1/48 F-86H
Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2013 1:32 pm
Just finished this up over the weekend. A difficult kit on it's own made even more so because I wanted to add a slatted wing (Scobie-Do)...some work! I'm ready for a Tamiya OOB build next.
Kit markings represent the 101st FIS (Irish Air Force) of the MA ANG out of Boston's Logan Int. AP back in the 50s. I'm slowing building up a collection of Mass ANG aircraft and the "H" model Sabre is amongst the most elusive as the only offering in '48 scale is the out of production, hard to find (and expensive if you can!) Collect Aire kit. I considered doing an F-86F conversion but when I found an "H" for less than $200.00 bucks I felt it was worth my sanity.
I used a canopy and windscreen from Monogram's F-86D, RBF flags from Expert's Choice and painted it using various Alclad shades of Aluminum.
Kit markings represent the 101st FIS (Irish Air Force) of the MA ANG out of Boston's Logan Int. AP back in the 50s. I'm slowing building up a collection of Mass ANG aircraft and the "H" model Sabre is amongst the most elusive as the only offering in '48 scale is the out of production, hard to find (and expensive if you can!) Collect Aire kit. I considered doing an F-86F conversion but when I found an "H" for less than $200.00 bucks I felt it was worth my sanity.
I used a canopy and windscreen from Monogram's F-86D, RBF flags from Expert's Choice and painted it using various Alclad shades of Aluminum.
