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Airfix 1/48 F-86F-40, Markings TBD

Started by George R Blair Jr · 138 ≡ · ↻ 7 months ago · . 1/48, Airfix, F-86F-40

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George R Blair Jr said 8 months, 1 week ago:
I finished up the seat today by adding the oxygen hose and the hose for the G-suit. Both are connected to the seat by a quick-disconnect that sits between the foot rests. After everything was dry, I used a black wash on the seat and called it done. I built up a throttle using a couple of pieces of styrene and added it to the cockpit. Although the cockpit is a light gray, I noticed in several photos that the cockpit tub is painted black starting at the instrument panel, so I replicated that. I built and painted the two-part control stick, and added it to the tub. I used a little wash on the tub, as well as some watercolor pencils to add a few scuff marks and stains to the tub. I plan to leave the seat out until the end, so basically I was done for the day. Cheers
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1. Oxygen and G-suit hoses added thru quick-disconnect.
1. Added throttle.
Carl Smoot said 8 months, 1 week ago:

George (@gblair), Although I have been away from building for a couple of weeks, I have continued to follow these Sabre threads. They intrigue me because they look so much like the Fury I am working on. This design from North American really was a winner. I just saw a video about the H model F-86 and it really looks like a Fury. Apparently it had nearly double the thrust of the original Sabre. A real hot rod.

This is all looking great George.
Spiros Pendedekas said 8 months, 1 week ago:

Excellent job so far, George!
John vd Biggelaar said 8 months, 1 week ago:

A very impressive interior, George @gblair
Great scratch building.
George R Blair Jr said 8 months, 1 week ago:

Thanks, Carl @clipper), Spiros (@fiveten), and John (@johnb). The Airfix kit had some good plastic and design to start with, so the rest was pretty easy. Now, on to the fuselage and wings.

I read the same thing, Carl. I read a story that North American Aviation interviewed some the F-86 pilots during the war and asked them what the F-86 needed to improve dogfighting against the Migs. One pilot told them that all the plane needed was a bigger engine and it would defeat anything they met. Apparently they listened.
George R Blair Jr said 8 months ago:

Used some artist's oils to scuff up the cockpit, as well as the ejection seat. I added the instrument panel to the cockpit tub. The cockpit and seat were pretty basic, but fairly accurate. I am pretty happy with how the cockpit and seat turned out with some scratchbuilding and a little TLC. I think everything is ready to start getting the fuselage ready to close. Yeah. More tomorrow. Cheers.
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Carl Smoot said 8 months ago:

When I think back to the old days and kit cockpits , and especially what we were given for those cockpits (if anything) and it's really amazing how far we've come since then. All of that detail crammed into a box about an inch and half long. Looks good George (@gblair)
Spiros Pendedekas said 8 months ago:

Super job so far, my friend @gblair!
John vd Biggelaar said 8 months ago:

Great looking interior, George @gblair
Alfred van Paaschen said 8 months ago:

Fabulous looking cockpit, George!
George R Blair Jr said 8 months ago:

Thanks, Carl (@clipper), Spiros (@fiveten), John (@johnb), and Alfred (@alfred). Luckily the seat and cockpit tub were basically correct, just a little sparse. Adding detail was fun, but time consuming. A lot more difficult if you have to do major surgery to correct inaccuracies in the basic parts.
George R Blair Jr said 8 months ago:
I didn't get anything done on this model besides learning that the Airfix ejection seat is considerably smaller than the resin seat I got for the Academy kit. I also watched a video on the Finescale Modeler website that discussed recycling alcohol that you use in modeling. I use a lot of alcohol in my modeling, including cleaning my airbrush and other brushes after painting with acrylics, removing acrylic paint, and cleaning resin castings from my 3D printer. In the video, they use coffee filters to filter the alcohol. I found that coffee filters won't filter some of the paint with fine particles, such as those in metal colors. I bought some inexpensive "scientific" filters on Amazon and found they remove most of the particles. You will never get back to clear and colorless alcohol, but what you do get is useful for a lot of things, such as cleaning brushes or cleaning resin castings. Fun stuff. Cheers.
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1. Airfix on left, Academy on right. They both fit in their respective cockpits perfectly. They both can't be right.
1. Alcohol in the filter.
1. Almost clear after filtering.
Spiros Pendedekas said 8 months ago:

Interesting difference between the two seats, my friend @gblair. Great way to recycle alcohol!
George R Blair Jr said 8 months ago:

Hi Spiros (@fiveten): I can't figure the seats out. The models are both 1/48 and their respective seats fit perfectly in their cockpit tubs. The Eduard set I used for this model, which was designed for the Airfix kit, was also small compared to the cockpit tub.
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Cricket said 8 months ago:

@gblair. Awesome George! The Saber was one of my fav aircraft’s cockpit kooks great

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