Bedders Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 New lockdown, new model: life does bring its consolations. After a couple of Hunters and a Vampire last year, I've warmed further to the 50s jets theme. In so doing I became interested in the RAF's brief but successful relationship with the F-86/CL-13 Sabre, just four short years from 1952 to 56. This is the Fujimi kit, rebadged recently as Italeri, and I had a lot of fun with it. Using references here on BM and elsewhere I made a number of changes to turn the F-86F into a Canadair Mark 4. I missed a couple of details but hopefully the errors aren't too visible. I also moved the wing pylons inboard, lengthened and reshaped them a touch, and repositioned the fuel tanks on the pylons slightly to get them looking closer to the look of the real thing. I tinkered a bit with the windscreen to make the central panel longer than the side windows. I used some of the Pavla cockpit set, some Reskit wheels and an etched instrument panel. Altogether it went together well, though the fuselage-wing join needed a bit of work. Paints are mostly Xtracrylix. Decals came from Xtradecal (roundels), Modeldecal (4 Squadron markings), Freightdog (serials) and Superscale and the kit (all those stencils). Hope you like. Here's a nice photo of a sister-ship, taken in summer 1955. Credit to the Jever Steam Laundry website which has plenty more like this. Justin 47 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 Lovely looking Sabre, great work ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 She's a beaut! Looks like all of the changes you made have really resulted in what looks like to me a very accurate Sabre F4! (What do you think of this one, Duncan? @Sabrejet Mike BTW- how did you correct the windscreen? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerotechi Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 Looks great. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 Yep - good job! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 Very nice job! The instrument panel is very impressive. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binbrook87 Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 Fantastic. You gotta love an RAF Sabre and yours is a fine example 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plasticbasher Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 Excellent, I’m eagerly waiting for the Airfix 1/48 kit- you’ve given me something to aspire to with this cracking build 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 Superb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc72 Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 Well done! I think it was good idea to choose the Fujimi kit over the one from Airfix. The panel lines just look better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Callahan Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 Excellent work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedders Posted April 4, 2021 Author Share Posted April 4, 2021 Thanks everyone for the kind words. Mike @72modeler, for the windscreen I polished off the frame detail at the bottom of the screen and scribed & painted a new frame onto the fuselage itself. It just about works I think. @SAT69, the panel was by Modell Hobby and I was quite impresssed. Needed a bit of trimming to fit and my iphone photos don't do it justice, but nice all the same. @Doc72, yes I think the Fujimi kit is probably still the best out there. Some issues with the overall shape (e.g. the fuselage could be a bit more triangular in cross-section, and the 'shoulder' panel line from nose to tail is a touch too low I think), but it builds up pretty well. Getting the fuselage-wing join right at the leading edge end, reqired a lot of filling & sanding though. Overall an enjoyable experience, which also turned out to be an effective tutorial on Sabre narrow- and broad-chord, 'hard', '6-3', 'slatted' and 'F-40' wings. For info this website is good on Canadair Sabres: http://silverhawkauthor.com/canadian-warplanes-6-jets-canadair-cl13-sabre_676.html Justin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 Very lovely Sabre Justin, mmm nice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billn53 Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 Great job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Lovely work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 Beautiful Sabre ! Guess i will have a second look at the Italeri offering. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 Fantastic Sabre Justin, with your usual impeccable modification work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Hemsley Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 Stunning.... Scott 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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