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1/48 Hasegawa F-86 F-30 Sabre 334th FIS/4th FIW "Ralph Parr Jr." (FINISHED)

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1/48 Hasegawa F-86 F-30 Sabre 334th FIS/4th FIW "Ralph Parr Jr." (FINISHED)
Posted by lawdog114 on Thursday, June 9, 2016 4:30 AM

As most who follow my threads (and I appreciate it) know I'm not too much into jets.  Quite frankly they bore me.  Grey...grey...more grey...throw a few missles on the bottom...you get the gist.  That said, there a perhaps a select few that do hold my interest enough to model.  The F-8 Crusader, F-14 Tomcat, A-10 Wathog and of course the predecessor to the Mustang, North American's F-86 Sabre, which is probably my favorite jet.  Well,  I have been challenged to build 10 kill ace Captain Ralph Parr Jr's F-86 and have it finished by Parr's birthday of July 1st......challenge accepted!  I'll be using the Hasegawa kit with Parr's FU-778 markings.  I'll enhance it with cockpit photoetch and Eduard resin wheels.  

 

Since I don't nomally do jets I needed to do some research....quickly!.  I learned that the cockpit on the Sabre was initially light grey then later models were changed to black.  Since this was an earlier ride than Parr's FU-959 machine, I went with XF-66 Light Grey.  After my normal cockpit construction, I assembled the intake and exhaust.  Other than seamwork on these, I didn't get too carried away with the inside as it won't be seen at all.

The stock pit was decent, not great but decent.  Typical 90's Hasegawa.  The PE set was nice, especially the instrument panel.  I jazzed up the seat with a set of arm rests made out styrene strip.  I ended up losing the right ejection seat yellow handle to the floor monster and had to make a new one.  It's weird seeing those green seatbelts though....

I then painted up the speed brake area and gear wells.  I made a custom mix of XF-3 Yellow-Green, XF-49 Khaki, XF-58 Olive Green.  I'm pleased and may use this concoction in the future.  

I threw a couple fishing lures above the intake secured with epoxy to hopefully keep it on its front gear.  I hope I added enough.

I got her buttoned up before calling it a night.  Other than the usual wing/fuselage joint gap, I had no fit issues.  This kit is void of Hasegawa's wing root gaps.  The silver sharpie trick was used to check the seams.  

I'll be painting soon.  I intend to paint on the yellow stripes...

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Posted by wildcat13 on Thursday, June 9, 2016 6:00 AM

It looks awesome. You"re about the best on FSM there is. I've learned a ton following you. The cockpit has amazing detail. I'll have to remember the added weights when I build my 86 kit. I want to use "Boots" Blesse's decals, but the only place I've found them they were $50. Can't wait to see the finished product.

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Posted by Gamera on Thursday, June 9, 2016 7:52 AM

Nice! Your usual fine work Joe even if she doesn't have a windmill on the nose. Looking forward to following along. 

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Posted by rooster513 on Thursday, June 9, 2016 7:58 AM

Another really good start Joe!

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Posted by murph on Friday, June 10, 2016 8:40 PM

Great work Joe.  I've built a bunch of these kits in RCAF livery.  I really like them.  As an FYI, the vent on the right side of the fuselage, forward of the speed brake, is unique to Japanese Air Self Defense Force Sabres.  North American, C.A.C. and Canadair Sabres did not have them.  I don't know if you'll wish to make that correction.

I look forward to the finished product.

Mike

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Posted by lawdog114 on Friday, June 10, 2016 9:17 PM

Thanks Gamera and rooster..nice to have you along. 

 

Wildcat...thank you but I'm not even close. I'm Flattered you think so..thanks for following.  

 

Murph, thanks for the heads up..is it that rectangular one? I'll have to carve that off and fill it. Do you have a picture?

 

Does anyone know if the inside of the speed brakes (doors) were painted red? I've seen them silver too.  Jets are far from my area of expertise...

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Posted by philo426 on Friday, June 10, 2016 9:26 PM

Sure looks like my FJ3 fury!

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Posted by Toshi on Friday, June 10, 2016 9:38 PM

Oh my, that is one phenomenal build sir.  Beautiful!

Toshi

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Posted by murph on Saturday, June 11, 2016 9:22 AM

lawdog114

Murph, thanks for the heads up..is it that rectangular one? I'll have to carve that off and fill it. Do you have a picture?

Does anyone know if the inside of the speed brakes (doors) were painted red? I've seen them silver too.  Jets ate far from my area of expertise...

 

 
Joe...you're very welcome.  Yes, it's the rectangular one.  Here are some shots of a Canadair Sabre 6 at a museum near my home.  The fuselages of the Canadair and North American Sabres are very close to being identical.  There were minor variances with the Canadair fuselages in order to properly house the Orenda 10 and Orenda 14 engines over the General Electric J-47's in the North American Sabres.
 
You can see the 'sag' of the speed brake doors when they're open.  They're not parallel to the ground.  The inside of the door is steel.  However, I've also seen what looks like RAF 'Interior Green' on an original RCAF Golden Hawk Sabre at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton, Ontario.  In one photo, you can see there is no rectangular vent on the right fuselage ahead of the speed brake door.
 
 
 
 
 
I shave and sand off the vent and then I glue a piece of Evergreen plastic to the inside of the fuselage.  I then add filler to the hole on the outside.  After it dries, I wet sand it smooth with wet / dry sanding paper; 400, 800, 1000 and 2000 grit.
 
 
 
Hope these help...
 
Mike

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Posted by BrandonK on Saturday, June 11, 2016 10:11 PM

Very cool, Joe. Nice work as usual. You know, this is a perfect kit to add to the Modern GB that is currently underway.?? 

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Posted by lawdog114 on Sunday, June 12, 2016 11:37 AM
Thanks Murph! I don't know why I was thinking the insides should be red. I'll go with a steel color. Brandon, thanks! .I know I should participate in more group builds. Maybe eventually...

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Posted by XF-15DCC on Monday, June 13, 2016 6:54 PM
Lawdog114 Great stuff! Question did you paint the inside of the visable intake and if so what color? Made an F-86 a "gate Guard" (on a pedestal), needless to say the intake was plugged to prevent nesting of the feathers friends so I couldn't look. Kevin

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Posted by BrandonD on Wednesday, June 15, 2016 12:28 PM

Great start, and as the others have said, excellent work so far. I'm with you on most jets - they just don't do it for me like props. That said, when I built this kit, I had a blast, and I like the Korean War schemes with the yellow stripes. Can't wait to see you get some paint on yours

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Posted by JOE RIX on Wednesday, June 15, 2016 11:26 PM

I'm glad to see you taking on something a little different Joe. The F-86 you are doing is an excellent subject and you are doing a magnificent job on it. I recently acquired a Hasegawa F-86 so I'm intrigued to watch you work on this. 

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Posted by murph on Friday, June 17, 2016 9:05 AM

XF-15DCC
Lawdog114 Great stuff! Question did you paint the inside of the visable intake and if so what color? Made an F-86 a "gate Guard" (on a pedestal), needless to say the intake was plugged to prevent nesting of the feathers friends so I couldn't look. Kevin

Paint it a steel colour.  It's a bit dusty but here's the intake of the same Sabre 6 from above:

Further, here's a shot of the exhaust area:

Hope these help.

Mike

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Posted by TREYZX10R on Friday, June 17, 2016 8:58 PM

Looking great Joe!

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Posted by bvallot on Sunday, June 19, 2016 11:45 PM

Joe, It's been a while. Looking very nice. I can't wait to see more. =]

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Posted by lawdog114 on Monday, June 20, 2016 11:28 PM

Thanks everyone!  Murph, thanks for the pics.  I'm glad I decided not to spend  all that time sanding out the intake seam, as it appears its supposed to be there according to that frontal pic...

 

I got some work in and finished her up.  I would have posted more in-progress pics but I got blocked out of the forum for a while.  Everytime I entered my email and password it would go back to the login-in screen???  It seems to be working now obviously.  I thought I was blocked for some reason. If that keeps happening I'm going to go elsewhere.  Anyways..

 

I painting in all the stripes and lines then taped them off. This is sooooo much better than trying to make those yellow stripe decals conform and then look right. 

It was then dusted with primer and I started the Alclad finish.  To me Duraluminum is the best "combat" shade so that's my base coat.  I then taped off select panels and sprayed them different shades. Here's the results.  In hindsight, at least with NMF, I'll probably lay down the NMF then tape off and paint in the stripes, as I had paint ridges in some areas where I layed down the Alclad too thick.  (Note:  I accidentally painted the wing walk line red, it should be black, I later corrected that...der!)  

Time for decals.  I took a deep breath and tried out the Hasegawa decals as I need Parr's markings.  Surprisingly they behaved perfectly.  I was especially worried about the big USAF on the wings.  I had no issues and used my normal Micro Sol. 

I just love that 4th FG boxing Eagle....

.....and after the decals were sealed, I added a Dart Dirt Flory wash and a post shade.  Postshading on NMF tends to be difficult because you have to add more black to make it show up and it's easy to overdo it.  Hopefully I didn't.  It was assembled here's the finished product....

Thanks for tagging along.......now back to that P-38Dunce

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Posted by stikpusher on Monday, June 20, 2016 11:36 PM

Bow DownBow DownBow Down

While I disagree with your assessment of jets, (they come in more colors than gray and can have all sorts of nifty things hanging underneath) I gotta say that your work on this one is top notch! Yes

Nice subject choice for the pilot. I have been wanting to build Manny Fernandez' mount myself. If I can ever find the markings.

 

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Posted by 1943Mike on Monday, June 20, 2016 11:43 PM

Super nice work. You approached Toshi speed on this one and what a great job!!

 

Mike

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Posted by lawdog114 on Monday, June 20, 2016 11:44 PM

Thanks Stik.... I did mention there are a few I like right?.....  I have an F-14A scheduled for build later in the year.  It will get VF-84 markings...Yes

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Posted by lawdog114 on Monday, June 20, 2016 11:48 PM
Thanks Mike....Nobody is as fast as the Toshmeister. I could retire if I was that fast.

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Posted by Tojo72 on Tuesday, June 21, 2016 6:42 AM

Beautiful work,I like your weathering of the bare metal and the simple base.

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Posted by lawdog114 on Tuesday, June 21, 2016 7:28 AM

Thanks Tojo!

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Posted by wildcat13 on Tuesday, June 21, 2016 7:34 AM

This is the one of the best 86 build I've ever seen on FSM, add in the pressure of your commisions insistence of only Parr's decals, and a July 1st arrival deadline of the model back to him for Parr's Birthday makes this one of your most pressure NO mistake builds off all-time. Great job "Ace-Maker"

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Posted by lawdog114 on Tuesday, June 21, 2016 7:48 AM
Thanks Wildcat!

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Posted by Gamera on Tuesday, June 21, 2016 8:04 AM

WOW, all I can say you worked the 'Lawdog Magic' on this one too Joe! Yes

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Posted by murph on Tuesday, June 21, 2016 8:16 AM

Joe,

Oustanding build and finish.  One to be proud of, for sure.  You're welcome for the photos.  I'm glad they helped.

Great job!

Mike

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Posted by Jay Jay on Tuesday, June 21, 2016 9:49 AM

PHEW! Yes I've got this same model on the bench.....I quit  Sad

 

 

 

 

 

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Posted by Buckeye on Tuesday, June 21, 2016 11:24 AM

Another fantastic build!  I think that's the best weathering I've ever seen on a NMF.

Have always wanted to build Joseph McConnell's bird.

I was also knocked off the forums for a time.  Had to call customer service yesterday to get back on.  I hope you stay here Joe, this is the only forum I have time for.

Mike

 

 

 

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