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Fury FJ-4B from Grand Phoenix Some Photos

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  • From: United Kingdom / Belgium
Posted by djmodels1999 on Monday, February 9, 2004 9:03 AM
Looks very nice and neat from over here. Nice work, beautiful aiplane!
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    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Monday, February 9, 2004 8:55 AM
Hi,
as I couldn`t sleep for days now, knowing I probably painted the gear doors wrong, I have searched in the www for some better photos. There are a lot of photos, some of them showing Furys still in service with all the doors open (thank you god) and some bad ones (mostly in B/W) that let me suggest that the doors were painted in a darkish colour. Probably red. So now I´m awaiting the new Fury Detail & Scale book from Bert Kinzey, together with my second GP Fury Kit. And then... Then I will try to do it completely right.: Doors open, ...and red...(or white with red edges?) who knows.
Anyway, a great plane in a good kit from a Modeler who is getting better and better (hopefully).
Happy modeling
Gerald
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    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, February 4, 2004 11:28 PM
Awesome pics Gerald, and I totally agree with AJACKETSFAN, I would never notice the difference in colors on the gear doors.....'cause I'd be way too busy drooling over the cockpit detail!!!!Tongue [:P]Wink [;)]
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    May 2003
  • From: Lewisburg , Tenn
Posted by fuzzy on Wednesday, February 4, 2004 10:12 PM
Great job Gerald! Thanks for sharing your project.I'm looking forward to seeing
your Firefly when it's finished.
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    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, February 4, 2004 10:04 PM
Wow it looks really great. That's a really great paint job. As for the gear doors etc. I have no idea and about 90% of the other people who look at it won't know the difference. Please keep sharing your pix!
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    January 2003
  • From: NE Georgia
Posted by Keyworth on Wednesday, February 4, 2004 6:30 PM
Very nice build, Gerald. Make sure you posts the pics of the next Fury!
"There's no problem that can't be solved with a suitable application of high explosives"
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    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, February 3, 2004 2:24 PM
BRAVO-ZULU, phil !! I just bought the same kit to complete my Dragons collection. I hope I do nearly as good a job as you did!!Tongue [:P]
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Posted by fightnjoe on Thursday, January 29, 2004 10:58 PM
another very nice build.

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    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 29, 2004 7:17 PM
Looks like a good kit, certainly another one to add to the collection here. In 1971 I trained as a Marine Crash/Rescue man at NAS Memphis and have fought many a training fires with an FJ-4 being in the burn pits, was a shame to see them go like that.
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    January 2004
  • From: Newnan, GA
Posted by benzdoc on Thursday, January 29, 2004 6:03 PM
Nice clean job. Good going!
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    July 2003
  • From: Lower Alabama
Posted by saltydog on Thursday, January 29, 2004 5:49 PM
nice build Gerald. too clean for my tastes, but if your into that kinda stuff, she's a hot tamali. i love the awesome detail in the cockpit, very nice. later.
Chris The Origins of Murphy's Law: "In the begginning there was nothing, and it exploded."!!! _________ chris
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    March 2003
  • From: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
Posted by maddafinga on Thursday, January 29, 2004 5:32 PM
It's a real beaut! Does look like a shark. I've always had a fondness for planes with an air scoop in the front like that.
Madda Trifles make perfection, but perfection is no trifle. -- Leonardo Da Vinci Tact is for those who lack the wit for sarcasm.--maddafinga
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    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 29, 2004 4:44 PM
Hi Phil,
thanks for that explanation. I think that is an interesting discussion, perhaps one of the other s modelers has more information. I read ( haven´t seen it yet) about that Steve Ginter Book and that there should be some photos in it of Furys with their doors open and red. But as I´m not sure I really think you may be write. Espescially as your explanation sounds logical to me. I ´ve already ordered a copy of Detail& scale and it will be interesting to see whats in there. Anyway, as I have finished that Fury and as it would be a shame to close that lovely detailed landing gear boxes? (how are they called?) I just wanna believe that it might have been like I did it. Next Fury will come and may be then with closed doors or white insides or ...
Greetings to US from Germany
Gerald
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    June 2003
  • From: Reno, Nevada, USA
Posted by Silverback on Thursday, January 29, 2004 3:56 PM
That photo:
That particular plane is a restored example photographed at a recent air show. As such, I would be skeptical of its provenance without other corrobarative research.
As I recall the gear extension sequence, all the doors (except for those directly attached to the gear) closed as soon as full extension was achieved. This made the aircraft more controllable during the critical carrier landing/controlled crash phase. The few photos I have found of parked operational birds show all the doors up.
Navy standard painting procedures for the period called for white epoxy on all (occasionally exposed) interior surfaces. The edges of gear doors, slat tracks and such were painted red to warn deck crew of the potential for injury.
The few areas painted solid red, such as the interior of dive brakes, were universally hated by crew chiefs because of the difficulty in spotting hydraulic leaks, which show up quickly on white surfaces. Such surfaces were painted red as a signal to other aircraft in the flight that one of them was jammin on the brakes.
And (humble grovelling) I was mistaken about the hinging of the gear door. The main doors hinge at the centerline; that interference door hinges just as you have it. I'm pretty sure the little door would be closed up as soon as possible. during landing so that it did not become another dive brake.

BTW, the new Detail & Scale book is a pretty fair reference, as are the FJ-series of books by Steve Ginter.

Phil Schenfeld
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    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 29, 2004 3:11 PM
Hi Phil,
thanks for your tips, but I´m not sure if you´re right. If you follow this link: http://xcski.com/albums/osh_jet_warbirds/078_fj4b_fury.sized.jpg
you can see a fury with all doors open, red insides and the MLG door looking to the front. May be there is second truth? I have absolutely no knowledge about this jet, just all the photos that I could find in the Internet. And of course I have read all available kit reviews.
Let me know what you think abot that photo.
And thanks a lot for your praise
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    June 2003
  • From: Reno, Nevada, USA
Posted by Silverback on Thursday, January 29, 2004 2:57 PM
Good looking build of a difficult kit. Just a couple of minor suggestions for your next one:
The gear doors should be white inside, with only the edges painted red. Actually, for a parked aircraft, only the doors attached to the MLG and the forward door of the nose gear would be open. You can save yourself a lot of work on those ill-fitting gear wells because you would never see the majority of their interior.
The inner door of the MLG was hinged near the aircraft centerline, not at the forward edge.

Again, beautiful job

Phil Schenfeld
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    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 29, 2004 2:05 PM
Looks great! A much neglected subject. Can't wait to get to mine. I have the 1/72 version by Emhar. Will be a bit of a beast but it will be worth it. Also have the FJ-1 by Siga in 1/72. I should do them at the same time!
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    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 29, 2004 2:04 PM
Ecellent job very tidy and nicely done, thanks for the peek.
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    November 2005
Fury FJ-4B from Grand Phoenix Some Photos
Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 29, 2004 1:43 PM
Hi modellers,
now that you have been so nice to me and my Mustans, you have to see some other pics. Its my third project (the Mustang was the second, the ac Hornet the first). Its the Fury and its from the Muti Media short run kit from Grand Phoenix. This one isn´t comparable with a Tamiya. You have to be very patient and to do a lot of extra work. But what you get is a very nice replica of that funny looking plane (looks like a shark to me). I did some scratch on that kit : complete rear cockpit as there was no detail in the kit, brake lines, the stencilling is from loads of other kits- if you could read the stencils it would be quite funny, complete nonsense. The Pitot tube and the gas tube are made from 0.9mm needles etc. I had to wash away the complete painting one time because I had some problems with the metal leading edges first(alclad2 Alu) and did it again. Better the second time. Masking the red nose was a bit tricky. I have done only a very light weathering, just to not destroy anything. I really like the look now. Hope you like it too. Right now I´m working on the Fairey Firefly from GP. I will show some pics when its finished. And the Westland Whirlwind is waiting for me(Classic Airframes), I can hear her cry: Build me Build me...
I sure will buy a second Fury. Its a cool plane.
Every criticism, Idea, question or whatever is very welcome.
Hope to hear from you all
Gerald










And that is the best photo:
Is that a cool view???

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