Wingco57 Posted March 24, 2016 Author Share Posted March 24, 2016 Well done! Cees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
towerpower Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Guys, i have several fisher kits, and their quality is excellent, and even for a novice in resin pretty good buildable, so i have all confidence in this (indeed MLD!!!) Firefly. And Cees, there is (was) another 1/32 Fairey Firefly FR1, made by the now extinct PMC, Panther Model Club. It's a vacform as far as fuselage and wings are concerned (also clear parts), but it has a complete resin interior, and gear stuff including wheels etc. I managed to pick one up right before they stopped business...... cheers, Jack. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted March 24, 2016 Author Share Posted March 24, 2016 Was it any good Jack? Cees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
towerpower Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Hi Cees, I never saw Tigger's vacforms, i have quite some old ones from Doug Feeney, but i wouldn't know what his vac Firefly is like, but i guess the PMC release is equal to the ID originals probably, just your average basic vacform parts, but the resin detailing kit (which wasn't sold together with the PMC kit, you'd have to pay for them seperately) is another story. And come to think of it, i don't think these parts are resin at all, just "crude/raw" IM plastic parts in a blackish coulor.(haven't looked into them recently) They remind me of the IM detailing parts that were once included in Combat models F7F Tigercat, very basic, lots of sanding corrections to do, but it is possible to bring it out into an acceptable model. BTW, PMC's second kit (beside a hint to a skyraider IIRC) was a Dehavilland SeaVixen (have that one too) I'll try an take some pictures, to show you. Jack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted March 24, 2016 Author Share Posted March 24, 2016 Thanks, I am really excited a 1/32 Firefly will finally be released. Beautiful flowing lines, cluttered wings with Youngman flaps underneath, great radiatorscoops in the leading edges with cannonshrouds and that graceful curving fin. Do I need to say more? Cees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
towerpower Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 hahaah, you're a poet Cees, a real poet..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted March 25, 2016 Author Share Posted March 25, 2016 Amen brother. Cees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Visited the Danish Air Museum today, and went by the restoration hangar to get an update on the progress on the Fairey Firefly... I know, it's very yellow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted August 14, 2016 Author Share Posted August 14, 2016 Very.We have one in the Netherlands too. Unrestored and in deep storage at the Aviodrome museum. Wonder why the swapped it for a historic Dutch Spitfire.Love Tweety on the windscreen.Cees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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