discussion 1/72 Academy North American F-86 Sabre

[Komedy]

Picked up this little combo kit as I love Cold War Era birds.

Its a pretty basic kit with not many parts but this will be my first attempt at a Metal Finish. No after market items so will be a build from the box.



For anyone who has painted the yellow on these before what yellow did you use? Think I will try and paint the bands rather than decal them

Progress so far....living room painted a little heavy with the orange



all joined up and have to say the joint quality is very good for such a simple kit, no fillers needed...



black bird ...

 

[Steven000]

Looking good so far, it apears it came together fast :smiling6: . Goodluck with the metal finish :thumb2: Steven

 

[colin m]

That is looking very nice. Just an idea with the metal finish, I like to go really shiny, silly shiny, then slowly dull it down, just to the point I'm happy.

 

[Komedy]

Made a little goof in not using the gloss black primer. Metal coat on now and going to apply some shading to the panels here and there

 

[Komedy]

Ready now for a coat of future...

 

[Komedy]

you can see that I'm still too light on the trigger being too cautious as I don't want to flood so ending up with the grainy finish in the pic above

 

[yak face]

Looks ok to me warren , cheers tony

 

[stillp]

Looks OK to me too. Better too light on the trigger than too heavy.
Pete

 

[flyjoe180]

Looking good Warren

 

[papa 695]

Very nice