Popular Post Pagey Posted June 2, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2021 My wife brought me this for my birthday, as I was off for the week I decided to set myself a birthday challenge and try to build and finish the kit within that week off. I am pleased to say I managed to do it. I started it last tuesday and put the matt coat on last night. It was nice to build a kit without adding any photoetch or resin etc and just enjoy what is in the kit itself. The only addition was a spare resin seat I had in the spares box (not the correct seat but looks ok under the closed canopy) and the air probe on the wing was broken in my boxing so I used a bit of brass wire. The kit is nice and I liked the touch of having the air intake cover and exhaust cover provided. The only down points I thought was that the detail on the fuselage halves is a bit soft and the detail in the cockpit is not great. It is made up of 3 black and white decals which look a bit rubbish given the detail in the rest of the kits. I hope you like it. I decided to paint the yellow and green squadron markings and was pleased with the result (particularly that my masking for the fuselage markings was correct when it came to add the roundel decal) DSC_0100 by Richard Page, on Flickr DSC_0104 by Richard Page, on Flickr DSC_0105 by Richard Page, on Flickr DSC_0106 by Richard Page, on Flickr DSC_0110 by Richard Page, on Flickr DSC_0111 by Richard Page, on Flickr DSC_0112 by Richard Page, on Flickr DSC_0118 by Richard Page, on Flickr DSC_0107 by Richard Page, on Flickr 76 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 That is seriously nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcanicity Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 Lovely stuff! Nice to build something properly OOB sometimes isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 Superb build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franky boy Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 Nice work Richard Im building this one at the moment and agree entirely with you comments on the kit. james Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 That's a very good looking model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 Very striking Sabre there Pagey, really nice work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28ZComeback Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 Love the look of this Sabre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 What's not to like? It's a Sabre and it's camouflaged! I couldn't have done this in a month, much less in a week! Well done! Mike BTW, great job painting the markings! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Very nicely done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Very nice. But the underlying serial to the port wing should have the 'X' go the outboard, reading from the rear. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. However it is very nicely made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VolkerR. Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Great build. Congratulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Riot Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Stunning looking Sabre! Beautifully built and painted. How come you painted the squadron markings instead of using the decals, are the decals ok? I have this in my stash but there’s no way I have the skill to paint something as intricate as roundel bars! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pagey Posted June 3, 2021 Author Share Posted June 3, 2021 13 hours ago, Vulcanicity said: Lovely stuff! Nice to build something properly OOB sometimes isn't it? Definately! 1 hour ago, Paul J said: Very nice. But the underlying serial to the port wing should have the 'X' go the outboard, reading from the rear. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. However it is very nicely made. Damn it. Just looked at the paint guide. You are right. Not much I can do about it now and luckily it is effectly hidden when sitting on its landing gear. 39 minutes ago, Lord Riot said: Stunning looking Sabre! Beautifully built and painted. How come you painted the squadron markings instead of using the decals, are the decals ok? I have this in my stash but there’s no way I have the skill to paint something as intricate as roundel bars! Uniformity of the brighter green as it was needed on the nose, tail and fuselage marking. I wanted all areas to match. The decals in the kit are very good and settle nicely. Be warned that there are a lot of stencils (almost every panel hatch has a stencil!!) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev67 Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Excellent build, with the cockpit being basic, its probably because Airfix know that an after market for it will be done in any case, even if it had more detail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
replicant Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Wow, great build! 1 week! OMG, im so jealous!! 🙂 Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Brantley Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 For a one week build, that is amazing work! 🥂 A very striking Sabre! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 Quality build! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithA Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 A wonderful crisp result and amazing for a week's build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigglesworth Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 Now that is nice! Such an iconic aircraft made just that much better by RAF livery. Dare we hope Airfix will do the same in 1/72? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Edmundson Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 2 hours ago, Bigglesworth said: Now that is nice! Such an iconic aircraft made just that much better by RAF livery. Dare we hope Airfix will do the same in 1/72? Well since they released a new tool 1/72 Sabre in 2010, then I think it's quite doubtful that another die will be cast anytime soon. Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 Great result!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 Very nice Sabre. Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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