Hawker Furore - for a Merlinless Britain

[Bungle]

 Ok  Looks like Imageshack is back on line. Some of the images have still to filter through. Not sure why but I have checked the links on Imageshack and they are the same but they are showing here as expired. I'll upload them again tonight and refresh the links.

In the meantime things have progressed. I have filled in the wing roots with Tamiya putty and sanded and puttied and sanded and puttied and.... this is where we are...







The only downside is the carpet monster has ate the nose cone, the small piece that sits between the fuselage and the propeller. One minute I had it the next... gone.

I took a day off work to strip the room, tables and do a fingertip search could I find it - no !

So more putty , gonna have to sculpture one myself.

[Bungle]

While the Cake Riots of 1936/37 raged in the Midlands, the Fairey Aviation company based in Hayes, London were able to work without interruption. By a rare streak of insight or good fortune the Managing Director and Chief Executive Sir Reginald Cuthbert Peake-Freans had implemented an agreement with the trade unions over mid morning beverages. In 1934 Sir Reginald had met directly with the two main Union negotiators Messrs Huntley and Palmer to replace the industry standard 'Currant Bun' with the acceptable Chocolate Digestive biscuit. Negotiations when on for days with both Huntley and Palmers insisting that Custard Creams be on the table at all times. In December 1934 a final agreement was met where each work would have the choice of three Bournville creams or three Custard Creams or two Milk Chocolate Digestives with their morning tea.

So by the outbreak of the Cake Riots the Fairey Aviation company lost no production time. By the end of 1938 their new monoplane fighter meeting the MoD's F.5/34 Specification was ready. It's good looks earned it the nickname of the Fancy though it's more dynamic name was to be the Quake except some clerk somewhere mistakenly mistyped the name so to the MoD the Fairey Fancy was to known as the Fairey Qake.


The Fairey Fancy



Or Fairey Qake

[zenrat]

 

[Captain Canada]

I fancy one of those myself !



Too bad about the missing part, but the rest is looking rather tasty !

[Rick Lowe]

Yep, it looks Fairy Nice...

Sorry, that was above and beyond what was called for... Fairy Nuff
I'll get my coat.

[Captain Canada]

Ouch....

[The Rat]

Who flew that, some tart from the Air Transport Auxiliary?

[The Rat]

Possible engine name: Rolls-Royce Rissole 

[zenrat]

Who flew that, some tart from the Air Transport Auxiliary?

Whoever she was she had nice buns...

[Bungle]

Unfortunately last week I was struck down with the real world version of what affected Imageshack. One day I was fine the next flat on my back with doctors looking down my throat. Now one week on and full of allsorts of antibiotics I'm back on my feet. Not a very pleasant few days with two days without sleep or able to swallow and worse still - no cake ! Anyway over the last few days I have been able to rather unenthusiastically put paint on the model and finish it off. Due to my state of mind/health/botheration I have not recorded the steps. In truth I thought I did but they say the camera never lies and there are no pictures on it !

So without further adieu the Hawker Furore Mk.1











it's the Mark 1 version as I'm not happy with it and thinking of adapting it to the boosted Mark II.....

[Captain Canada]

Not happy ? I love it ! The shape, the spinner, the canopy.....very nice. I could see giving it another go tho, either the same mark or the latter.

[Dizzyfugu]

Looks very retro! Just the canopy looks a bit odd - maybe a bit too large?

[Bungle]

Looks very retro! Just the canopy looks a bit odd - maybe a bit too large?

My thoughts entirely - too short. Though the tall canopy was deliberate.

[KiwiZac]

I like it! It has a real double-take element to it.

[The Rat]

Looks fine to me!