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Fuselage skins
Here are the parts. Straight forward so far.
I did notice that the word "Temptation" on the left side is of one shade of red on all by the last letter , while the last letter "n" is much darker red. That is a printing house error. Isaac
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Good start. I will enjoy watching you build this one. To my mind, the early 50s was a "Second Golden Age" of aviation, and the Sabre was a classic of the period.
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The General Electric J-47 engine with all of it's issues was a key to the Sabre's success. Also it was numerous and powered many aircraft of its day including the B-45, B-47 etc... as an aside, an aviation book on the North American B-45 Tornado that I helped contribute and edit the engine portion was just published and is available on Amazon. Lots of engine info there. The Author sent me a nice autographed copy with a letter of appreciation. https://www.amazon.com/North-America...8709451&sr=8-1 Isaac
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Thanks for the info on the book and kudos for your contribution (another of your many contributions to the preservation of aviation history).
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I continue supporting those interested in aviation as well as other topics of interests to me. Isaac
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Aft fuselage
I decided to start in the back sections first then go to the center and then the nose.
For the aft section, I decided to have the air brakes deployed, so removing the area for the housing is needed prior to rounding that section going aft joining the aft sections. Isaac
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Center section aft
The center section is open on the bottom to accept a wing structure
ready to join joined with the aft section so far, so good! Isaac
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Center forward
here is the center section going forward
Note: I chose not to show the gun bay for this build. I think if there was a separate J-47 engine, I would then consider splitting the fuselage showing the engine installed and the gun bays open ( this I did for my Mig-15UTI ) but for this build, I chose not to further complicate an already complicated model. and its internal framing frame is inserted and glued ready joined nothing complicated here at this phase. Isaac
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Nose section
Here is the nose framing. It will support the inner air duct and external skins
on outer skins view with the air intake dry fit first blood. Somehow, I pricked my finger with the knife and bled on the fuselage without realizing it. This was my first screw up. 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. 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. Isaac
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Temporary repair of the fuselage
At this point after tearing off the nose section, I printed another from the scan I did earlier. However, the printing color was off ( I suspect the scan did not have enough resolution and I am not too familiar with the recoloring techniques ).
last fit of the air inlet duct. the build became just stupid and I should have just trashed it. I set if off aside while trying to understand what happened and why. Also, I reset my Canon camera back to factory setting and it works fine now. For some reason as I was messing with the setting, it kept bad settings and I just could not figure it out. In any case, no more over exposed pictured. I use this camera only for my modeling work as it is in constant need of battery recharging. Isaac
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