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Old 08-13-2021, 08:16 AM
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Red face Nose section

Here is the nose framing. It will support the inner air duct and external skins
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on
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outer skins
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view with the air intake dry fit
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first blood. Somehow, I pricked my finger with the knife and bled on the fuselage without realizing it. This was my first screw up.
F-86E Sabre Hobby Model 1/33 scale-img_3734.jpg

I continued to build the nose. However, things went wrong and I never got a smooth transition with the skins. I did not take a picture of the bad outcome.



In my opinion, the frame for the nose was probably a bit larger or not properly located and the skins just got too tight around making it look bad. I should have reduced the framing size by sanding it.

F-86E Sabre Hobby Model 1/33 scale-img_3737.jpg
This was the second screw up


anyhow, I had to cut that nose assembly off.


In hindsight, I should have stopped here and throw the project in the trash.




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