North American F-86 Sabre
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Hellenic Air Force F-86E(M) Sabre: 1/48 Academy F-86F Sabre
When I arrived at Williams AFB in 1976 for my first day of Air Force pilot training, I was greeted by an immaculate F-86 that was the gate guard at the time. The F-86 has been one of my most favorite planes since then. Spiros (@fiveten), [...]
Oh Happy, Happy, Happy Day! A 1/48 F-86A!!!
Clear Prop will officially announce the release of a 1/48 F-86A at the Moson Model Show this coming weekend. From design information made public,the kit will ultimately be released in multiple versions.
OH HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY DAY!
Clear Prop [...]
Another save from the Garage of Doom
Plucked from the Garage of Doom before I spent much of yesterday fighting the (small, thank goodness) leaks in the garage revealed by the Big Winter Storm that hit us.
Revell's F-86D Sabre kit(s) allow a modeler to do the early and late [...]
North American F-86D in 1/48 by Revell
Hi Folks!
I just joint this community and thought I'd share one of my recent builds, the North American F-86D in 1/48 by Revell. It is the bir of
Capt. A. G. Limpantsis
445th Fighter Interceptor Squadron
Geiger AFB; Wa USA
December [...]
KOREA: THE FORGOTTEN WAR 1/48 Hasegawa F-86F "The Huff"
First Lieutenant Jim Thompson's F-86F "the Huff" is famous for being famously photographed with the most astounding nose art of any USAF fighter in Korea. Thompson, a wingman in the 39th FIS of the 51st FIW, shot down a PLAAF [...]
KOREA: THE FORGOTTEN WAR - 1/48 Hasegawa F-86E-5(Can) – Major John Bolt, USMC
The F-86 Sabre was the first really successful US jet fighter, with 9,800 Sabres produced between 1949-60 in the U.S., Canada, Japan, Italy and Australia.
The F-86A was capable of supersonic flight in a dive, though the airplane was [...]
The North American F-86K(aasjager) of the RNLAF (1956-1964)
This kit from Special Hobby sure has it's challenges. Most difficult part was connecting the wings to the fuselage as the fitting was quite dramatic.
All in all, I am happy with the result. What do you all think?
Below a little history on [...]
Airfix Hasegawa F-86F-40
During the Korean War, the F-86 Sabre had been outperformed by the MiG-15 with regard to altitude performance. The MiG’s operational ceiling of 50,000 feet allowed the Soviet fighters to almost always use an altitude advantage when [...]
Hasegawa 1/32 F-86E(M) Hellenic Air Force
The North American F-86 Sabre is best known as the United States' first swept-wing fighter that could counter the swept-wing Soviet MiG-15 in high-speed dogfights in the skies of the Korean War (1950–1953), fighting some of the earliest [...]
