De Havilland Sea Venom|NOVO F295|Cat.No.78076|FROG F295|FROG model kit|Сборная модель НОВО

de Havilland Sea Venom

FROG 1964

FROG F253 de Havilland Sea Venom, bagged, Rovex Ltd 1973


FROG F253 de Havilland Sea Venom Header Card
Гид по окраске и маркировке FROG F196F North American Mustang Mk.II Инструкция по сборке FROG F196F North American Mustang Mk.II Декаль FROG F196F North American Mustang Mk.II Декаль FROG F196F North American Mustang Mk.II
de Havilland D.H.112 Sea Venom FAW.21/FAW.53
F253 1973-1974 JX(B) 40000 1xRAN&1xFAA
F295 1974-1976 H(R) 45000 1xRAN&1xFAA

FROG model aircraft 1932-1976, R. Lines, L. Hellstrom


NEW AND IN VIEW
FROG Sea Venom F.A.W. 21/53. Blue series.

Another release from Frog of an often asked for prototype, the Sea venom is neatly moulded in grey plastic. The method of assembly is conventional but alas the match of some of the parts is not what can be provided with modern techniques. When you think of the number of kits available today where it is possible to virtually 'dry assemble' and the parts fit with little or no filler, it is disappointing to find that the nose, cap shape does not match the fuselage, the wing roots need a fair amount of filling, the wing-tip" tanks do not match tops to bottoms, and the tail booms need fitting at the joint position. . .even the two wing halves need putty and of course the trailing edge is too thick. . .this is rapidly becoming a Frog trademark. However when all the rather frustrating work is finished, the result is quite accurate and a good model of the prototype. The decals are very good in finish and register but mine needed some glue to hold them on. For those with patience a fair start to a very good model, for the stick them together brigade. . .just another model, but then we ARE supposed to be MODELLERS. . .so I expect to see a fair number on the display tables., .still good value pricewise.

The IPMS magazine, august 1973

KIT COMMENT
USEFUL SEA VENOM

Now almost completely phased out of Royal Navy service, the Sea Venom has become an aircraft in which there is a lot of interest amongst aircraft enthusiasts. The timely arrival of the Frog kit of this aircraft is therefore all the more welcome. Modellers will not be disappointed in what they find in the 24pbag as we are pleased to say that this is one of the best of the Frog Navy bunch in the traditions of the Gannet, Firefly, Avenger, Corsair and Hellcat.

The model is accurate and fits well together. It does, however, suffer from one of Frog's usual problems in having thick trailing edges to the wing and an almost square leading edge. Also in common with others in this manufacturer's range, the undercarriage doors are well above scale thickness and there is far too little detail in the undercarriage legs and wheels themselves.

Frog have adopted the same method of fixing the twin booms of the Sea Venom as they did with their earlier Vampire kit. This involves breaking the boom just aft of the trailing edge in a place most difficult to get at with the usual rubbing down methods and therefore a rather prominent joint line appears. In our model we filled this with Greenstuff and used a narrow file to get rid of the joint, but it would have been much better if wet and dry sanding could have been used instead.

As usual the decal sheet provides alternative sets of marking and it is to a very high standard. We chose the HAW) Mk.53 of the Royal Australian Navy, represented by an aircraft of No 724 Sqdn on HMAS Melbourne as our subject, although equally attractive are the Royal Navy markings for a Sea Venom of No 891 Sqdn when serving on HMS Ark Royal. The large squadron badge that appears on the fuselage side of this aircraft is most attractive and well reproduced in the decal sheet.

Aviation News Vol 2 Num 8 31 August - 13 September 1973



Modelling world

FROG has released a very welcome 1/72 kit of the de Havilland Sea Venom FAW 21/53 two-seat night and all-weather fighter. Kits of British aircraft of this period are rare, although there are indications that more kits of aircraft from the 1950s and 1960s are to be expected in the future. Naval aircraft are also rather rare.

Naturally, any generally accurate kit of the Sea Venom is nice to have, but I am rather disappointed that Frog did not take a little more care with the fuselage shape of this model. Aircraft which are developed from earlier types through progressive stages usually exhibit marked signs on the major parts of the aircraft. The first steps towards the Venom were the installation of the Ghost engine in a Vampire I (TG278). To accommodate the larger Ghost engine the contours of the aft part of the fuselage nacelle were altered, with a straighter under-line and a more abrupt curve up to the larger jet pipe. The straightening of the lower fuselage contour was made to maintain the maximum diameter of the fuselage to a point further aft than on the Vampire in order to accommodate the larger diameter of the de Havillad Ghost engine. The upper surface contours were similarly altered, but on the Sea Venom this is less apparent because of the arrester hook fairing. On Frogs' model the rear fuselage curves up gradually and elegantly, but uncharacteristically.

The two-seat night fighter Venom was evolved from the two-seat Vampire NF.10 (originally developed for an Italian order, but taken over by the RAF), having similar fuselage and radome contours. The Venom NF3 and its counterpart, the Sea Venom FAW21 had a larger and longer radome which did not match the existing fuselage contours. There was, therefore, a slight imperfection in the radome fuselage intersection.

Frog's Venom has a rather blunt radome which is smoothly faired into the fuselage, again missing a vital characteristic of the subject aircraft. The model would look better if a new radome, less rounded and bulbous and possibly made from the front of a large model drop tank if available, was used in place of the one in the kit. It would be better if a slightly smaller diameter radome was made, cemented in a new position in line with the fuselage upper contour, and the lower fuselage filed upwards to join the new radome. This would give the small amount of "kink" necessary to give the right impression. In order to fit the radome in line with the upper contours of the fuselage it is necessary to remove the inner locating flange, on to which the kit radome is normally cemented. It would, of course, be possible to file down the existing radome, but this would seem to be more trouble than making a new one.

The rest of the model is accurate, although the main wheels look a little small.

This is a model that requires a lot of weight in the nose to achieve a balance on the wheels. This is best installed inside the radome before cementing. A large fishing weight held in. place by plasticine is a satisfactory method.

Items for installation under the wings include eight 60lb rockets or empty rocket rails. Bombs or drop tanks are not included in the kit, but these can easily be adapted from some other model. The rockets, on their tier mountings, look very realistic. The jet pipe does not look authentic, due to the extremely thick pipe. The small inner hole needs enlarging to leave a very thin pipe.

The transfers are, as is usual with Frog kits, of excellent standard. Two sets of markings are provided: one is for an FAW 21 of 891 Squadron, based on HMS Ark Royal, and the other is for an FAW 53 of 724 Squadron, HMAS Melbourne. Royal Australian Navy.

Frog's Sea Venom is not up to the same standard as its Vampire for overall accuracy, but nevertheless it is easily capable of being made into a nice little model. It costs 23p.

James Goulding

AIRCRAFT ILLUSTRATED 1974-04


FROG 1970

FROG F295 de Havilland Sea Venom, Red series, Rovex Models and Hobbies, 1974-1975


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FROG 1970

FROG F295 de Havilland Sea Venom, Red series, Rovex Models and Hobbies, 1976-1977


Коробка FROG F295 de Havilland Sea Venom

NOVO F295 de Havilland Sea Venom, NOVO Toys Ltd Cat.No.78076


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78076 D.H.112 Sea Venom FAW.21/53 0++

"0++" indicates that a reasonable quantity - perhaps a few hundred - has found its way on to the Western market.

Only a few kits from an earlier trial consignment ever reached the market. The same fate probably befell the Sea Venom, only this time the catalogue mentioned Egyptian MiGs destroyed in 1956. Only a small number of Sea Venoms were delivered, anyway.

FROG model aircraft 1932-1976, R. Lines, L. Hellstrom




Scale model index 295, bagged, zavod "Sukhoompribor", Sukhumi, Abkhaz ASSR, middle 80-s
Сборная модель самолёта Ф295, Сухуми, Абхазская АССР, 80-е годы


Лицевая сторона лепестка Сборная модель самолёта Ф295, Sukhumi, Abkhaz ASSR, middle 80-s Инструкция Сборная модель самолёта Ф295, Sukhumi, Abkhaz ASSR, middle 80-s Руководство по сборке Сборная модель самолёта Ф295, Sukhumi, Abkhaz ASSR, middle 80-s обратная сторона лепестка Руководство по окраске Сборная модель самолёта Ф295, Sukhumi, Abkhaz ASSR, middle 80-s обратная сторона лепестка Кооперативная декаль для Сборная модель самолёта Ф295, Sukhumi, Abkhaz ASSR, middle 80-s

Suchumpribor is one of the Soviet companies making good use of the old Novo boxes and for a long time this was the standard packaging used. Later issues have been bagged with a simple header-card, using a drawing of a Vampire obviously copied from the BFI issue! No article number is shown on the header card.

The normal plastic colour is off-white. Some of the kits found are unique in having Soviet-made decal sheets.

FROG model aircraft 1932-1976, R. Lines, L. Hellstrom



кооператив Крылья

Paloobniy istrebitel Sea Venom (Палубный истребитель Си Веном), bagged, "Krylia" Co-op, Dnieprodzerzhinskiy AvtoRemontniyZavod, Dnieprodzerzhinsk, Ukrainskaya SSR, early 90-s


Лицевая сторона лепестка Krylia F-295 de Havilland Sea Venom Руководство по окраске Krylia  F-295  de Havilland Sea Venom  обратная сторона лепестка Инструкция по сборке на развороте лепестка Krylia  F-295  de Havilland Sea Venom Декаль Krylia  F-295  de Havilland Sea Venom
ТОКО

TOKO N°100 De Havilland Sea Venom, Toko, Ukraine, 90-s


Коробка Toko №100 de Havilland Sea Venom
Premiere

Premiere P3001 DH Sea Venom FAW 21, 90-s


Коробка Premiere P3001 DH Sea Venom FAW 21 Декаль Premiere P3001 DH Sea Venom FAW 21
Восточный Экспресс

Eastern Express 72225 Navy Fighter DH112 Sea Venom, Eastern Express Group, 2000-s


 Верх коробки Eastern Express 72225 Navy Fighter DH112 Sea Venom  Верх коробки Eastern Express 72225 Navy Fighter DH112 Sea Venom  Верх коробки Eastern Express 72225 Navy Fighter DH112 Sea Venom
intech modelcraft

intech Modelcraft T06-095, D.H. Sea Venom FAW Mk21/53, Modelcraft Inc. Burnaby Canada/ Intech Kraków Poland, 90-s


Верх коробки intech Modelcraft D.H. Sea Venom FAW Mk21/53
СКАТ

SCAT F295 Sea Venom-Naval Fighter, SCAT, Ukraine, 90-s


Верх коробки SCAT F295 Sea Venom-Naval Fighter Схема окраски и маркировки SCAT F295 Sea Venom-Naval Fighter
СКАТ

IOM-kit F295a/b DH-112 Sea Venom/ S.E.203 Aquilon, IOM-kit@mail.ru, 2010-s


Верх коробки IOM-kit F295a DH-112 Sea Venom, IOM-kit@mail.ru, 2010-s Верх коробки IOM-kit S.E.203 F295b Aquilon, IOM-kit@mail.ru, 2010-s
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