No Wayne, you’re good! This looks to be an interesting GB!
Got the fuselage together and must say I am not a huge fan of this kit. The cockpit deck did not fit as it should and had to be mounted below the interior locating tabs, the trailing edges of the flaps hang past the trailing edge of the fuselage and Italeri opted to not provide any framing on the canopy – what fun that will be to paint.
Time for a bit of sanding before cementing the wings and canopy to the fuselage.
Hi guys.
Here is the Academy F-86e I am doing as a SAAF Canadair CL-13b (sabre Mk6)
First thin was to fill and sand the massive step in the top of the wing, don’t know what they were thinking molding it like that !
Then I added lead foil belts to the seat.
Theuns
almost bought a 2d s-25 today so i could build one in launch mode and one in travel mode. anyway here is a pic of two sprues to get an idea of the size. that is a 12" ruler. just above it is a frame and just below it is a missile canister.
Great work everyone! I got a bit done on the Super Sabre. I painted everything black that I could because I opened up the intake - it stopped maybe a couple of centimeters into the lip! [:(]
Nice to see so much activity on this GB already. I gotta get back onto my build. Have been distracted of late. Everyone is looking good so far, keep up the good work!!
Hi Waynec,
Can you add me to the roster please?
I’ll be building Fujimi’s 1/72 A-7E Corsair II “Desert Storm”.
This one has been in the waiting line for 2 years now. Can’t wait to get started on it.
A bit of progress on the Hurricane Mk.1. Very simple build. I really like the floor of the cockpit being done in an earlier step. Done 100s of planes and this has to be the first time theres no tub`for the cockpit. Anyway, step 1 was the gear well:
Here`s the cockpit floor:
And, cockpit almost done, tiny cockpit, less than 3/4" wide:
Rob, is that a new tool Hurri from Airfix? I can’t see if the panel detail is scribed.
I got a red boxing Hurri in 1/72 from them last year but was rather ticked off to find it was still the old “badly detailed raised line” kit from way back 
Theuns
Theuns: this is the ‘most’ excellent new tooling from Airfix. Superb in every detail, thought, some would say the panel lines are like ‘trenches’. They’ve relaxed a bit on the sheer depth of the panel lines lately. This is my first Mk.1 Hurri, very impressed so far. You have to be careful with Airfix as they are constantly reboxing old stuff. I keep up with their new toolings and only buy those.
Handsome looking Hurricane so far, Rob! A bit of progress on my Airfix 1/72 Starfighter - wait, I didn’t just go to the Airfix Tribute Forum, did I?? 
I should go ahead and purchase another tube of Squadron Green - I know I’m going to need it! The wingtip tanks were shaped more like torpedoes, so I swapped them out for some “old box” Hasegawa ones. The Sidewinders came from the ESCI 1/72 F-100F kit I am doing for the Braille Scale GB on here. I snagged the wheels & tyres from the Hasegawa JASDF F-104J kit but what I am going to do now is build this one wheels up. I have not done that in a long time. I even have a nice clear plastic display stand from a KP Mig-17 to put it on! [Y] Oh, and the Burner can came from a old New Years party horn - well the plastic part! I cut out the bottom part of the Airfix Starfighter exhaust and will use the nozzle part from the Hasegawa JASDF Starfighter. The “Can” even has lines inside it!![8-|]
Notice how the Hasegawa JASDF F-104J decal sheet is bigger than the Airfix Starfighter box itself! LOL
Thanks WW. F-104, my fav plane of all time. I’ve done 3 of the Hasegawa 104J’s, so, yeah, got lots of those huge decal sheets myself in the stash!! Really looking forward to this one coming together…go Airfix!!
Rob - looks like you’re ploughing ahead with the Hurricane.
I have Airfix’s old 1/48 Hurricane in the stash - doesn’t look anything as good as that 1/72.
Thanks Rob!
Chris - I feel for ya Man!
My apologies!! I’m still working on the F-100F for this GB. Sorry about my GB post mix-up! I meant to put up this here. Didn’t get a lot done today as far as modelling goes but I had some places I had to be. [:)]
Yeah, I`m steering clear of the older Airfix stuff. Their new releases are worth it.
Hye guys, the F-86 is coming on well. I had some minor alignment issues with the fin to the fuselage as well as the wing to fuse fit. The fin was fixed with a little boiling water . The wing seat needs a little carving work…can’t recall the other same kit I built being the same.
Theuns
You’re spot on Rob. In my haste I purchased it thinking it was a new tooling. I wish I had of just spent an extra $10 and picked up their Seafire F.XVII instead. Never mind, I guess you don’t get good at something by always taking the easy path.
Wiccan - coming along nicely! You’ll be laying down paint before I’ve even had the opportunity to crack out the sprues on my build!
Theuns - that cockpit looks beautifully painted - any close up pics?
Thanks Chris! Did manage to get the first coat of primer on today. [8-|]
Very nice progress so far. I really like the Hun…had a good build with Trumpeter`s D model (actually got this superb kit from my LHS from their bargain bin - water damaged box, but everything was perfect - $5).