F86F Sabre "Korean War"
![Album image #1 Album image #1](/albums/img/0/7/3/1193073-108832-60-720.jpg)
I felt that it is a good time to start doing something. My cat thinks it's not...
![Album image #2 Album image #2](/albums/img/1/8/4/1197184-108832-27-720.jpg)
Pilots cabin prepared. The fitting is almost perfect, only minimal ammount of filler and sanding was neccesary.
![Album image #3 Album image #3](/albums/img/1/3/1/1204131-108832-15-720.jpg)
Some black primer.
![Album image #4 Album image #4](/albums/img/1/3/0/1204130-108832-76-720.jpg)
... and a coat of metalic paint
![Album image #5 Album image #5](/albums/img/5/8/4/1204584-108832-69-720.jpg)
Ok, some oroginal color mixed with white to start a nmf. Thevreal one doesn't look so bad...
![Album image #6 Album image #6](/albums/img/7/6/2/1206762-108832-96-720.jpg)
Next color applied. Difference is less visible this time but I gues it is better this way.
![Album image #7 Album image #7](/albums/img/0/5/0/1210050-108832-57-720.jpg)
Ok, another shade applied.
![Album image #8 Album image #8](/albums/img/5/7/1/1210571-108832-48-720.jpg)
Last shade - the darkest - applied on jet engine exhaust and machineguns panels + a layer of clear. Model prepared for decals.
![Album image #9 Album image #9](/albums/img/0/1/9/1226019-108832-44-720.jpg)
Decals finished. There is ~ 100 of them (over 70 stencils) so it took some time...
![Album image #10 Album image #10](/albums/img/3/2/0/1229320-108832-14-720.jpg)
![Album image #11 Album image #11](/albums/img/3/2/1/1229321-108832-67-720.jpg)
![Album image #12 Album image #12](/albums/img/3/2/2/1229322-108832-88-720.jpg)
![Album image #13 Album image #13](/albums/img/3/2/3/1229323-108832-58-720.jpg)
![Album image #14 Album image #14](/albums/img/3/2/4/1229324-108832-44-720.jpg)
![Album image #15 Album image #15](/albums/img/3/2/5/1229325-108832-77-720.jpg)
![Album image #16 Album image #16](/albums/img/3/2/6/1229326-108832-47-720.jpg)
![Album image #17 Album image #17](/albums/img/3/2/7/1229327-108832-63-720.jpg)
![Album image #18 Album image #18](/albums/img/3/2/8/1229328-108832-21-720.jpg)
![Album image #19 Album image #19](/albums/img/3/2/9/1229329-108832-94-720.jpg)
![Album image #20 Album image #20](/albums/img/3/3/0/1229330-108832-24-720.jpg)
![Album image #21 Album image #21](/albums/img/3/3/1/1229331-108832-13-720.jpg)
![Album image #22 Album image #22](/albums/img/3/3/2/1229332-108832-99-720.jpg)
Finally, it's done 🙂.
Commenti
51 28 March 2022, 18:27
![](/profiles/img/10977-s.jpg)
Your Moggy is indifferent to your suffering. My Moggy sends his regard with "keep it up, you're ignoring your slave perfectly!"...
28 March 2022, 19:06
![](/profiles/img/48972-166-s.jpg)
Surely it was. I am impressed that you managed not to lift the paint with masking. Which paints did you use?
16 May 2022, 06:38
![](/profiles/img/108832-574-s.jpg)
Robert:
I damaged the metalic paint layer on the clear parts ( it is not visible on the pictures, it happened afyer I took the photo) but suprisingly it was not fault of masking tape. I used Tamiya black paint as primer and Gunze metalic paints (steel and aluminium) for final effect. It was first time I checked their metalics and I am more than satisfied. For clear parts I used maskol and while removing it some paint at the edges was ripped too - nothing that a small brush and a drop of paint can't fix 😉.
Spanjaard:
Thank You mate!
16 May 2022, 11:13
![](/profiles/img/13641-502-s.jpg)
You mean the SM Gunze paints? Or the MC ones?
I find the SMs really great and easy to handle.
16 May 2022, 11:23
![](/profiles/img/102691-453-s.png)
Good work 👍
Like the different panels!
Nicedecal work and presentation
22 May 2022, 07:50
![](/profiles/img/108832-574-s.jpg)
Thank You mates! It was my first attempt with nmf - it sure took a lot of time but it was fun.
22 May 2022, 12:16
![](/profiles/img/57594-145-s.jpg)
Beautiful NMF, absolutely marvellous. Great job, although I am sure your cat helped.
22 May 2022, 22:01
![](/profiles/img/108832-574-s.jpg)
Thank You mates 🙂. My cat did all he could to stop me from finishing this model 😉
23 May 2022, 04:55
![](/profiles/img/21096-573-s.jpg)
Of course Urbsn, they are annoyed because their servants are not given the attention they require 😄
23 May 2022, 19:08