1:48 INPACT HAWKER FURY (P102),1968
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FAB FURY!
RELEASED in 1968, the Inpact Hawker Fury Mk.1 was a beautifully-moulded and highly-accurate 1:48 scale kit of Sydney Camm's superb design. 48 crisp parts moulded with precision build into a stunning miniature that has never been eclipsed in this scale. Plastic content is in mint condition and the decal sheet with its No.43 Squadron markings is likely usable if pre-sprayed with clear acrylic. Instructions provide detailed painting and rigging notes throughout the assembly stages-an invaluable feature few other manufacturers considered at the time. Our Hawker Fury kits are complete with all parts carefully re-packed in new polythene bags and although the boxes containing them are a little crumpled in places their colour-printed lids remain in reasonably good shape.
*CONTAINS SQUADRON MARKINGS CHART & TWO PERIOD PHOTOS!
IN the late 1960s, a series of four superlative RAF 1930's biplanes were released by Inpact Components Ltd. of 147 Coles Green, London, NW2 that were unsurpassed at the time. Apart from the Hawker Fury Mk. 1, others in the 1:48 scale 'Classic Fighter Series' included a Bristol Bulldog Mk.1; Gloster Gladiator Mk.1 and Fairy Flycatcher. This pioneering British manufacturer sadly went out of business in 1968 partly due to contractual disputes with the makers of Nylusta line that the kits included for rigging. So we never saw their planned AW Siskin; Gloster Gauntlet and Sopwith Snipe-how great would they have been?
The Hawker Fury is first-rate in every department: accurate in outline, bearing excellent surface detail and is straightforward to build. Fuselage stringer detail on fuselage halves is exceptional as are the accurate wing panels and tail parts with their flat rib tapes and subtle inspection panels setting high standards that remained unassailable until the advent of Wingnut Wings nearly six decades later...
The 48 parts include a four-piece pilot in authentic period flying suit, crisp transparent windscreen; four cockpit parts with realistic dashboard; five separate control horns; hyper-accurate airscrew and fined-section struts: it is truly a stellar production that has stood the test of time. Decals provide markings of K2050 from No.23 Squadron RAF-'The Fighting Cocks'-stationed at Tangmere in May 1931 and are slightly yellowed but could be usable if pre-sprayed in one or two coats of clear acrylic. Instructions are as impressive as the plastic including helpful decal placement; a rigging sketch and pre-painting notes throughout. Our examples are near mint and include two-piece clear display stand along with a full reel of Nylusta rigging thread. Simply sublime...
