F86 Sabre “the Huff”

Spanjaard
Very interesting, I have tit waiting in my stash. What do you think about the kit?
Looking good, by the way

David H
Hi Spanjaard, thanks for joining in.. it a very nice kit, seam lines are tight and line up. Engine is a bit of a fiddle to fit in the front bulkhead and cockpit a bit sparse. But everything fits, nice consistent panel lines. The only thing are the guns are a faff and I found hard to assemble as you have to join separate magazines to each gun with a tiny mating face, best use cyano. (I didn't bother to fit them as I was closing the panel permanently. I found the covers to be slightly oversized but a gentle clean with very fine paper , (maybe very tight tolerance with the paint).
The air brakes drop right in and are such a good fit that I couldn't get them out after a trial fit !!!

You'll enjoy building this 😀

Spanjaard
Thanks for the info!

Jan Peters
I'll be watching this one too, , looking good already.

David H
Welcome aboard Jan. and Thankyou

Hanno Kleinecke
Boy, that's nice'n shiny ! Did you polish anything before or after painting, or ist it just black primer plus metal ?

Spanjaard
Wow, that is certainly shiny!

David H
Hi Hanno and welcome, polished the plastic then applied the Alclad gloss black then the chrome and aluminium.

The aluminium can be polished to shine it a bit closer to the chrome if needed

Neil
Following mate 🙂 looking good 👍

David H
Thanks Neil & Roland 👍🏻

David H
No cockpit shots yet as I've a load of eduard bits to fit. Decided to do this after closing the fuse… it may have been a mistake but we'll see 😬

Rui
Wow! that's shiny. Wait...
Need my sun glasses 😎

Adam Gudynowski
Looks great

David H
Polished aluminium is definitely the way to go, slightly less shiny than the chrome I used.. 🤔

John
Hi David, great finish! I have this kit myself. Got as far as doing the cockpit then set it aside to chase something else but good to know the kit goes together well and areas to watch out for. Do you lay down a clear coat over the Alclad? I've seen pros and cons to that and just wondering what your opinion is.

David H
I've got Alclads aqua gloss to use. I'll probably try it on the underside of the wings first to see how it goes on and go from there. This is my first time using Alclad so it's been a bit of an experiment.

James C
That's looking awesome! The kit is on my "to do" list as well 👍

Donald Dickson II
Looking great!

I did a side by side with this kit and the old Monogram boxing of this plane.
F-86F The Huff | Album by smokeriderdon (1:48)

David H
Hi Donald and welcome , very nice and pretty much mirrors what I'm finding. Wing sweep looks hugely different between those 2.
I have the Escii kit to do as well as this but it can wait a bit.

James that's very kind of you to say. It's a bit too shiny for my liking but , hey ho, next time 😉

David H
So, clearcoated and started decalling. The aqua gloss has toned down the shininess and looks more natural. So for me , that's a win.. anyone building this kit BEWARE THE DECALS.. very nicely printed, but slightly on the thick side. Not as thick as the Tamiya f4 tho, BUT they have a tendency to curl up on themselves when removed , or even on the backing.

On the plus side they settle into panel lines really well despite their thickness.

Gary Byrne
That's a beauty for sure!

James C
Fantastic result David 👍

Any issues to be weary of with the decals?
Not far off doing mine now and will be happy if it turns out just half as nice as this.

David H
If you can I'd recommend painting the strip around the fuselage, I had problems underneath where it comes together. As for the decal quality see above about the curling.. they have a random tendency to curl up.

James C
Good to know and thanks 👍

Spanjaard
looks really good!

Donald Dickson II
Great result sir! I had the same issue with the body stripe meeting up on the underside. Had it with the Monogram one as well. At least it isnt just me. LOL

David H
Thankyou gentlemen for the kind words 👍🏻

Jan Peters
Excellent result, the weathering toned down that chrome very nice 👍🏻

David H
Jan, I think it was more the handling that removed some of the shiny 😂😂 but yes, the wash also helped

David H
Thankyou for the like @ David Slipp

David Deavall
Lovely model, very realistic paint job.

Guy Rump
Lovely build, great paint job and weathering. 👍

Mr James
Oh hello... what a shiny metal beauty. Excellent finish and weathering there David.

David H
Ah yes , the accidental weathering. It was far too shiny and by pure accident handling it without gloves and gentle repolishing gave it a nice toned down look as the black base showed through randomly..

Nathan Dempsey
Nice work David. I somehow missed this when you first posted.

Jennifer Franklin
I'm glad for the late comments, it gives me a chance to see this beauty too. Very nice.

David H
Thanks for your kind words Nathan and Jennifer

David H
Thankyou for the like curatorm

David H
Thank you for the like Noel

David H
Thankyou for the like Helio 👍🏻

Robert Barkoski
That alclad really shines! Nice finish.

Rui S
Great paint job 👍 an eye catcher

Rui
Had another run through the photos to study the superb paint work and noticed in the last picture (#28) how the difference in the metal panels shows through the yellow wing flash; excellent effect David 👍

David H
Guys you are all too kind, this was an experiment with nmf with much accidental success ..

John
But those are the best kind of successes! The only problem is figuring out how to repeat them...

David Culp
I wish I could paint like that. I really like the subtlety of the paint on the seat. That makes it look real - sun bleached and dirty.

David H
Thanks for the comments John and David Culp , also for the like Stefan 👍🏻

David H
Thankyou for the like Rui 😁

Roberto Rocat
Wow👍

David H
I'm all overwhelmed Bruno, thankyou

David H
Thankyou #airjuneau for the like 👍🏻

David H
I'm sure I typed Roberto not Bruno.. so once again I'm overwhelmed by your comment @Roberto Rocat

Marcin Dudek
Cool Sabre 😁. Nicely done! 👍

David H
Thankyou Marcin for the kind words and Marcin for the like 👍🏻

Mark Sherwood
Nice Sabre. Especially the NMF. Now thats the one I'm a bit wary of