Airfix F86F Sabre 1/72 scale

[Guest]

This is looking good tony, I must admit I do love the F86 gorgeous aircraft.


Scott

[yak face]

Latest progress- the seat has had the belts added from tamiya tape , the HUD has been made from my ubiquitous Holographic confetti , and the canopy is on. Its now ready for primer, gloss black and then silver.heres a few pics , cheers tony

[papa 695]

Very nice Tony. Looking forward to the paint going on

[Guest]

Great looking cockpit.

[Robert1968]

Just caught up with this and this is looking superb and even on this scale the detail is fantastic looking ( love the cockpit detail


Well done so far


Robert

[yak face]

Well paint is on ,although not as smooth as i would have liked . I primed it with grey primer and then gave it a coat of gloss black from a rattle can . The can is an acrylic aerosol and should have been fine , I dont know if I didnt leave the primer long enough or what but it crazed a little when it was dry. Its not really noticeable but its a lesson learnt ! Heres the pics of the black airframe and after the silver went on. I gave the whole model a coat of matt aluminium Vallejo metal color then masked off all the control surfaces and gave it a misting with vallejo liquid silver . this was followed by a couple of coats of clear gloss metal color varnish. Theres just the gun panels to do now then its decal time and the U/C and drop tanks , cheers tony

[papa 695]

It looks nice in its shiny coat Tony

[yak face]

Main decals are on and drying , I found a great article in an old magazine that has excellent colour pics of the actual aircraft and other sabres of the same fighter wing . Next job is all the stencils and wing walk lines etc and theres lots of them!! I have to take off my proverbial hat to Airfix though , the quality of the decals is superb and the placement guide is spot on when compared to the photos. heres the dragon in his glory , cheers tony

[flyjoe180]

Looking good Tony.

[Guest]

Nice build, Tony, I'm thinking of trying those paints myself. Are there any issues with them?


Strangely, I've got a minor issue with my decals, in that some seem oversize, at least going by the placement guide.


Cheers, Neil

[Guest]

Just caught up with this one Tony and it's looking good mate.

[papa 695]

Looking very good Tony

[Robert1968]

That is looking very sweet Tony and the paint finish looks very good. Airfix really have made a very good decal sheet by the sounds and look of things


Like this a lot


Robert

[Guest]

Great scheme looking good Tony.

[Guest]

Great work Tony, it's looking very good