Airfix

[PR19_Kit]

It's a cracking kit, just don't try and short-cut the instructions, it's the first one of their RTFM kits. If you don't do it in their order it just won't fit.

[NARSES2]

It's a cracking kit, just don't try and short-cut the instructions, it's the first one of their RTFM kits. If you don't do it in their order it just won't fit.

Totally agree. Mind you there is still one part of the undercarriage that is a  "how the 'eck am I meant to do that ?" 

[zenrat]

It's a cracking kit, just don't try and short-cut the instructions, it's the first one of their RTFM kits. If you don't do it in their order it just won't fit.

I know what that means from exposure to Mr z's IT team (in the early years of our relationship she was "Jen" from a railway PoV).

 

[Glenn Gilbertson]

My entries in the "I love spats " 2008 group build;

   
Anxious to move quickly into a new era, Hawkers pushed the development of the Fury monoplane. The RAF were keen to adopt the Rolls Royce Goshawk evaporatively cooled engine, and arguments raged over the value of fuselage mounted guns as opposed to fitting them in the wings. Two evaluation batches were ordered; the Goshawk meant that the whole of the front of the wings had to be devoted to cooling, so four machine guns were fuselage mounted in the  Harpy I as the monoplane was renamed. The second batch , the Harpy II, retained the Kestrel engine and the two fuselage mounted machine guns of the Fury but added two machine guns in each wing. The wings had a lighter wing structure than the Harpy I, being largely fabric covered. Two new squadrons were formed, 73 sqn with the Harpy II achieving service before 213 sqn with the troublesome Goshawk engines. After short front-line service the Harpy IIs became useful trials aircraft, while Harpy Is were re-engined with Kestrels as popular senior officers' runabouts.
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Matchbox Hawker Fury plus modified wing from ancient Airfix Hawker Hurricane IIb , Gladiator canopy & legs. You cannot view this attachment.

[Rick Lowe]

  Nicely realized.

[PR19_Kit]

VERY good indeed Glenn, they grasp the feeling of the period pretty well spot on! 

[Gondor]

Very nice Glen. I shall use those as a basis for mine when the GB comes around.

[NARSES2]

VERY good indeed Glenn, they grasp the feeling of the period pretty well spot on! 

Absolutely