plane_mc Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Here is my current project, the F-86F-30 from Italeri. I live about 45 minutes away from where the aircraft on the box art is kept. I have been watching it fly and sit in the Valiant Air Command Museum for quite a few years. After the annual airshow this spring, I decided I needed to build a version of it. This won't be a completely accurate version of this F-86, but it will be representative of it. I haven't decided if I am going to make the markings as the plane is now, or when it actually flew with the Skyblazers. I picked the kit up a couple of months ago and have slowly been working on it. The only aftermarket that I am adding is a set of Harold's resin wheels and HGW seatbelts. I know the kit has some inaccuracies, but I am going to live with them and hopefully get a kit built! I didn't get any pictures until just recently, so some of my work is undocumented. I started by closing in the back of the gun ports and re-drilling them, trying to make them a little more accurate. I am not going to have the gun bays open and the gun ports will have the plugs in them. Next I worked on getting rid of the seam on the intake and exhaust. I also thinned down the back of the exhaust to make it look more scale. I don't want to use the intake and exhaust covers unless it really doesn't look right after I get them painted. For the cockpit, I used some sheet styrene and styrene rod to add some details. I didn't go crazy, just a few that I noticed in pictures. I did the same thing with the seat, just added a few details with sheet and rod. to be continued. . . Whitey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plane_mc Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 continued. . . I also drilled out the various vents on the rear fuselage and opened up the 2 intakes on the bottom of the rear fuselage. I accidentally drill the vents wrong, so I had to fill them and start over. That's where I stand for now. The progress is going to be slow, but I will try to update as I go. Thanks for looking. Mark Whitey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark64 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Clean build. So much history with that plane. plane_mc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 NICE ! I like it.....Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plane_mc Posted June 2, 2015 Author Share Posted June 2, 2015 Thanks shark64 and harvey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Good stuff, Mark. Looking forward to following along. Sincerely, Mark plane_mc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plane_mc Posted June 3, 2015 Author Share Posted June 3, 2015 (edited) Thanks dodgem and maru5137 Edited June 3, 2015 by plane_mc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plane_mc Posted June 15, 2015 Author Share Posted June 15, 2015 Here's a small update. I have been working on this as I have time, just not making progress as quickly as I hoped to. I got the fuselage halves glued together and have started working on the seams. The engine is also together and what will be seen has been painted. I will be gluing the front and rear fuselage halves together so the engine will not really be visible except through the intake and exhaust. I also got the wing top and bottom pieces and control surfaces glued together. I decided to add sway braces to the pylons, I still need to add the bolts. The drop tanks are also glued together and I am working on cleaning up the seams. That's all for now, hopefully in a couple of weeks the updates will be coming closer together. Thanks for looking. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Looking good so far! Nice choice of markings! HÃ¥kan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 SMALL update ? Looks good so far.....Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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