I wanted to share some pics of my latest build. It’s Shirley’s Texas Tornado, an F-86F flown by Lt. Sam Johnson. This is my first use of Alclad II following the method on Swanny’s website. I used four shades of Alclad - Polished Aluminum, Duraluminum, Aluminum, and Pale Burnt Metal. I also used the True Details wheels and cockpit set and AeroMaster decals. I painted the yellow/black ID stripes instead of using the decals - the decals were much thick and heavy. Thanks for letting me share.
Steve
The build looks great. When you shoot with your digital camera you should switch to manual mode. In auto even with the flash the camera tends to favor opening up the f-stop. That’s what causes the depth of field to be so short. If you switch to manual mode, then force the camera to the longest f-stop you have you’ll get much better results.
Wow, she looks great! Well done on the use of the Alclad! Maybe one of these days when I get bold enough for an NMF, Hopefully i’ll have the same results too! SHe’s a pretty one…[tup][tup]
Great great job Steve! Your NMF is textured beautifully! [tup]
Nicely done Steve! The NMF looks great to my eyes. Are the yellow theater stripes decals? They look excellent. Thanks for the pics! [tup]
Nice F-86! Good job with the Alclad and the yellow striping and black surround looks fantastic.
Thanks for the nice comments everyone!
Frank - the Theater stripes are painted - what a job of masking! I tried one of the wing decals first, but it seemed much to think and heavy. The job of masking the black stripe and then the yellow was time consuming, but well worth it. Here are a couple of progress pics that I took.
Very nice Sabre [tup]. The NMF came out great.
Regards, Rick
Steve,
Great build and thanks for sharing the technique’s.
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[#ditto]JOHN
Hey Steve, Well done with the Alclad…!! Overall build is right one!! You did a great job of doing the ID bands, fun wasn’t it??? [:P] Thanks for sharing… Flaps up, Mike Rangers Lead The Way |
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A real beauty! Well-done!
Steve:
it is a very nice build! Painting right on the spot. Perfect ! I like painted stripes. Decals would decay the final effect. Is it a Hasegawa kit ? (I did not catch it on your post earlier)
That’s a great looking model and I really like your nose art.
Mckay[C):-)]
Beautiful work on the Sabre, one of my favorite early jets. The finish is superb.
Darwin, O.F. [alien]