RidgeRunner Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 (edited) Hi all, A quick snap of my latest, although sadly not a great photo as I took it with my phone in the excitement of completion! She is one of a batch delivered from McClellan AFB to Venezuela prior to the 1958 revolution, hence the older style roundels. She is a Fujimi kit with some added resin. The decals were partly home made, partly robbed from a F-47 and partly reprinted from a dreadful Aztec set I had acquired that I was fleeced on! . I painted the tail stripes and added 1mm white stars individually. A few mistakes, particularly the positioning on the red rear fuselage line, but it was a too late when realised. The fuselage roundels are slightly too big too, but hey ho!!! I hope you like her. Martin See later Flickr images Edited July 11, 2017 by RidgeRunner move to Flickr 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 Looks superb Martin nice to see a Sabre in a rare scheme,great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pfeil Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 Beautiful Sabre FAV ...... 1/72? Regards Ivan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted June 15, 2016 Author Share Posted June 15, 2016 Yes, Ivan, 1/72. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thud4444 Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 Now that's a scheme you don't see every day! That's one great looking Sabre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted June 17, 2016 Author Share Posted June 17, 2016 (edited) Here are further, and possibly better, images of my Venezuelan Sabre. The third and fourth images are on my other recent completion - "658" of the Bolivian Air Force. Again it is a Fujimi F-86F-40. In fact the Bolivians got their Sabres from Venezuela. The markings are for the initial camouflage scheme, mimicing that of the Argentine aircraft. They were maintained in Argentina, hence the scheme. These were the last Sabres operational in the world! Martin Edited July 11, 2017 by RidgeRunner move to Flickr 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smudge Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Those are both very nice. Great to see those unusual colours, especially the camo scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vh-bob Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Nice job Martin, it's good to see these old warriors in their later day schemes and the 4 tank load out on 8C36 looks unusual and believable. Well Done, Trev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted June 17, 2016 Author Share Posted June 17, 2016 (edited) Thanks Trevor. The 4-tank load was standard. The inners are 167US gal and the outers are 200USgal. There are a number of images of Venezuelan, Peruvian, PMTC Sabres in this configuration. M Edited July 11, 2017 by RidgeRunner move out of PB 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Fantastic Sabres, the Bolivian bird looking the better of the two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger331 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Thanks Trevor. The 4-tank load was standard. The inners are 167US gal and the outers are 200USgal. There are a number of images of Venezuelan, Peruvian, PMTC SAbres in this config. M Lovely photo……….That Sabre in the foreground is a great subject for the super detailer……all those panels off and some really highly polished flying control surfaces. Thanks for sharing ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted June 17, 2016 Author Share Posted June 17, 2016 That is McLellan AFB, in 1957, pre-delivery. It didn't stay shiny for long!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Torn Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 love it!! i am too from Venezuela and plan to make a few venezuelan war brids. So far i've got an F-16, Mirage III and a Sukhoi Su-30, but a Sabre is in the plans 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killingholme Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Cool. I'm currently doing an Argentinian camo Sabre, didn't know Bolivia used the same scheme. Certainly one for the next F-86 build, if I can get hold of Bolivian roundels! Will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natter Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Brilliant. I love to see the Latin American air forces modelled, especially as well as this Sabre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted June 25, 2016 Author Share Posted June 25, 2016 (edited) Hi Will, Thanks a lot. The Bolivian roundels were from the Blue Rider Chaco War set. Good luck with your build. Martin Edited June 25, 2016 by RidgeRunner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildeSau75 Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 Great builds - like to See different schemes. Cheers, Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share Posted July 11, 2017 I'm not going to do this for al but I am still proud of my Latin Sabres and so after moving to Flickr I'm re-posting. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin1967 Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Nice builds and decal choices Martin, more please, hope you saw my recent post for a Venezuelan 1/72 Academy OV-10 Bronco. Kind of curios what was the problem with the Aztec decals sheet, always had good results from using those sheets ? Regards Colin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share Posted July 11, 2017 (edited) Hi Colin, Yes, I saw your Bronco and "liked" it at the time. I love anything a little different, and always in 1/72, and your build fitted the bill perfectly :). Like you I have had good results from Aztec sheets, for my Mustangs, for example. The Sabre set is hard to find and I got it from the "famous" auction site and it came from a chap in Arizona. On reflection I am sure that he had re-printed the set or hadn't stored it very well. The decals simply crumbled when they got anywhere near water. I reckon I was duped! I complained but got nowhere. :(. Martin Edited July 11, 2017 by RidgeRunner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mario Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Hi Martin! Nice work on these exotic looking Sabres. The four tanks configuration looks very unusal and impressing. Are the smaller tanks from the Heller kit? Cheers, Mario 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Beautiful work i love the F-86 in any markings. Ive learned that if you photocopy decals so that you can re-print them later it destroys them. Something about the light/heat affecting the inks cohesion. I know this from a friend who tried this. He was in a build with multiple aircraft from the same unit and thought he would save money (same markings just need to replace serial #'s and little things). Anyway he wound ip spending more to replace the originsls he ruined. So im thinking that may be what happened to your decals. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaddad Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 tasty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted July 21, 2017 Author Share Posted July 21, 2017 11 hours ago, Mario said: Are the smaller tanks from the Heller kit? Hi again Mario! Yes, they are. The only place I could find them. 9 hours ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: Beautiful work i love the F-86 in any markings. Ive learned that if you photocopy decals so that you can re-print them later it destroys them. Something about the light/heat affecting the inks cohesion. I know this from a friend who tried this. He was in a build with multiple aircraft from the same unit and thought he would save money (same markings just need to replace serial #'s and little things). Anyway he wound ip spending more to replace the originsls he ruined. So im thinking that may be what happened to your decals. You may be right there! Glad you all like them. Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted July 21, 2017 Author Share Posted July 21, 2017 9 hours ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: Beautiful work i love the F-86 in any markings. Then you might like this? Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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