BIG Sabre

mcaulk · Post by **mcaulk** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 4:45 pm

Check out these images of 21st C's big Sabre. Picked up several of these over the Christmas break. Only mods made were cosmetic.

I masked and painted gun metal to the blast panels, titanium to the exhast areas, magnisum to the mid fuselage engine panel and anodized shading to the wing walks. Have dissassembled another one of these and am reworking the panel lines (a little deep) adding rivets and cockpit detailing.

I'll include some Mig-15 shots as well. Notice the 48th Hasegawa F-86 to get an idea of the size of these birds!

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C-7A Caribou · Post by **C-7A Caribou** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 5:19 pm

Welcome to the board! Excellent work!! I have the Huff and the Mitch's Squitch F-86's, and wanted to paint the blast panels and such, but didn't know how to get around the nose art. How did you mask it so close?
Can't wait to see the modded cockpit! Very good job!!

chunks · Post by **chunks** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 5:34 pm

Beautiful work. What's that wart on the left wing of Huff?

mcaulk · Post by **mcaulk** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 2:31 am

That object on the left wing is called a "fence". It is sort of a air-flow dam to compensate for the swept wing and the removal of the leading edge "slats" that were on the earlier "A" and "E" model Sabres.

Most of the panels were simply masked off with low tack tape. The Dragon however required using MicroMask: http://www.bare-metal.com/decals/microscale_2.html You just brush it on let it dry then paint. Then peel it off. The trick on the fire breathing beast is to use a very fine brush and a magnifying glass to get it right.

Really pretty easy once you get the hang of it.

Regards,

Mike

jeffrowse · Post by **jeffrowse** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 6:25 am

mcaulk wrote:That object on the left wing is called a "fence". It is sort of a air-flow dam to compensate for the swept wing and the removal of the leading edge "slats" that were on the earlier "A" and "E" model Sabres.

I could be wrong, but I think he meant the baby bird, not the fence.

Nice work on the Dragon!

bdr_ws6 · Post by **bdr_ws6** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 6:59 am

Good work.

Also you tied your strings in a different way than I did. I never thought of that when I hung my planes. haha