The RADISH late entry~~F-86F Rhodesian AF

Radish · March 03, 2008, 07:03:47 AM

Guys,

I know I'm a bit late, but I'm cheating a bit by including a HobbyBoss 1/72nd F-86F-30.
It's cheating as it only takes a few minutes to put together, but will make up for its late entry by a suitably worn and weathered colour scheme.
Pictures?
Hell, I'll try to get something, I really will.
Would a cave painting do

cthulhu77 · March 03, 2008, 08:48:48 AM

just hold your hands in the shape of a F-86, and blow pigment around them. Piece of cake.

Radish · March 03, 2008, 01:38:32 PM

Yo babies......got the kit out of the stash...

http://www.hannants.co.uk/search/?FULL=HB80258

I'll make it tomorrow

Radish · March 04, 2008, 06:42:33 AM

The cockpit interior of this kit is amazing considering the principle of these easy-kits.
Not much room for the anticipated nose-weight, so I squidged some rolls of blue-tac after inserting the cockpit interior.
The bulk is built (ie, I attached the lower fuselage/wings) after minor clean up and fitting the exhaust.
Looking good.
The nose cone was a trifle tight, but nothing a touch of liquid glue and brute force couldn't cure.
I've built the wing-tanks. These being a press-fit will be good for fitting decals on the underwing surfaces when I build a real one!!
This one will be a very worn, tatty, low-viz Rhodesian AF one. The ESCI decal sheet I have of National insignia has decals wrongly printed in very pale colours. For the Uninitiated, Rhodesian AF roundels were on the British "C"type with a superimposed assagai spear verticle in the centre. These roundels have pale blue and pink instead of red and blue of the correct shades. Fin flashes to match.
I must admit to being somewhat inspired by Geoff who built a Rhodesian Sabre a few years ago in Hunter colouring.
I'll give the joints a slight rub down later and then fix the u/c and other bits tonight.

Radish · March 04, 2008, 11:44:36 AM

Finished making....spray tomorrow

John Howling Mouse · March 04, 2008, 05:23:51 PM

Quote from: Radish on March 04, 2008, 06:42:33 AM
The cockpit interior of this kit is amazing considering the principle of these easy-kits.
Not much room for the anticipated nose-weight, so I squidged some rolls of blue-tac after inserting the cockpit interior.
The bulk is built (ie, I attached the lower fuselage/wings) after minor clean up and fitting the exhaust.
Looking good.
The nose cone was a trifle tight, but nothing a touch of liquid glue and brute force couldn't cure.
I've built the wing-tanks. These being a press-fit will be good for fitting decals on the underwing surfaces when I build a real one!!
This one will be a very worn, tatty, low-viz Rhodesian AF one. The ESCI decal sheet I have of National insignia has decals wrongly printed in very pale colours. For the Uninitiated, Rhodesian AF roundels were on the British "C"type with a superimposed assagai spear verticle in the centre. These roundels have pale blue and pink instead of red and blue of the correct shades. Fin flashes to match.
I'll give the joints a slight rub down later and then fix the u/c and other bits tonight.

I love the old radio-style, play-by-play description of the model. What do they call the phobia re: operation of digital cameras, again???

Radish · March 05, 2008, 05:15:32 AM

He, he

Meanwhile, added a fuel dump.
The kit itself is exceptional....a grand interior, which is a shame as the canopy is in one piece, closed position and is a bit thick too. But even the footpedals are moulded.
Everything fits well, but the underfuselage panel sinks a bit deep at the rear. You don't see this from above or the side though.
BUT, it's a tail sitter. No amount of depleted uranium will change this, so I'll create a triangular base for each of my Sabres from card which'll be long enough to do the job yet narrow enough to not hinder packing away/storage.

Spraying later in Grey Halfords Primer.

cthulhu77 · March 05, 2008, 06:57:19 AM

Looking forward to the visuals. For tail sitters, I like to put a piece of metal rod in the nose wheel, at about a 45 degree angle (a hot needle bit works fine). Drill a hole into a base at the same angle, and the plane will just sit there, tail high.

Radish · March 05, 2008, 09:44:19 AM

Nice one, but I'll use a drop of superglue I think on each wheel, glued to a decorated square base. It'll store easier (as will the other 20 or so F-86s

)

Meanwhile, as I intend to have the whole thing painted by Friday, I can photo it all soon after.
Hey....there might even be a photo floating in the ether by saturday night?

Radish · March 05, 2008, 12:04:45 PM

I can never leave things alone!
Now adding sway braces to the fuel tanks andchaff dispencers to the aft fuselage as well.
Typical.

BlackOps · March 05, 2008, 07:05:19 PM

Sounds like a beauty Rad

Radish · March 05, 2008, 11:03:54 PM

Gonna sort the camera out today....somewhere in the ether, there'll be photographs around on Saturday

Mossie · March 06, 2008, 06:47:21 AM

Bloody. Hell.

John Howling Mouse · March 06, 2008, 07:24:21 AM

Quote from: Radish on March 05, 2008, 11:03:54 PM
Gonna sort the camera out today....somewhere in the ether, there'll be photographs around on Saturday

I've heard this one before....usually noted in any number of comedians' stand-up routines as the wind-up to some humorous, anecdotal observation...

Radish · March 06, 2008, 09:43:28 AM

Just sprayed it, Barry.
It looks damned lovely.
OK, I'll really dirty this bird up, but fancy getting straight into another tomorrow morning after I've put filler on my 1/48th MiG-17PF done as a Chinese J-5A(REAL).
Fancy another F-86F but not sure yet in whose colours?
I read that Chile ordered some but they weren't delivered, Belgium had 5 presumably for evaluation, Iraq had 5 or so, but these eventually went to Pakistan after the original government had been deposed.
An Iraqi F-86 sounds cool.
And some of the late Fs hung around well into the late '70s, '80s....so tactical camo is a strong possibility.