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Red Flag at Nellis AFB Apr-May 1991... Unfortunately, I could only get to the flight line on the weekend, so everything was buttoned up. ZD352, No 1 Squadron, 01 ZD375, No 3 Squadron, AO ZD400, No 1 Squadron, 02 ZD404, No 1 Squadron, 07 ZD405, No 1 Squadron, 12 ZD406, No 3 Squadron, AB ZD408, No 1 Squadron , 11 ZD411, No 3 Squadron, AG ZD412, No 3 Squadron, AH Thanks for looking Sven
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Finally done! I'm not the quickest as I fit my modelling, such as it is, in between a multitude of other hobbies and home tasks. This one took me around 6 weeks on and off. It is a F-86H-1, built to represent "53-1423" that operated with the 3595th CCTW at Nellis AFB in the 1950s. This unit was an OCU and as such had aircraft painted in a trainer/utility scheme. Having consulted the web and books - only one depicts these machines - and consulting with Duncan Curtis, I opted for Humbrol 82 to represent what was collectively agreed was dayglo orange. I even asked Nellis public affairs and they didn't even know the real colours. The kit itself is actually very nice to build although it has a number of inaccuracies. The key one was the canopy and so I opted to blend in a canopy from a Hasegawa F-86D as they used the same type. I also used the tailplanes/elevons from the "D" as they had the flutter vanes moulded. Also it had the original flat rudder (supplied). The bigger challenge was painting and the decals, because of the way the "dayglo" was applied around the national marks etc. I intended to use silver decal strip for this but in the end I painted it all - a lot of masking! The stencils were home printed, as were the Buzz number and serial. The rest came from the kit and are very nice to apply. The dirtied up the underside with Flory Dirt as well and shading the gun ports. These machines were pretty clean so I didn't dirty the upper sides. I hope you like her. Martin
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Hi all, I'm looking for some opinion/expert guidance/thoughts on the "red orange" used on the F-86Hs of this unit. The photos I've seen, and there are very few of them, seem to show a red rather than a dayglo orange. Do any of you USAF experts out there know? I've seen other target tugs (F-80s, for example) painted in a dayglo red. Would these have been the same? I'd really appreciate your input as my next challenge is a Special Hobby F-86H!!! Thanks a lot. Martin PS: my other challenge is the cockpit canopy!!!!
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Last night I finally finished the last of my first handful of aggressor F-5Es. It is the lovely AFV Club F-5E kit with Wolfpack ejection seat (the kit only comes with the old type of seat). Paints are mainly Xtracolor, and the decals are from the great Afterburner Decals sheet for aggressor F-5s. I have eight more AFV Club F-5E/F/Ns on the bench at the moment, so this won't be the last F-5 from me you will see here. Jens
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