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F86-F Sabre "The Huff" Completed.
- Thread starter Phil
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F86-F Sabre "The Huff"
I was about to ask what that yellow tint was but then it dawned on me...
Mr Metal Aluminum...looking it up now
Great job Phil!
I was about to ask what that yellow tint was but then it dawned on me...
Mr Metal Aluminum...looking it up now
Great job Phil!
F86-F Sabre "The Huff"
Thanks Bob and SA Dave
Bob the Mr Metal is very easy to use, spray straight from the bottle, I haven't tried thinners in it to see if any advantages, it is very messy though when you start to polish it, I use disposable latex gloves, you need to get it polished and sealed asap, I use Testors 1409 metaliser sealer, same paint and sealer on the B-25J for the CTA build.
It sprayed perfect over the gloss Tamiya T/S 17 Aluminum but I sprayed that a bit heavy and left it alone for three hours.
It's a different kettle of fish than the Alclad way, I'm still 'experimenting' with it on how thick to spray it, so still a learning curve.
HTH
Thanks Bob and SA Dave
Bob the Mr Metal is very easy to use, spray straight from the bottle, I haven't tried thinners in it to see if any advantages, it is very messy though when you start to polish it, I use disposable latex gloves, you need to get it polished and sealed asap, I use Testors 1409 metaliser sealer, same paint and sealer on the B-25J for the CTA build.
It sprayed perfect over the gloss Tamiya T/S 17 Aluminum but I sprayed that a bit heavy and left it alone for three hours.
It's a different kettle of fish than the Alclad way, I'm still 'experimenting' with it on how thick to spray it, so still a learning curve.
HTH
F86-F Sabre "The Huff"
Sounds like the Model Masters metalizers Phil.
I'm about ready to get back to some OD myself.
Sounds like the Model Masters metalizers Phil.
I'm about ready to get back to some OD myself.
F86-F Sabre "The Huff"
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, so now this may be a used looked when finished.
What IO have found with the Mr Hobby metal paint is you can put a dob of wet paint on a palette and rub a q-stick 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, but glued to the pylons, since found that the tanks were dropped attached to the pylons when engaging in combat.
The port side gun cover is fixed as I'm not prepared to cut that lovely dragon decal, stb side will be open.
Starting the daunting decals tomorrow!
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, so now this may be a used looked when finished.
What IO have found with the Mr Hobby metal paint is you can put a dob of wet paint on a palette and rub a q-stick 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, but glued to the pylons, since found that the tanks were dropped attached to the pylons when engaging in combat.
The port side gun cover is fixed as I'm not prepared to cut that lovely dragon decal, stb side will be open.
Starting the daunting decals tomorrow!
Sherman 18
Master at Arms
F86-F Sabre "The Huff"
F86-F Sabre "The Huff"
Nope!
An MA shirt would go down a treat though!
Okay, here we go....
These Cartograph 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"
I tidied up that horid seam but then created another prob for myself :facepalm but that will do
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........
Hey Bob, this old movie was on one of our TV stations some days ago,
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046262/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
and in one scene it clearly showed a sabre dropping the whole package - pylon attached to the tank leaving a clean wing.
Nope!
An MA shirt would go down a treat though!
Okay, here we go....
These Cartograph 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"
I tidied up that horid seam but then created another prob for myself :facepalm but that will do
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........
Hey Bob, this old movie was on one of our TV stations some days ago,
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046262/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
and in one scene it clearly showed a sabre dropping the whole package - pylon attached to the tank leaving a clean wing.
phantom II
Master at Arms
F86-F Sabre "The Huff"
Very nice !
Cheers, Christian B)
Very nice !
Cheers, Christian B)
Duke Maddog
Well-known member
F86-F Sabre "The Huff"
That is looking better and better! Those decals look great. I agree, Cartograf makes some excellent decals!
That is looking better and better! Those decals look great. I agree, Cartograf makes some excellent decals!
ij001
Well-known member
F86-F Sabre "The Huff"
That looks superb, Phil. But I'll argue that The Hunters was a better Sabre movie :geek
Ian
That looks superb, Phil. But I'll argue that The Hunters was a better Sabre movie :geek
Ian