Academy 1/48 F86 Sabre, HAF 341 squadron

Started by John vd Biggelaar · 235 · 6 months ago · . 1/48, Academy, F86, HAF, Sabre
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    George R Blair Jr said 8 months, 2 weeks ago:

    Cockpit looks really awesome, John (@johnb). Some skillful work blending the Eduard set with the kit parts. Nice painting.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 8 months, 2 weeks ago:

    @gblair, thank you, George. The Eduard set definitely makes it look more attractive .

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    John vd Biggelaar said 8 months, 2 weeks ago:

    Painted the trolley yellow, most of the paint was on the bench at the end.


    Interior parts are painted interior green.

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    Alfred van Paaschen said 8 months, 2 weeks ago:

    Some nice progress, John!
    Plan to post a small progress update on the Wolfhound Sabre tomorrow.

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    George R Blair Jr said 8 months, 2 weeks ago:

    Cart will be a nice addition, John (@johnb). The yellow cart will really stand out when you get that nice, dark, metallic engine sitting on top of it.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 8 months, 2 weeks ago:

    Excellent progress, my friend @johnb!

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    Eric Berg said 8 months, 2 weeks ago:

    Did you repaint the cockpit? Looks right to me. That cart is a nice touch. You going to do an engine maintenance pose, John @johnb?

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    John vd Biggelaar said 8 months, 2 weeks ago:

    @alfred, @gblair, @fiveten, @eb801, thanks a lot all. The cart is a nice addition to this kit. I am indeed planning on creating a sort of engine maintenance pose.

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    Erik Gjørup said 8 months, 2 weeks ago:

    At least some of the yellow did hit the cart..

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    John vd Biggelaar said 8 months, 2 weeks ago:

    @airbum, approximately 10%, Erik. 🙂

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    John vd Biggelaar said 8 months, 1 week ago:

    Glued the air intake, with the cockpit on top, inside the starboard fuselage half. Since I will build it with the tail section separated, it is likely not required to have additional weight in the nose, but still I went for the safe approach and added a bit, just to be sure.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 8 months, 1 week ago:

    Excellent so far, my friend @johnb! Indeed, better safe than sorry.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 8 months, 1 week ago:

    @fiveten, thank you, Spiros

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    John vd Biggelaar said 8 months, 1 week ago:

    Forward fuselage halves and tail section halves glued together. The fit was not too bad.

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    Alfred van Paaschen said 8 months, 1 week ago:

    Nice progress, John!