Here’s another one I whipped up recently (before the Mustangs). It’s the Hasegawa F-86 F Sabre in the 39th FIS markings of “Darling Dottie”, flown by Lt. Colonel John F. Bolt in Korea. Bolt flew under Pappy Boyington in WW2 Pacific flaming 6 zeros then again in Korea downing 6 Migs in “Mig Alley”. Bolt is the only US Marine to achieve ace status in two wars and the only Marine “jet” fighter ace.
This was my second Hasegawa Sabre in a few month span so it went fairly quick. On this turkey I didn’t add enough nose weight so the front wheel will need to nailed down…[:@]. I should throw a ton of fishing weights down the intake and add the red plug. Anyways, I added a Legend seat, PE instrument panel and Eduard wheels. Nothing too fancy. The decals were from Warbird and were extremely fragile. I had a few hold my breath moments. The stripes and checkers were painted on in lieu of decals.
F-86s look good at any scale. They look fast when setting still. Nice job on this one, especially the detail on the skin and panels which I have not mastered. Excellent job!
Max
PS—Nice history lesson too, which is one of the reasons to build models.
Wow, that is an incredible Sabre you have there! Excellent work on the NMF. My all-time favorite jet fighter. She just looks like a fast plane. Thanks for sharing.
I agree 120% on the exterior finish. I’ve seen these in thier boxes for too many decades, never really knew what I’d do with one. My mentor just showed me.
I’m fiddling with my first NMF (a P51) either ever, or in 45 yrs (can’t recall if I ever hit an exterior with a can of aluminum spray as a kid or not). If I end up 10% of what you have here, I’ll be pretty happy.
Very nicely done! Looks fast standing still, but like it has been used a few times blasting Migs from the sky. Great job, and an inspiration for me to try my hand on a NMF. Only had tried 2, a B-36 using Testors rattle cans and a hand painted F-86, which I’m not that proud of. The paint never dried. Oh, well, better luck next time.
Another excellent one in the log book, looks super phast just sitting there Joe. If you would please, what was the paint and clear coat system, also the primer?
I was running through my brain, the way a checker board pattern would be applied with an airbrush and tape. Nope, nothing yet. Clever guy, you are.
Patrick, I use alclad Duraluminum then tape off various panels and use different shades of Alclad. Some get dark aluminum, others semi matte or just plain aluminum.
Regarding the painted checkers, I used the kit decal as a size reference then cut out individual “squares” of Tamiya tape which where placed on the plane. Then the area was sprayed black.
You’ve probably answered the question I asked in your other post regarding what NMF paint(s) you used for your Mustangs. I suppose they’re the same paints you used here.
