Started this one for a USAF NMF GB at another forum after I hit a big snag with the Lancaster dambuster build,,here it is in full
My second try at NMF using Tamiya A/S and T/S sprays as a basecoat, and for panel colour variations, and my first ever F86 Sabre.
No primer was used under the sprays.
Note: after the Mr Metal Aluminum was applied a pair of white cotton gloves were used to handle the model all the time.
They stop stains and also become saturated with the metal paint dust, this helps also as they can polish any scuffs and light stains which you seem to get out of the hi shined areas.
not much done just tried the IP, seat and stick to see how it looks,
putting the pilot fig in so no need for belts, engine disappears so just sprayed that silver and that will do
15grams of lead weight is fitted if you are wondering what that big lump is on the nose intake!
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Well I wasn't not really impressed by my efforts at this stage after taking extra care cleaning up parts and test fitting, not sure if it was me or the kit, seems the members who are building Sabres atm are all doing an academy kit? which I would of thought were all the same but with dif markings - seems they all have their own quirks for fit.
I found the wing root fit on mine was near perfect, nose intake ring was a shocker, seemed like a 1/47th instead of a 48th.
Bad inward curve on the bottom join line going towards the tail and the main wing join to the fuselage bottom.
The two upper fuse parts you have to glue in were just too big to fit, once again seemed like 1/47 sized parts - out of scale, even though their is no such thing but gives you an idea what the parts were like to fit
I've come to the conclusion that if you want to do a NMF bird - start with a Tamiya kit!!
Anyway here is my nightmare, as it is now.
Sprayed with Tamiya A/S 12 then some small panels masked over, then Tamiya T/S 17.
I let the T/S 17 dry for three days, just to be sure the gloss was fully cured, the A/S 12 drys fully in a day, not the T/S17 - could be our temps and humidity.
previous masked panels are still covered.
now for the horrid underside
As you can see detail has been obliterated due to the stupid oversized nosecone
I thought this may turn out to be an exercise in NMF shades of silver, or I'll just chuck it into a bucket of black wash and let it drip dry.........
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After a mammoth masking effort from the previous night, had a perfect sunny day so out with the Mr Metal Aluminum.
This was sprayed straight from the bottle, over the second round of silver Tamiya rattle T/S 17 gloss Aluminum which I masked
Left it alone for 3 hours then the first cautious polish, with the masking tape still on selected panels
Full sunshine coming up
Final polish then all masking tape off
maybe I can run an oil stain down that cursed join......
Thanks to Ian for the idea for the centre of wing color tip, and I copied Ian's nosecone color which got rid of one prob quite nicely!
Testors metalizer sealer 1409 next
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Me being me, I have been fussing over this build, here she is now standing on her own three feet, the sealer dulled everything a bit more than I like
What I have found with the Mr Hobby metal paint is you can put a dob of wet paint on a palette let it dry - then rub a Q-tip around in it then apply to selected areas on the model, thus reviving the shine.
anyhow, where I'm at
Droptanks are just dry fitted,
The port side gun cover is fixed as I'm not prepared to cut that lovely dragon decal, stb side will be open.
decals tomorrow!
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That underside rear seam annoyed me so know it's gone - but created a small prob, the large yellow fuse decal will hide it though.
Okay, here we go....
These Cartograf decals are the ant's pants, beautiful to work with
That fuselage band was so tough to line up, and having to join it underneath was a pain, a little trim and some semi gloss Tamiya black
tidied it up.
Humbrol 69 gloss yellow is a close match for the decal yellow, trimmed the 'lightning bolt' on the tanks as per the real ''Huff"
more to come soon, one thing about these decals is the words on stencils are readable, very nice work from Cartograph Italy.
and I have to repaint the tyres again........
I had to include this!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7VYrhfDJeQI think that pilot was buzzing when he got out!
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Some more decals on, these are so freaking good to apply I can't stop raving about them
Final update
Well...........
here she is all done.
The last for 2013