HAC,s hawker fury is a beautiful aircraft and a gem of the art of restoration,so for xmas the good lady wife bought me the airfix kit of it.Can anyone out there in forum land tell me what the combing around the cockpit opening was made from and what the colour is likely to be as its not mentioned in the instructions what it should be.A picture would be of great help of it also if possible. Alan
By: Black Knight - 3rd September 2013 at 21:27
Not heard anything of this for ages, is it still at Goodwood? Has it flown since the 1st flight?
By: spit1940 - 1st January 2013 at 07:20
I,m going for the original aircraft so its going to be dark brown.Thats a lovely cockpit shot by the way.Thanks alot guys. Alan
By: Robbo - 31st December 2012 at 23:44
The Shuttleworth Hind’s combing is black although the brown of the natural leather is showing through in places.
By: Mike J - 31st December 2012 at 23:43
You’re quite correct Consul, I was looking at photos of the ex-Patrick Lindsay replica (which had a dark brown leather surround) when I made my comment.
So if you’re trying to replicate the HAC aircraft, spit1940, I’d go for black. If you’re trying to replicate an original 1930s Fury, either black or dark brown, one guess is probably as good as another.
By: Consul - 31st December 2012 at 23:02
My photograph was taken on the day it was rolled out for the press – make your own judgement about the colour but surround concerned looks black to me:
Tim
By: Mike J - 31st December 2012 at 22:43
The cockpit surround is a roll of leather, dark brown in colour.
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