Subject: Re: F-86F Academy 1/72
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Jeremias Luchina" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 15:53:21 -0700

Hi,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today.  Thanks again for sending it in.

Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jeremias Luchina 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 9:27 AM
  Subject: F-86F Academy 1/72

    
  "1/72 Academy F-86 Sabre" 

  by "Jeremías Nicolás Luchina"
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  Hi fellows modelers!!

  This is my F-86F Sabre wearing the colours of Argentinian Air Force acrobatic team called "Cruz del Sur" (Sourthen Cross)

  In 1962 Argentina´s Air Force celebrated it´s 50th years of life. The air force was ordered to arrenge the creation of acrobatic squad in the diferents air gropus to adhere the celebration. In the IV Brigada Aerea (Grupo I de Caza-bombardeo) the Cruz del Sur squadron was born with American´s F-86F Sabre planes, at "El Plumerillo"  air base, in the province of Mendoza. Once the pilots gained experience on the Sabres (the machines had just arrived to the country in september 1960) the idea of an acrobatic team similar to the European and American squads gained force. The 50th anniversary of the FAA was the appropiate  scenary to archive this porpouse.

  That year eleven planes was painted with the caracteristic colours of the squad and the main stars of the southern cross constellation in the vertical stabilizer. The squad participated in demostrations all arround the country. Sadly the squad had a short life, since it was desactivated in 1962.

  In 1997 the Cruz del Sur resucitated, and now days they fly in Russian Sukhoi Su-29

  (Historic notes are taken from the Argentina´s modeleres web page www.cmargentinos.com.ar)

  The model is an Academy kit of the F-86F-40 in 1/72, It´s a nice kit, reasonably detailed, low parts count, accurate and CHEAP jejeje.

  The kit was build mostly o.o.b. I added a few hidraulic lines and after market photo etched seat belts (they are actually WWII period but, because of the scale they look godd anyway in this kit) and with a careful paint job the cockpit tourned out great! (I painted the instrruments one by one using a 0000 brush and a magnifying glass).

  The natural metal finish requaired a flawless surface preparation I filled and sanded every joint line and then polished averything to a smooth glass shine.

  I used Alcladd II aluminium paint, this lacquer requaries a gloss black under coat, for wich I used Krylon spray paint decanted to my airbrush. Once the paint fully dried (two or three days) I applaid the Alclad in several thin coats.

  When the Alclad dried up I masked and painted the blue and red sections of the aircraft. This was the most difficult part of the project. I use a photocopy of the decal sheet as a template to cut tape masks.

  The next steap involved the application of the decals: I used an aftermarket sheet from Aerocalcas set Nº 72000 (www.aerocalcas.com)  the decals were thin and easy to apply, but the task was time consuming because the high number of tiny images.

  The last assambly involved gluing the last externals bits.

  The model looks handsome and colourful and it´s a nice addition to my collection of Argentinian aircraft.

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