Sabrejet

Ha! Got one already

"Arctic" red is a misnomer. Aircraft painted red as part of an Arctic conspicuity scheme carried various colours including Insignia Red and International Harvester Orange.

Why is it relevant if it's in pieces? Tooling looks perfect for a B-36 series.

Mr Color 8 straight from the jar, then various white and black Mr Color shades added by the dropper.

Yes it's weird: I haven't used enamels for decades now and certainly wouldn't use them again. But acrylics can be frustrating at times.

There a tinge of ...or all day in my case. I just wonder how much more it would cost to make it less toy-like, with a bit more finesse to the moulding and a few imaginative design tweaks to hide those prominent cross-head screws. And beat the aftermarket so you can buy your entry-level toy or upgrade to scale model? I don't see why screw-together can't also be finely-detailed.

That there is a Ford Mk.II with the big-block engine; the GT40 had the 289 and various small-block iterations. I don't recall the Mk.II ever being called 'GT40' in period but it's kind of like the Dino 246, which has retrospectively become a "Ferrari" Dino. Maybe it doesn't matter, but you'd hope the kit manufacturer might get it right... Anyhow the kit does indeed look huge and I like what you're doing with it!

I'm glad someone else thought so too: it seems a lot of money for what looks like a scaled-up diecast. I'm sure the aftermarket will do things for it, but it will be a VERY expensive project to do it. IIRC those aftermarket sets aren't much cheaper than the kit itself. Meanwhile the MFH 1/12 kit looks like very good value.

Forgot to say that I had an email a few days ago notifying me that my 1/32 kit had been despatched. These folks are doing incredible things in incredibly hard times.

I'm a big fan of JETMADS: many manufacturers could learn from them! (and more resin).

I can't find any evidence of single-store wings being modified to dual-store capability. While the change from narrow-chord slatted wing to '6-3' broad-chord and on to 'F-40' could be done on-aircraft, the change to a dual-store wing would require wing replacement. This I suspect prevented it being done widely, if at all. There was no change for F-86D/K/L, which only had one drop tank location, though some later received an inboard Sidewinder pylon.

The fin tip on 229 OCU Sabres was the standard pale grey-painted fibreglass as for other aircraft: it's not a squadron marking. These Chivenor aircraft were split into flights and IIRC 'A' Flight had yellow-trimmed aircraft (possibly white) while 'B' Flight were red. XB813/M of 'B' Flight definitely had red nose ring and wingtips. I'd go for that one.

Yes! It had the "6-3 to the max" wing which was different to the 'standard' 6-3 wing in having leading edge fuel (an NAA design but not adopted for F-86F production). Thus the Sabre 32 has fuel fillers outboard in the leading edge.

I'm not really a fan of trying to get these 'wrong' kits to look right: the Matchbox F-86A, ESCI F-86E/F/FJ Fury mash-up and even the 1/72 Airfix F-86F/Sabre 4 are all strangely-proportioned. I've seen folks desperately trying to bash them into shape and I've yet to see anyone succeed. But it's whatever floats yer boat. If you enjoy doing it, it can't be wrong!

Not me I'm afraid - can you provide a link? However I do agree that the HB kit looks a bit weird.