F-86F Sabre (Academy 1.48)

bvallot

Member since
June 2013

Posted by bvallot on Monday, January 19, 2015 4:22 PM

Sweet NMF there!! I like what you did to vary the what's going on the surface.

On the bench:

Tamiya F4U-1 Kenneth Walsh

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Bish

Member since
December 2002
From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England

Posted by Bish on Monday, January 19, 2015 4:05 PM

That's a great looking build and an awesome job on painting those markings. I certainly would not have known if you had not said.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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panos.v

Member since
January 2015

Posted by panos.v on Monday, January 19, 2015 3:02 PM

Thank you all very much!

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lawdog114

Member since
February 2012
From: Olmsted Township, Ohio

Posted by lawdog114 on Friday, January 16, 2015 7:38 PM

Academy's best kit (IMO)........and you did a fine job on it. Good choice on painting in lieu of decals. I did the same when I built it a few years ago..

Joe.

"Can you fly this plane and land it?...Surely you can't be serious....I am serious, and don't call me Shirley"

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modelcrazy

Member since
July 2014

Posted by modelcrazy on Friday, January 16, 2015 4:42 PM

Looks great panos,

Great work on the stripes, checkerboard and Alclad Yes

Steve

Building a kit from your stash is like cutting a head off a Hydra, two more take it's place.

http://www.spamodeler.com/forum/

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Gamera

Member since
November 2009
From: SW Virginia

Posted by Gamera on Friday, January 16, 2015 12:44 PM

Beautiful job! Yeah those yellow stripe decals have been giving me fits, wish I'd painted them on mine.

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

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panos.v

Member since
January 2015

Posted by panos.v on Friday, January 16, 2015 12:11 PM

oups...something went wrong...I think it's okey now...

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Mustang8376

Member since
April 2010
From: Atlanta, GA

Posted by Mustang8376 on Friday, January 16, 2015 8:11 AM

Nice build. I am working on this exact same one right now. :)

Current build: 1/48 Monogram A-1H & AMT Jedi Starfighter.

Completed: 1/48 Monogram/Revell P-61B, 1/32 Hasegawa F6F-5, 1/48 Hasegawa F-16C, 1/48 Revell Mig-21PFM, 1/48 Revell/Monogram AH-64A, Revell/Monogram 1/48 F-14D, AMT 1/420 USS Defiant, AMT 1/650(?) USS Enterprise, 1/72 Bandai VF-1J, AMT 1/537 USS Reliant, Academy 1/35 M1-A1 Abrams, Academy 1/48 F-86F30, Linbergh's USS Gato

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modelcrazy

Member since
July 2014

Posted by modelcrazy on Friday, January 16, 2015 8:04 AM

panos,

Your build looks good, from behind. Did you delete the other pics? I only see the tail. Your right about Academy's decals, they are horrible.

Steve

Building a kit from your stash is like cutting a head off a Hydra, two more take it's place.

http://www.spamodeler.com/forum/

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Texgunner

Member since
February 2003
From: Cameron, Texas

Posted by Texgunner on Friday, January 16, 2015 7:59 AM

Panos, that's a great looking jet! Your Alclad looks quite realistic too. Well done indeed sir! Bow Down

Gary

"All you mugs need to get busy building, and post pics!"

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panos.v

Member since
January 2015

F-86F Sabre (Academy 1.48)

Posted by panos.v on Thursday, January 15, 2015 12:07 PM

This is my latest work.

F-86F Sabre from Academy at 1/48. The kit is really good value for money. I made it straight from the box. I only used Tamiya tape to make seat belts and some very fine wires for the landing gear. I used several shades of alclad II lacquer paints to achieve metal look, such as white aluminium, duraluminium, dark aluminium. The only bad part of the model was the decals. So I painted all the stripes and the chess board in the vertical stabilizer. Finally I sprayed Humbrol’s clear gloss varnish to seal everything.

The model won the bronze medal in 33nd report of IPMS Greece in 2014 in 9^th class.

I hope that you like it. (let me know if the pictures are too big)