zebra Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 Looking good John. Great to see it back on track so quickly! The Vallejo aluminium has gone on very well indeed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 Looking very good there with the base silver, John James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted August 21, 2022 Author Share Posted August 21, 2022 So much work has taken place for so little to show for it! I've been through interminable masking sessions, outlining various panels and then spraying different silver tones of Tamiya silver mixed in varying degress with black or white to make different shades. Over and over again,! Some hardly show until you look at from various angles and the light catches them, which is the effect I was after. First set of panel masking: vesrion-i can't remeber-which of more panel masking. The initial tone of the gun panel wasn't dark enough, so I masked again and resprayed it. It really isn't east to photograph the full effect, hopefully this gives a sense of the multi tone panels. I masked and sprayed the black band around the nose in gloss, with the anti glare panel done in matt rubber black for contrast. I don't like to leave tape on clear parts for any longer than I have to, so took it off as I won't be spraying varnish on this. I'll give it a brush coat of Johnsosn Klear to seal the decals when it is finished. A couple of shots of that elusive Vee windscreen that was so important to this build. Getting close to the finishing line now! Thanks for looking, John 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebra Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 You've achieved a really nice finish John. And the V windscreen looks particularly good now the paint is on. Looking to the finished model, it's going to be a beauty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 Very nice work there, John, the different shades work very well James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted September 4, 2022 Author Share Posted September 4, 2022 Short update, all the final parts are added, and ready for decaling. It is a a sort of bare Sabre (apart from the black rudder and noseband. (I have now applied all the decals and myriad stencils from the kit, but need to get time for a final photo session, but for now I have these photos). Let decaling commence! The sheet is on a continuous carrier film so you need to cut each subject out. Very easy to do. Final update to follow over the next few days. Cheers John 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 Major surgery to the kit. Always gets a big Natural metal finish... another big But both in the same project? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted September 6, 2022 Author Share Posted September 6, 2022 Just started doing a few photos, and playing around with a comparison of the real photo that started all this off. Hmmm. the tail plane dihedral needs increasing And in colour: 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebra Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 Superb! Your NMF looks great and the conversion has worked out very well indeed. The Above and Below decals look very nice - I recently bought a few but haven't tried them yet, will be using them on my Dash 7. Sadly they seem to have run into some problems and have taken their website down - hope they sort it out and are back soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted September 11, 2022 Author Share Posted September 11, 2022 All done & posted in the gallery. A few more here: With his Citroën 'Traction Avant' that he owned at the time! Thanks for all the help & comments throughout this, I've really enjoyed it, and to Zebra & Enzo for hosting it, Cheers John 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted September 11, 2022 Author Share Posted September 11, 2022 A post script that I just remembered! My father returned to Gardermoen, (Oslo, Norway) after 68 years since he first arrived there in a Sabre for NATO exercises . In the museum is a a Norwegian F-86F that I believe was used by Airfix to lidar scan for the kit, The kit comes with decals for this aircraft, and illustrated on the box art, Appropriate then that I should use it to backdate to his Mk.2! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 That's a fantastic model and a brilliant reason behind building it. I hope Viking Senior is over the moon with it James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 Awesome build, I have this exact jet planned for a future project. Love the story and history you posted here. I served in 416 (Hornets) and my dad was stationed in Grostenquin at the same time as your father (before I was born too). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 Very nicely done. Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebra Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 Lovely Sabre John. Thanks for sharing it with us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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