Fairey Fulmar

Angel Expósito Fotograbados Airwaves

Russ Haines Bargain kit for £8, all went together easily and with minimal swearing.

Only moans:
1) The instructions are wrong re: the cheek air inlets. Only the MkII had them (I believe). The main instructions just tell you to attach them (which you have to do by eye) regardless of the Mark you're building, and the painting instructions seem to have them fitted for the Mark I and not the Mark II, which is the wrong way around.

2) The decals are thicker than the bloody wings! I lost count of how many coats of softener I applied to get them to even slightly settle into the panel lines. Conversely though, they're were also really fragile (even before I'd plastered them in softener). To add insult to injury, they were slightly out of register too (you might be able see a bit of a white halo on the starboard wing roundel in these photos: the Operation Torch decals were so skewed I couldn't use them, hence the regular FAA decals).

Still enjoyed it though

komoras Looks really great!
What camo will it have?

Ken Hammer Thanks, komoras, It's going to have an operation Ironclad paint job, temperate sea scheme, with low demarcation

Anthony Jordan Some interesting decal options here: 2 HMS Victorious including one with US roundels for Operation Torch (which I shall be making) and a captured example in Vichy markings.

Dave Flitton Watching!

Es-haq Khosravi Well done!

M.Julian Marles The Brits sure had some interesting wingy things..and not all spitfires and lancs!

Dutch Ed, great job. You've got me beat on the asembly and painting. I still a Hunter kit on the bench that I meant to build over a two week period over two years ago! Keep up the good work and let us see some finished photos!

Ed Hubbart Somehow it is missing the prop spinner. I've determined through some other folks that the spinner from an early Spitfire (three blade prop) could work as well. Anybody who has one, it would definitely be appreciated.

soheil moghisi nice.

Ed Hubbart Won a second kit of Ebay recently. I've robbed the spinner from that one and some of the decals shown to fix this one. Eventually, I will build the second kit as a Mk.II, which has American style national insignia in FAA colors and registry.

Vitor Costa NOOO!! Not that one Duncan! Stop smelling the glue my friend!

Bill Gilman Not many choices in 1:72. Vista (re-boxed by Revell, Airfix, and Smer) and Special Hobby. The latter has some resin (wheels) and photoetch, and is somewhat better in the detail department. We need a genuine new tool, highly detailed Fulmar in 1:72!

Erik Houghton One can hope for one in the next few years, what with Airfix slowly re-tooling all things British

Duncan Cook Vitor you know me. I'am drinking glue all the day