It’s a Canadair Sabre. This is the airframe of the F-86 base. I built it in September 2007.
This time, I’ll build Hasegawa Canadair Sabre F-86. This kit is easy to assemble for beginners. I try to finish up with beautiful paintings.
（2007/09/3）
The photo is assembled as instructed. It’s easy not to paint detailed cockpit panels; I only used decals.
Photo from the side. I omitted the seat belt.
I painted the inside of the side panel to open it.
I covered the inside of the landing gear and side panel with masking tape, and after that, I attached the masking liquid for a detailed part.
I painted under the surface of the body in light gray. I should have painted in satin, but the only mat color I have. I’ll spray the satin coat before attaching the decal. The building aircraft model is highly required masking tape.
（2007/9/8）
I painted a dark green part, compared with the instruction.
It takes a lot of time to dry because I use Humbrol paints. The following process is also masking. I want to peel off all the tapes soon…
（2007/9/9）
The basic color painting was completed; it’s a somber body. The image will change after attaching colorful decals.
（2007/9/14）
This week I have to go on a business trip to China and have no time to do the modeling. Canadian national marking was wrinkled; I’m not sure why, but maybe I used a decal softener too strongly. I should not have used it for multi-colored decals. Not so good-looking, but anyway, I’ll finish up this model…
（2007/9/22）
Canadair Sabre Mk.5 is the license model of the North American F-86. It has good mobility and is a rival of Mig-15. Armaments are 12.7mm machine-gun x 6.
The landing gear was bent to the inside a little, unbalanced. And I almost forgot to set the balancer in the body and fell on its backside.
As I commented on the making report, the Canadian Insignia decal was wrinkled, so I retouched it with a small brush. I can see the rough part in zooming up, but from here, it is not bad.
Marking was the Canadian Air force 416th Air squadron at Carte Blanche in June 1955. NATO operated this tactical exercise in Europe, and 3,000 aircraft were on campaign.
The large yellow cross at the exercise is obvious, but this yellow decal was too thin, and I could see through based paint. Decals are an essential part of making aircraft, so I have many concerning parts this time.
Painting the cockpit flame was difficult. This time, I used deep color, so I thought no problem to spray directly to the cockpit clear parts. But after all, the paintwork was slightly thinner.
My target is a beautiful body, so I did not do weathering. I usually make weathering to AFVs, but what is the standard finishing of Aircraft models?
The inside of the side panel was painted based on the instruction. I suppose it’s looking good! I had to be careful masking when trying to disclose many panels.
It’s simple under the surface, only missile and fuel tank, but hard for me. Considering the completion, it was better to assemble all the same colored parts and paint afterward.
I said, trying to assemble beautifully, but the conclusion was shabby. Anyway, from a far angle, it’s good looking!!
（2007/9/23）
