Tag: North American Sabre

• North American Sabre – Part Five – NATO Defenders

  

  The RCAF maintained a presence in Europe all during the Cold War, contributing fighter and reconnaissance units to continental defence. Whether the Sabres would have been all that effective in later years is debatable but by then there were CF 104 Starfighters as well. The basic colour scheme was that of the British units of…

  Dick Stein

  November 26, 2019

  1:72 scale, camouflage, Canadian aircraft, Colour Schemes, Lacquer, Model Airplane, Painting, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Cold War, North American Sabre, RCAF

• North American Sabre – Part Four – The Aliens Are Not Coming

  

  But that doesn’t stop me from putting on my tinfoil hat. I’m not repelling mind control – I’m keeping out stray spray paint. I find occasionally that I have a need for a trim colour that is too big for brushing but too small for a major masking stage. In the case of the Sabre…

  Dick Stein

  November 25, 2019

  1:72 scale, camouflage, Canadian aircraft, Colour Schemes, finances, Lacquer, Masking, Model Airplane, Painting, Scale Models, Workshop

  markings, Masking, North American Sabre, tinfoil

• North American Sabre – Part Three – The Putty Worms Win Again

  

  The debate about how to put on soft-edge British camouflage seems to have finally been decided – the J. Burrows Tuff Tac is the answer for most effects. The Sabre needs a simple day fighter scheme and in this case the contours are very smooth – no better time to trial the new technique. There…

  Dick Stein

  November 25, 2019

  1:72 scale, camouflage, Canadian aircraft, Colour Schemes, Lacquer, Masking, Model Airplane, Modelling materials, Painting, Scale Models, Workshop

  British camouflage, Masking, North American Sabre

• North American Sabre – Part Two – Two Evenings

  

  I settled into a pleasant routine of an day – since the weather has turned hot I have decided to adjourn at 1:00 PM to the indoor modelling desk and complete small tasks. If these are brush painting or cementing jobs I can do them in comfort – the Little Computer room has an air…

  Dick Stein

  November 24, 2019

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Canadian aircraft, Model Airplane, Scale Models

  Little Workshop, North American Sabre, putty