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      This is from an old 1/32nd scale Hasegawa Aircraft Tug F-86F Sabre kit. I found it in my Dad's collection and always had been intrigued by that tug. The plane was used to fit the Scale-Master Decals artwork for the first release of the kit under the Mini-Craft name. Some of the airplane parts are off the runners, but I assumed it was complete. Unfortunately there are no instructions in the kit, and the only ones I've found online are not for this deluxe kit. It was only offered once with the tug, so the only instructions available just have the plane stuff.
      Some cool features are the rubber-like tires for the plane and the tug and metal parts for the plane's removable jet engine as well as wire and tubing for the engine. There is also a trailer/dolly/stand for the J47 engine. I may have to build the engine and dolly too, although ironically I am missing the instruction page for the standalone engine. At least I have the wiring diagram.
      These are the parts for the tug and dolly.

      After the main body parts were cleaned up and assembled I scribed the panel lines in. Some of the panel lines were at the glue joints. There were a few sink marks to contend with too.

      These two sections are dry fitted as I figure out what order to assemble and paint it in.
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    I went with some decanted Tamiya Aircraft Tug Camel Yellow as it was the orangest yellow I had on hand. I did some pre-shading and black washes Aircraft Tug before putting the yellow on.



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    Interesting diversion.
    -craftsmanship is a lifelong project of
    self-construction and self determination
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    Your just trying to make us squirm a bit more for the completion of the Lola! "And now a message from our sponsor...." right at the cliff hanger scene.
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    Yes it is a good break from the work on the Lola, but it is still getting my primary attention.
    One day I feel like I'm days from finishing the T70, then next day I'm sweating the deadline months away.

    I did a little grunge work on the wheels.



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    I created all the decals for it too. The hood is still dry fitted to the main section and more washes Aircraft Tug were applied to some of the panel lines.


    I gave it a coat of clear flat and used powders to add some wear to it. I'm keeping the two main parts separate until I install the pedals and maybe steering column.



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    When I put the body on the chassis I noticed there was a lot of daylight visible through the wheel wells so I made some inner panels out of sheet plastic to remedy that.



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    I noticed a couple holes on the body that I could not find parts to put into them so I had to fill them and touch up/blend the paint.
    I went ahead and cemented the hood section to the body since the pedals and steering column are installed.



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    I noticed a couple holes on the body that I could not find parts to put into them so I had to fill them and touch up/blend the paint.
    I went ahead and cemented the hood section to the body since the pedals and steering column are installed.



    Aircraft Tug
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    My Father in Law was in purchasing for United Airlines and when other carriers such as Braniff went out of business he was often sent to the "fire sales" where they liquidated equipment assets. He would be buying batches of ground service equipment such as this and even aircraft.

    What was the engine in these vehicles? Something akin to a 4 cylinder Jeep engine?
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    I don't know what it is powered with. I assumed it was a diesel, but that's just a guess.


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    I did a little research on this tug and it would have most likely been powered by a small diesel.


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    I found the rear license plate so I removed the decal Aircraft Tug on the right rear and made a duplicate one for the new part. I also added another Toyota decal Aircraft Tug for the rear; slightly different than the one on the front. More weathering Aircraft Tug /wear was applied as I went along adding parts.

    The seats were done with washes Aircraft Tug of brown panel line accent.



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    This part is done, but the project is not finished yet…
    The mirror faces are foil.









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    Build what you want and build it for yourself, the rest will follow... - Mark D. Jones
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    I semi-dry assembled the engine to figure out how it all fits together. A nut & bolt are provided to sandwich the metal parts of it together, and that was helpful. The circular halved parts were cemented together and the rest is tacked together with white glue. I'll use it as a guide to help figure out the dolly parts.



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    Build what you want and build it for yourself, the rest will follow... - Mark D. Jones
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