a little one * * * finished * * *

[JohnRatzenberger]

Here we are, the Miniwings 1/144 Sea Fury.



Not even sure how/why I got this, I don't usually do 144 unless it's a large airplane. Anyway, here it is, I think I can do it in 6 weeks if I do at least 4 parts/week.

Looks well-molded. Has a decal for IP & seatbelts, that's neat. Only one marking option. I have no spare 144 decals so I have no options (or room for mistakes). I would have liked stripes, maybe I'll put 'em on anyway ....

Only work so far is to wash the parts ....

[lancfan]

What an interesting model, a useful companion to those larger aircraft you have.

David.

[JohnRatzenberger]

I am not looking forward to putting 5 tiny prop blades on a tiny spinner, assuming I don't break or lose one or more blades .....

[MerlinJones]

I think you'll be happy with the resin, but take care with those canopies.
Miniwings now issue PE prop blades with their prop kits and, when this was released, modellers went nuts over the folding wing option.
Note that the decals are all on one continuous sheet and need cutting out individually. They are also vulnerable to scratching, so take care of those as well.

Regards,
Bruce

[JohnRatzenberger]

Interrupted by a family issue, back home now.

Here we are with the main parts cut and mostly sanded smooth. Note the jewelers saw and the smaller one from the Hasegawa Tri-tool set.



Like many resin kits, the instructions are minimal. I have figured out that the little round circles on one side of each wing outer panel must be fuel fillers, so I now know which side is up. The outer wing panels should have some dihedral (?) but how much is not given. Also there is no indication of how to align the cowling panels to the fuselage. I also need to know cockpit interior and wheel well colors.

I have peeked at your (larger) kits to get an idea.
-- figured out cowl alignment
-- the round things are not fuel fillers but significantly misplaced landing lights; I think they disappear & I turn the wings over.
-- cockpit black
-- wheel wells yellow, silver doors, etc
-- dihedral, not much


Other than that, it's pretty good resin. Only a few air/pin holes to fix, almost no flash so far, mounted well to the pour blocks and easy to remove. There is a IP decal as well as a seatbelt decal.

[splash]

That looks fun to build.

Regards Splash

[MerlinJones]

And a shilling!

[JohnRatzenberger]

Together, and in the gap/seam-filling process.



I really do have handling issues with these little things; odd because I can do smaller parts on larger models OK.

[JohnRatzenberger]

Here we are, most the parts on.



Still needs interior paint/decal, main wheels, tail hook, and the prop assembled ... and vac canopy cut out.
Gear doors are nothing to write home about, maybe as thick as a real-size kit -- I didn't bother to correct them.

One more shot at getting the seam out of the wing joins and time to paint.

[JohnRatzenberger]

Hmmm, I just noticed my gear doors are straight along the edge, not angle-cut like the ones I'm seeing on other kits ...
If that isn't a valid configuration, then my rating of this goes from medium to low ....

[JohnRatzenberger]

Paint is on, but needing touch-up in a couple places ...



Here's the underside, mostly to show the apparently erroneous gear doors I mentioned last post ...



We're going on a vacation tomorrow, but will be back before the ending date and ought to be able to finish it then ....

[TimJ]

Looking good.

[JamesPerrin]

You're making a nice job of it John.

[Old_Tonto]

Wow. Yours is tiny!

[JohnRatzenberger]

No pix.
Paint is touched up.
Model is "Futured" for decals.

Tomorrow, I have to paint tires and prop tips and apply decals and see what happens.
If all that goes well, I'll get around to cutting and fitting the tiny vac canopy & it will be done ... in time ... maybe ....