Ian Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Kit - Hasegawa 1:48 Paint - Cockpit, seat etc all acrylics - Camouflage all Xtracolour enamels. Decals - Eagle Strike Extras - True Details resin seat, Eduard kit-specific 'Zoom' set. Fuse wire, fibre-optic cable and plastic card details in cockpit, air-brake and undercarriage wells. Canadair Sabre Mk. 4 Assigned to Sqn. Ldr. T. H. Hutchinson C/O 3 Squadron RAFG Geilenkirchen, 1955/56 So, a thirty year old kit, painted with thirty year old enamels and wearing twenty-five year old decals.... bit of an 'old skool' project wouldn't you say ? There honestly isn't too much to say, the kit really does fall together and is (happily) typical of those superb Hasegawa releases from the early 1990's, crisp detail, faultless molding with fuss-free engineering and construction - I really wish they would tool-up again and release some new kits, I know that's not going to happen, but there's nothing wrong with hope is there ?. The Eagle Strike decals behaved as if they were printed yesterday - utterly flawless and superbly printed by Cartograph, again, a company I really do miss. That's just about it. Please feel free to criticise, ask a question or make any sort of comment. Have the rest of a great weekend folks, best from Middle Earth. Ian. 41 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TME3 Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Oh wow...! That's beautiful...! Love those Sabres with the RAF... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 great work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpc7676 Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Very nice indeed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Lovely job! It may be 30 years old but the Hasegawa/Eduard F-86F is still the best kit in any scale of a day fighter Sabre. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petetasker Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Thats a beauty - lovely work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.E.SAUNDERS Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 hi all , I restored a FROG Sabre a few years ago now, that I bought in the 50's, left the castings as they were, was able to source the FROG deeecals from eBay ...... still remember when I bought it in a rush to Flinders St. Station with my Mother and Brother from TIM the TOYMAN in that toffy laneway in Melbourne . mumbatatshuns ! Geoff F.T.G. 3156 source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAG058 Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Nice work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Callahan Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Really great Sabre. Pretty decent weathering . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham T Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 (edited) Super job. I have the Eduard issue of this kit & will be building it as an RAF machine. Very happy if it turned out this good! Edited September 29, 2019 by Graham T 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestFan Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Beautiful 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted September 29, 2019 Author Share Posted September 29, 2019 To be honest, this nearly was a West German aircraft using the RoG decals, but I couldn't resist Sqn. Ldr. Hutchinsons' 'special' and I've had the decals since they first came put, so.... (and I've got a second kit stashed away). Thanks folks, appreciate the feedback and comments. As ever, never taken for granted. Ian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Great work Ian,love the paintwork. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Riot Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 That looks brilliant! Very nice markings on that, they do look good these RAF Sabres. Great painting too, looks spot on that. I'm tempted to do my Esci 1/48 Sabre next, though I'll need some RAF decals. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted September 29, 2019 Author Share Posted September 29, 2019 4 minutes ago, Lord Riot said: I'm tempted to do my Esci 1/48 Sabre next, though I'll need some RAF decals. Thanks your Lordship... you still can find the Eagle Strike sheets (they did four from memory) on eBay - mostly in the US, but postage and prices are usually reasonable. Give my best to Cheshire (my cousins are in Lymm & Wilmslow !). Ian. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldy Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Beautiful Sabre Ian - and a really attractive colour scheme. Cheers Malcolm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Outstanding 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Good looking Sabre. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Riot Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Ian said: Thanks your Lordship... you still can find the Eagle Strike sheets (they did four from memory) on eBay - mostly in the US, but postage and prices are usually reasonable. Give my best to Cheshire (my cousins are in Lymm & Wilmslow !). Ian. Thanks, will have a look for those decals! We live quite close to Wilmslow actually. Nothing much has changed I'm sure! Edited September 29, 2019 by Lord Riot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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