dai phan Posted February 12 Author Share Posted February 12 (edited) Greetings, It is starting to take shape. Wing fences are still to be added. Dai Edited February 12 by dai phan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dai phan Posted February 12 Author Share Posted February 12 (edited) 19 hours ago, Snowbird3a said: Ben Hall's Sabre restoration had a Vee shaped windscreen all the time, and the aircraft still does to this day. One of your images is of a video game skin. Tony The video skin is not accurate in the scheme. But if you look at these 2 photos, these do not appear to be Vee shaped screen? The lower frame seems to be flat straight across. Dai Edited February 12 by dai phan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dai phan Posted February 12 Author Share Posted February 12 (edited) Hi all, I just noticed something. The vent on the right side is not depicted on the kit. Dai Edited February 12 by dai phan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Snowbird3a Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 3 hours ago, dai phan said: The video skin is not accurate in the scheme. But if you look at these 2 photos, these do not appear to be Vee shaped screen? The lower frame seems to be flat straight across. Dai both of those photos clearly show the Vee shaped windscreen !! Tony Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dai phan Posted February 12 Author Share Posted February 12 (edited) 58 minutes ago, Snowbird3a said: both of those photos clearly show the Vee shaped windscreen !! Tony I think I am not seeing right. The Vee shape on the photo of the silver bird has V shape. The one on the white is straight across. Maybe because of the angle that I am viewing that makes the V looks like flat across ? Dai Edited February 12 by dai phan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cubs2jets Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Xin chao, Dai In the close up picture of the windshield you posted above you can clearly see that the glass is in a "V" shape NOT a flat piece of glass. The frame follows this. In the other, more distant pictures, the angle from which the plane is photographed only allows you to see one half of the "V". The far side half "falls out of view" behind the side you see. C2j Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dai phan Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 5 hours ago, Cubs2jets said: Xin chao, Dai In the close up picture of the windshield you posted above you can clearly see that the glass is in a "V" shape NOT a flat piece of glass. The frame follows this. In the other, more distant pictures, the angle from which the plane is photographed only allows you to see one half of the "V". The far side half "falls out of view" behind the side you see. C2j Now that explains it ! Thanks ! Dai Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Snowbird3a Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Take good look at the side windows on these windscreens, there is a definite difference in the angle of the front section, that is how to tell the different windscreens at a difficult photo orientation. Tony Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dai phan Posted February 15 Author Share Posted February 15 (edited) Greetings friends, Primer is on. The challenging part is to get the slats adapted flush with the wing. You see I have some refinement to do. Note the silver drop tanks rather than white that I thought. Dai Edited February 15 by dai phan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dai phan Posted February 16 Author Share Posted February 16 (edited) Howdy modelling friends, Getting closer to being done. Per suggestion of Tony, I bought this book and it has a wealth of information on the aircraft I am modelling as well as the world’s only flyable F-86A. Too bad it does not have any photos of the plane while it was sporting the all white Reno scheme . The wing fences will be added at the last stage of the construction. The pitot tube I just tacked on just for show. Dai Edited February 16 by dai phan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dai phan Posted February 16 Author Share Posted February 16 (edited) Hi all, Good reference shot on the underside antennas. Dai Edited February 16 by dai phan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cubs2jets Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 (edited) Dai Those are modern antennas (VHF comm and ADF) and placement represents "current" or "later" placement. Are you sure of this placement in the "Ben Hall" paint scheme? C2j Edited February 16 by Cubs2jets Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dai phan Posted February 16 Author Share Posted February 16 (edited) 21 minutes ago, Cubs2jets said: Dai Those are modern antennas (VHF comm and ADF) and placement represents "current" or "later" placement. Are you sure of this placement in the "Ben Hall" paint scheme? C2j I see there are antennas on the white version like in the top photo. I see the silver version went through some changes. Dai Edited February 16 by dai phan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dai phan Posted February 17 Author Share Posted February 17 Greetings, The plane is now ready for the clear coat. The Intermediate Gauzy Agent yellows quickly after opened so I ordered a new bottle. Hate to have the yellow cast over pristine white coat of paint. Dai Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dai phan Posted February 17 Author Share Posted February 17 (edited) Howdy all, There is something to take notice on this kit. When you compare to the frontal view, the model sits very high and needs to be corrected. Even taking into the consideration of unweighted tires, it still sits too high. This is a good view to check the proper height. Dai Edited February 17 by dai phan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dai phan Posted February 17 Author Share Posted February 17 (edited) Hello everyone, The plane is ready for the decal. The decals do not have the resolution like Cartogaft or with today’s offerings and you can see the dots. Also the edges are fuzzy and are not as sharp as they should be. It is perfect for casual viewing but if you want high resolution then this falls short of today's standard. I will let Draw Decals know to maybe check the resolution setting? I feel very bad saying this but I want to point this out so you can have a honest review from an average modeler. Dai PS: I wonder if it sports the wing walkways? I would assume so for safety reasons? Edited February 18 by dai phan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dai phan Posted February 18 Author Share Posted February 18 (edited) Hello all, I am glad that I am able to find the photos on both sides of the actual plane. This morning I thought Draw Decals made a mistake as the US flag on the right side is reversed but actually it is correct. I have send the message to DD regarding my concerns on the decal's resolution and I will let you know once I get the answer. Dai Edited February 18 by dai phan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dai phan Posted February 19 Author Share Posted February 19 (edited) Greetings, After a long day at work seeing over 15 patients, this is all I can muster for tonight. Dai \ Edited February 19 by dai phan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dai phan Posted February 20 Author Share Posted February 20 (edited) Hello all, Continued on tonight. You MUST cut away ALL the text on top of the stripes because they are not positioned correctly! Let the stripes dried overnight before you add the text. Use plenty of water and with a soft brush coax the decals into place. Avoid any pulling action as that will stretch the decals and make them "snake"., i.e not straight. Of course I messed up so now I have to order replacements from DD. Dai Edited February 20 by dai phan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dai phan Posted March 3 Author Share Posted March 3 (edited) Greetings, Almost done with this project. I will have to install the fuel tanks (NMF not white as I thought) and belly antennas. Edited March 3 by dai phan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lgl007 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Dai... that looks fantastic! -Greg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dai phan Posted March 5 Author Share Posted March 5 (edited) Hello all, Adding the antennas and prepared the drop tanks. I weathered a bit on these tanks as likely they were collected from scrap yard and weathered in contrast to the white airframe. On the airframe I carefully applied the pin wash (not careful enough) with light brown. I wanted to attenuate the panel lines without giving the whole airframe distressed look like WW2 fighters. Not easy as the white canvas attracts wash like CA! Best to use water based wash for easy unwanted wash removal. I used Tamiya (enamel based) and I had to use sandpaper in certain areas to remove the wash! The drop tanks will be installed via white glue that gives a strong bond in non-stressed situation. Do not underestimate the bonding strength of the white glue! Dai Edited March 5 by dai phan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dai phan Posted March 6 Author Share Posted March 6 (edited) Greetings fellow modelers... The civilian F 86A is now completed. It has an unique confguration of slats wired shut and wing fences (taken from Academy F-86F). It has NARROW chord wing. Draw Decals states it wrong on their website as wide chord! You can tell which is which by looking at the wing root. Wide chord overlaps the ammo door (panel line). The decals from Draw Decals. Now I have an unique A model in my collection! Dai Edited March 6 by dai phan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dai phan Posted March 12 Author Share Posted March 12 (edited) Hello all, The Interior Green I used for the wheel welI for the civilian plane is Mr Color IG. It is much more yellow than Vallejo counter part. I happened to flip through the pages of the book that features the restoration of Ben Hall’s bird and the green is neither MC or Vallegio. It has the normal bright green (looks like non factory standard paint). I painted the inner sides of the landing gears covers white but they should be silver? Dai Edited March 12 by dai phan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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