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Hawker Jet Fury pics

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October 15, 2008, 12:12:02 PM Last Edit: October 16, 2008, 10:21:01 AM by van883
With the trench warfare stalemate in France in 1944 and the sudden and unexpected collapse of the Stalin regime following the catstrophe at Kursk, the Nazis regained some of their vitality, putting a number of advanced aircraft into service-decimating allied bomber squadrons. The impetus was on to throw allied jets into service. The Hawker Fury was hastily developed into a jet and though there were handling issues due to the low set tail it proved to be a stepping stone to better things...

As a footnote it has recently been revealed that the massive explosion and loss of life at Los Alamos put back the development of the atom bomb by several years...there was no mention of this at the time...




Van

Radish

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October 15, 2008, 12:13:58 PM
Very nice, Van :wacko:
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October 15, 2008, 01:21:44 PM
I've seen pictures of a Sea Hawk with Tempest wings but this with the Fury tail works even better, nicely done  :thumbsup:
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October 15, 2008, 05:11:57 PM
That's so sweet it should come with a warning for diabetics!  :thumbsup: :cheers:
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#4
October 16, 2008, 02:09:37 AM
Nice one Van  :thumbsup:
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#5
October 16, 2008, 06:27:02 AM
Looks the business! Excellent work!
:thumbsup:  :thumbsup:
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Mossie

#6
October 16, 2008, 07:00:31 AM
Great work!  I did a very similar Sea Hawk profile a little while back, the conversion to the earlier jet tempest is great!



What's the red & yellow marking on the nose?
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October 16, 2008, 08:51:31 AM
Very good idea and realization :wub: :wub: :wub: :wub: :wub:
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#8
October 16, 2008, 09:44:00 AM
I've liked the idea of one of these ever since I saw it in BSP - Fighters. Nicely realised and a good back story too: well done!  :thumbsup:
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van883

#9
October 16, 2008, 10:23:05 AM
Quote from: Mossie on October 16, 2008, 07:00:31 AM
Great work!  I did a very similar Sea Hawk profile a little while back, the conversion to the earlier jet tempest is great!



What's the red & yellow marking on the nose?

It is from the Matchbox Tempest VI kit ....I forget which squadron  :unsure:

Very nice profile, by the way

Van

Mossie

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October 17, 2008, 01:50:47 AM
Quote from: van883 on October 16, 2008, 10:23:05 AM
It is from the Matchbox Tempest VI kit ....I forget which squadron  :unsure:

Very nice profile, by the way

Van

Ta!  There's some more here: http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,19753.0.html

Thanks to you & Lee for the badge, I've never seen the flyer canopener done like that before.
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#11
October 17, 2008, 12:49:02 PM
Good one, Van - the low tail adds interest. :thumbsup:
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