Hobbyboss 1/72 Sabre

[Stuart]

This was the little HB Sabre I been playing with off and on most of the year - brush painted with Revell Aqua paints and washed with Flory Models 'Grime wash'. I quite like the flory washes and may well get some more.

in the end I didn't add the tanks as it's a borderline tail sitter and they caused it to sit on it's arse. It's also the reason I left off the rams for the airbrakes.













Overall its okay, nothing special but I'm glad to have got it completed.

Cheers.

[tempestjohnny]

Excellent and brush painted metal to boot

[Bolleken]

Looks good. I know that kit very well and I know it is not as easy as it looks in the box. Some fitting issues...

[BlackSheep214]

Nice!!

[Gary Brantley]

Sweet Sabre Stuart!

[Stikpusher]

That came out very sharp looking Stuart! Too bad that the drop tanks and speed brake pistons would make it a tail sitter.

[Stuart]

Thanks All - glad you liked it!

Carlos - yeah it was a bit of a surprise given the amount of weight I added to nose! But I've never really liked the Sabre's tanks anyway so it wasn't much of a loss.

Looks good. I know that kit very well and I know it is not as easy as it looks in the box. Some fitting issues...

Yeah I was surprised actually, the fit of the undercarriage was appalling. Normally HB easy build kits are a lot easier.

[Duke Maddog]

Wow, magnificent! I built that very same bird, but I don't recall any issues with tail sitting. No worries, yours looks better anyway.

[jeaton01]

Well done, Stuart.

[Modelcrazy]

Well done mate.