Courageous Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 Here is my effort of producing an F86A in 1/72 scale. Life started from Academy's F86E kit and underwent some modifications; tail-plane activation fairings were removed, slatted 6-3 wing back dated to early slatted wing, front windscreen with one from Pavla and for good measure, a K-19 gun-sight fitted. I added a little more detil to the cockpit. The mods took a bit of an effort with filling and sanding but we got there. The overall NMF was achieved using Metalcote paints from Humbrol. Decals were a mixture of Matchbox for the serials and 'Miss Louise' and the rest from the Academy kit. The Matchbox black & white band decals were too small and so these were painted on instead. Not a bad effort for my first NMF aircraft, room for improvement. Comments are most welcome. 27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 Fantastic..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMC Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 Little gem! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 Very neat build and the black bands look ace! Superb work. Kind regards, Joachim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Edmundson Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 Nice conversion work!! Did you leave the wing pylons alone or move them inboard to their proper locations(35mm from centerline in 1/72). Is that the Academy nose strut ??? I can't get over the silly angle fork when all others even HobbyCraft has a decent curve to their strut. I haven't picked up an Academy Sabre, all my stash is HobbyCraft or Fujimi. Model On !!! Cheers, Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camper1 Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 Nice job on my all time favourite aircraft. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted May 14, 2016 Author Share Posted May 14, 2016 Thanks for comments guys, much appreciated. Nice conversion work!! Did you leave the wing pylons alone or move them inboard to their proper locations(35mm from centerline in 1/72). Is that the Academy nose strut ??? I can't get over the silly angle fork when all others even HobbyCraft has a decent curve to their strut. I haven't picked up an Academy Sabre, all my stash is HobbyCraft or Fujimi. Model On !!! Cheers, Tony I only done a few mods to turn it into an 'A' but the pylon relocation seems an easy thing to correct and will be done on future builds. Yes it was the Academy nose strut, something I will most probably live with when it comes to using this kit. Thanks for the comments Tony. My Sabre stash is growing; Academy, Hobbycraft, Fujimi, even a Heller. Tasman conversion kits for the Avon Sabres, A TF86 vacuform is also waiting on the shelf...all in good time. Next Sabre is an USAF 'E' or RCAF F2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 Your user name is apt, given all that conversion work on a model to receive an NMF, beautifully done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted May 14, 2016 Author Share Posted May 14, 2016 Your user name is apt, given all that conversion work on a model to receive an NMF, beautifully done. Thanks Cookenbacher, fortunately you can't look any closer. This was my first NMF and showed flaws that i must improve on. I just didn't appreciate how much extra prep work was needed... I know now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain goat Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Cracking stuff. Good work on converting the kit to an F-86A model, you don't see much of them around. The finish looks nice to me. Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMC Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 With your interest in the F-86, you might find his link of use, or maybe not. I recently acquired a 1/48 F-86 but only because of the larger size, not because of what's in the link. Cheers http://www.blindbatnews.com/2011/10/kit-bashing-heller-fujimi-hobbycraft-f-86-sabre-kits-compared/8203 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 I would say a superb effort for your first NM finish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmouredSprue Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Very nice indeed! Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted May 16, 2016 Author Share Posted May 16, 2016 Thanks for nice comments lads, nice to know that I'm going in the right direction. DMC, I wasn't aware of the link but I recognise the images, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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