Canadian GB

checkmateking02

Nice work on the camouflage.  Came out very well!

Still a cute kitty.

Thanks! The gray is a little more blue than I would have liked, but it still has a good contrast with the green.

Hull done.  Just need to do the rear plate and attach it.

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Coming along well, Cdn Colin.

Finally got Photobucket to upload my pics so here it its

I used MM tan for the base coat

than Tamiya earth brown

than MM medium green fro the last colour

and after all the masking is removed

Your CF-5 looks good.

That is a sharp camouflage scheme, very well done!

The camo on both the F-5 and Sabre looks very good. Good work.

Vance - I've always found the plastic to be very hard on those early Hasegawa kits, so I'm amazed at your progress.

Cheers

Tony

Tony, the plastic may be hard - but I had very little in the way of fit issues. Everything is basic compared to new-tool kits of course, but the fit is spot-on.

shivinigh

Finally got Photobucket to upload my pics so here it its

I used MM tan for the base coat

than Tamiya earth brown

than MM medium green fro the last colour

and after all the masking is removed

Now THAT looks really sharp with the 3 topside colours!

nice. i use MMA, PolyScale, and Tamiya interchangeably. just finished a big ship hull in enamels (brush painting instead of airbrushing) and now i know why i use acrylics for most stuff.

don't forget to touch up the air intakes. speaking from experience i forgot to weather half a turret and didn't realize it until i took some pictures.

Pardon the sloppy iPod picture, BUT, several coats of Future are down, decals started. Trying to decide how many of the stencils I'll bu using. The Leading Edge sheet is pretty comprehensive. Still need to verify if these Sabres carried sidewinders. The underside. Instructions show NONE, but include six??

Underside was brush-painted Vallejo, topside was masked with poster-tac and airbrushed Tamiya acrylics.

Today's update:

I seem to have picked up some sort of "dusting" effect on the tail markings. Microsol reacting with un-cured Future??

I was rushing :(

Had it happen once before on the all-black P38 night fighter, added a little more Sol & if disappeared. Crossing my fingers...

Alright, my quick photo search has shown me a couple of things.

1- camouflaged Sabres seen to have the underside roundels FREQUENTLY, but not all the time. Think I'll be using them here.

2- I haven't actually come across pics ( yet ) of an RCAF Sabre carrying the sidewinders?? Odd. I think I'll leave them off the 2nd Sabre.

Won't be using ALL the stencils, some are silvering, and most are TINY!! Will need to add the wing-walk stripes from the kit decals though as they seem to sync up exactly with the raised panel lines.

I posted in the ready room about more changes coming down for the Canadian Army.  Part of the governments quest to bring back the historical elements within the CF.

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I'd rather see money go into recruiting new troops for the reserves but that's just me.

don't know if this helps but found this page from the canadian aviation museum

eCanadairSabre6.pdf

Here's a neat link about markings.  Not sure if you've ever seen it.

www.canmilair.com/schemes.htm

Nice work on the camo, Vance.  Is that the previous Canadian flag on the tail?

Yes, that is the "Canadian Red Ensign" which was carried (and of course displayed everywhere) before the current maple leaf.

Cdn Colin, shivinigh, thanks for the links. I'll check them out before I hit the 2nd Sabre. I hadn't really intended to start the first one so soon, I kind of got ahead of myself but was on a good roll, so I winged it a little. ;)

Was there someone looking for a Grizzly? Just spotted one on clearance at Squadron for $15.

have the hull finished.  I'm going to take a Typhoon break before getting started on the turret.

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I'm not very happy with the arrow to date.

The masking for the canopy has flaked apart, and apparently when I applied the black paint I missed the masking in several areas including the wings.  You can even see where I noticed on the wings that I missed with the mask, added more tape to try an make sure I didn't compound the problem but now the problem area is bigger.

I don't know what I'm going to do about the canopy, I just hope a shot of white paint will go on over the black mist on the wings

I would touch up the canopy with a 5 or 10/0 brush.

don't feel alone. i usually get the "this is crap" around 80% done on a build. unfortuantely right now i have 5 going in 4 GBs and 3 of them are crap to the point i didn't even look at them yesterday.

Chris, when this has happened to me, the only remedy I've found is just to remask, and reapply the paint.  You can cut very thin strips of masking tape, and outline the problem area, then use bigger pieces until you've got everything else protected.  Then respray with your airbrush.

This kind of set-back is demoralizing, I know.  It's happened to me more than once--doing, and re-doing, and re-doing the re-doing.

Hope things work out!

Overspray happens Chris!! As mentioned before, mask the good areas & over-spray with the white. A little shadowing showing through is just shading, right? ;)  And I almost always have something to touch up on canopies, likely one of the things that slows me to a crawl as I get into that "95% done" zone. Looking really good overall though!

Am I facing more problems with the flaking on the canopy?

I had dipped the canopy in future.   Then masked, and then applied future over the masks.  Applied the paint.  Then used my blade to cut free the masks and welcome flakes and problems.

Hey, who are these guys in Paris?

My guess would be the CBC.  I wonder who there correspondent was.  I wonder if they were around then.

Hmmm.  Google awaits.

when does this end in case i need to make a decision to build something else here? i have an AVGP COUGAR LATE and a HUAKEY ARV in the ever increasing warwheel stash. completing both of them would give me 5 canadian vehicles i could use for a group entry.

waynec

when does this end in case i need to make a decision to build something else here?

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gunner_chris

There was enough interest in the feeler thread so lets do this!

Here are the 'rules':

1 - any subject, any genre as long as its in Canadian Markings

2.  Fantasy builds are acceptable as long as you follow #1 (the CF would love some Apache's)

3.  Canadians flying with the RAF are good to go

4.  Crossovers from over GB's are fine

5.  OOB, A/M, scratchbuilding, the sky is the limit

6. Started builds are fine as long as they are less then 50%

7.  Most important, have fun and share your build

Run dates are May 1st until November 1st (6 months)  Feel free to sign up any time.

This is my first GB so please be gentle.  If I missed something I'm open to friendly reminders.