FJ-1 Fury in 1/33 scale

[deckape]

Ahoy Isaac
Beautiful job buddy looks to be a great buddy build here uncle Don is in I had one of these kits I would join in also. Beautiful job buddy

Boats

[Isaac]

Originally Posted by deckape

Ahoy Isaac
Beautiful job buddy looks to be a great buddy build here uncle Don is in I had one of these kits I would join in also. Beautiful job buddy

Boats

Great. A triple build.


Isaac

[Isaac]

I needed to let everyone know that the kit contains parts for building the plane with a full landing gear and the bays as well as duplicate parts with all retracted , clean and in a flying configuration.

So before you go , you must make a decision. Gear up or gear down?

Obviously building the model in a flying configuration is much easier and faster to build., but you can mount it on a stand as its a good display.

My version will have the gear dropped and I am also planning to drop the flaps.


Isaac

[Isaac]

The inlet is a plain cylinder that is blocked off at the back end representing the engine bullet nose.

here is the Allison J-35 engine


and the parts


and sub assemblies
( I used Yoav's method of inserting a round temporary frame inside the cylinder and applying super glue to the exterior to make sure the cylinder is round , the temporary frame is removed when dry ).


notice the greening smile painted on the engine nose. You will see it a bit when fully assembled and looking inside


The rest will be completed when it is mated to the forward fuselage.


Isaac

[deckape]

Ahoy Isaac
Beautiful start somehow I will buy this kit from E-card and I will join in the F4J is one of my favorite of the early jet development of the cold war era, Superbbbbbbbbbbbbb

Boats

[Don Boose]

So far, I am keeping up with you, Isaac, but I approach the nose section with guarded pessimism.

Will be in class for the rest of the day, and will be attending a Perspectives in Military History lecture tonight, but should be able to make some progress over the weekend.

Don

[Isaac]

Originally Posted by Don Boose

So far, I am keeping up with you, Isaac, but I approach the nose section with guarded pessimism.

Will be in class for the rest of the day, and will be attending a Perspectives in Military History lecture tonight, but should be able to make some progress over the weekend.

Don

Don

I have some more progress and will post tonight. After that , I'm off for two weeks. Traveling.

Isaac

[yaelb]

Great start, Isaac and Don.

No doubt this is going to be an interesting thread.....

BTW, I always spray Americana clear coat on the model pages; so far I have not noticed any effect to the pages.

Theo

[Isaac]

Originally Posted by yaelb

Great start, Isaac and Don.

No doubt this is going to be an interesting thread.....

BTW, I always spray Americana clear coat on the model pages; so far I have not noticed any effect to the pages.

Theo

Theo

So far, I note that when I cut the parts sprayed with Americana, it feels a bit like the scissors are crunching the paper. But the cut is clean.

Will see. Thanks for the advice.


Isaac

[Isaac]

The decision I made is to build the model with the landing gear down. Thus, use the proper pieces.

here are the parts


roll the parts and glue the sections that make a complete loop. The sections between the inlet lip ( orange band ) and the back are open on the bottom and added later.



Now glue the sections from back to front exposing the opening on the bottom for the nose gear bay. Do not add the frames yet


Add the nose inlet.



Isaac