Mmmmm, old Humbrol enamels!
Looking forward to your choice, George @georgeswork!

I decided to try and get Tamiya X-12 Gold Leaf and has lucky to get it at a LHS Curbside P/U.

I figured I've had pretty good luck with acrylics later and wanted to continue my streak. I'm happy with Tamiya paint once again; although, this X-12 needed a little more thinning with X-20A than other Tamiya paints.

A quick coat of Future applied and she's one step closer to decals.

I was wonder what the upper fuselage tubing is which are in the Decal sheet photos and on the static display aircraft at the Hamilton Museum - I could not find any info regarding why that tubing is there - could not find any photos of 'in-service' aircraft with the tubing either.

Then I found an excellent 26 page document written by Bill Upton written specifically on the CL-13B Sabre and Sabre Mk6 Golden Hawks Serial 23651 aircraft. His writing indicate the Sabre on Display at Hamilton is the actually aircraft and has been on loan to the Hamilton Museum since 1999.

In document, Bill Upton indicated the tubbing is the aircraft's smoke system display's Dual Oil Spray pipes - so I might try to add this piping on the model - gonna give it a try.

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If you're not too far along, George, if you repaint with Tamiya gloss black thinned 50-50 and misted on for a thin smooth coat, then go back over with the gold paint, also thinned 50-50 and misted on with repeat till you get a solid coat, you will be able to get that shade of gold on the real airplane.

Looking good George, if you want to follow Toms suggestion try it on something else first, that gold may just be a lighter shade, my CAC C27 single smoke pipe is in a different place, I used fuse wire held on with Pledge and a hole at the front, also T 35, and a little different RA Hawk.

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Well, the silver decal trim had begun, soooo... the present shade of gold remains.
I guess I could have experimented with the shading on some spare parts prior to the final coating.
Allan (@kalamazoo) - I think I will try to use the wire technique, I was gonna use stretched sprue but I think I can get a better shape from some stiff tinning wire.

I got a little more done with his build as I wanted just a little more details added with the front wing slats. The little tabs can be seen of the actual aircraft when the slats are drooped and nothing was visible on the model, so I added some detail.
I also noticed a little micro fiber (probably from a cotton swab) just above the port side canons that will not be covered by any decals - ugh! I did a little scraping and will sand shoot with 600/800 then do a quick spray touch up.

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Absolutely STUNNING paint finish. She shines in all the right places. Can't wait for the final reveal!