CanDid Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 Hello, Here are a few pictures of my F-86D Sabre Dog in Yugoslav Air Force livery. I hope you like it I used the Revell kit and Cutting Edge decals kit to represent 14105 from the Yugoslav Air Force. I also used white metal landing gears together with wheels and PE from Eduard. The parachute housing is scratch built (yes I bought the wrong Revell kit - the one without the housing ). This kit builds like a dream, excellent fit and in my opinion nicely detailed from the box, including the pilot figure. The Cutting Edge decals and Montex masks where excellent to work with. The original North American F-86D Sabre Dog was based at the Yugoslav Air Force Academy, VNC (Vazduhoplovno nasdavni centar) in Sombor during the early 70’s. The Runway in Sombor was destroyed by NATO forces in 1999, but I actually think the base itself is still in use. There is a debate whether the color on the nose is blue, black or something in between and as far as I know there are only b/w pictures of the actual plane so there you go... I went for the blue option choosing the same blue as in the air force insignia. I used Aclad II Chrome as base and made some slight panel variations to an air frame I have chosen to be overall quite clean (it looks like it is very well maintained on the pictures I have seen). The rest of the colors used are Gunze and Ammo, weathered with Ammo products. Thanks’ for looking! /Fred 45 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camper1 Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 My Favourite Sabre beautifully built and finished, one of the best fitting kits ever made IMHO. I hope Revell get over their problems and reissue this kit as I am down to my last one. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unfinished project Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 Stunning Sabredog very very nice that’s one cracking build hats 🎩 🎩 🎩 off to you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzby061 Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 Hope you like it? I certainly do. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanDid Posted April 7, 2018 Author Share Posted April 7, 2018 24 minutes ago, camper1 said: My Favourite Sabre beautifully built and finished, one of the best fitting kits ever made IMHO. I hope Revell get over their problems and reissue this kit as I am down to my last one. Ian My cave has turned into some kind of Sabre plant with three finished and the Academy F-86F-30 (slowly turning into a Canadair Mk.5 look alike) drying on the table. I was not much in the favor of the Sabre before I started building them. I guess I have changed my mind... I also have my fingers crossed for Revell, well detailed, affordable, I like them a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 Absolutely stunning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 A modelling masterpiece, is how I like it. Perfect finish, the machine looks as if actually made of metal and the attention to detail attracts attention. Really well done! Kind regards, Joachim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franky boy Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 Great work Fred Love the nmf James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chanex Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 Wow Fred, that’s a beauty-very tasty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebra Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 Superb. Beautiful finish. Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opus999 Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 This is a beautiful build (and I was never crazy about the saber dog, but this kind of changes my mind! ). I am really impressed by your super-realistic NMF. What did you use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanDid Posted April 7, 2018 Author Share Posted April 7, 2018 4 minutes ago, opus999 said: This is a beautiful build (and I was never crazy about the saber dog, but this kind of changes my mind! ). I am really impressed by your super-realistic NMF. What did you use? Used Alclad II. First a black base, then Chrome (or Polished Aluminium depending on how clean the finished look should be) as the shiny base. I have learned that this is one way of getting depth and a ‘real’ metal look. First used it on a J35B Draken a few years back. Leave it to dry at least 24hrs, preferably longer, before altering panels (on this one with Polished, Airframe and Duraluminium). The ‘grey’ mid-section of the wings and the upper part of the fin is Dull Aluminium. Sprayed thin layers always on the upper range of recommended psi and with a 0,4 needle. Other colours are added on top of the aluminium. All covered with Light Sheen clear cote after weathering. To me the best for ‘glossy’ clean planes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 Best looking Sabre in one of the best looking Schemes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipthepilot Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 Really nice looking aeroplane you have built there. Good work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redcap Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 That's a tremendous build of a very underestimated and often ignored kit! Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bell209 Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 I don't like the D version of the F-86 (I really like the CAC version, though) but it's hard not to like your model! Lovely work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr B Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Nicely done.... the pilot is is an added bonus rgds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 What a great scheme! Nicely done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opus999 Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 23 hours ago, CanDid said: Used Alclad II. First a black base, then Chrome (or Polished Aluminium depending on how clean the finished look should be) as the shiny base. I have learned that this is one way of getting depth and a ‘real’ metal look. First used it on a J35B Draken a few years back. Leave it to dry at least 24hrs, preferably longer, before altering panels (on this one with Polished, Airframe and Duraluminium). The ‘grey’ mid-section of the wings and the upper part of the fin is Dull Aluminium. Sprayed thin layers always on the upper range of recommended psi and with a 0,4 needle. Other colours are added on top of the aluminium. All covered with Light Sheen clear cote after weathering. To me the best for ‘glossy’ clean planes. This is similar to my approach, but it looks much better than my results! Do you use an enamel or lacquer black base? Also, do you mask the different panels or do you free-hand them? I just got my first bottle of dull aluminum in the mail yesterday -- can't wait to try it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanDid Posted April 8, 2018 Author Share Posted April 8, 2018 1 hour ago, opus999 said: This is similar to my approach, but it looks much better than my results! Do you use an enamel or lacquer black base? Also, do you mask the different panels or do you free-hand them? I just got my first bottle of dull aluminum in the mail yesterday -- can't wait to try it. I use Aclad II primer (black in this case) and their enamel gloss black base. Primer is sanded/polished with fine mesh and so is the base. It depends, mostly I go free hand holding a post-it as mask. If using maskung tape i make sure it is not to tacky, often used two or three times alreday. I use quite a lot of paint, though spraying it thin but several layers. Try it over a shiny part and compare it with sprayed directly onto black or grey. Quite a different effect. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Terrific, great choice of scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murmillo Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loloskymaster Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 Just want to say I love the result on your yugoslavian Sabre Dog. Very well done and your nmf looks very real. I have always like this scheme. Lolo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twentecable Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Nice metal finish and I think the blue nose is fitting. Great looking model Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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