Aigore Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 (edited) Why wait...time for a new build :D/> No props this time but a very very sexy jet that will be finished in the best cammo scheme I know, a desert scheme!!! A F-86F-40 Sabre in IIAF livré, yup another persian build :D/> Even though references to Sabres are plentyful online finding pictures of Persian Sabres was hard, really hard! I had to get help and I turned to the best source I know for anything to do with IIAF or IRIAF, Tom Cooper. He scrounged up some pictures to help me on my way and of course I have Diego´s decal sheet for the Sabre. Well this will be a Sabre not often seen :D/> First I had to get my hands on a slatted Sabre and I had to go all the way to Japan to find one :P/> And the box contained parts...lots of them on 8 sprues! And me being me I just had to put some resin in it...Aires cockpit set, CMK wheel well, True details wheels...and some Eduard masks and Hi-Decals sheet. That concludes the presentation...now I´ll start putting parts on toothpicks :D/> Cheers! Edited April 17, 2016 by Aigore Quote Link to post Share on other sites
falcon20driver Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 What a fun kit to build. I look forward to watching. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted April 3, 2016 Author Share Posted April 3, 2016 What a fun kit to build. I look forward to watching. Hope it'll be entertaining :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted April 3, 2016 Author Share Posted April 3, 2016 Hmmm...seems I'm short two pylons :/ I was going to turn it i to a ground pounder with a couple of Mk117s, but no pylons for them in the box, just a couple of 'winder pylons and launchers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted April 3, 2016 Author Share Posted April 3, 2016 Ok, let´s get too it then! I´ve been cleaning resin parts and setting up my usual forrest of parts. Going to me some cutting in these parts later :P The bang seat looks smashing :D The main wheel well got a bit too enthusiasticly cleaned tho, got too keep track of The Dremel when it´s happily cutting away. Oh well, no biggy. There, I´ve officially started! Cheers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tobiK Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Nice project! BTW. what do you do with the JASDF decals now? ;-) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted April 3, 2016 Author Share Posted April 3, 2016 Nice project! BTW. what do you do with the JASDF decals now? ;-) Thanx TobiK :D I guess they end up in my decals spare bag :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted April 4, 2016 Author Share Posted April 4, 2016 Bring your Sabres to the slaughter! The Tools Of Destruction....The Dremel and its weapons! With an Apetite For Destruction I just needed targets! Then I went at it! First off I used the Dreaded Cutting Disc for a rough cut! After that I went with over with the Sanding Roll of Destruction and removed the ruins. Finished off with the finer Eradicator to remove the evidence! Then I glued in the Clone and the wing was totally infiltrated... I then continued to finish off the smaller jobs. The Deed is Done! Cheers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Diego Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 (edited) Hello Janne, Great to see you started the IIAF Sabre project - It will again end as a masterpiece :yahoo:/> Speaking about surgical interventions, please don't forget to remove the intake placed on the right rear fuselage near the airbrakes, as it was typical for new build F-86F-40s only. Speaking about bomb pylons: The Academy (Hobbycraft) F-86Fs in 1/48 scale all have these pylons offered as an option, so I guess it will be simple to obtain some spares from fellow ARCers, as most Sabres are being built as Korean War fighters... AIM-9 and their pylons can of course also be used on IIAF Sabres, as they were the first missile equipped fighters of the Iranian AF, replaced in 1965 by F-5As - therefore markings for the NMF IIAF Sabre from the HDL sheet can be used, as 3-133 was also equipped with AIM-9 after returning from Congo (of course, "UN" markings on the fuselage and tail will not be used if building an missile armed IIAF Sabre) Greetings Diego Edited April 4, 2016 by Diego Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted April 4, 2016 Author Share Posted April 4, 2016 Hello Janne, Great to see you started the IIAF Sabre project - It will again end as a masterpiece :yahoo:/>/> Speaking about surgical interventions, please don't forget to remove the intake placed on the right rear fuselage near the airbrakes, as it was typical for new build F-86F-40s only. Speaking about bomb pylons: The Academy (Hobbycraft) F-86Fs in 1/48 scale all have these pylons offered as an option, so I guess it will be simple to obtain some spares from fellow ARCers, as most Sabres are being built as Korean War fighters... AIM-9 and their pylons can of course also be used on IIAF Sabres, as they were the first missile equipped fighters of the Iranian AF, replaced in 1965 by F-5As - therefore markings for the NMF IIAF Sabre from the HDL sheet can be used, as 3-133 was also equipped with AIM-9 after returning from Congo (of course, "UN" markings on the fuselage and tail will not be used if building an missile armed IIAF Sabre) Greetings Diego Great Diego, really nice you found your way to the thread as i value your input immensely :D Oh, I'm not scratching the winders because I didn't think they had 'em just haven't seen a Sabre with both bombs and winders. :D I'll have that inlet dealt with in no time :D Looks like the bomb pylons look quite similar to the droptank pylons so I'll copy those unless pylons magically appears ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted April 4, 2016 Author Share Posted April 4, 2016 Nice start. Thanx pacheco :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Diego Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 (edited) Great Diego, really nice you found your way to the thread as i value your input immensely :D Oh, I'm not scratching the winders because I didn't think they had 'em just haven't seen a Sabre with both bombs and winders. :D I'll have that inlet dealt with in no time :D Looks like the bomb pylons look quite similar to the droptank pylons so I'll copy those unless pylons magically appears ;) Hi Janne, Many thanks for your comments! It's always great to watch your builds - and a real pleasure to add my 5 Cents, in case I can help a bit You're right about Sidewinders - as IIAF F-86 got their camo, the intercept mission was already gone (together with the associated AIM-9 pylons...)so there weren't AIM-9 armed, camouflaged IIAF Sabres. Indeed the additional underwing pylons look very similar to the ones used for the fuel tanks, so IMHO this could be also the way to go... Re F-40 additional fuselage intakes - it seems tha all Hasegawa Sabres have the F-40 fuselage, so this correction should be done if building any Sabre other than Japanese JASDF or Tunisian FAéRT... Edited April 4, 2016 by Diego Quote Link to post Share on other sites
82Whitey51 Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Coming along nicely... If you don't already have enough aftermarket resin happening there, KASL makes a nice set of extended slats (flaps too...) for the -40. Figure, if you're displaying it on deck... For a while the old Cutting Edge set was the only game in town and they are wicked hard to find and expensive when you do. These go for $18.00: http://www.redstarscalemodels.com/product-p/k48077.htm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Diego Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 (edited) Coming along nicely... If you don't already have enough aftermarket resin happening there, KASL makes a nice set of extended slats (flaps too...) for the -40. Figure, if you're displaying it on deck... For a while the old Cutting Edge set was the only game in town and they are wicked hard to find and expensive when you do. These go for $18.00: http://www.redstarscalemodels.com/product-p/k48077.htm This is indeed an useful item, specially as it seems that "slated" Sabres had the slats dropped when on the ground. Edited April 5, 2016 by Diego Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChernayaAkula Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 This is gonna be good! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted April 4, 2016 Author Share Posted April 4, 2016 Coming along nicely... If you don't already have enough aftermarket resin happening there, KASL makes a nice set of extended slats (flaps too...) for the -40. Figure, if you're displaying it on deck... For a while the old Cutting Edge set was the only game in town and they are wicked hard to find and expensive when you do. These go for $18.00: http://www.redstarscalemodels.com/product-p/k48077.htm Great thanx , I've been thinking about the slats,didn't know there was resin to use :P Ordered and on its way! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted April 4, 2016 Author Share Posted April 4, 2016 This is gonna be good! :woot.gif:/> I hope so, Moritz :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
82Whitey51 Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Great thanx , I've been thinking about the slats,didn't know there was resin to use :P/> Ordered and on its way! Glad to help! I recently built a F-86H and hunted around forever for slats for it. The KASL sets weren't available at the time. I ended up using an old "Scoby-Do" F-86-40 wing/slat set. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cubs2jets Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 (edited) This is indeed an useful item, specially as it seems that "slated" Sabres always had the slats dropped in the parked position, if not under hydraulic power. F-86 slats were NOT hydraulically actuated. There activation was solely a function of aerodynamics (angle of attack in flight) or gravity (on the ground). C2j Edited April 4, 2016 by Cubs2jets Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted April 5, 2016 Author Share Posted April 5, 2016 F-86 slats were NOT hydraulically actuated. There activation was solely a function of aerodynamics (angle of attack in flight) or gravity (on the ground). C2j Good to know :D I see my helping panel of Sabre experts are gathering :D With support like this I can't fail! Thank you guys your input are essential! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Diego Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 F-86 slats were NOT hydraulically actuated. There activation was solely a function of aerodynamics (angle of attack in flight) or gravity (on the ground). C2j Many thanks for this info! Diego Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ivy-5 Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Hi! Wow these slats would be useful for any FJ-2/3 build ;)/> If you need pylons from the Academy Sabre, I won't use them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted April 5, 2016 Author Share Posted April 5, 2016 Hi! Wow these slats would be useful for any FJ-2/3 build ;)/>/> If you need pylons from the Academy Sabre, I won't use them. I'd happily take that offer :D Thanx a million PM inbound. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Janne, Just found your latest build blog, and naturally I'm coming along for the ride. Since there is no prop that I can see, there isn't going to be much I can add to the actual aircraft, just some modeling support of a friend from across the pond. There is an excellent chance that you'll be done with the F-86F-40 before I finally finish the B-25B at the rate I'm going these days. Joel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted April 5, 2016 Author Share Posted April 5, 2016 Janne, Just found your latest build blog, and naturally I'm coming along for the ride. Since there is no prop that I can see, there isn't going to be much I can add to the actual aircraft, just some modeling support of a friend from across the pond. There is an excellent chance that you'll be done with the F-86F-40 before I finally finish the B-25B at the rate I'm going these days. Joel Hiya Joel, nice of you to show up :D Keeping my mojo up is important work indeed as well as tening my ego by cheering me on :D We shall see, feels like a fast build this Sabre...hope the parts arrive soon! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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