Hawker FK-1 Fury

[TomZ]

Hawker FK-1 Fury



In 1943 the US Navy was looking for a successor to the F6F Hellcat. Primary candidate was the Grumman F8F Bearcat but Hawker Aircraft from the United Kingdom proposed the new Sea Fury fighter to the US Navy.



After a prolonged competition the Hawker design won out over the Grumman and in October 1944 2000 Furies were ordered, to be built under licence by De Havilland in Canada.





TomZ

[kitnut617]

Very nice Tom   

(side note: Hawker already had a company in Canada, called Avro [actually, Victory Aircraft])

[zenrat]

Noice.   

[NARSES2]

Looks good 

[AeroplaneDriver]

Very nice!  Looks so much better than the Bearcat.   

I just logged on to upload my completed Sea Fury pics...I was torn between real world and a USMC Whif.  I went real world, but if I hadn't we wold both be posting blue US Furies at the same time!  lol

[b29r]

Very nice, Tom!  She looks great in USMC livery, and you did a great job.  Neat backstory too.

Do you mind if I ask what decals you used here?  They sure laid down well and look awesome.

Best regards,
Kem

[TomZ]

Do you mind if I ask what decals you used here?  They sure laid down well and look awesome.

Decals came from the spares box. I think they are from xtradecal sheet for the F4U.

TomZ