Egilman

I'm in brother, pulling up the comfy chair now...

Tamiya Thin Grey... it's the best thin primer available... Something else, she is now dry, and very reflective... I saw something I didn't see when she was in bare plastic.... Talk about detail? look at those wing panels and the subtle details that come out when shiny!!! Astounding! You don't see that while working in bare plastic during building.... I can see why the old reviews rave about this kit now, it was called a revolution in molding tech...... I was wondering what made this kit so special in their eyes, I can see why now...

Well, here she is, painted..... The paint is still a bit tacky so silvering will have to wait a bit until she fully cures.... But looking good so far....

Thank you brother...

UHF Radio antenna encased in the plexiglass canopy.......

Ready for paint.... As close as I can make her... Onwards...

I'm sure of that....

He was, it's part of the gun stabilization system... The Abrams has a similar one as well

Yeah, that upper one is a bit out of focus, but it doesn't matter, like you say there really isn't any difference between the blue and black... So I'm going with the black, it is what most use for shiny silver and it looks just a bit deeper... Right now I'm finishing up the fuselage for painting... base sanding is done, (at least as much as I'm going to do) and masking off the canopy.... The Eduard Masks can be interesting at times but they are much easier than any other method I've used... Once masked they get tacked to the fuselage for the painting and silvering... Easier to do it all at once.... I wish I could have experienced all that action that you guys lived... I'll bet there is nothing else like it...

Update, just a simple test, Blue or Black? Bright flash... No flash... For the life of me I can't tell a difference.... Not even a slight one...

Those are some fine looking M1919A1's.... great molding work to produce those...

With two J-79's and afterburners? who needed wheels? {chuckle}

Thanks Ken, These aren't those kind of drugs my friend, simple pain relivers... I have TO 1F-86F-1 & 2 as my data manuals I also have the illustrated parts breakdown for the aircraft... TO 1 is the flight manual and TO 2 is the maintenance manual... Maximum mechanical swing for the flaps is 50 degrees, maximum operational swing is 45 degrees... They were either open or closed, there was no middle setting for the flaps... And being electro-mechanically servo operated, there was no low pressure sag either... The flight manual says that as soon as they were on the ground and below 80kts they were to set the flaps to lock, (full retraction) when taking off, once past 140kts again set to lock... They were only used to supply low speed lift, at speeds higher than 140 kts they destroyed the handling characteristics of the airplane... Now the gear doors and speed brakes were hydraulically and pneumatically operated respectively, without the engine turning, they were always hanging open... Normally closed.... Agreed Lou, except I have the straight skinny right out of the book for this one... No doubt about it, Brother Ken is the man in the know on this stuff... As far as fading the paint from black to blue I don't have those abilities quite yet and haven't struck on a good way of doing that... so one will be gloss black and the other gloss blue angels blue.... What little I've done with RnB says that is the way to go... Still in the beginnings of learning to work with it here.... Sprayed them about an hour ago, (spent most of the day dealing with Dr's) As soon as they are dry will be metalizing them in silver and we will see if there is any real difference... The P-51 I did was in flat grey primer when I did her....

Yep that was a very busy beast....

That is a massive aircraft in 1/32 scale.... I"m in...

Oh brother are they working... loopy as heck right now... {chuckle} Thanks... No need to stretch to specific moment in time.... I've glued them in the up position, the way they should be in real life... (it's the way I usually build representing real life... I couldn't do it any other way and be me in all honesty) So she is ready for gap filling and finishing... But beforethat, I'm going to do the RnB on the extra 200 gal. drop tanks they so graciously provided... (not used on the aircraft I'm depicting) Now Paul Cordryette explained that you can change the appearance by using different base paints, super shiny finish you use gloss black, dull you use flat black, you can also vary the hue of the finish by using different colors... So, one will be blue based and and one will be black based, lets see how much difference there is in the final finish before I apply it to the entire aircraft...

Yep, it's old school I know but also the easiest, fastest way to do it... Thanks brother...

{chuckle} I'm just second guessing myself brother... Up is they way they should be... Just kidding myself thinking it should be otherwise... Probably the drugs I'm taking for pain... (yech)

Balance counterweights to stop stabilizer flutter in a dive...

Ok my friends, Moment of decision time... Flaps up or down? They need to be glued now before I do the final filling and sanding if positioned up.... 98% of the field photos I have show them up, they are only down when landing, taking off or under maintenance... all other times they are up... The reason is they were electro mechanical in actuation, they had a two position switch in the cockpit, up or down... The pilots manual says once on the ground you reset the switch to neutral, (up) Even the maintenance manual say the same unless your repairing them... I've read some stories where occasionally the pilot would forget this and leave them down and would usually get commented by the crew chief about it... But it does look attractive with them down, that's the draw... I guess I'm answering my own question aren't I? {chuckle} Here is where she is at material fills sanded down.... It's time to make the decision... What do you all think?

Beautiful build brother... So precise.... What I wouldn't give for those gluing skills... They are so important to building in paper...

Thank you Ken... I do have a bit of a supply of that material layin about here, might as well put it to use {chuckle} And thank you brother I can use all the good word with the big guy I can get... nil desperandum my friend, nil desperandum

1/72nd scale anchor chain... https://kilokits.com/products/model-ship-anchor-chains Looks a bit small to me I, what I would do is measure the gap between the lips of the anchor winch and divide by two then order the correct size...

Nice shot brother... she is pretty... All of the Sabre's were a beautifully designed aircraft.... That one has been europeanized and has the Martin Baker ejection seat... (that is why the canopy is sitting flat when opened rather than it's pronounced forward slant... Thanks brother...

A good flat coat will take care of the shininess of the decals, but don't get any on those brilliant canopies... Excellent Build very impressive especially in that scale...