Asian Canis...1/48 North American F-86D Sabre Dog, Philippine Airforce

Started by Reinhard Spreitzhofer · 47 · 6 months ago
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    Reinhard Spreitzhofer said 8 months, 2 weeks ago:

    Thai Spitfire recently finished, time for another Thai fighter.
    thanks to Diego from Hi-Decal for providing the decals

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 8 months, 2 weeks ago:

    Excellent entry, my friend @grimreaper!
    You might also enter it to our Sabre Group:
    https://imodeler.com/groups/f-86-sabre-and-fj-fury/

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    John vd Biggelaar said 8 months, 2 weeks ago:

    Great chosen subject, Reinhard @grimreaper
    This one would indeed look nice in the Sabre group as well, as mentioned by Spiros @fiveten

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    Reinhard Spreitzhofer said 8 months, 2 weeks ago:

    some paint for the cockpit

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 8 months, 2 weeks ago:

    Excellent progress, my friend @grimreaper!

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    Tom Cleaver said 8 months, 2 weeks ago:

    Not to be Debbie Downer here, but the F-86L uses the F-86F-40 extended wing. The only way you can get there from here would be to graft on the Airfix F-86F-40 kit's wings.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 8 months, 2 weeks ago:

    Beautiful work done on the interior, Reinhard @grimreaper

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    Reinhard Spreitzhofer said 8 months, 1 week ago:

    and fuselage already closed
    added 20g lead as noseweight
    didn´t know which colour the IB of the Thai F-86 had, grey or black, went with black in the end

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    Reinhard Spreitzhofer said 8 months, 1 week ago:

    @tcinla thanks for the hint, have completely overseen that
    gonna look if the Hasegawa F-40 wing tips fit the Revell kit, if not gonna do a Philippine D

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 8 months, 1 week ago:

    Great progress, my friend @grimreaper!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 8 months, 1 week ago:

    Looks very nice, Reinhard @grimreaper

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    Reinhard Spreitzhofer said 8 months, 1 week ago:

    wing tips don´t match in size and shape
    for a conversion you could use the hole wing of the Hasegawa or Airfix F-40 Sabre, but still would need some surgery
    so it´s gonna be the Philippine one

    wings not glued on yet but fit is good

    gonna add the fuel tanks

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 8 months, 1 week ago:

    Wise decision to go for the Philippine version, my friend @grimreaper!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 8 months, 1 week ago:

    Best choice, Reinhard @grimreaper
    Will look great in the Philippine markings as well.

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    Reinhard Spreitzhofer said 8 months ago:

    more build up progress

    to not to have to convert the kit tanks, gonna make things easier and use the stuka finned tanks from the Revell (Hasegawa) Sabre 6 kit

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