Kit's Firebrand **FINISHED**

Purplethistle · Post by **Purplethistle** » August 5th, 2015, 1:06 pm

Seriously nice 'pit. Shaping up to be a corker

Kitaholic · Post by **Kitaholic** » August 7th, 2015, 1:03 pm

Bit more work done

Main fuselage together now. Surprised at how well the resin parts went together. An almost flawless seam on the upper surface that just required a small amount of sanding and a tiny bit of filler at the fin root and just behind the cockpit.

The underside, on the other hand was a very different story, still not a bad fit for a resin kit.

and a Firebrand suddenly begins to take shape

Thanks for looking

DazDaMan · Post by **DazDaMan** » August 7th, 2015, 2:21 pm

Christ, that looks a HUGE aircraft for a single-seat, single-engine fighter!

TomW · Post by **TomW** » August 7th, 2015, 9:03 pm

The Fleet Air Arm always liked their aircraft burly didn't they? Looks great

Regards

Tom

Marek · Post by **Marek** » August 7th, 2015, 10:16 pm

TomW wrote:The Fleet Air Arm always liked their aircraft burly didn't they? Looks great

Regards

Tom

You have to be on a brutish side to survive the life at sea

Stuart · Post by **Stuart** » August 8th, 2015, 9:17 am

That's a beast - looking good!

Kitaholic · Post by **Kitaholic** » August 16th, 2015, 2:33 pm

Definitely something about this ugly brute that makes it attractive

Still not ready for the paint shop yet but slowly getting there

Certainly pushing me to the limits but at least the fit is good

MarkyM607 · Post by **MarkyM607** » August 16th, 2015, 6:30 pm

Good work so far. That's some serious flap action going on there.

Kitaholic · Post by **Kitaholic** » August 17th, 2015, 5:13 pm

Thanks. Yep, some of the most serious flaps I've seen on a single seater

TobyC · Post by **TobyC** » August 17th, 2015, 6:35 pm

That looks like a very nicely detailed kit. You've done it proud so far.

Kitaholic · Post by **Kitaholic** » August 24th, 2015, 6:12 pm

Pushing hard this week for the finish, hopefully

Replaced the kit gun barrels with brass ones, not because the kit parts were poor. On the contrary they are a very nice casting but being resin I couldn't see the barrel tips surviving my not-so-gentle handling

Paint now being thrown at it

DazDaMan · Post by **DazDaMan** » August 24th, 2015, 6:17 pm

Looking good.

Post by **Softscience** » August 24th, 2015, 10:09 pm

Whaaaa!!!! Will you look at the flaps on that thing?!

So cool!

Martin R · Post by **Martin R** » August 27th, 2015, 10:55 pm

She's a big 'un, alright!

Kitaholic · Post by **Kitaholic** » August 28th, 2015, 8:35 am

Started putting the decals on now, CMR decals are some of the best I have used so far

As you can see one of the flaps has been knocked off, errrr for the umpteenth time

If I ever do another one , flaps will go on last. Hindsight is wonderful

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