ghodges Posted May 9, 2023 Report Share Posted May 9, 2023 (edited) This is the 1/32 C&H resin conversion, along with parts from the Hasagawa 1/32 F-86F kit to make the last Saberjet variant, the F-86H Saberhog. The conversion kit gives you the deeper resin fuselage, the ribbed rudder and tail planes, as well as later model ejection seat. You also have to convert the Hasagawa kit canopy frame from the original sliding type to the later clamshell type. The nose gear also needs to be extended 3/8". The fit for the resin fuselage was marginal to poor, the worst area being trying to get the rudder to fit smoothly. The Hasagawa late type 6-3 extended wingtip slatted wing (perfect for the "H" model) actually fit quite well. The model was primed with Alcad Gloss Black. The NMF is AK Aluminum overall, with the lighter varying panels being done with Tamiya TS-30 Bright Silver. The trim colors were painted in Testors Green (the small bottle) thinned with lacquer thinner. The kit decals performed very well despite their being over 20yrs old. However, the shamrocks and nose "swooshes" were printed in a green with a slightly blue tint, so they were carefully repainted by brush with some Apple Barrel acrylic green. Overall, this was a pleasure to build, though it did give my right arm some strenuous sanding exercise, especially filling and smoothing in that rudder! Critiques, questions, and comments are welcome, as always! Gil Edited May 9, 2023 by ghodges 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdedig Posted May 11, 2023 Report Share Posted May 11, 2023 Beautiful Natural Metal Finish Gill. May be a little large for Carry-On to Texas..😃 Great work Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Bell Posted May 11, 2023 Report Share Posted May 11, 2023 Sharp scheme. How many F-86's have you built over the years? I'm guessing it's in the double digits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stikpusher Posted May 11, 2023 Report Share Posted May 11, 2023 The AK Aluminum is very convincing for the NMF. You have built another beauty! 👍🏻👍🏻 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghodges Posted May 12, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2023 Thanks for the very kind words everyone! Ron is right..... the Saberjet is one of my favorites, and have built no less than 12 of the various F-86 subtypes in all 3 scales over the last 45yrs. If you include the Navy's Fury variants that grew from the Saberjet line, then it approaches 20; with 14 Saberjets and Furys of all kinds surviving on my display shelves. Gil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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