Ryan FR-1 Fireball EM ESCALA / IN SCALE
Voltando em mais um post da série "Em escala" aqui do blog, retratando mais um dos aviões mais estranhos que voaram na Marinha Americana no período logo depois da Segunda Guerra Mundial.
O Ryan FR Fireball foi um caça americano de propulsão mista (a pistão e a jato) projetado pela Ryan Aeronautical para a Marinha dos Estados Unidos no final da Segunda Guerra Mundial. Foi a primeira aeronave da Marinha com motor a jato sendo que apenas 66 aeronaves foram construídas antes do Japão se render em agosto de 1945. O FR-1 Fireball equipou um único esquadrão antes do fim da guerra, mas nunca entrou em combate.
Coming back with another post from the "In scale" series here on the blog, portraying one of the strangest planes that flew in the US Navy in the period right after World War II. The Ryan FR Fireball was an American mixed-power (piston and jet-powered) fighter aircraft designed by Ryan Aeronautical for the United States Navy at the end of the World War II. It was the Navy's first aircraft with a jet engine. Only 66 aircraft were built before Japan surrendered in August 1945. The FR-1 Fireball equipped a single squadron before the war's end, but did not see combat.
The XFR-1 was a single-seat, low-wing monoplane with tricycle landing gear. A 1,350-horsepower Wright R-1820-72W Cyclone radial engine was mounted in the fighter's nose while a 1,600 lbf General Electric I-16 (later redesignated as the J-31) turbojet was mounted in the rear fuselage.
The Fireball was armed with four .50 in M2 Browning machine guns with 300 rounds per gun. They were mounted in the center section of the wing, immediately outboard of the air intakes for the jet engine. Four 5-inch (127 mm) rockets could be carried under each outer wing panel and two hardpoints were provided under the center section for 1,000 lb (454 kg) bombs or 100 US gal (380 L) drop tanks.
Afirma-se que um Fireball do VF-41 se tornou a primeira aeronave a jato a pousar em um porta-aviões, embora sem planejamento prévio, em 6 de novembro de 1945. Depois que o motor radial de um FR-1 falhou na aproximação final ao porta-aviões de escolta Wake Island, o piloto conseguiu ligar o motor a jato e pousar, mal pegando o último cabo de parada antes de atingir a barreira de proteção do navio.
It has been claimed that a Fireball of VF-41 became the first aircraft to land under jet power on an aircraft carrier, albeit without prior planning, on 6 November 1945. After the radial engine of an FR-1 failed on final approach to the escort carrier Wake Island, the pilot managed to start the jet engine and land, barely catching the last arrestor wire before hitting the ship's crash barrier.
Apenas um único exemplar, o FR-1 BuNo 39657, ainda sobrevive. Utilizado primeiro no Centro de pesquisa de Ames da NASA, a aeronave serviu como estrutura de instrução em uma escola técnica antes de ser adquirida pelo Planes of Fame Air Museum em Chino, Califórnia. Após a restauração para condição de exibição estática, o 39657 foi incluido na coleção do museu em Chino em 13 de junho de 2009.
Only a single example, FR-1 BuNo 39657, still survives. Deployed first to the NASA Ames Research Center, the aircraft served as an instructional airframe at a technical school before being acquired by the Planes of Fame Air Museum at Chino, California. After restoration to static display condition, 39657 was rolled out at Chino on 13 June 2009.
But now speaking of kits, what do we have on the market? Well, the options are not many as we have very old kits in different scales, especially in resin and Vacuum form or more recent kits, but only in 1/48 and 1/72 scale.
In the case of the 1/48 we have the Czech Model option, which is an injected short run launched in the early 2000s.
The kit has good reviews, with well done details, resin parts, vaccum formed canopy and decals for two US Navy squadrons.
https://www.hyperscale.com/2019/features/ryanfireball48jm_1.htm |
https://www.modellversium.de/galerie/8-flugzeuge-modern/3965-ryan-fr-1-fireball-czech-model.html |
In the 1/72 scale, the existing option is the injected kit from MPM. Like other kits from the brand, it is an injected short run option with avarage quality, with photo etched parts and a decal for a Navy squadron.
O kit não pode ser considerado totalmente ruim, pois tem um bom nível de detalhes, mas como é um short run apresenta problemas relacionados a essa classe de kits. Nada que um modelista experiente já não tenha visto, mas para os mais novos pode ser um problema.
The kit cannot be considered totally bad, as it has a good level of detail, but as it is a short run, and the problems related to this class of kits. Nothing that an experienced modeler hasn't already seen, but for the rookie ones it can be a problem.
http://looseplasti.blogspot.com/2021/04/martin-am-mauler-em-escala-in-scale.html
http://looseplasti.blogspot.com/2017/01/north-american-savage-em-escala-in-scale.html
1/48 Scale
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/czech-model-4815-ryan-fr-1-fireball--114159
https://modelingmadness.com/review/korean/cleaver/cleaverfr1.htm
http://hsfeatures.com/features04/fr1cj_1.htm
https://hyperscale.com/features/2002/fireballanddarkshakfr_1.htm
https://www.modellversium.de/galerie/8-flugzeuge-modern/3965-ryan-fr-1-fireball-czech-model.html
https://www.hyperscale.com/2019/features/ryanfireball48jm_1.htm
https://modelpaintsol.com/builds/the-czech-model-1-48-fireball-fr-1-in-vallejo-primer-and-lifecolor-acrylic-paints
1/72 Scale
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/mpm-production-72040-ryan-fr-1-fireball--134844
https://www.scalemates.com/profiles/mate.php?id=21707&p=albums&album=46444
http://maquettesproto72.over-blog.com/2021/01/ryan-fireball.html
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