Els Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 These are both Reell kits built OOB except for the decals. Usually if I hae multiples of a kit I will build them at the same time. For the first one I used Hi Decals to model F-86D 8th FIS. 5th FW Philippine AF at Basa AB in 1965. I followed the decal instructions and painted the radome tan but I could not find any pictures of Philippine F-86Ds with tan radomes on line. I mixed my own tan for this and I think it is a little dark but I can lie with it. This was the first time I hae used HI Decal decals and they went on great. For the second one I used Superscale decals to model F-86D 51-8392 from the 498th FIS at the 1956 Air Gunnery Meet in Yuma AZ. These decals also worked great. I messed up the white stripe that is supposed to go on the radome so it is not there. I think I may end up building a couple more of these in the future. There are a lot of cool schemes out there for F-86Ds and this is a nice kit to work on. Thanks for looking and let me know what you think. Els Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sting Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Beautiful finish on both!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
POMPEO Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 nice job, love both, but the usaf one had pretty markings, congratulations cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cpoud117 Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Great job! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pablo189 Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Very cool, always loved the tan radome on these Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Els Posted January 16, 2011 Author Share Posted January 16, 2011 Thanks for the comments. I am not quite there on the metal finishes but this was a good learning experience. Especialy the lesson about masking tape on Model Master metallics. Just don't do it...doesn't matter if you used their metallic sealer. Els Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scooby Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Very nice work! Nice presentations of both. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
achook-achook Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Well I can tell you, I know a thing or two on the PAF and your tan on the PAF F-86D is spot on! Only comment is that the PAF winged diamond on the wing follows the same alignment as that of the US roundel. Nevertheless, there are also F-86Ds that followed the sweep of the wing so you still did a great job! The USAF F-86D is also a stunner! Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aggressor Supporter Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Both Dogs looks great! Big to them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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