COMPLETE Hasegawa 1/48 F-86F-30

Nice start on the pit, a lot of colourful scheme options for these subjects, should be fun.

Gracias Bish!

Got the fuselage buttoned up which was an excercise in alignment!  You have to align the cockpit sitting on the intake tube and the exhaust tube - a bit fiddley.  I also got the wings and stabilizers on. 

The underside of the wing/fuselage joint will need some attention. 

The nose piece has some issues... which is kind of the focal point so being a NMF, I'll be sanding and polishing.

Thats it for tonight!

Fantastic start!  Great assembly, should look really good after pre-prep.

Your friend, Toshi

Certainlty have a bit of work to do there, i know what you mean about the nose.

keavdog

Not sure if you want to attempt a fix or not before you get too far along keavdog but the triangular vent in the top photo (to the left of the speed brake well) is unique to Japanese Sabres.  They weren't on North American, Canadair or Avon produced airframes.  Kind of a nit-picky thing of you're going for accuracy.  If you're not a real stickler, then I'll just keep my yap shut.

And I agree with everyone.  The nose ring on the Hasegawa (and Academy) Sabre is an Achilles Heel, if you will.  Putty, sanding and rescribing lost panel lines is a bit of pain in the posterior.

Looking forward to your progress.

Mike

p.s. - your Mustang as your avatar?

Thanks for the tip!

Thats my 2013 Boss 302LS on track at chuckwalla.  Too many hobbies...

I agree Murph, that tip was very helpfull and I will be sure to remove it from my "Mig Mad Marine " version i am building from the exact same kit

keavdog

Thanks for the tip!

Thats my 2013 Boss 302LS on track at chuckwalla.  Too many hobbies...

keavdog and Jay Jay...you're very welcome.  Glad to have helped.

Nice ride.  I got a ruby red 2017 GT drop top in Oct 16 (factory ordered).  Haven't had it on a track yet but I'm really impressed with it.  Beats the tar out of the 02 GT convertible I had in every respect.  Ford really did it right with this one.  Happy motoring!

Sweet!  The new GT with the IRS and track package is a better track car than my boss.  Thought long and hard about trading her in.  

Nice job on the pit and that panel.  Coming along nicely.

Back on the F-86.  Seams etc cleaned up.  Vent removed ( thanks murph! ).

Next will be the 3 step novus plastic polish of the entire plane followed by a coat of gloss black.

Then the fun part of laying down AlcladII aluminum!

This is looking really great.  I’m looking forward to the paint scheme!

Your friend, Toshi

Thats looking good keav, nice job on that nose.

Thanks Toshi and Bish - little bit of sanding and polishing here and there.  I'll get her squared away.

I'm wondering about polishing the plastic with Novus. I did a canopy with the 3 steps then dipped iit in Future. The Future slid right off and didn't coat it at all. I wonder if the Alclad will do the same thing ?

I havent had any issues.  This is my process for NMF.  I do thoroughly wash the model after polishing.

Hey ;

 So Far , So Good . I love the office ! The plane's main assemblies are looking good too . 

  Saw the later photos too .Wing Roots , nice and tight , Looking great .

Thanks TB.  For the most part its a good fitting kit.  

Thanks.  Very nice kit with the exception of the nose and wing/fusulage belly fit -both managable.

One more thing I found when researching which Sidewinders were on the the F-86... turns out they were never fitted with them - filling the inboard pylon holes :)

https://modelingmadness.com/scott/korean/preview/hasegawa/7082p.htm

Hey keavdog,

I have this same kit but am missing the decal sheet that came with the kit.  Would you consider selling me your sheet since you are using after market decals?

Pm me your address and I'll send them out.

PM sent.  Thank you.

Arrrrghhh... sprayed the gloss black tonight and clearly there's something in the paint.  Possibilities: 

• Left over acrylic from spraying Vallejo Game Color for the first time despite soaking the tip in laquer thinner overnight.  I really hate acrylics :|
• Particles kicking up from my spray booth.  Removed the primary filter and trashed then realized I'm out of primary filters.... reordered on micromark.
• Something else... I sprayed Mr Color thinned with their thinner which I have had recent success.

Anyhow... I let it dry and take a look in the morning - maybe I can sand/polish and respray.

coincidentily, mine looks exactly the same. Ruined paint job twice now and there it sits

Sorry to hear that Jay Jay.  I had a few choice words last night for sure.  But today I decided to fix the paint, spray and decide to strip or get lucky.

Very light sanding followed by polish and the paint was smoothed.  I was a bit concerned because pin size bare plastic was showing through in a few areas but I decided to shoot the alclad and it looks okay.  Moving forward!

Very nice so far! But you may want to think of different markings. Paper Tiger had the slatted wings and not the 6-3 hard wing

Ah - thanks for the tip.  After looking at all the options on Warbird 48 027 I think Jabara's 24513 is the only one I can't find slatted wings pictures.  Wanted the checker tails, but being the first Airforce jet ace, I'm happy to honor his livery.

Jabara, Fernandez, and McConnell all flew hard wing Sabres. At least for their last mounts that the scored their final kills. As a matter of fact, Jabara and Fernandez often flew one another’s aircraft.