jasman71 Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Newly-released and completed, here is my Sabre finished as Glenn's mount. I remember doing this one about 25 years ago with the Heller release. This Airfix kit is the third release of it's newly-tooled Sabre, and it's not without it's accuracy foibles. The canopy just doesn't look right at all, and thankfully I didn't have to use the undercarriage with it's unimpressive wheels, so if I am so inclined next time I build it, I may scrounge these parts from the Heller kit I have in the stash. However, the intention of this build was something fun, quick and relatively simple, after the marathon sanding session that was the TSR2! You may notice a piece of white plastic sat on the dashboard. Well when I was drilling the hole for the rod, the displaced chaff all decided to head for the cockpit, so this one piece has lodged itself next to the gunsight. Short of removing the canopy, I decided to leave it, as it looks as though John has thrown a map or something up there...just don't look too closely! I also opened the pylon holes for the tanks and bombs, but decided it looks better without them. The whole thing was finished in Alclad shades. Anyone who has built a new Airfix kit will be familiar with the plastic quality. It handles well but has a slightly rough feel to it, so benefits from a smoothing down with Micromesh before painting begins. A minor amount of filler is also required but it's not too bad (especially after that TSR2!) The last pic is with it next to my F-84. I took several pics with and without flash, and with or without LED lighting, as it was late in the day, so here are the better of the two lots I do wonder if Airfix will keep up this practice now of releasing their new kits every couple of years with new decal options, like Hasegawa do? It's not a bad idea but I'm not sure how popular it would be with the availabilty of aftermarket decal sheets. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 They are rather pleasant. Nice work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 BEAUTIFUL Sabre. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave N Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Great work on the Sabre, looks really nice next to the F-84 as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pascal JMW Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Great work on the Sabre, looks really nice next to the F-84 as well. +1 beautiful!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 nice job, looks great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Hello Jasman Good job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasman71 Posted September 3, 2014 Author Share Posted September 3, 2014 Thankyou guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Very nice! Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snitok1983 Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Amazing result esp for such tiny scale!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasman71 Posted September 4, 2014 Author Share Posted September 4, 2014 Thankies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Awesome model! I have the origin boxing of this and I'm 3/4 through it. I've got the major decals on, but I just couldn't get the pesky fuselage band to line up to the underside decal. You've not had this problem I see, very impressive indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasman71 Posted September 9, 2014 Author Share Posted September 9, 2014 Awesome model! I have the origin boxing of this and I'm 3/4 through it. I've got the major decals on, but I just couldn't get the pesky fuselage band to line up to the underside decal. You've not had this problem I see, very impressive indeed On mine it's actually a bit too far back. I moved it back because it wasn't sitting flat on the fuse sides but sticking up on the wing-fuse join. The bottom section isn't a great fit but that may be because it's too far back: there's not much room for error. In putting it too far back it then meant all the other decals on the body were out of sync but not overly so. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 That's an impressive looking Sabre, lovely job on the BMF! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmouredSprue Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Superbly beautiful! Well done mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 This is a beautiful duo. Well done. I have a question for you re the F-84, which looks like the Academy model. This one I have just started and I was curious about the decals. How did they behave? With Academy there is always a lot of trepidation before using their decals, as they often are on the side of rubbish... So your take would be helpful for that model. Thanks. JR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickpadwick1801 Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Nice work, they look great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Excellent build and finish,great scheme too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Very convincing rendition with great NMF! And I do like planes displayed in their true element, not crippled on a piece of concrete… Kind regards, Joachim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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