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F-86K RNoAF


Winnie

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I have an unstarted F-86K kit, by KH, that I'll enter. I'll post sprue pics when I get home in 14 days, but as I'm at work it'll have to do with the box, and what I want to achieve.

 

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The aftermarket includes Eduard Internals and externals, AMS MB Mk. 5 Seat, and homemade stencils for the "Cola Red" aerobatics team from 334th RNoAF Squadron. Cola being the Call Sign.

 

Looking forward to this one!

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  • 2 weeks later...

OK, proof of life here! Managed to travel home from work, only 1 flight and not to the main terminal at home, only a small airline for local provincial work anyway. Also managed a run into a grocery store that was actually only missing eggs... funny.

 

Anyway, here is the kit, New in box, with a few little bits of Eduard, Archer rivets, and AMS seat for the modified K's that happened after a few accidents during take-off.

 

The paper sheet is my tentative masks for the Cola Red markings, with a Red tail (go figure)... It is for the Tail number 272, RI-F, most images I have are blurry, so this will be as best I can make it, and also, as we have seen, I'm no expert at modelbuilding, but I'll make a good attempt at this. KH isn't easy, but neither was my Revell Lynx so...

 

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The kit on my recently cleaned desk!

 

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Mask template

 

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Sprues

 

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We can see that this is a Sbare Jet

 

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Aftermarket!

 

Cheers guys!

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Surely it wouldn't take you 45 minutes to separate the seat from the casting block...?  Masks are looking good.  One thing I have noticed with the F-86K vs the F-86F judging by photos is that the F tended to have the airbrakes hanging, and the flaps up wheras the K seems to have the airbrakes up and the flaps down.  Not sure why that is.  Change in the layout of the hydraulic system perhaps?

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Leading edge flaps are just roll out as needed, they have to be up if the boarding step is open... As for the rest, I don't know. I sort of want the flaps dangling, but I also like a clean jet..

 

As for cutting the resin block, I tend to destroy my saws so I take it slow, but the dremel did super quick work of both the sawing, and sanding of the nub!

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Ok, some self isolation progress. Also been given an extra week home so better use it!

 

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You can tell that input the spacer in the wrong spot... It isn't mentioned at all in the instructions. As a matter of fact, many issues aren't mentioned... But we figures it out.

 

Cheers

Harald

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Looks pretty good Harald, I see a little register problem with your marking but nothing else obvious.  I guess time and hopefully patience (no need to hurry) is on everybody's side right now. <_<

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