SAAF F-86f

[T. van Vuuren]

So, after ALLOT of hassles with the paint and finnishing off on this Academy 1/48 Sabre I have reached the point where I will say - Enough.

It is painted in the collours of the SAAF #2 sqn in Korea 1953. .It is tail # 601 befrore the serial was painted on and still bearing the narrow fin flashband.

Theuns

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[msm2]

Looks great Theuns.

Tony..

 

[stona]

Very nice indeed,you've achieved a very convincing finish,not easy as we all know. Nice to see some blue sky too. I'm in Dublin today and blue sky is not an option.

Cheers

Steve

 

[T. van Vuuren]

Thanx mate, yes this plane did give me a few grey hair extra

I am now buzy with a Academy P-40 and it has restored my faith in the co. As they say, the sun in Africa is not for the weak LOL!!!

Theuns

 

[yak face]

Great job theuns, very nice nat. metal finish . I always look forward to your finished builds because its always good to see something different , its not very often we see anything in the SAAF markings . Heres to the next one , cheers tony

 

[T. van Vuuren]

Thanx Tony, very kind of you.

The next one (P-40 in SAAF Desert collours) should be done soon. I wanted to get some of my confedince back on a cheap model before I taccle the Tamiya 1/48 Me 262. It is to much of a nice kit to messup!

On the P-40 I will be trying the "blue tack worm" mask technique for the cammo.

Here is a question re the WW2 Lufftwaffe ground ops - The 262 comes with a nice little Kettencraftrad. What would the collour of this thing be? the box art shows it in yellow, but on a forward airfield??? would it not be drab?

Theuns

 

[yak face]

Hi theuns , most of the pics ive seen of kettenkraftrad models with aircraft do show them as desert yellow , maybe someone else knows a bit more , looking forward to that though , cheers tony

 

[T. van Vuuren]

Thanx mate!

 

[colin m]

Ha, got me ! Until I opened up the attachments, I thought the second pic was of the real thing for a comparison. Anyway the result looks great. I've built a couple of 1:72 scale Academy models, but not 1:48. How do you find the larger scale ? Are they still good value at this scale ?

Regards

Colin M.........

 

[T. van Vuuren]

Hey Colin, I realy enjoy academy 1/48 planes. They are really good value for money, the 72 size I battle to see well enough.The problem I had with the yellow bands dacals were my own doing, that's why I needed to paint it on ,a few times!!

But otherwize the kit was not bad atall, it is no Tamiya, but then it is a fraction of the price.

Theuns