McG 6969 Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 Glad to read you're getting your mojo back, Colin... Cheers Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leighfield Posted July 11, 2022 Author Share Posted July 11, 2022 Thanks Chris, nice to hear from you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McG 6969 Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 Still following, Colin. Due to major changes in my private life, a house move and extreme mobilty issues, I never started my Fury build. As a matter of fact, I still have my Vicomte 1916 'uncompleted' and even the PSS Sabre Dog on the back burner. I should follow your example and find my mojo again... Cheers Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leighfield Posted July 11, 2022 Author Share Posted July 11, 2022 Easier said than done sometimes, Chris! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Fenton Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 Seeing Martyn's in paint on Facebook has to have given some inspiration Colin? Are you still flying at Fradley?? Cheers Danny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn K Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 Back following again Colin... Looking forward to see how it develops.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leighfield Posted July 12, 2022 Author Share Posted July 12, 2022 Hi Danny and Martyn. No, I’d already decided that I’d got a reason to finish it properly, seeing where Martyn has got to with his made me realise that I wasn’t too far off. I need to sort out the right paints to use. I want to do the plane that was finished “sand and spinach”, so I need some air-brush practice. I’m also dithering over whether or not to bother with rib-tapes. Flying at Fradley ended in May 2021, when HS2 arbitrarily closed off access to the site. The club already had an alternative, but I’m not comfortable with it and was on the verge of giving up. However, I’ve found somewhere else I’m happy with and I’ve been able to get flying again. Hopefully I’ll be at the field later today getting some practice in. Currently focused on my FMS T28 Trojan V4 and resurrected Nigel Hawes 45” Tucano, which with 200W/lb stretches my attention span to the limit, apart from the difficulty in seeing it, particularly from head-on, with those very thin wings! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Donaldson Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 Glad to see you back with the Fury Colin. I did not bother with rib tapes in the end even though I bought some form Mike Reeves. Still getting diverted from the Hurricane build. Built a couple of thermal gliders as well as repairs. Keep going Colin. Graham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leighfield Posted July 13, 2022 Author Share Posted July 13, 2022 11 hours ago, Graham Donaldson said: Glad to see you back with the Fury Colin. I did not bother with rib tapes in the end even though I bought some form Mike Reeves. Still getting diverted from the Hurricane build. Built a couple of thermal gliders as well as repairs. Keep going Colin. Graham Hi Graham, nice to hear from you. I should be ashamed, two years behind you on this project! No more excuses now though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leighfield Posted July 14, 2022 Author Share Posted July 14, 2022 I‘m having second thoughts about the choice of colour scheme for this model! Hawker Spanish Fury 2 Colours.pdf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Fenton Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 Both are "busy" lol i am sure you will do a great job whichever you choose. Cheers Danny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leighfield Posted July 14, 2022 Author Share Posted July 14, 2022 Possibly my total inability to paint a straight line could be an advantage, if I have a go at the squiggly version. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn K Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 18 hours ago, Colin Leighfield said: Possibly my total inability to paint a straight line could be an advantage, if I have a go at the squiggly version. They both look squiggly to me but then that may be my eyesight.. 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 A cracking build Colin a credit to your tenacity , did you solve the strut retaining ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leighfield Posted July 15, 2022 Author Share Posted July 15, 2022 Martyn, believe me, it’s not your eyesight! May I ask who’s paint you used, did you air-brush it? Martian, thank you! I need to do a bit of work on the brass tongues to get it exactly right, not far off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leighfield Posted July 18, 2022 Author Share Posted July 18, 2022 (edited) Following a helpful conversation with Danny and considering all options, I decided to contact Phil at Fighter Aces to discuss the possibility of using KlassKote for this project. It’s not cheap, but at the rate I’ve been building this project, it’s an acceptable cost per annum! Hawker Spanish Fury 2 Colours.pdfUsing this excellent plastic kit leaflet, he’s been able to accurately identify all of the colour matches. Unfortunately, he hasn’t got everything in stock and it’s going to be late August. however, we’re away for a couple of weeks in early August and when we get back the house will be in a state of chaos with alterations being done, so that’s probably ok. In the meantime, I can get on with the rest of the finishing detail. Phil sent me photos of a 1/4 scale Fiat Cr42 they have built that has a Regia Aeronautica scheme similar to the Fury. This is one of my favourites, one day - - -! couldn’t resist including it here. Edited July 18, 2022 by Colin Leighfield 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Donaldson Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 We ate with baited breath! Graham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leighfield Posted July 19, 2022 Author Share Posted July 19, 2022 Don’t keep it bated for too long! You’ll do yourself an injury! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leighfield Posted July 19, 2022 Author Share Posted July 19, 2022 (edited) Sorting through next steps, I thought I’d take a look at the bag of wood left over from the build and am a bit alarmed to see that most of it probably should be in the airframe somewhere! Can’t understand it. Ah well! Next I’ve finally pulled out the box of 3D printed parts that Tony Bennett made. I’m scratching my head to work out where all of that goes! I’ll trawl back through the build threads and see what I can fathom out. A rib tape kit is on its way from Mick Reeves and a 20x10 prop is due to arrive tomorrow. I can sort out the spinner then. Edited July 19, 2022 by Colin Leighfield 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leighfield Posted July 20, 2022 Author Share Posted July 20, 2022 There are a number of helpful photos in Tony Bennett’s build thread that have answered my questions, some of them are here. He seems to have dropped out a long time ago, sadly. He always had so many ambitious projects running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlyBird Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 Hope you don't mind Colin, here is a link to Tony Bennett's build. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leighfield Posted July 20, 2022 Author Share Posted July 20, 2022 Thanks Steve, that’s where I got his photos from. Sadly, he seems to have abandoned it in 2019. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leighfield Posted July 23, 2022 Author Share Posted July 23, 2022 (edited) On 11/07/2022 at 19:52, McG 6969 said: Still following, Colin. Due to major changes in my private life, a house move and extreme mobilty issues, I never started my Fury build. As a matter of fact, I still have my Vicomte 1916 'uncompleted' and even the PSS Sabre Dog on the back burner. I should follow your example and find my mojo again... Cheers Chris Hi again Chris! You previously mentioned that you have a fair bit of information on the (3+1) Spanish Furies. My first choice of finish is the first one here, the other is the possibility if I find the first too difficult. I think the second one is that which was captured and then flown by the Nationalists. All of the illustrations I can find are of the left side of the plane. I could do with pictures of the right side, to be more confident on the camouflage patterns. I wondered if you have any such illustrations in your collection? Edited July 23, 2022 by Colin Leighfield Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leighfield Posted July 23, 2022 Author Share Posted July 23, 2022 As part of the dilemma in resolving paint patterns, here is a model made by David Henyk, on the Wordpress site. It shows the same plane as that in the second of the illustrations in the previous post. The camouflage pattern is different, it makes you wonder how much guessing goes into these things. I might be mistaken in thinking this is the plane captured by the Nationalists, I’m getting confused. This well-made model would provide a good alternative if I’m struggling with the “sand and spinach” option though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McG 6969 Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 7 hours ago, Colin Leighfield said: Hi again Chris! You previously mentioned that you have a fair bit of information on the (3+1) Spanish Furies. My first choice of finish is the first one here, the other is the possibility if I find the first too difficult. I think the second one is that which was captured and then flown by the Nationalists. All of the illustrations I can find are of the left side of the plane. I could do with pictures of the right side, to be more confident on the camouflage patterns. I wondered if you have any such illustrations in your collection? Heya Colin, I indeed had quite a bit of info regarding the Hispano Suiza Furies. Unfortunately I lost my complete Fury files after a disk crash. Pure from (old) memory, I would say that 2 of them had a bad outcome and that #4 became a 'phoenix' rebirth out of the two remains. Captured by the 'Nationalists', it became the one (#4) in your previous post. Plenty of details there, isn't it. That would be my primay choice, Chief... Cheers Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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