vesthepes Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 (edited) Hi everyone Besides the J-8II Finback I've decided to go with a second GB entry... It is going to be a Philippine Air Force F-86E painted in 3 tone camo used in COIN role in Mindanao in 1974 fighting MNLF rebel forces... Big thanks to Diego from Hi-Decal for many useful info regarding the mentioned subject... cheers, Vasko Edited May 3, 2016 by vesthepes Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr B Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Nice one will be following This wore a funky camo right ? Rgds Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grandboof Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Looks promising Martin H Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Diego Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Hi Vasco, Your'e welcome - it's always a pleasure if I can help Great to see you are doing this bird As the original camo was painted without primer, after some weeks in the hot and humid climate of Mindanao these birds already looked extremely weathered. In fact, this would be one of very few jets were you could use the "salt" weathering technique, commonly used by modellers building WWII Japanese aircraft. Also please note that all stencils have been overpainted. Greetings Diego Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vesthepes Posted May 4, 2016 Author Share Posted May 4, 2016 (edited) Thanks chaps That's right B, this one had quite a funky camo... Thanks Diego. I am looking forward to start this... right now it is just basic analysis.. The first thing that comes to mind are the different front wheels on Sabres... Dragon and other Philippinos had a full hub wheel. I'll take some photos of the one packed in the Revell box and the aftermarket ones... seems like they're all off. Yeah, the salt technique. I like that quite a lot... I've tried it before on a scuffed arctic red tail F-84G and I hope I pull it off on this one too. cheers Edited May 5, 2016 by vesthepes Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vesthepes Posted May 6, 2016 Author Share Posted May 6, 2016 OK, here's a start... thanks for looking in... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yardbird78 Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Love those Sabres, any variety. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spectre711 Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Thats some nice work on the instruments is it all paint? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SBARC Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 wow...the instrument panel looks excellent. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mungo1974 Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Always nice to see non-US operated Sabre's built Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vesthepes Posted May 16, 2016 Author Share Posted May 16, 2016 Thanks guys, I appreciate your comments... No major work on the cockpit. I only used a kit decal for the instruments on the IP. Not a perfect match with plastic dials below, but still ok enough. Thanks mungo1974 for showing us the photo. That's exactly the camo I'll be doing on the "Dragon". A lot of paint wear visible, no stencils and markings on sand color only... Thanks for the heads up Diego ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grandboof Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Great start Like the IP Martin H Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vesthepes Posted May 27, 2016 Author Share Posted May 27, 2016 The Sabre's in one piece... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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