Grunticus Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Long time wish come true: a 1/32 Dutch F-86K, 702 Squadron, sixties. 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Very, very pleasing! Which kit is this? Proost, Andre (with the 1/72nd SH F-86K in the stash) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grunticus Posted December 10, 2018 Author Share Posted December 10, 2018 2 minutes ago, Hook said: Very, very pleasing! Which kit is this? Proost, Andre (with the 1/72nd SH F-86K in the stash) Thank you! It's Kitty Hawk's 1/32 rendition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Fox Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Great work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikolay Polyakov Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Very skilled build here, great painting work and modest (inextensive) weathering! An eye candy 😮 Cheers 😺 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldy Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Very nice build. Natural metal is even harder to photograph than paint and yours looks pretty good - including the close ups. What paints and finish did you use? Cheers Malcolm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grunticus Posted December 10, 2018 Author Share Posted December 10, 2018 (edited) 55 minutes ago, Baldy said: Very nice build. Natural metal is even harder to photograph than paint and yours looks pretty good - including the close ups. What paints and finish did you use? Cheers Malcolm Thanks Malcolm! Overall it's Revell 66 99 silver (Thanks Joseph), and after gloss coat and the decals I used Humbrol 135 semi gloss as a final coat, but as you can see it came out quite mat-tish. I power-stirred the jar for maybe 5 minutes. Still, I think the looks befit the model this way. For the muzzle area, fuselage panel, and exhaust I used Tamiya X-32 with a drop of black added. Edited December 10, 2018 by Grunticus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldy Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 1 minute ago, Grunticus said: Thanks Malcolm! Overall it's Revell 66 silver, and after gloss coat and the decals I used Humbrol 135 semi gloss as a final coat, but as you can see it came out quite mat-tish. I power-stirred the jar for maybe 5 minutes. Still, I think the looks befit the model this way. You are welcome Grunticus. Most of the pictures I have seen of Dutch F-86Ks, and most other natural metal aircraft of the period, show that they weathered to a fairly dull greyish sheen. Your model looks pretty convincing. I have never tried the Revell metallic paints but I am always experimenting so ma give them a try. Cheers Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grunticus Posted December 10, 2018 Author Share Posted December 10, 2018 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Baldy said: You are welcome Grunticus. Most of the pictures I have seen of Dutch F-86Ks, and most other natural metal aircraft of the period, show that they weathered to a fairly dull greyish sheen. Your model looks pretty convincing. I have never tried the Revell metallic paints but I am always experimenting so ma give them a try. Cheers Malcolm That's what I did. After spraying the U/C in this colour I decided to use it over Tamiya X-32 for the entire model. I placed this Sabre next to my HK 1/32 Meteor F.4 in Tamiya X-32 to see the difference, and it's no contest. Revell wins this one even though I haven't been fond of Revell paint in the past. I am aware of the various "magic" NMF paint lines available, but given the prices these days of a jar of paint I experiment, like you. As you pointed out, compared to the pictures the overall impression of the finish is quite pleasing (Non-Fiat below though). Edited December 10, 2018 by Grunticus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosephLalor Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 (edited) 24 minutes ago, Grunticus said: Thanks Malcolm! Overall it's Revell 66 silver, and after gloss coat and the decals I used Humbrol 135 semi gloss as a final coat, but as you can see it came out quite mat-tish. I power-stirred the jar for maybe 5 minutes. Still, I think the looks befit the model this way. For the muzzle area, fuselage panel, and exhaust I used Tamiya X-32 with a drop of black added. Did you mean 99 by any chance? 66 is Olive Grey. I like the model, hope my 1/48 Special Hobby turns out nearly as well. Edited December 10, 2018 by JosephLalor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grunticus Posted December 10, 2018 Author Share Posted December 10, 2018 5 minutes ago, JosephLalor said: Did you mean 99 by any chance? 66 is Olive Grey. I like the model, hope my 1/48 Special Hobby turns out nearly as well. OMG. Yes, obviously I made a mistake and it is Revell 99, not 66. Why is there no dot on the lid? 😅 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruudster Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Mooie Kaasjager! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldy Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 9 minutes ago, ruudster said: Mooie Kaasjager! Beautiful cheese fighter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruudster Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 (edited) That was the F-86K's nickname with the KLu. In het land stond de F86K bekend als Kaasjager. De herkomst hiervan is twijfelachtig. Het kan herleiding zijn van de “K” s maar in de tijd van aankomst was een prominente Amsterdammer, de heer Kaasjager, in het nieuws omdat hij het parkeerprobleem op wilde heffen door de grachten te dempen. So it might be because there was a politician in Amsterdam of that name (wanting to solve the parking problems) and because the F-86 was also a "K" Edited December 10, 2018 by ruudster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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