rudder only has the ribs on one side. The scoops on the fuselage sides were reshaped at the ends and also sanded down to thin them out. I added a fuel dump (painted red) at the bottom of the tail fairing. I replaced the weak kit supplied landing gear with a metal set also from Aeroclub - brake lines were added to the main mounts from brass wire. I cut off the ends of the horizontal stabs and then sanded them to the correct length.

Decals are from the nifty Xtradecal sheet with a few minor corrections. The “41” modex on the nose was too small on the Xtradecal sheet according to my references so I replaced them with another “41” from a Skyraider sheet in the spares pile. I also added the “41” to the wing number to replace the supplied one. The FAGU scheme really is eye popping and once I saw yours Al I had to go for it on my Fury!

Here are some photos…

Time to get back to my new 1/72 Sword T-33

-Derek

Looks really good! Nice work, I'd have to guess that you weren't building models in the 50's when EVERY kit was just like that one and you had to bust your hump to get it looking half way good.
Everyone now a days seems to be spoiled by the 'squirt glue in this corner and shake box' style kits of today. You are now an official old skool type modeller and again, nice job!!

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Wow! Having built this kit I can appreciate the work you put into it. Definately one of the worst kits i've tackled and I lost my patience and just rushed to get it done. You've taken it to a whole new level!

I'm almost embarassed to post this shot of mine

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-Al Sauer
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And I look forward to a review of the T-33 as well. Looks like a nice kit!

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-Al Sauer
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Good job there, the decals look like a pain around the nose.

Looking at those pics makes me FURIous!

Great Job! One of our club members built the Emhar F3H a few years ago, and reported similar difficulties.

SN

Thanks for all of the kind words guys.

Al - there is nothing wrong with your Fury. I like it and I'm glad you posted another pic of it. I was inspired to do this bird after seeing yours don’t forget. You are right that this kit did take a lot of patience to build and it was a struggle at times.

Getting the nose decals on wasn’t too bad actually. They fit pretty well with a just little bit of overlap. A little black and white paint touch up and it come out ok.

It’s funny that you mentioned the Emhar Demon Steve. I’ve had this one started in the stash and I’ve thought about opening up the box and starting it up again. I’ve got the Xtradecal sheet for it plus both old Airwaves photo etch sets and the Aeroclub ejection seat and landing gear. I’m just not sure I want to put myself through another Emhar kit so soon

The Sword 1/72 is a really nice looking kit. I could post some in-progress pics if you guys want to see them.

-Derek

I'd love to see in progress shots of the T-33

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-Al Sauer
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