Monogram 1/48 Super Saber

[flyjoe180]

Looks good Ian

 

[papa 695]

Got it painted

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[Ziper_it]

Excellent build I would say.

Love the way you have highlighted panels, still have a lot to learn.

Francesco

 

[flyjoe180]

A real silver bullet now Ian, looking sharp.

 

[papa 695]

Ive been waiting to see this one Ian. Like dave I love the later monogram kits , a lot of them were excellently detailed for their time and can still hold their head up today. I reckon the decals should be ok , I like the look of the big red lightning flash! cheers tony

Well Tony the decals are shot, no matter how long I left the decals in to soak they wouldn't come off the backing paper and I couldn't get the black ink off either.

So some more are on order as we speak ( well type anyway )

 

[0ne48thtel]

I am liking this a lot. I want one of these think a request will go in to swmbo for my birthday

 

[Dave W]

I want one as well!.Great job of the silver finish Tony.

 

[yak face]

Well Tony the decals are shot, no matter how long I left the decals in to soak they wouldn't come off the backing paper and I couldn't get the black ink off either.So some more are on order as we speak ( well type anyway )

Oh well , worth a try , im sure the replacements will be just as colourful, cheers tony

 

[papa 695]

Oh well , worth a try , im sure the replacements will be just as colourful, cheers tony

Yes gone for the same decal option but from extra decal so should be a lot better than the really old ones I've got

 

[ojays]

If this is of interest, 'Flypast' magazine this month have done big feature on the 'Hun' with some really good photo references!

Gregg

 

[papa 695]

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[yak face]

excellent !

 

[flyjoe180]

Nice!

 

[papa 695]

Thanks Tony and Joe

I did have a little problem with the big red flash decals both of them split after putting them into the water, i think it was just the size of them curling slightly when wet.

 

[Dave W]

That's a spectacular set of markings.Must have been for some special event?.

 

[papa 695]

That's a spectacular set of markings.Must have been for some special event?.

I don't know if it was for a special event Dave all it say's about them is it's Col. Raymond Toliver Wing Commander of 20 TFW RAF Wethersfield in 1957

 

[flyjoe180]

I'd say they were pretty standard markings for the day. Shiny aircraft with colourful markings was all the rage. Colonel Toliver died in 2006. He was best known as a military historian and was responsible for many reunions between Luftwaffe and Allied pilots in the Post-War years. He wrote 'The Blonde Knight of Germany", the biography of Eric Hartmann.

http://goefoundation.org/index.php/eagles/biographies/t/toliver-raymond-f./

 

[CDW]

He had a busy and varied working life, interesting read Joe thanks.

 

[papa 695]

Ok had a couple of week off this due to Christmas now back on to this fitting some very small PE to the bombs

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[yak face]

Thats some seriously small bits of pe Ian !! dont sneeze or youre going to be on your hands and knees looking through a magnifying glass, I know i would already be doing that ! cheers tony