1/32 F-86 Sabre Choices. What are they?

[Mark P]

Leading Edge, among a few others now OOP, did a bunch of 1/32nd scale decals for the RCAF F-86. Not sure of current availability however.

 

Mark Proulx

[alaninaustria]

Have a look here: http://yocumusa.com/sweetrose/duncan/wings.htm

It explains everything you need to know!

Cheers

Alan

 

main website here: http://yocumusa.com/sweetrose/duncan/

Edited April 17, 2022 by alaninaustria

[Grizly]

The Delux (?) Hasegawa Sabre kit (has metal landing gear) with shortened wing tips, Cutting Edge drop tanks, a resin cockpit, some Eduard and Leading Edge decals certainly fit the bill for me.

[Cheetah11]

Hi Chuck

 

If you want to go with the Italeri/Kinetic kit the slatted 6-3 wing was also released by Kinetic as a separate boxing with the added sprues for that wing option.

Cheers 

Nick

[Phantom2]

Hi!

 

The Kinetic "Luftwaffe" SabreF-86F 40 "NATO-Sabre 6-3 EXTENDED WING" , kit no. K3203 comes with a short span, slatted F-30 wing, with extension parts for the long F-40 wing.

 

If you want a short 6-3 F-30 wing you can leave it as is.

 

Aires makes (made?) several resin sets for this kit, I have Cockpit, wheel wells Exhaust and brake bays, all from Aires

 

Stefan 

[Beaconroot]

I recommend you pick up this reference book from Aero Research. It helped me understand the differences in variants.

 

Saber and Fury Modelers Guide

 

http://www.aeroresearchcds.com

 

Jim Root

Edited April 17, 2022 by Beaconroot
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[thierry laurent]

Indeed. This is an excellent recommendation. This is without any doubt the best book to understand the evolution of the visual features corresponding to the different types of Sabres and Furies.

[Finn]

As mentioned there are quite a few differences when it comes to Sabres, here are a few examples of the IP of the Mk2 & 4 depending on airframe number:

 

 

 

 

Jari

[Sabrejet]

2 hours ago, alaninaustria said:

Have a look here: http://yocumusa.com/sweetrose/duncan/wings.htm

It explains everything you need to know!

Cheers

Alan

 

main website here: http://yocumusa.com/sweetrose/duncan/

 

That's my old website! Glad it's still of use.

[Oldbaldguy]

Wow!  Are you sure you want to do this??

[Steve C]

For all things Canadair Sabre you should get a copy of Larry Milberry's book.

 

https://www.amazon.com/Canadair-Sabre-Larry-Milberry/dp/0969070373/ref=sr_1_3?crid=1WJ15C2KG95M&keywords=the+canadair+sabre&qid=1650238673&sprefix=the+canadair+sabre%2Caps%2C92&sr=8-3

[Scotsman]

This thread is the explanation for my 3 Kinetic and 2 hasagawa Sabre kits remaining unbuilt and will probably will remain so- It's too complicated for my tiny brain

 

As for the Kinetic 6-3 wing kit - good luck finding one - took me over a year before I my hands on it 

[Gary Needham]

Both have plus and minus points.

 

It is a true enigma of the modelling world that in an ocean of Spitfires, P-51 and 109's etc, that we are still waiting for a 'A' Grade product Korea era F-86 (or MiG 15) in 1/32 scale by one of the premier companies such as Tamiya, GWH or Z-M; even Academy would be more than acceptable if done to their 1/32 F-18 kit standard.

 

Gary

[Neo]

Fyi italeri is a rebox of the original korean war saber 

This is the boxing with golden hawks decals

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/kinetic-k3202-2009-rcaf-golden-hawks-sabre-mk-5--931802

 

[chuck540z3]

18 hours ago, Oldbaldguy said:

Wow!  Are you sure you want to do this??

 

12 minutes ago, Scotsman said:

This thread is the explanation for my 3 Kinetic and 2 hasagawa Sabre kits remaining unbuilt and will probably will remain so- It's too complicated for my tiny brain

 

As for the Kinetic 6-3 wing kit - good luck finding one - took me over a year before I my hands on it 

 

The short answer is No, for the following and above reasons:

• Just finding the Kinetic 6-3 wing kit seems to be a problem.  As a matter of fact, I can't find a Kinetic F-86 kit of any version readily available.
• The aftermarket is all over the place that are for some versions and not others.  Chances of buying the wrong stuff is high.
• This subject has way too many experts who will find something wrong with whatever I build (been there, done that).  I could easily tolerate this if the kit was quite good in the first place, but as we all know, it has lots of issues to begin with.
• I have the rare Tamiya F-16 Thunderbirds kit with lots of aftermarket stuff already, so an F-16 Adversary/Aggressor is starting to look more attractive and pain free, so why fight it?

 

Thank you everyone for your information and tips.   I've decided to can this idea for the time being.

 

Cheers,

Chuck