The Ultimate Sabre P. II
With Korean war Sabres having a all black cockpit. I opted to just use Surfacer 1500 black and Tamiya Flat black for the color coat. PE details were added and for the wear and tear on the rudder petals I used Prismacolor watercolor pencils. Easy on easy off if you mess up!
With part two comes the joining of the fuselage. I decided to use Cyanoacrylate "super glue" this time. I'm not too sure what the issue was but the two halfs just didn't quite meet where they are supposed to meet. With the nose and cockpit joints needing to be true, the aft of the aircraft suffered. The misalignment is not too bad and has been fix by re-scribing and clever repositioning of the internals which will be added before the wings go on. I also removed some of the plastic under the internal intake which was a tad bit bulky.
I had to remove some of the detail on the forward base of the windscreen to ensure that a clean seam line will be present. It will be added once the canopy is fitted.
Working will superglue is a blessing and a curse at times. You have about fifteen seconds to align and apply the glue before its locked. One of the benefits of using superglue to fill in areas instead of putty. It's easier to polish for natural metal finishes, or finishes in general. I usually start with 600, 800, 1500, 6000 and lastly 12000 dry and wet sandpapers/sticks. When you're able to get the area sanded down smoothly and scratch free the area filled is stronger and cleaner than putty.
A intake duct that is not fitted on USAF jets had to be removed and filled smooth with super-glue. The intake/exhaust on the top by the tail looked a bit "flashy" so i removed some plastic from the underside with a Dremel and tried to make a ramp and sides out of plastic. References for this area of the aircraft are few and far between good. I may have to fit a cover for this later. At this point my attention will turn to the exhaust.
