1/48 Academy F-86F Sabre Jet

Gallery Article by Steve Kemper on July 7 2010

 

This is my first submission to ARC.  So here it goes.  This is the Academy F-86-F  Sabre Jet, The kit was built OOB.  The kit was pretty straight forward good fit no real gaps to speak of.  I built this for an upcoming contest.  I think it came out pretty good so I'm building 2 more shiny jets an F-84 and an F-94.

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I used the Alclad II aluminum paint for the fuselage and Testors Metalizers for the details.  The markings are from Aeromaster (I was impressed by the amount of thinking ahead that Aeromaster makes you do to prepare your paint to match the decals) the decals laid nicely with an application of Solvaset.

This was a fun project and the Academy kit is really nice.

I really like using Alclad paints they hold up to masking really well and hold their color even under clear coats.

Steve Kemper

Photos and text © by Steve Kemper