1/72 Fairey Fulmar with PE wingfold.

[boatman]

I'm sure I will get round to the Gannet(s) - I have both the Revell boxings the T.5 and the AS. 1/4. These are pretty new tooling, a totally different generation to the old Frog antiques. I think I'll do the trainer with folded wings, and bomb bay closed, and the AS version with bomb bay open - I'll have to look out some some suitable weapons, as Revell don't supply anything for the finely detailed bay . All this WILL come to pass, but later in the year.............
Dave

HOPE you do Dave looks like its gonna be a slow year:sad:

[Dave Ward]

Slow year? We're just about 11% through the year already!
Dave

[boatman]

Slow year? We're just about 11% through the year already!
Dave

I meant Dave its gonna be slow till you do the gannets with the tripe wing fold

[Dave Ward]

Still working on this, the stub wings are proving a little more trouble than I expected, and the percentage of filler has jumped! I hope to be able to finish the wings, shortly, and I can think about getting some paint on - I'm going to have to paint & decal the wings, before getting them to stick to the fuselage.................
Dave

[Dave Ward]

Well, after a lot of fiddling, I think I'm just about ready for some paint. The PE for the wing stubs was a real pig........................
It didn't help that my CA didn't seem to stick anything, apart from my fingers!
I'd been trying some Gorilla CA - not impressed, I had to slip out and buy some of my original tried & tested Loctite CA
This is what the folded Fulmar looks like


Dave

[Guest]

Wow, that’s a lot of compression on that museum photo … The model is looking good, though — you’d swear everything fit just fine from the start

[Guest]

Looking very good; no obvious signs of difficulty.
I’m glad it’s not just me that can’t stick PE to plastic!

[stillp]

Try here Jakko. https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/7536084

[Guest]

That’s a much better version, thanks even though I wasn’t particularly looking for it

[stillp]

There's a whole album at https://hiveminer.com/Tags/fairey%2Cfulmar
Pete

[colin m]

That is some wing fold, yours Dave, and the real thing.