Novo Sea Fury - Spirit of '33

[Knightflyer]

Well here goes then - A recent arrival at Chez Knight, grabbed off the pile for something simple to do when I was in a Travelodge last weekend

Scalemates says it's the 1977 Novo boxing of a 1963 FROG kit (so it predates me! Woooooooo!) 



And as for what to do with it, well as I'm not a 'chopper and changer' the difference will only be 'skin-deep' but I have something based on this in mind

[Dizzyfugu]

Bare metal with colorful retro trim? Cool idea. 

[NARSES2]

Hope you go retro, often wondered what modern aircraft would look like in a 20/30's scheme 

[Knightflyer]

Okay so an update on the Sea Fury

It went together relatively well. I started assembling it in a Travelodge whilst on my hermitage weekend so when  got home I had to break the wing off as I'd assembled it with too much dihedral, however the replaced wing also looked better. I also had to scrap build a pair of main undercarriage legs as I'm pretty sure one was missing in the bag BEFORE I opened it, either that or Travelodge carpet tiles are the most effective carpet monster known to man 'cos I couldn't see it. Anyway, the first stage of work got me to here



I don't know why, but seeing it like this I always wonder about a 'short-nosed' Fury/Tempest. It wouldn't work of course, because things like pilots and fuel tanks get in the way, and aerodynamically having the prop only just forward of the wing.....

Then of course we get to masking. I know I should do the silver first and I could have also spray canned it ....but I did it this way



And after a few evenings work, masking tape off and two coats of Humbrol 191 applied also ...



and that's it to date Gentlemen 

[zenrat]

She's looking good.

[The Wooksta!]

You know, looking at the photo of it sans engine, it does look rather 1930s-ish...  It's giving me ideas, and I'm too far into this year's Telford builds to start owt else!

Ah, b****** it!  Where's that PM Sea Fury?

[DogfighterZen]

Looking very good indeed!

[Captain Canada]

Is that ever looking good ! Love the box art as well, first I've seen of that !

[PR19_Kit]

Love the box art as well, first I've seen of that !

IIRC that's the same box art as the original FROG moulding, or pretty darn close anyway.

[kitnut617]

Love the box art as well, first I've seen of that !

IIRC that's the same box art as the original FROG moulding, or pretty darn close anyway.

Yeah! got that one in the stash too ---

[Knightflyer]

Love the box art as well, first I've seen of that !

IIRC that's the same box art as the original FROG moulding, or pretty darn close anyway.

Kit is right, it is pretty darn close, see below. The FROG box-top dates from 1964, the Novo one from 1977. It does actually show a differently marked aircraft, but in exactly the same deck position!




I always did wonder about that. Did the Russians buy the box-art along with the moulds? Most of the NOVO boxings bear quite a similarity. Another question, did FROG have an equivalent of Roy Cross?

Of course, for the final version of the box-art, this happened! ........

[zenrat]

I have this one from 1969.

[PR19_Kit]

Somewhere I've a got a big book about FROG kits and I'm sure it'd have something to say about who did the box art.


If only I could find the book.................. 

[Rick Lowe]

Somewhere I've a got a big book about FROG kits and I'm sure it'd have something to say about who did the box art.


If only I could find the book.................. 

I found here...

http://retroscalemodeling.lefora.com/topic/8183103/Air-LinesFROG-172-scale-Box-art-Trading-cards#.WAxoJ_l95aR

This:
'Here is a set of 24 Air Lines trading cards from the back of their kit boxes. The box art was painted by the famous aviation artist, Jo Kotula. These date from the early 1960s.'
'...This same box art appeared on many of the FROG kits of that era as well.'

HTH

Cheers

[zenrat]

Googling Jo Kotula gives a heap of pics including Aurora box art and sci fi stuff.