Fisher SeaFury Part III

The RCN Sea Fury modeled is in CSMA II scheme comprising extra dark sea grey with a high demarcation over sky. This was the second of four paint schemes carried by Canadian Sea Furies and the combination that the majority of Canadian Sea Furies in the VW serial batch were delivered, although TG 117 was the only Sea Fury from the first production batch to be so painted. The Fischer kit decals and supplemental decal sheet allow a wide range of Sea Furies to be modeled and provide markings to allow the Canadian CMSA I, CMSA II, and CMSA IV schemes to be done. My model uses Fischer national markings while the codes and serials are from the Hobbycraft kit. My favorite reference for the Sea Fury remains “The Hawker Sea Fury in the Royal Canadian Navy” by Leo Pettipas but is now 22 years old and scarce. More recent resources for Canadian Sea Furies are “Royal Canadian Navy Aircraft Finish and Markings 1944-1968” by Patrick Martin with Leo Pettipas as well as an excellent series of articles by Jennings Heilig. A comprehensive 4 part series beginning April 2006 was posted on Hyperscale and an article was published in “Model Aircraft Monthly” in the September 2006 issue. For those seeking a good selection of colour pictures of Canadian Sea Furies, I would refer you to the book “Banshees in the Royal Canadian Navy” by Carl Mills. Hical, Allan.