***finished***Hobbycraft 1988 Sabre 6

[PhantomBigStu]

@Mjwomack Bad news, I did not have the roundels, the good news is I found an alternative scheme that required a different boxing that is cheap on ebay which I have ordered, will be luftwaffe one using the old frog decals. Should be a routine build for me

 

 

Edited October 22 by PhantomBigStu

[2996 Victor]

Nice! Luftwaffe Sabres always look great.

 

Cheers,

Mark

[Mjwomack]

Hobbycraft are putting in a strong showing in this GB. And I approve that they're getting a moment of glory.

[PhantomBigStu]

Arrived  

[PhantomBigStu]

Underway 

[PhantomBigStu]

Togethor, made a bit of mess attaching the wings and ended up breaking one off ooops, nothing that can't be fixed, also this will be replacing a previous build of a german one which has 2 faults, a) its the old frogawa mould that is crude and has the incorrect wingtips b) has the underside in silver, I misunderstood that RAL7001 Silver Grey is actually a grey with only a metallic hint that quickly weathers out 

[PhantomBigStu]

That mess of an underside was a real task to sort and I made a mess of it, foolishly reached for a metal rasp which left scratch marks that required me to dive into my parents sander box to borrow some really coarse sanding pads to get rid of, its now down and a coat of RAL7001 on, in this case humbrol 128

[PhantomBigStu]

Topside sanded and basalt grey painted ready for the brown olive which is a custom mix I’ve already tested on the stabs 

[PhantomBigStu]

Tommorows jobs: clean up the underside, add the canopy and it will be decal ready

 

[PhantomBigStu]

Edit: correcting the issue in the original post is in progress, will edit again when done 

Edited October 15 by PhantomBigStu

[Mjwomack]

8 hours ago, PhantomBigStu said:

Edit: correcting the issue in the original post is in progress, will edit again when done 

Purring along nicely- hope it's helping the mojo?

[PhantomBigStu]

19 hours ago, PhantomBigStu said:

Edit: correcting the issue in the original post is in progress, will edit again when done 

Canopy surgery was a success,might as well put the horror photo I had deleted here for the comparison though dosn't show well its sitting 1mm lower as it should, now decal ready, as for the mojo not yet restored but thats my fault for getting tunnel vision despite the deadline not being imminent and also putting of cleaning 3 shelfs of models and starting a b-24, must do the cleaning next and hopefully some will be there waiting 

[PhantomBigStu]

Frog Decals on, suffered some disintegrations to the top of the port tail and the iron crosses (my fault, put the crosses in the wrong place so they are spares box) white is a slightly purer shade in the new decals and painted bit. 

Edited October 21 by PhantomBigStu

[PhantomBigStu]

Finished, not sure I find it aside from the accurate wing width and more accurate drab and underside colour I find it superior to the old hasegawa with hobbyboss decals, not sure I want to bin that now, might keep both till I can do a fujimi with hobbyboss decals, also quite a bit of difference shapewise between the 2 

Edited October 22 by PhantomBigStu

[Mjwomack]

What is this- a Blitzbuild?!!! You certainly didn't hang around, but it looks good and I hope it's helped restore your mojo