Cool stuff, Toshi!! I wish my grandkids lived closer, so I could partake in some modeling with them (or whatever they like to partake in!).

Gary

Devil Dawg

Cool stuff, Toshi!! I wish my grandkids lived closer, so I could partake in some modeling with them (or whatever they like to partake in!).

Gary

 

 

Your Friend,

Toshi & Ezra

I get to enjoy time with a 22 year old grandson, a 12 year old grand daughter and a 14 month old grandson. I find adventures for them with me and if they are not careful they might learn something. Enjoy it Tosh, it is wonderful.

As for the Heller F-86, it is a nice kit and an easy build. I did the Mig Mad Marine. This was flown by John Glen on his second tour in Korea. He was TDY (temporary duty) with the USAF, thus the F86. His first tour was in F9F-5 Panthers and Ted Williams was his wing man. The "Mig Mad Marine" logo was not his idea but that of his ground crew. When he would return from a mission he would comment there were not enough Migs up there today.   

rangerj

I get to enjoy time with a 22 year old grandson, a 12 year old grand daughter and a 14 month old grandson. I find adventures for them with me and if they are not careful they might learn something. Enjoy it Tosh, it is wonderful.

As for the Heller F-86, it is a nice kit and an easy build. I did the Mig Mad Marine. This was flown by John Glen on his second tourrangerj in Korea. He was TDY (temporary duty) with the USAF, thus the F86. His first tour was in F9F-5 Panthers and Ted Williams was his wing man. The "Mig Mad Marine" logo was not his idea but that of his ground crew. When he would return from a mission he would comment there were not enough Migs up there today.   

 

 

He mimics my every move so I have to be very careful of what I say or do.  Lol!  Ezra is Mrs. Toshi’s pride and joy.  Than you once again!

Your friend Ezra and Toshi

Lucky man, Toshi! My nearest grandkids live in Augusta, GA, which is about 2.5 hours from me. The granddaughter is 8 now, and her brother is almost 3. They do get to visit us quite often (maybe once a month), but not a s often as I'd like. I have three grandsons in the Seattle area (their mom is in the USAF, stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord), and their ages are 10, 5, and 3 (the three-year-old I haven't had a chance to see personally yet). I also have a 3-month-old granddaughter in Carrollton, GA, which is about 5.5 hours from here. So glad that you get to see yours three times a week. That's AWESOME!!

Gary

What an excellent choice for a buddy build!  

Cool! Thanks for letting us join the two of you again Toshi! 

Mopar Madness

What an excellent choice for a buddy build!  

 

Your friend, Toshi

Gamera

Cool! Thanks for letting us join the two of you again Toshi! 

 

Your friend, Toshi

Well, Ezra went home yesterday.  He didn’t want to leave and cried.  So I told him to be patient as we will see him this weekend and can continue the Sabre build.  I really don’t know where the front landing went as he accidentally broke it off.  Lol!  I’ll scratch build one.  

Other than that, everything went together just fine as you can see below.  I’ll be taking over the sanding and putty work.  When Ezra returns, he can AB the Sabre.

Your Friend, Ezra and Toshi

As you can see, I’ve taped up gaps and certain flaws with Tamiya tape.  With that in mind, I’ve utilized Tamiya White Lacquer Putty.  Due to the lacquer in the Putty I won’t and don’t want to let Ezra inhale the fumes.  So I went ahead and prepped the Sabre as so.

Your friend, Toshi and Ezra 

I took the liberty of adding some small detail work on the Sabre without Ezra.  I don’t think nor feel that his ability to assemble really small parts, he’s not just ready yet.  I do know in fact that he keeps building with Papa aka: Toshi he will be able to tackle detailed areas.

Looking it great Toshi! Your little partner is doing a fabulous job. Heck, before you know it he will be producing some high quality builds on his own.

The Drifter

Looking it great Toshi! Your little partner is doing a fabulous job. Heck, before you know it he will be producing some high quality builds on his own.

 

At least I don’t have to be worried about the fumes from the Tamiya Extra Thin Cement and the Tamiya Putty White.  What‘s really great is that I have a 50/50 percent of Enamel and Acrylic paints.  So his issue with paint is zero.  

The only thing about Ezra is his attention deficit is always short.  What I do is to take my iPad play a TV show (Paw Patrol, Spider Man, and Blaze etc.). After he gets restless, I’ll turn on the iPad and sits down on the den floor and watches his show.  And he’ll always comes back to his modeling.  Once again, thank you for your time and interest in Ezra and I kit build (Sabre).

Your friend Toshi & Ezra

I am so excited in building this kit and allowed my self to primer and paint.  I’m not concerned finishing this kit as Ezra has 3 other kits to keep him busy.

Your friend Ezra & Toshi

P.S. As you can see, I utilized MM 4680 Gray primer.  I’m going to brush this kit as it’s too cold to AB outside.

Tosh

 

 

The Drifter

Looking it great Toshi! Your little partner is doing a fabulous job. Heck, before you know it he will be producing some high quality builds on his own.

 

 

 

 

The Drifter, thank you very much for the kind words and support as well.  It’s greatly appreciated!  My grandson Ezra is doing a fantastic job on the Sabre.  He’s very intuitive and tries to mimic and copy what I’m doing.  I spoke with Mrs. Toshi and we decided to purchase a Snap Tite kit for Ezra from Hobby Lobby.

 

At least I don’t have to be worried about the fumes from the Tamiya Extra Thin Cement and the Tamiya Putty White.  What‘s really great is that I have a 50/50 percent of Enamel and Acrylic paints.  So his issue with paint is zero.  

The only thing about Ezra is his attention deficit is always short.  What I do is to take my iPad play a TV show (Paw Patrol, Spider Man, and Blaze etc.). After he gets restless, I’ll turn on the iPad and sits down on the den floor and watches his show.  And he’ll always comes back to his modeling.  Once again, thank you for your time and interest in Ezra and I kit build (Sabre).

Your friend Toshi & Ezra

 

To my fellow FSM Forum Members,

Thank you for following along on our builds.  As you can see I’ve hand painted the Sabre.  I’m probably getting ready for next step.  Ezra loves AB.  If anything, he can AB The Academy 1/72 USN F4J “VF-84 Jolly Rogers“.

The Drifter

 

 

Tosh

 

 

The Drifter

Looking it great Toshi! Your little partner is doing a fabulous job. Heck, before you know it he will be producing some high quality builds on his own.

 

 

 

 

The Drifter, thank you very much for the kind words and support as well.  It’s greatly appreciated!  My grandson Ezra is doing a fantastic job on the Sabre.  He’s very intuitive and tries to mimic and copy what I’m doing.  I spoke with Mrs. Toshi and we decided to purchase a Snap Tite kit for Ezra from Hobby Lobby.

 

At least I don’t have to be worried about the fumes from the Tamiya Extra Thin Cement and the Tamiya Putty White.  What‘s really great is that I have a 50/50 percent of Enamel and Acrylic paints.  So his issue with paint is zero.  

The only thing about Ezra is his attention deficit is always short.  What I do is to take my iPad play a TV show (Paw Patrol, Spider Man, and Blaze etc.). After he gets restless, I’ll turn on the iPad and sits down on the den floor and watches his show.  And he’ll always comes back to his modeling.  Once again, thank you for your time and interest in Ezra and I kit build (Sabre).

Your friend Toshi & Ezra

 

 

 

 

Pleasures mine Toshi, and I don't know too many young boys that don't have attention deficit issues. Heck their young boys and they want to be into everything at one time LOL.

 

 

Your friend Ezra & Toshi 

Glad to see you and Ezra are getting some use out of that Saber.

( What ???  Your not letting Ezra try to Bare metal Foil that thing ???)

littletimmy

Glad to see you and Ezra are getting some use out of that Saber.

( What ???  Your not letting Ezra try to Bare metal Foil that thing ???)

 

 

Your Friend, Toshi & Ezra 

Taping and organizing Tamiya tape is difficult for Ezra so I took over from this point on.

The paint scheme was some what difficult for Ezra as it involved small detail painting.  So from this point on, I was solo, plus it was past his bedtime.  LOL!

Tosh

The paint scheme was some what difficult for Ezra as it invoked small detail painting.  So from this point on, I was solo, plus it was past his bedtime.  LOL!

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you FSM Forum Members,

Your support in Ezra’s and I build means so much to us.  Little by little, with each step, Ezra has been improving along the way.  I want to take this time out to thank Tim Pressnell for gifting Ezra and I Testors 1/72 Corsair x2 and this Heller 1/72 F-86 Sabre kit!

I just got done loading this and the Corsair build into the the Digital Readers Gallery.  I truly hope at least one of the aircraft makes it into the Digital Readers Gallery!  Our next project is a Academy 1/72 USN F-4J “VF-84 Jolly Rogers”.  Once again thank you FSM Forum Members for your support!

Your friend, Ezra &Toshi

Wow, Toshi, that is superb work. What a great subject and even better that you are sharing it with your grandson. Well done to both of you.

BK

BrandonK

Wow, Toshi, that is superb work. What a great subject and even better that you are sharing it with your grandson. Well done to both of you.

BK

 

Your friend, Toshi & Ezra