1/48 F-86 Sabre - Aircraft Nose Art GB.

[meatloaf109]

Username, Meatloaf109
Name, Paul
Category, Intermediate
Scale, 1/48
Manufacturer, Revell-ogram
Type, North American F-86
Aftermarket, none, except decals for "The Huff". And, possibly, bit of foil.

I love the F-86.
Really, I do.
All that lovely alluminium. I will be putting on some panels of foil, just to mix things up.
"The Huff", though, is a real example of "Nose Art". No naked girls here, just a dragon.
Huffing on stuff.
Circa 1953.
I wish that Revell would stop putting their mark on the models like they do. It was a Monogram kit, in the first place, but, Damn it!
Seriously?!
Couldn't they brand this thing inside?!?
Do they not know that this is not a toy, and that there are real modelers out here!!!
O.k., sorry, I got carried away.



Allright, I have calmed down now.

 

[Crimea_River]

Nice one! Agree about the Revell logo. They got sensible on my Mossie and put it on the inside.

 

[Catch22]

Love the Sabre.

 

[N4521U]

Good choice.

I have one of them on me list to build as well. My bl00dy list is growwwwwing! Bernie's Bo, Bob Loves F-86 from Korea, he was an ace.

I will be watching Paul.

 

[rochie]

nice one Paul, was going to be doing an RAF Sabre in green/grey cammo with a sharkmouth for this GB before the house move got in the way

 

[Rogi]

Rawr!!! I feel your pain Paul for these re-boxed kits you end up buying something more expensive sometimes because you think its a better kit, only to find it is a rebox with cool new decals or something

 

[Airframes]

Good one Paul. I agree about the trade mark positions too - rather silly, even though Revell and monogram are the same company, with a complex 'trade name' background.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

You got a good one there Paul……………………………..so maybe you can turn the trade name into a bit of art!!

 

[meatloaf109]

Yadda, yadda...
Airplane stuff...

 

[vikingBerserker]

Dang, nice instrument panel!

 

[Airframes]

Off to a cracking start! Got quite a bit of reference material if you need it Paul - just shout.

 

[N4521U]

Yer goin toooooooo fast!

 

[rochie]

nice start speedy

 

[Wayne Little]

I Like it, good choice Paul!

 

[Catch22]

Beauty!

 

[meatloaf109]

Off to a cracking start! Got quite a bit of reference material if you need it Paul - just shout.

Thanks!
I figured this one is going to be OOB, until I do the foil and decal stuff.

 

[woody]

Nice start Paul looking forward to the foil work.

 

[meatloaf109]

The plastic is brittle and not at all like the classic Monogram kit. There are several things that are not the same, as I remember, but there are lots of things that I don't remember.
Like most of the '80's....

 

[Wayne Little]

Like the lines of the Sabre....

 

[Rogi]

Purrrr looking Perrrrfect