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Fury I, 43 Sqn RAF "K1930" |
Air
Power Series.
First flight of the real plane was in March, 1931. The box blurb lists
the engine as the Rolls Royce Kestrel (a version of which powered
the Messerschmitt Bf 109V-1, the first of that series). (There are
two other interesting things about that first '109: it had a wooden,
two bladed propeller much like the Fury I; and the extended landing
gear was braced with a bar between the left and right struts to keep
the gear from collapsing. Obviously, this presaged the collapsing
landing gear problems on Corgi's '109E diecast.)
It is surprising to see such a rare bird in diecast. HM seems to have
refined the craft of mold making to new heights of engineering, rather
than to the heights of art that used to rule the trade. The model
is clean and well assembled, the two notable achievements being the
close fitting prop (no sags there), and the well applied paint and
markings. If you're into collecting our double-winged predecessors,
be sure to get this first release of the Fury I.
One British type I would like to see in diecast is the tough looking
Bristol Bulldog. An American type would be the non-military (though
it did see some service in WWII) Beech Staggerwing, which would be
shear poetry in diecast. |
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Fighter |
| Hobby Master item |
HA8001
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Unlimited |
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