Sword FJ-3M Fury



History: "VF-84, initially known as the Vagabonds, was established on July 1, 1955, at NAS Oceana flying the FJ-3 Fury. After deactivation of VF-61 in 1959, VF-84's commanding officer, formerly with VF-61, requested to change his squadron's name and insignia to that of the Jolly Rogers. His request was approved on April 1, 1960.

The squadron embarked on the USS Forestall (CVA-59) with CVG-1 in 1957." (Ref 1) 

This model depicts an aircraft of that deployment. 


The Sword kit of the FJ-3M Fury is a limited-run kit, so some modeling experience is a must to finish this kit. It's a challenging build.  Stipulating that, this kit has quite a bit going for it: finely engraved panel lines, accurate shape and a detailed cockpit. If you want a 1/72 scale Fury, this is pretty much the only injection kit available. 

Except for the AIM-9B Sidewinder missile from the Monogram F-4C/D kit, this Fury was built straight out of the box.







CALL THE BALL! 

RJ

References:

1. Seaforces online: VF-84 ‘Vagabonds/Jolly Rogers"
http://www.seaforces.org/usnair/VF/Fighter-Squadron-84.htm

2. "The North American Fury" by Richard J. Curuana, Scale Aviation Modeler International, Vol 9, No.7,July 2003, SAM Publications, Bedford UK.

3. TAILHOOK TOPICS: FJ-2/3 Fury Redux, by Tommy H. Thomason, http://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2011/04/fj23-fury-redux.html

4. "Workbench Reviews: Sword FJ-3 Fury" by Paul Boyer, Fine Scale Modeler, March 2018, Kalmbach Publishing Co, Waukesha, Wi, USA.

5. FJ Fury in Action; Aircraft Number 103, by Jim Menko, Squadron Signal Publications, Carrollton, TX, 1990

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