How I started counting rivets….
I really like natural metal schemes and became a big fan of Allclad paint because of their color range and drying time. Then one day I ran across Mike Grant’s website and saw he was offering rivets as a decal sheet. I hadn’t had much luck with the rivet tools, so I thought I’d give them a try. This is the first project I built just to see how they worked, and I have since become a good customer for this product. The procedure can get tedious at times, and yes I have literally counted rivets occasionally, but I like the results.
2 additional images. Click to enlarge.
steven a weinmann said on May 25, 2013
Jack this is beautiful the over all build is outstanding the rivets just take up to the next level where do you get them gotta try these on my yf-12 build
Jack Mugan said on May 25, 2013
Steven… You can go to Mike’s web page at: http://www.mikegrantdecals.com/Page1.html
AL HOFFMAN said on May 25, 2013
Very very impressive. One of my favorite aircraft.
Tell us about the kit.
Jack Mugan said on May 25, 2013
Al….To be honest, I don’t remember much about the kit. It was probably a Tamyia or Hasegawa offering. I was just interested in trying out the rivets, and the Sabre Jet is one of my favorite subjects that has a lot of different schemes. I do not recall having any difficulties during construction. I’d like to blame my lack of memory on my age, but I’ve always forgotten much of the build details once I’ve moved on to another project, and I never got into the habit of making notes. I do sometimes take in progress construction photos if I am going to do a build article however.
Craig Abrahamson said on May 25, 2013
Really nice job on the Sabre, Jack….I’ll have to check out those decals you mentioned.
John Healy said on May 25, 2013
That’s really well done Jack! One of the best NMF jobs I’ve ever seen.
Mark said on May 25, 2013
Well isn’t that just purdy! Very nice indeed.
Erich Goldbach said on May 25, 2013
Jack, One word for your work here…Beautiful!
bob mack said on May 26, 2013
outstanding jack
Anders Isaksson said on May 26, 2013
Very nice Sabre, Jack!
Am I wrong or have I seen this one in FSM too, perhaps in the reader gallery?
Jack Mugan said on May 26, 2013
Anders….. No, this one was never published or even in a competition.
Gregor de Ste Croix said on May 26, 2013
outstanding jack! great finish.
Frank Cronin said on May 26, 2013
Jack,
What a magnificent job you did on this model. You have made this look almost real. The F-86 was one of the last of the ” true pilot” airplanes. I have had one started for a long time and seeing yours makes me want to dust it off and try to do at least half as well as you did with this one. Beautiful…….
Jack Mugan said on May 26, 2013
Thanks guys, I’m glad you liked it. All this positive feed back is just going to encourage me to do more natural metal schemes.