1/48 Academy F-86F30... DONE! :)

[ulvdemon]

Re: 1/48 Academy F-86F30

Going to call a "do over" on this one. While I am happy with the overall build, not so happy with how thick some of the Alclad came out on portions of the bottom. So I purchased another Academy F-86 to start over again. This should go better since I will forgo using the rattle can(for the black) and stick with the airbrush. Plus I will add polished aluminum to the build.

 

[ulvdemon]

Re: 1/48 Academy F-86F30

As stated, I had planned to redo this build since I wasn't happy with how the paint came out. So I purchased another one on eBay and though it was already painted silver, it wasn't an issue to strip the paint and start the build. This go around, the painting of the pilot figure went better then the first attempt. Still trying to get better at painting the cockpit panels. One of my better attempts, but still not up to the quality that I see in some other members posts, but that is what practice is for right?

After the paint has been stripped:



With the silver still on:


The pilot:


Cockpit and engine:

 

[ulvdemon]

Re: 1/48 Academy F-86F30... Now with REDO!!! (That sounds really wrong)

Worked on this build last night. Coming along a lot smoother than the first go around.

Main Body:





Wings:

 

[ulvdemon]

Re: 1/48 Academy F-86F30... Now with REDO!!! (That sounds really wrong)

Wings and nose attached.

 

[Quaralane]

Re: 1/48 Academy F-86F30... Now with REDO!!! (That sounds really wrong)

Definitely looks to be going better the second time around here

 

[ulvdemon]

Re: 1/48 Academy F-86F30... Now with REDO!!! (That sounds really wrong)

Back after a small hiatus. (dang Xbox and Dead Space 2/XCom). I applied some putty and sanded some of the seams last night.

 

[Quaralane]

Re: 1/48 Academy F-86F30... Now with REDO!!! (That sounds really wrong)

Seams are definitely going better than last time. Good work.

 

[ulvdemon]

Re: 1/48 Academy F-86F30... Now with REDO!!! (That sounds really wrong)

Sorry for the lack of updates. Work and life plus deciding on if I still need to keep sanding some sections after I d some clean up or if I should go on to the primer stage of this build, after I do some clean up of the filler. Any
thoughts or suggestion?

 

[Quaralane]

Re: 1/48 Academy F-86F30... Now with REDO!!! (That sounds really wrong)

Can always shoot a little primer on the seams to see just how much further you need to go.

Looking good, by the way.

 

[smokeriderdon]

Re: 1/48 Academy F-86F30... Now with REDO!!! (That sounds really wrong)

Me, I would sand those nose and main landing gear areas as even as I possibly could then hit them with the putty. But it really depends on what you want to do sanding wise.

But definitely seems to be going better second time around.

 

[mixup_1]

Re: 1/48 Academy F-86F30... Now with REDO!!! (That sounds really wrong)

Great thread mate, thanks for sharing. Think you did a great job first time and second def looking even better again. Alclad finish looks great, decals really brought it to life. Looking forward to seeing completed.

Pearse

 

[ulvdemon]

Re: 1/48 Academy F-86F30... Now with REDO!!! (That sounds really wrong)

Thanks all. Plan so far is to hit the nose area. I figured I would have to do some final sanding and engraving around that area. It was just those other areas! Ughh, feel like I am going cross-eyed trying to find issues! :

 

[ulvdemon]

Re: 1/48 Academy F-86F30... Now with REDO!!! (That sounds really wrong)

Posted this in some other forums, but I wanted to share here since I always get help on this forum. Primed with Tamiya liquid primer with my airbrush, and I sanded where it looks like I needed to do some more work.

 

[ulvdemon]

Re: 1/48 Academy F-86F30... Now with REDO!!! (That sounds really wrong)

Worked on this again last night. The seams are getting there, can stand for some more improvement.

 

[Quaralane]

Re: 1/48 Academy F-86F30... Now with REDO!!! (That sounds really wrong)

Definitely looks to be getting there

 

[ulvdemon]

Re: 1/48 Academy F-86F30... Now with REDO!!! (That sounds really wrong)

Saturday's work...

 

[Quaralane]

Re: 1/48 Academy F-86F30... Now with REDO!!! (That sounds really wrong)

Looking nice and clean

 

[ulvdemon]

Re: 1/48 Academy F-86F30... Now with REDO!!! (That sounds really wrong)

Thank you. It looks like the paint is finally dried to the point I feel I could probably wet sand it. Then off to the Alclad.

 

[ulvdemon]

Re: 1/48 Academy F-86F30... Now with REDO!!! (That sounds really wrong)

Wet-sanded the black with 1500, 2000, and 4000 grit sandpaper. Might have taken a little too much off. Will be wiping off the streaks later, then off to apply the Alclad. Getting there, now that I don't have the Xbox game distracting me....

 

[ulvdemon]

Re: 1/48 Academy F-86F30... Now with REDO!!! (That sounds really wrong)

Applied the NMF over the weekend. Currently running into an issue with needing to add yellow to the nose. I am thinking of using acrylic for it, but would I need to add a white base to it?