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  1. Sabrejet
    Yes and yes!
  2. Sabrejet
    I can't afford it, I haven't got any space to display it but this must be my most-wanted kit in MANY a year!
  3. Sabrejet
    Nice job: I have photos of camo Greek F-86Ds and they look equally worn in real life!👍
  4. Sabrejet
    First flat-screen F-86E was F-86E-10 s/n 51-2718.
  5. Sabrejet
    And just to show the importance of photo references, here's your bird as originally built, with narrow-chord, slatted wing:
  6. Sabrejet
    First trialled aboard F-86E 50-579:
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  8. Sabrejet
    Well, money where mouth is: I put one on backorder with the big H 🤗
  9. Sabrejet
    I have to agree with @72modeler - in terms of quality, looking right and - most importantly for me - enjoyment of build, the Revell/Monogram F-86D is the best kit in 1/48. Hasegawa/Eduard are OK, as is Academy; competent, accurate and both good versions of the F-86F. I used to like the Monogram F-86F (reboxed many times) but it shows its age now - raised panel lines and a bit clunky for the 21st century. Finally, Bronco is also promising an 'F-86F-30' for 2019/2020 so that one might raise the bar in terms of day fighters and might be worth waiting for - so long as it has a slatted wing!
  10. Sabrejet
    I'd agree about the 1/76 and 1/72; ditto 1/32 and 1/35. Probably more noticeable in 1/24 or 1/18 but yes, those smaller scales don't show up scale differences so much. If you want to see some REALLY pointless navel gazing, take a look at the current 'discussion' about P-51 horizontal stab incidence (re the Eduard kit) on a rival forum!
  11. Sabrejet
    It's close enough for me: I will most likely get one because the subject is very interesting and it looks like a lovely kit. I don't really understand the issue with slightly different scales unless you're going to put this in a diorama with a Hurricane. I would think it more likely that modellers would include figures or a vehicle, so it makes more sense in 1/35 to me. There is currently a gap on my shelf where it would fit alongside 1/43 race cars, a 1/32 WW1 biplane, a 1/48 F-86, a 1/144 Martin Mars and various 1/72 '50s jets, so as long as the size is right, it's good for me!
  12. Sabrejet
    They look like Tiger Moth to me.
  13. Sabrejet
    I do have better, but these may help too: the first one is the underside, showing the inset parts (these are attached to the slat tracks via the pair of bolts you can see in the drawing above): And then a photo of the inboard slat with its top skin removed (skin at rear, just visible and showing its profile):
  14. Sabrejet
    Here you go: @72modeler: you could do a SAAF F-86F with 6-3 wing you know! In the meantime, someone really needs to do a range of F-86s in 1/72. Come on Eduard!
  15. Sabrejet
    Ah - I see what you mean. I would cut out the slats as you show, then fill the void with thin plastic card (it will conform and give you a curved surface; it will shape easily too). I'd be inclined to make the slats as individual panels (one per side) in brass sheet and then scribe the panel divisions afterwards; it will hold its shape, be strong enough and have a chance of looking scale in thickness. The slat 'well' actually has slots in it for the slat tracks, but you can't really see any of that, even when the slats are open (in 1/72). I did this on a Ventura F-86H kit yonks ago and it seemed to work OK.
  16. Sabrejet
    Further to mine above, this is a Sabre 2/F-86E-6 and you can see that on the 'non-6-3' slat assembly there isn't the extended part aft of the slats themselves (compare to photo above):
  17. Sabrejet
    Here's a wing box showing the kink (hopefully): Leading edge section shows it better (arrowed): And this is the basic idea of how it was done in service: old bits (red) come off via piano hinge (same attachment method as many other aircraft including the C-130) and the new green slat section (which incorporates a '6-3' section at its trailing edge, and as shown in the photo above) goes in, plus a new yellow wingtip section, which on the RH wing incorporates a straight pitot probe, Not shown is a new full-length wingtip in place of the partial effort on 'pre-40' Sabres, as well as the modified aileron with flat outer rib to interface with the new yellow section.
  18. Sabrejet
    @stevehnz is correct; bear in mind too that there is a kink in the wing box forward web at about 1/4 span; the leading edge of the wing box is a few degrees more swept after that point. It's not particularly noticeable in 1/72 but more so in 1/48 and glaring in 1/32. Some manufacturers picked up on that while others didn't. What it means is that the '6-3' bit between slat and wing box sections has a corresponding kink in its trailing edge.
  19. Sabrejet
    A clever manufacturer would do a forward fuselage with vee-screen, short-chord wing with slats and then the tail section separate. With two sprues for tail parts you could do F-86A as one version and early F-86E plus Sabre 2 as another!
  20. Sabrejet
    Short-span, short-chord with separate slats might make sense, but if it's an F-30 with F-40 wing (as per photo) or '6-3' then I don't see the point.
  21. Sabrejet
    The what? 🤔
  22. Sabrejet
    It would be a sin if they neglected the already-neglected era of WW1. They'd also do well to steer clear of a market which seems to want a new Spitfire/P-51 etc that is just (if you squint) marginally better than the many others of the same variety which have been on the market for decades. Fingers crossed a BE.2 family next.
  23. Sabrejet
    Goes to show how much I know. Ah well, maybe the next one will be a BE.2e....
  24. Sabrejet
    Supposed to be the 2020 releases so I'd expect more. Dr.1 would be a bit disappointing and unlikely since Roden already do it.
  25. Sabrejet
    Any news yet?
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