North American F-86 Sabre
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after a long time of inactivity as a consequence of lot health issues, finally back on track :).
Finished Academy F-86 in colours of John Glenn machine from Korea war period. Academy is well known "plastic", good details, [...]
Finally finished after over a month of frustrating assembly and painting. This is the model I posted about a month ago in which I stated "was a total loss", but after taking a break I picked it up again and finished it. Many [...]
Good day iModelers, today I wanted to share my first completed kit of 2022.
This kit is the well known and widely available Revell F-86D in 1/48 scale. This kit is about 20 years old now, but if I didn't know better, I might've guessed [...]
The RF-86 Haymaker has an interesting history. In a nutshell - there were more than a few modifications needed to turn a tactical day fighter into a strategic reconnaissance airplane. While it enjoyed a brief period of success, the [...]
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with best wishes to all for this 2022, first model finished.
Very old and well known Heller Sabre.
I was not sure that i will do it at all as in stash already waiting Fujimi , Academy and Airfix plastic...but nostalgic reasons [...]
Hello everyone! This is my first Hasegawa build, and I found it different from my traditional Tamiya builds (mostly instructions & decals). I built a Sabre in my youth, so it was fun applying my skills & techniques and brought [...]
Vintage Wings of Canada owned and operated RCAF 23314 Canadair F-86 'Hawk One' Sabre from 2008-2018.
A few posts identify 23314 was originally a Sabre Mk.5 with the small upper wing fences to help counteract the deletion of the previous [...]
This the Kitty Hawk kit. The build is SOB except for the pitot tube from Hobbydecal. It’s a nice edition. The black “darts” on the tail and drop tanks are cut from black decal sheet. -Color scheme taken from the [...]
This the Kitty Hawk kit. The build is SOB except for the pitot tube from Hobbydecal. It’s a nice edition. The black “darts” on the tail and drop tanks are cut from black decal sheet. -Color scheme taken from the [...]
THE F-86-F SABRE IN PORTUGAL
HISTORY
On August 25, 1958, the first North American F-86F Sabre of the Portuguese Air Force (FAP) landed at Air Base N° 2 (BA2), Ota. They were part of a shipment of 30 (later 50) planes that were [...]