BarracudaCast
A
fter a few months of being
hard to find, Airfix’s
Sea Fury first boxing
has been reissued, and later
this year we will have a further
boxing with new decals, covering
non-UK users of the ultimate
British piston-engine fighter.
So with great timing one of my
favourite resin manufacturers,
BarracudaCast, have gone to town
on the Sea Fury with four sets
to detail and improve the most
noticeable areas of the Airfix kit.
We start with the cockpit. The
Airfix kits isn’t bad for plastic,
except for the notable omission
of the gun sight, but the 20 resin
parts and a small decal sheet in
this set lift the cockpit of the Sea
Fury from good to outstanding.
As usual, the instructions are
comprehensive, with colour
photographs to clearly guide you
through the assembly process.
Unlike many other aftermarket
sets, only a small amount of work
is needed to get the resin parts
to fit the kit, and this is fully
covered in the instructions. In
fact, if you have never added a
resin cockpit to a kit before this
would be a great place to start.
Next, we have replacement sets
for the main undercarriage legs
and their associated retraction
struts. These have been produced
in rigid brass and will add a lot
of strength, as well as somebeautifully cast detail. This set
also includes a new tail wheel
assembly that includes a resin tyre.
Finally, we have two sets of
main wheels that supply tyres with
either a block or diamond pattern.
A nice touch is that you get a choice
of centre hub nuts in two different
styles, so there is no excuse for
not getting this detail correct for
the aircraft you are modelling.1/48 SCALE
BR 48343 SEA FURY MAIN WHEELS-
DIAMOND TREAD
Designed for: AirfixBR 48344 SEA FURY MAIN WHEELS-
BLOCK TREAD
Designed for: AirfixBR 48345 SEA FURY BRASS MAIN AND
TAIL UNDERCARRIAGE WITH RESIN TAIL
WHEEL.
Designed for: AirfixBR 48347 SEA FURY COMPLETE
COCKPIT SET
Designed for: AirfixCONCLUSION
If you have a Sea Fury and really want
to make a stunning replica, these
sets will make a major contribution
to your project. I wonder, as the
Sea Fury cockpit is described as
complete, if we will at some stageget some smaller detailing sets
for those with a smaller budget?
The full BarracudaCast range can
be seen and purchased from http://www.
barracudacast.com. We thank Roy
Sutherland of Barracuda Studios for
supplying us with the review samples.ACCESSORIES
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