Popular Post Sabrejet Posted June 18 Popular Post Share Posted June 18 This is more of a test build than a straightforward RFI but I thought I'd post a few images of my completed Clear Prop! F-86A (due in stores imminently). Since the kit decals were not available when I received the kit, the scheme is a combination of Fantasy Printshop colour decal sheets, cut to shape etc (lightning bolt and tail insignia) plus various 1/48 F-86 decal sheets for national insignia and stencils (modified). Colour scheme depicts a 91st Fighter Interceptor Sqn aircraft, based at Moses Lake AFB in early 1951 and just prior to the aircraft being sent to Long Beach for upgrade. Thus the gun muzzle doors etc are correct for the period whereas a later UK-based 91st FIS F-86A would feature open gun muzzles, aluminium intake ring etc. The CP kit includes 120-gallon drop tanks but I wanted to model the larger 245-gallon ferry tanks and so those items are plunge-moulded as halves with the flange inserted between the two halves in plastic card. The rest of the model is OOB. It's a lovely kit and though my model isn't perfect, better modellers than I will be able to do truly great things with it 117 9 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantherhawk27263 Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 Wow, that looks amazing! Excellent job! I love the finish and panel variation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Buysse Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 2 hours ago, Sabrejet said: Thus the gun muzzle doors etc are correct for the period whereas a later UK-based 91st FIS F-86A would feature open gun muzzles, aluminium intake ring etc. T Wow! A beautiful build of a beautiful kit.👍 What material was the original intake ring made of? There being other intake rings before aluminium is another Sabre fact that I would have had no idea of if you hadn't mentioned it. Cheers, Stefan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabat Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 That's a great result, very nicely done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BWDenver Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 That is an eye-catching finish! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly9mm Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 Stunning work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted June 18 Author Share Posted June 18 1 hour ago, Stefan Buysse said: Wow! A beautiful build of a beautiful kit.👍 What material was the original intake ring made of? There being other intake rings before aluminium is another Sabre fact that I would have had no idea of if you hadn't mentioned it. Cheers, Stefan. Original intake ring was fibreglass, sometimes painted with a neoprene-type finish, usually painted in gloss grey and later just left in natural fibreglass finish (reddish brown). The later aircraft (F-86E/F etc) had an aluminium intake ring but with a small radar-transparent panel inset into the upper lip. That item is in fact fibreglass-covered honeycomb with a neoprene (black) external protective coating. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightningboy2000 Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 Stunning! This is how they looked at Shepherds Grove once they arrived there, didn't they? Can't wait to get my hands on the 1/72 kit! Hopefully they will have decals for all three squadrons! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpoud117 Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 Great build and a striking scheme makes for a sweet combo. Well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted June 18 Author Share Posted June 18 (edited) 50 minutes ago, Lightningboy2000 said: Stunning! This is how they looked at Shepherds Grove once they arrived there, didn't they? Can't wait to get my hands on the 1/72 kit! Hopefully they will have decals for all three squadrons! No - they all went for overhaul/upgrade prior to the UK deployment and were replaced by aircraft with open gun muzzles, wing-mounted pitot and A-1CM gunsight with aluminium intake ring. The 'UK' aircraft also carried the squadron badge on the machine gun access door. Edited June 18 by Sabrejet 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Lime Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 Superb looking model. Real quality on show, from the base kit through to the finish and panel variations. I really like it! Mark. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 Beautiful … Cant wait to see one of these on my desk. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autle Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 One of my all time favourite aircraft done to a brilliant standard, love it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oortiz10 Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 Very, very nice! -O 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightningboy2000 Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 4 hours ago, Sabrejet said: No - they all went for overhaul/upgrade prior to the UK deployment and were replaced by aircraft with open gun muzzles, wing-mounted pitot and A-1CM gunsight with aluminium intake ring. The 'UK' aircraft also carried the squadron badge on the machine gun access door. Many thanks Sabrejet. All very helpful info for when I eventually get round to building mine. Have Clear Prop! provided the open gun muzzles separately or do you reckon I'll have to drill them out? Assuming they will scale everything down to 1/72. I still have an Academy 1/72 E kit which I was going to back date to the required A along with some Wolfpak decals which have FU-261 of the 91st. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted June 19 Author Share Posted June 19 4 hours ago, Lightningboy2000 said: Many thanks Sabrejet. All very helpful info for when I eventually get round to building mine. Have Clear Prop! provided the open gun muzzles separately or do you reckon I'll have to drill them out? Assuming they will scale everything down to 1/72. I still have an Academy 1/72 E kit which I was going to back date to the required A along with some Wolfpak decals which have FU-261 of the 91st. The kit includes the later gun muzzle panels as well as the later intake ring, so no mods required at all. It also includes different instrument panels of 'early' and 'late' as well as parts for both gunsights. The only differences between kits will be decals and instructions. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan B Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 I don't know anything about Sabres but I know a fantastic build when I see one, very nice indeed. Duncan B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 Beautiful. My Father lived not far from Shepherds Grove, and recalled seeing "a long stream of silver jets" overhead as they arrived; he was driving at the time, he said, and very sensibly pulled over to watch. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffreyK Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 Nice one Duncan! A good advert for this kit. How easy (or difficult) is it to mount the speed brakes in the correct, downwards position? Was yours an easy out of the box installation? Or did it need fettling? Just asking as I hope with this kit we’ll see more Sabre models with correct speed brakes, as opposed to all the other kits where the modeller “needs to know”, or they will end up incorrect… J 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted June 19 Author Share Posted June 19 3 hours ago, JeffreyK said: Nice one Duncan! A good advert for this kit. How easy (or difficult) is it to mount the speed brakes in the correct, downwards position? Was yours an easy out of the box installation? Or did it need fettling? Just asking as I hope with this kit we’ll see more Sabre models with correct speed brakes, as opposed to all the other kits where the modeller “needs to know”, or they will end up incorrect… J Thanks Jeffrey. The speed brakes have aligned hinge axes within the aft fuselage/speed brake well area which give the correct angle. Thus it's easy to align them correctly. One thing worth noting: the drop tank mounting points on the RH/stbd wing are approximately 5mm too far outboard compared to the LH/port (the latter is correct). I understand that the instructions will highlight what to do so that you don't end up with an asymmetric configuration. Not sure what happened but it's minor. My other tip is to take time and align the different fuselage sections before moving on to the next: CP has broken the sections down in a way that minimizes loss of detail when cleaning up and accurate alignment of each part reduces that even further. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 Excellent job there, and 81st aircraft to boot. May have to get one after all. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 Me too! The F-86 is my 2nd favourite jet after the Hunter. John 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 Excellent Sabre with a really nice set of markings - well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71chally Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 Fantastic build and finish, well done. Will probably buy at least one of these. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod bettencourt Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 Very cool looking build! Thanks for sharing this and the info. Rod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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