dai phan Posted April 23, 2024 Author Share Posted April 23, 2024 (edited) The speed brakes were angled down by shaving the top tabs. The fuel tanks were moved inwardly per advise of Tony. The thing that I wish I have the skill for is to scribe fuel filler cap onto the right side. The wing tips were from the kit's discarded sections. Resin wing tips supplied by Hasegawa were undersized in thickness and virtually useless. Dai Edited April 23, 2024 by dai phan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dai phan Posted April 23, 2024 Author Share Posted April 23, 2024 (edited) Hard to paint white border of the black nose came from Hasegawa Luftwaffe MK 6 kit. I used New Ware mask to paint the black nose. One regretable thing is the thickness of the Eagle Strike decals. Really a let down considering how thin their other offerings were. I think this must be an old release. Dai Edited April 23, 2024 by dai phan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dai phan Posted April 23, 2024 Author Share Posted April 23, 2024 (edited) Hopefully the final photos will be posted along with my Pros and Cons assements here soon. Dai Edited April 23, 2024 by dai phan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dai phan Posted April 24, 2024 Author Share Posted April 24, 2024 (edited) Greetings friends, The model is completed. With the help of all of you, I have learned great deal about exported Sabres. It is not simply putting on foreign markings but involved modifications to the airframes. Modifications to the airframe involves shortening the span, adding slats, removing the panel on top of the fuselage ahead of the vertical tail, filling in various fuselage vents, adding sugar scoops and the most important feature of all is adding the rectangular fuselage vents on both sides. Due to my limited skill I did not scribe in correct panel lines or adding the fuel filler cap to the right side as Tony suggested. I did however moved the fuel tanks closer inward per Tony's recommendation. The resin add ons include the vintage Verlinden gun bays and ammunition bays. Oddly the ammunition bay does not have the bullet casings. I also used Verlinden resin deck behind the canopy to improve over the kit's part. The AMS and Flightdecks sugar scoops are oversized in width and short in length. But since I am deficient in scratch building skill, I ended up using the AMS scoops (now B&B Resin Design). The KASL slats and flaps are beautifully detailed rival of 3D printed parts. The kit's seat is very substandard so I used the Aires seat with Eduard's seat belts. I use the Eagle Strike decals sheet but unfortunately they are much thicker than I am used to from them. The Flightdecks sheet is more accurate of the vertical tail tulip pattern but oversized in the white stripes so I use the former instead. PROS: 1. One of the best F-86 in 1/48 scale along with Academy offering. The Monogram has raised panel lines and ESCI has horrible nose curvature. Forget about the Linberg one. 2. Generally good fit. 3. Open air brakes. 4. Nice compliment of fuel tank types and Sidewinder missiles. 5. FOD covers for the air intake and tail pipe. CONS: 1. Thick decals. 2. The plastic started to have hairline cracks after the model was painted and decaled. Perhaps it is an isolated incident. 3. Long nose gear strut that needs to be shortened. 4. Incorrect illustration on where the holes should be drilled shall one wants to install the drop tanks. 5. Poor fit of the wing to fuselage in the bottom. 6. Ill fitting resin wing tips. I use the kit's instead. 7. Poor quality white metal pitot tube supplied in the MK 6 version. I use the one from the F-30 kit. If you plan to do a MK 6 version, buy Academy kit instead. The kit already have the gun bays opened and the plastic could be better in quality. Edited April 25, 2024 by dai phan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dai phan Posted April 25, 2024 Author Share Posted April 25, 2024 (edited) Greetings... Now it is in the display case along with the Defiant that I was building concurrently then while waiting for the parts to be shipped from overseas. Dai Edited April 29, 2024 by dai phan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dai phan Posted April 28, 2024 Author Share Posted April 28, 2024 (edited) Hello all, I was done with this project and so I thought...The decals over the fuel filler caps on the wings are very unacceptable as they are too thick now that I look again. These were printed by Cartograf but somehow much thicker than usual. I will repaint the area, regloss and use the thinner decals also by Cartograf from the RAF Sabres. Dai Edited April 28, 2024 by dai phan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
barkin mad Posted April 28, 2024 Share Posted April 28, 2024 You have made a fine job of that, despite some of the issues you encountered. -------------- Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff C Posted April 28, 2024 Share Posted April 28, 2024 Beautiful work!!! Thank you for sharing. I plan to do a bare metal German bird and this information is incredibly helpful. -Cliff Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dai phan Posted April 28, 2024 Author Share Posted April 28, 2024 (edited) Greetings, I repainted the areas, gloss coated then did a wash. Next will be application of much thinner decals from Cartograf. Dai Edited April 29, 2024 by dai phan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dai phan Posted April 29, 2024 Author Share Posted April 29, 2024 (edited) Howdy again, Per advise of Tony, the fuel tanks are 53 mm from the center line. Interestingly the pylons on the Revell F-86D is also 53 mm from the center. The kit's location is way off. The fuel tanks are glued via white glue. Thank you Tony! Dai Edited April 29, 2024 by dai phan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dai phan Posted May 2, 2024 Author Share Posted May 2, 2024 (edited) Hello all, Re-decaled and recoated. It looks better but the carrier film is still visible. On such smooth surfaces, it is rather impossible to completely hide the decal film no matter how many coats of clear over the decals and how much you tried to blend in the edges with the sanding sponge. Let's call it a wrap for this project. Dai Edited May 2, 2024 by dai phan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dai phan Posted September 30, 2024 Author Share Posted September 30, 2024 (edited) Greetings, I have noticed (not before) that 1/48 Airfix F-86-40 has open gun bays, ammunition bays, slats. That will save you lots of hard work. All you have to do is improve the cockpit, add KASL flaps (although designed for Hasegawa kit but I do not see how they will not work for the Airfix), add sugar scoops and the side vents. This is way less work than what I had gone through. The down side is the kit is not as refined as the H's kit. The other option is using the Academy as it already has the gun bays/ ammunition bays already opened. And you do not have to deal with hairline cracks after the plane was completed due to age like I did. Dai Edited October 15, 2024 by dai phan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
biggtim Posted September 30, 2024 Share Posted September 30, 2024 Wow, that turned out amazing!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
striker8241 Posted October 14, 2024 Share Posted October 14, 2024 Very well done! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dai phan Posted November 29, 2024 Author Share Posted November 29, 2024 Hi all, If you want to do the MK 6, do the Academy kit. The gun bays are already there and the plastic is much better. Dai Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scooby Posted December 9, 2024 Share Posted December 9, 2024 Great build, I wish I could find sugar scoops, everyone should made them no longer makes them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dai phan Posted December 9, 2024 Author Share Posted December 9, 2024 17 hours ago, Scooby said: Great build, I wish I could find sugar scoops, everyone should made them no longer makes them. Look up B&B Resin Design that took over the AMS toolings that made the sugar scoops. That is what I used in mine although not very accurate. Dai Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scooby Posted December 10, 2024 Share Posted December 10, 2024 5 hours ago, dai phan said: Look up B&B Resin Design that took over the AMS toolings that made the sugar scoops. That is what I used in mine although not very accurate. Dai They appear to be out of business. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dai phan Posted December 10, 2024 Author Share Posted December 10, 2024 11 hours ago, Scooby said: They appear to be out of business. Are you doing the MK6 in 1/48? If you need the scoops I may have some spares to sent to you. I will let you know. In such case please send SASE envelope. Remember all the scoops offerings are not very accurate. Dai Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scooby Posted December 24, 2024 Share Posted December 24, 2024 On 12/10/2024 at 6:10 AM, dai phan said: Are you doing the MK6 in 1/48? If you need the scoops I may have some spares to sent to you. I will let you know. In such case please send SASE envelope. Remember all the scoops offerings are not very accurate. Dai I’d greatly appreciate that, although I’m in Canada so if I were to send you a SASE you would not be able to ship it from anywhere except Canada, as the stamps will be Canadian. I could send you payment via PayPal. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dai phan Posted December 30, 2024 Author Share Posted December 30, 2024 On 12/24/2024 at 11:29 AM, Scooby said: I’d greatly appreciate that, although I’m in Canada so if I were to send you a SASE you would not be able to ship it from anywhere except Canada, as the stamps will be Canadian. I could send you payment via PayPal. I will look for them and once I find them I will send them to you free of charge. Please note these scoops are not very accurate. PM me your address. Dai Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scooby Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 On 12/29/2024 at 8:13 PM, dai phan said: I will look for them and once I find them I will send them to you free of charge. Please note these scoops are not very accurate. PM me your address. Dai Thanks Dai, PM sent with a small note. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
biggtim Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Hi Scooby, PM sent. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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