Super Detail GB. Start date: December 2005 End Date: When the last guy finishes.

Finished!  I present my 1/48 Hobbycraft Sea Fury with Cutting Edge cockpit and external details.  Kit markings of No. 802 Squadron, Aug. 1952 during Korean War.  This particular aircraft more than likely did not have rockets, but I wanted them because it looks cooler. 

The Cutting Edge cockpit and external detail sets were great, except for the propeller blades.  Painting gave me headaches.  It's a simple scheme (except for the ID stripes) but everything that could go wrong did.  Shot wrong color for Dark Sea Gray and had to repaint, paint peeled up again and again when masking was pulled off, overspray screwups, couldn't get the fuselage ID stripes straight, etc. etc.  I'm just glad it's done. 

Beyond the paint issues, there's only one real major goof, and all the rest are minor.  But, I'll let everyone else find them. 

It's a shame Tamiya or Hasegawa don't release this aircraft.  The old Hobbycraft kit is the only game in town so the aircraft is really underrepresented.  I've always liked it's brutal look.  

Anyway, thanks for letting me be part of the group build and let me know what you think.

I think it's a great build. Personally, I do more weathering and use more wash, but to each his own! I especially thought the invasion stripes came out really well, I always find it a pain to do those stripes and they never come out just right. Any particular insight to your technique? How do you make sure the widths are consistent?

Once again, great looking build.

Thanks, Waikong.  Personally, I'm not much of a fan of weathering.  It just looks weird sitting on my clean shelf.  Occassionally I'll throw a light wash on a build, but not often.  Now if I had a diorama, an environmental context to influence the weathering, that would be different.

Stripes on the wings are easy.  Measure and mark the scaled dimension on the wing and mask.  The fuselage is another story.  I can't seem to get the tape to keep a straight line on a curved surface.  I've tried thin strips of tape, medium strips, it's just a pain.  I had a Typhoon that came out better, but this wasn't so good.  I've hid most of it by just not taking pictures of the crummy areas.

Thanks guys, for all of the comments.  I will say that in person it's not quite as "clean" as the pictures indicate.  I put a semi-gloss coat on it and probably overdid the lighting when I took the pictures. 

I actually purchased the Squadron vacuform canopy in order to display the cockpit.  But once I split the front and rear vacuform halves apart, I wasn't impressed by them.  Too flimsy or something, so I stuck with the kit canopy.  It's not that big of a deal since the cockpit is black and it would be hard to see all the detail anyway. 

waikong wrote:

I agree with you that the darker wash would probally be nicer, but that wiring job is just awesome. I've tried this a few time and have never done such a neat job. I'm about to do my engine also, so I'll use yours as inspriation to get it right this time. I've been using thin electrical wiring or fishing wire, what type of material did you use?

I used 30 gauge insulated wrapping wire. Picked up a spool at radio shack for a couple bucks. Even though I used tons for the engine, I have tons left. It will probably last me forever, and I'll never have to break open electronics looking for wire again :-)

Good luck with yours.
Leon

Nice work, all of you.

Seems I've been neglected on the list, though. I was on the second page woth a Pz IV.

Here it is.

very nice weathering job on the Tank!