zaxos345 Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 Good evening guys, new summer, different work place, a bit difficult times with this new virus. Well i try to overcome with my favourite hobby with new subject, this time a jet one from the cold era, the very good revell 1/48th scale F-86D. First of all ihave to thank Duncan, for his valueable help, explaning details, providing info and clarifiying things regarding this beautiful aircraft and my build specifically. I was going to build this model OOB in order to test an approach to Bare Metal Finish, but...... Here is the profile i want to build, is one provided with the kit... which in fact is a F-86D-35. Revell provides an instrument panel correct only for models D-1 to D-5. So i turned to eduard and i was lucky enough to find the aftermarket Also i needed new wheels, different rim pattern on my profile for the nose wheel and of course better detailed...eduard again... And i always prefer the resin seats to the plastic ones, so i got a true details one... So much for the OOB build, hahahaha Anyway, cockpit first...be aware that the kit provides the seat frame with the catapult triggers up, in fact untill D-35 models there was only one trigger to the right. That means that the seat has entered into the ejection sequence which is wrong. A minor detail of course, only for rivet counters hahaha. I added some levers and painted the cockpit carefully and it really turned out very beautiful i think. Good thing that eduard provides the instrument panel unpainted, i never liked the painted ones, bad thing that it does not provide a painted film for the instruments. Instead it provides a printed one, so i added a thin transparent film to the sandwich! I added some stencils, as you can see, to the fuselage sides and i glued the two halves. I am happy to report that if you are careful with the gluing procedure you are going to need no filler!! I cut off the plastic portion of the dashbord and added a PE one from eduard. Here i painted from the inside the anticollision light, added chrome and i glued it on the fuselage as, according to Duncan, this is a clear panel!! Here i dealt with the wheels and the rocket launcer I glued the wings, flaps, slats, pylons and masked and painted the wheel wells... and last for this post, the canopy, i tried to enhance it masked and painted inside... Thats all for now, hope you like it, open to any comment, remark etc!! John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Da SWO Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 Nice, look fwd to more photos as the build progresses. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 Wow! Simply Wow! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zaxos345 Posted September 6, 2020 Author Share Posted September 6, 2020 10 hours ago, Da SWO said: Nice, look fwd to more photos as the build progresses. 9 hours ago, Dutch said: Wow! Simply Wow! Thank you guys!! John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mstor Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 Wow, really great work. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zaxos345 Posted September 6, 2020 Author Share Posted September 6, 2020 2 minutes ago, Mstor said: Wow, really great work. Thanks Mark!! John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zaxos345 Posted October 13, 2020 Author Share Posted October 13, 2020 Good morning guys, Time to show some progress.... After checking everything for imperfections i polished thoroughly the kit plastic. I decided to use Ak xtreme meta for thiw build and i also decided not to prime the model and to spray the color on the polished plastic. I think that, even if the photoes really dont show the real thing, the outcome is really nice. Here i worked with the different shading of the metal. As Duncan a.k.a. ''Sabrejet'' has pointed out many times, this shading is due to the different way of threating aluminium panels. Hope i got it right somehow!!! Also i dealt with engine exhaust! I masked and painted all the walk lines, antiglare and radar cone.... And finally i started with the codes, letters and decals. First the dry tranfers followed by the very nice revell decals!! Thats all for now, hope you like it. I really look forward for your comments on my first bare metal try!!! John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bounce Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 I love it, the instrument panel glass looks spectacular. wheels, rocket launcher, canopy...all top notch. The bare metal finish is an eye catcher. I googled threating Aluminum; I should like to know more. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainObvious Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Whoa. This is excellent work all around. The cockpit is real nice. The metal finish is gorgeous! Dealing with decal carrier film is my biggest hesitation with doing bare metal schemes but there is not a hint of it anywhere. Absolutely flawless decal work. How did you manage that? -co Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zaxos345 Posted October 13, 2020 Author Share Posted October 13, 2020 1 minute ago, CaptainObvious said: Whoa. This is excellent work all around. The cockpit is real nice. The metal finish is gorgeous! Dealing with decal carrier film is my biggest hesitation with doing bare metal schemes but there is not a hint of it anywhere. Absolutely flawless decal work. How did you manage that? -co Thank you very much. That was my major concern too. When i have wet tranfers i prefer themto everything else. Now i had dry transfers for the codes and letters and the very nice decals from revell. I trimmed as mush as i could the carrier film and i placed them with the help of the tamiya decal adhesive the softener type.!! To my surprise there was no silvering at all, of course i had made all the preparation to the model to achieve the best finish i could. I have now sprayed a very light film of highly diluted future on the model which seems to give a very nice seen and eliminate any silvering. I cross fingers for the future!! John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zaxos345 Posted November 3, 2020 Author Share Posted November 3, 2020 (edited) Good evening guys, My last update on this beautifull bird. After finishing all the stenciling i sprayed a highly thinned future on the model and i started weathering her with wash first. After that i played with oils, raw unthinned, in order to capture some wear of the aluminium. Dont know if i really succeded!! Last i sprayed a light, again highly thinned, hand of xtracrylics satin varnish to seal everything. None of the future or xtraclylics seems to alter the finish of the metallics!! I had no luck to my tests with alclad varnish or the ak's gauzy agent!! Hope you like it!! It is my first try on NMF and i would really apppreciate any comments!! John Edited November 3, 2020 by zaxos345 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Drifterdon Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 What an amazing build. Your NMF is flawless. Well done sir! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zaxos345 Posted November 3, 2020 Author Share Posted November 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Drifterdon said: What an amazing build. Your NMF is flawless. Well done sir! Thank you very much!! John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lost_Erik Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Wonderful weathering result with the oils you mention. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bounce Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 OOO! SHINY!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zaxos345 Posted November 4, 2020 Author Share Posted November 4, 2020 15 hours ago, Lost_Erik said: Wonderful weathering result with the oils you mention. 13 hours ago, Bounce said: OOO! SHINY!!!! Thank you very much!! John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gator52 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 Superb! Chris Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr.Happy Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 Spectacular Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zaxos345 Posted November 6, 2020 Author Share Posted November 6, 2020 Thanks a lot!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Slartibartfast Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 Really, really nice job. Spectacular result. I never noticed the assymetric design of the vortex generators on the tail planes. <Arte Johnson>Veddy interestink.</Arte Johnson>. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 Just gorgeous! What a beauty! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jgrease Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 Really nice work - have one in the stash and you're making me want to build it! John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zaxos345 Posted November 11, 2020 Author Share Posted November 11, 2020 On 11/8/2020 at 2:17 AM, Slartibartfast said: Really, really nice job. Spectacular result. I never noticed the assymetric design of the vortex generators on the tail planes. <Arte Johnson>Veddy interestink.</Arte Johnson>. On 11/8/2020 at 5:41 AM, Dutch said: Just gorgeous! What a beauty! Thank you very much for the kind words!! 16 minutes ago, jgrease said: Really nice work - have one in the stash and you're making me want to build it! John Thanks John, you should, it is a very nice kit !! Few mistakes but nothing you cannot do!!! John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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