Hobby Boss 1/48 FJ-4B Fury | 5 Minute Review

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Ай бұрын

Greetings everyone, today's review episode will be about the FJ-4B Fury in 1/48 scale from Hobby Boss. I'm a huge fan of early jets and this one looks to be a decent kit.
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@tonygary7611 28 күн бұрын

Nice

@carlsmoot2939 Ай бұрын

I'm in the process of finishing this kit up right now. The Detail and Scale reference book has good information on the issues with this kit. The decals suffer from incorrect text on the jet warnings (front and rear). Assembly was good, and surface detail is okay, although incorrect in some places. One big problem is the nose landing gear strut. It's molded in the collapsed version rather than the more normal extended version you would see on a ship. The cockpit is so so, but the Aires cockpit doesn't fit without a lot of effort. I ended up using some Aires parts, some kit parts, and added some scratch building. If you do use the Bullpup missiles, to be correct you would need to make a guidance pod as it is not included in the kit. Overall, better kit to build a Fury than the older Grand Phoenix and other kits, but still will require some work.

@HammerheadModelMaking 29 күн бұрын

Thank you for the detailed break down of trouble areas, unfortunately that's a common occurrence with Aries resin, they need a fair amount of work to get to fit right.

@christopherjordan5423 27 күн бұрын

Looks like it would be a fun build!! Love your reviews by the way.

@HammerheadModelMaking 27 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@neilhaas Ай бұрын

Very nice jet FJ-4B Fury love jets.

@HammerheadModelMaking 29 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@BrianSanders-tn7pi Ай бұрын

Hi Brett. Thats a nice looking kit. Good detail and plenty of weapons to make it interesting. The decals look nice and bright , typical of the period. Nothing like the dulled down versions like they use today. Good review bud and a good video.

@HammerheadModelMaking Ай бұрын

yeah, looking forward to getting this one on the bench.

@brickwarefare9717 Ай бұрын

nice review, i really like your content. keep up the good work 👍

@HammerheadModelMaking Ай бұрын

Thanks, will do!

@DrewsModels Ай бұрын

Nice review, Brett! I recently acquired this kit through a model auction on Facebook. It looks interesting. May see if Eduard has a Zoom set for the cockpit.

@HammerheadModelMaking Ай бұрын

Yeah, it will certainly need an upgrade in the cockpit!

@DrewsModels Ай бұрын

@@HammerheadModelMaking I checked Ebay and Aires makes a resin cockpit set with photo etch. I tend to build OTB though.

@zacklewis342 Ай бұрын

FYI, you can't use 6 Bullpups like the kit shows, there should be 5 plus a guidance pod which shouldn't be too difficult to scratch build.

@HammerheadModelMaking Ай бұрын

Good to know! Thanks for sharing.

@Sea-cadet2838 Ай бұрын

Intresting 😃

@HammerheadModelMaking Ай бұрын

I think so!

@brianquinlan8891 Ай бұрын

Looks great, do you think you’ll be reviewing the new tooled 1:48 Leopard 2A7 from Tamiya?

@HammerheadModelMaking Ай бұрын

I can certainly see if I can get a hold of that kit!

@coreyward9000 Ай бұрын

I made this kit last year, fit is really good, decals are bad, would recommend trying to paint them or something for the bigger decals

@HammerheadModelMaking Ай бұрын

Good to know, maybe I'll consider painting the markings then.

@deinelof 29 күн бұрын

💀👍🏻

@Saber-ut8ri Ай бұрын

It’s great until you need to use the decals. They disintegrate from personal experience. Had to buy a Red Devils set for 20 usd.

@HammerheadModelMaking 29 күн бұрын

You're the second person to say as much, thanks for the warning!

@c123bthunderpig 29 күн бұрын

While a nice " looking" kit manufacturers are getting lazy charging supreme high prices. Lazy because their not trying to fix that texturing problem of the plastic which in the end ruins the build out. Based on this review its another kit I can cross off my interest.

@HammerheadModelMaking 29 күн бұрын

Yeah, thats the trouble with inbox reviews in general, they may "look" nice, but that doesn't address any fit or accuracy issues. But, if you've crossed the kit off your list, then the video has done its job, informed you. Cheers!

@c123bthunderpig 29 күн бұрын

@@HammerheadModelMaking exactly, I won't buy a kit without seeing a kit review plus it helps balance my model budget. I haven't bought Hobby Boss for a long time, that's why I subscribe to your channel, your reviews are spot on, Thanks.

@HammerheadModelMaking 29 күн бұрын

@@c123bthunderpig Cheers mate, appreciate you watching!