WIP F-86 Sabre
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June 14, 2020
Closed the airbrakes. Needed some backstop on the starboard side
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June 14, 2020
Some weight in the nose
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June 14, 2020
Dry fit looks very good
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June 14, 2020
My usual fantasy coloured cockpit
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June 14, 2020
Closing the fuselage
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June 14, 2020
Dry fit of the wings to the fuselage. Some sanding done on the spine
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June 15, 2020
I had to rescribe the lines on the belly and spine
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June 15, 2020
After polishing cloths, it is decent enough
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June 15, 2020
After polishing cloths, it is decent enough
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June 21, 2020
Alclad Polished aluminium
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August 20, 2020
Masked for duraluminum
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August 20, 2020
Some colour on other parts
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August 20, 2020
Wheel wells masked
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August 20, 2020
Duraluminum sprayed
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August 20, 2020
Stripped as the aluminium lifted
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August 20, 2020
Other approach with bmf
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August 20, 2020
These will be painted duraluminum
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August 20, 2020
Experiment failed as alclad lifted off the bmf. Now entire fuselage covered in bmf
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August 20, 2020
Wings painted vallejo silver. Varnish is pooling for some reason
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October 11, 2020
Stripped her once more
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October 11, 2020
Sprayed the wings Vallejo Silver. While demasking the Parafilm, some of the BMF lifted 🙁
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October 11, 2020
Re-BMF-ed
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October 11, 2020
Looks nice, doesnt it?
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October 11, 2020
Now we're getting somewhere!
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October 11, 2020
The decals won't conform and start to curl. Let's sleep on it.
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October 11, 2020
The day after. Even after extra Microsol, this is becoming ridiculous.
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October 11, 2020
And not coming off, as well
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October 11, 2020
So I stripped the wing tips once more, and sprayed with Vallejo Silver, again.
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October 11, 2020
Progress??
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October 11, 2020
Decals underway
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December 2, 2020
So I drilled two holes and abused a paperclip
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December 2, 2020
This thing keeps falling off
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December 2, 2020
Not it’s posable
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She's done: scalemates.com/profi..bums&album=64067
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North American F-86F-30 Sabre
US Air Force (1947-now)39 FIS, 51 FIW 52-4641 (Capt. Charles McSwain)1953 Korean War - Suwon (K-13)
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