Ayovan Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 (edited) I'm building the Hasegawa F-86, with a couple of mods and a few upgrades. I'll be doing it as John Glenn's Mig Mad Marine. Not all my AM is for the Hasegawa, some is for Kenetic. I will use bits and pieces of what I can use, to dress things up some. Edited April 4, 2021 by Ayovan KiwiZac, BradG, scvrobeson and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayovan Posted April 4, 2021 Author Share Posted April 4, 2021 (edited) I started off by modifying the wings. I cut the length down and added wing fences to convert to the F-86-F-30 wing (6-3 wing) Next I glued the leading edge slats in place, then filled and sanded them smooth to the wing and added the wing fences. The wing fences were made from PE scraps. Edited April 4, 2021 by Ayovan denders, MikeMaben, Rockie Yarwood and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayovan Posted April 4, 2021 Author Share Posted April 4, 2021 After looking at the color photo I found of the plane, I think I want to have the amo bay open. Ordered out a CMK resin amo bay. Mean time, I have the cockpit to get dialed in, and get the engine and all duct work sorted out Gazzas, scvrobeson, themongoose and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayovan Posted April 10, 2021 Author Share Posted April 10, 2021 Please move to WIP. This one hit a snag, and probably wont get finished before the GB deadline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 6 hours ago, Ayovan said: Please move to WIP. This one hit a snag, and probably wont get finished before the GB deadline. Done! Kev Ayovan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayovan Posted April 11, 2021 Author Share Posted April 11, 2021 (edited) Kinda sux, I tripped over my oxygen hose while holding the fuslage. It wernt pretty!!! I went down like a sack of potatoes and broke the fuselage pretty good. Fortunatly I found both left and right fuselage sprues on flea bay, and ordered them up. I should get them by Tuesday next week. The F-86 is my all time favorite airplane, and I want to do this up right. Breaking the fuse kinda took the wind out of my sails on this one. EDIT: Hasn't been one of my better days for building models. Edited April 11, 2021 by Ayovan Landrotten Highlander, MikeMaben and scvrobeson 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff T Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 Thats no good mate!....so long as you didnt get hurt in the process! Better luck second time round. Cheer's, Jeff. Ayovan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayovan Posted April 11, 2021 Author Share Posted April 11, 2021 (edited) 47 minutes ago, JT68 said: Thats no good mate!....so long as you didnt get hurt in the process! Better luck second time round. Cheer's, Jeff. Thanks brother, Most that was hurt besides the fuselage, was my pride.... It was a good thing I was home alone, as I said a few things that would have made the devil blush. It's all good now, but I think I'll take a break from this one for a minute or two. Need to regain my mojo. Andy Edited April 11, 2021 by Ayovan Jeff T 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 3 hours ago, Ayovan said: Breaking the fuse kinda took the wind out of my sails on this one. Hasn't been one of my better days for building models. Don't give up. We all have bad model building days (trust me ) Here, have a swig ... KiwiZac and Jeff T 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayovan Posted April 11, 2021 Author Share Posted April 11, 2021 Definitely not giving up Mike. Just need to regroup. I think everything I need is on the 2 sprues I ordered except the nose gear wheel bay, but I think I can salvage that. I need to find another Avionix F-86-f30 cockpit set and another interior PE set for the cockpit, since I broke the stick and lost it and one rudder pedal to the carpet monster. I'll get all my parts n pieces together and get back to it. Like I said the Sabre is my favorite airplane, and I want to do it right. On another note, my Gloster Meteor showed up on my porch today. I might start futzing around with that till I get all my F-86 stuff re-accumulated. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale_artisan Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 Looks like a promising build, and I see you have gathered some quite interesting stuff, to help further improve it. Of course, there is always room for a few more, nonetheless, I think the Hasegawa kit is a good base to start your work. A friend of mine used to tell me that the older kits tend to have more crisp details than their reruns. Looking forward for this one! Ayovan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 20 hours ago, Ayovan said: Like I said the Sabre is my favorite airplane, and I want to do it right. One of my faves too. I have the same kit so will be watching. Never hurry tho Ayovan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayovan Posted April 12, 2021 Author Share Posted April 12, 2021 No hurry. No more klutz action either .... USMC Herc and MikeMaben 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayovan Posted April 13, 2021 Author Share Posted April 13, 2021 Got the new fuselage sprues in today.Still waiting for some new resin and p.e., but I can start dry fitting things again to get the fuselage ready to join. Andy KiwiZac 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayovan Posted April 13, 2021 Author Share Posted April 13, 2021 (edited) On 4/11/2021 at 10:37 AM, Scale_artisan said: Looks like a promising build, and I see you have gathered some quite interesting stuff, to help further improve it. Of course, there is always room for a few more, nonetheless, I think the Hasegawa kit is a good base to start your work. A friend of mine used to tell me that the older kits tend to have more crisp details than their reruns. Looking forward for this one! There are really only 2 choices for a 1/32 F-86F. Hasegawa and Kinetic/Italeri. From what I have read, both kits have their shortcomings (never had the Kinetic/ Italeri kit), but the Hasegawa looks more the part so the, story goes. IDK....It would be great if someone were to produce an accurate high end kit of such an iconic aircraft. Andy Edited April 13, 2021 by Ayovan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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