I’ve always liked the look of the orange painted drones used by the USAF and USN. The contrast between the camouflage paint scheme and the day-glo paint is just attractive. 

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I set out from the beginning to build this kit as a drone, so there wasn’t ever any doubt as to how it would end up. I pretty much went box stock except for a few wires and antennas added to represent the drone conversion, fairing over the gun ports, opening some vents, repositioned the horizontal stabs and added the smoke oil line coming from the engine compartment.

The painting was done using Model Master enamel, and Tamiya acrylic paints. Weathering was achieved using some ground chalk pastels. Since there are no decals for this aircraft, they came from my spares box.

What I forgot to mention was that the Super Sabre sat unfinished for nearly a year, as those darn seams were really a major pain. I don’t rescribe kits, so I had to make some choices about how to make it look the part. Hopefully I’ve done it justice. 

Jeff