F-86F-40, JASDF

Side consoles. Milliput was used to give a bit of life in the cockpit. 

Painting a tiny instuments panel... 

The ejection seat. I added seat belts made of masking tape 

The stick... 

Finished side consoles 

Finished side consoles 

The intake is very shallow... 

.. so I drilled a hole, and decided to make form plasticard the intake to engine 

Red was cut off from both side, added plasticard in blue 

Painted the wheel and airbrake wells 

Painted the wheel and airbrake wells 

Intake looks a bit better now 🙂 

Fully assembled and ready to be primed 

Mr Finishing Surfacer 1500 was used as a base to NMF 

Everyhing was painted in Aluminium, while the interior surfaces, stainless 

Guns panels was also painted with stainless 

Decals applied. It was a pain, not because of size, but of quality 

Correcting an accident on awefull decals 

Everything attached before varnish 

Last step is varnish! 

 

 

A beverege coaster was used for a display base for this little one.