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Model Forum / General / Models / May 2008Airfix Fulmar
Hannants are listing a 1/72 Fairey Fulmar from Airfix. Does anyone know anything about this kit? I don't remember a Fulmar in Airfix's catalogue back in the day. Is this a new mould rather than a re-pop? I don't recall anyone doing a 1/72 Fulmar that could be re-popped.  SignatureEnzo I wear the cheese. It does not wear me. > Hannants are listing a 1/72 Fairey Fulmar from Airfix. Does anyone know > anything about this kit? > > I don't remember a Fulmar in Airfix's catalogue back in the day. Is this a > new mould rather than a re-pop? I don't recall anyone doing a 1/72 Fulmar > that could be re-popped. It's a re-pop of Vista (also in Revell AG guise) kit from 1990-es. SignatureVedran Kalamiza www.HRCappuccino.org > Hannants are listing a 1/72 Fairey Fulmar from Airfix. Does anyone know > anything about this kit? > > I don't remember a Fulmar in Airfix's catalogue back in the day. Is this > a new mould rather than a re-pop? I don't recall anyone doing a 1/72 > Fulmar that could be re-popped. Revell produced a 1/72 Fulmar, with, I think, a yellow fin. I don't recall the original source though; maybe it was Revell? Regards Pat Macguire > Hannants are listing a 1/72 Fairey Fulmar from Airfix. Does anyone know > anything about this kit? [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > I wear the cheese. It does not wear me. As others have posted, odds are it's the Vista kit, also reissued by Revell. It's a very good kit, the only flaw I recall reading about being wheels with the wrong number of "spokes". This was apparently because the kit designers went to the FAA Museum, where the Fulmar MkI on display was fitted with MkII wheels during its restoration, and they reproduced what they saw. It's too bad Vista only released this one kit - at the time, they were intending to do a range of FAA types. Not many kit manufacturers seem to be willing to go and take actual measurements from a surviving example of the real aircraft in order to try to make the kit as accurate as possible, regardless of what happened with the wheels. IIRC, there is (or used to be) a vacuformed canopy available for it from Pavla, and also a photoetch set from Airwaves. If you're concerned about the wheels, I *think* the problem can be solved by substituting the ones from a Heller or other Hawker Tempest, but I'd have to dig a bit to confirm that - I don't recall off the top of my head whether the correct number of spokes is 4 or 5. John >> Hannants are listing a 1/72 Fairey Fulmar from Airfix. Does anyone >> know anything about this kit? [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > try to make the kit as accurate as possible, regardless of what > happened with the wheels. Thanks to all who answered. I think I can just about live with the wrong number of spokes on the wheels. :-D Anyroad, from what I've read it would be a very minor matter to convert a MkI to a MkII. I'll give this one a try. I think I owe it to the Fulmar. Thirty years ago I tried to build a Rareplanes vacform kit of this aircraft and I made a right pig's ear of it. SignatureEnzo I wear the cheese. It does not wear me. On May 4, 12:39�pm, jthmp...@arvotek.net wrote: > As others have posted, odds are it's the Vista kit, also reissued by > Revell. It's a very good kit, the only flaw I recall reading about > being wheels with the wrong number of "spokes". Agree. Outstanding for the time, and very good now. Vista decals were Victorious 1941 and Torch US stars. > IIRC, there is (or used to be) a vacuformed canopy available for it > from Pavla, This canopy was the first and only one with "textured" frames instead of smooth--meant to hold paint better, vital on this greenhouse of a plane. And you may still have the Rareplanes canopy! On May 4, 5:31 pm, tomcervo <tomce...@aol.com> wrote:> On May 4, 12:39�pm, jthmp...@arvotek.net Pegasus also has a pretty good Fulmar Mk.I/II and Special Hobby a Mk.I coming, if it isn't already out. There was another pretty good example from Pegasus, a rotten vacuform from Airmodel and a nice cast resin example from Czech Mastrer. Of course there was also the Merlin kit :-) Falcon Clear-Vax also has a Fulmar canopy. Aeroclub offers a three port exhaust set, Merlin engine and Rotol Prop/ Spinner set, Dunlop Balloon Tires/Wheels set and Main/Tail Wheels/ Tires set for the Fulmar. Most of the after-market sets were designed for the Rareplane kit, but should do just fine for the Vista kit. Tom > Hannants are listing a 1/72 Fairey Fulmar from Airfix. Does anyone know > anything about this kit? > > I don't remember a Fulmar in Airfix's catalogue back in the day. Is this a > new mould rather than a re-pop? I don't recall anyone doing a 1/72 Fulmar > that could be re-popped. Word is that it's a reissue of the Vista/Smer kit. Cheers, |
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