Artie Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 Hi all...back to modelling at a very slow pace.....I decided to give this old kit an opportunity. It's the old Esci kit, with all its pros and cons (been discussed before). In fact, this is an Italeri reboxing of the old kit, with slightly better decals. I wanted it to be an OOB work, so just added some riveting and a few scratchbuilt cockpit details. I painted it to represent an Ala de Caza nº 1 at Manises air base, around 1956. This is one of the few spanish Sabres wich served for a few years in its orifginal, early F30 configuration, with "6-3" hard wings. Hpe you'll like it. IMGP0008 by Arturo Navarro, en Flickr IMGP0005 by Arturo Navarro, en Flickr IMGP0006 by Arturo Navarro, en Flickr 32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexis Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 Awesom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldy Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 Lovely looking Sabre out of that old kit. Nice finish and weathering. Cheers Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 Great NMF result! What will be next project? Cheers J-W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Getting Old Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 Very nicely finished, well done Sir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 Excellent Spanish Sabre ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 (edited) Very nice! Thanks for showing! So Valencia haf some of the F30s! Good to know! but Patrulla Ascua was onl using F40 winged planes, no? Edited April 21, 2019 by exdraken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrés S. Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 Great job !!! Looks really nice. Congratulations. Greetings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artie Posted April 21, 2019 Author Share Posted April 21, 2019 Thanks a lot for your kind comments, Sirs.... Werner, the Ala de Caza Nº1 kept some F30s until they were ugraded to F40 standards, as they passes their IRAN overhauling. The patrulla Ascua just used F40 models. I've always liked the early colour scheme, witht the wraparaound fuselage flag and early style flames on the wings and nose.... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 A very nice Sabre. Stuart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Dyck Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Absolute brilliant!!! Cheers Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 22 hours ago, Artie said: Thanks a lot for your kind comments, Sirs.... Werner, the Ala de Caza Nº1 kept some F30s until they were ugraded to F40 standards, as they passes their IRAN overhauling. The patrulla Ascua just used F40 models. I've always liked the early colour scheme, witht the wraparaound fuselage flag and early style flames on the wings and nose.... Thanks! Incidentally I just have those decals did you try them yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsaircorp Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Hello Artie !! Sometimes that I did'nt see you !! Wonderfull use of this old kit, I remember having one done and corrected... In the '80s.... The early ESCI kit had decals for a Spanish sabre if my memory serves me well !! Well done, painted and weathered !! Congratulations ! CC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Great Sabre Artie,Spanish roundel's always look great on an aircraft! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Keg Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Outstanding Artie!!!!! You made a masterpiece from a kit that is not up to modern tooling ( and ease of build ) standards. Please share upcoming pictures as we will continue to be in awe. 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Don’t see many Spanish Sabres, that’s lovely work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Very nice job. Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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