Branky Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Sword will be releasing two new Sabreliner kits in April, a T39A and a T39D See: www.aviationmegastore.com/186812 and www.aviationmegastore.com/186813 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stilwell Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 (edited) https://www.aviationmegastore.com/north-american-t39a-sabreliner-exected-april-2022-sword-sw72142-aircraft-scale-modelling/product/?action=prodinfo&art=186812 https://www.aviationmegastore.com/north-american-t39d-sabreliner--expected-april-2022-sword-sw72142-aircraft-scale-modelling/product/?action=prodinfo&art=186813 Alternatively: https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SW72142 https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SW72143 Jonathan. Edited April 6 by Stilwell Edited to add links 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 (edited) 1/72nd - ref. SW72142 - North American T-39A Sabreliner - USAF https://swordmodel.cz/cs/pripravujeme/166-sw72142-t-39a-sabreliner.html 1/72nd - ref. SW72143 - North American T-39D Sabreliner - U.S.Navy and Marines https://swordmodel.cz/cs/pripravujeme/167-sw72143-t-39d-sabreliner.html 3D renders Source: https://www.facebook.com/swordmodels/posts/441277747796491 V.P. Edited April 7 by Homebee 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas V. Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Great news, is it just me or CAD show bit longer nose than it should be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 1 hour ago, Thomas V. said: Great news, is it just me or CAD show bit longer nose than it should be. The off-color cockpit covering might be creating the illusion of extra length. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyJammedKenny! Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Wow! What a great surprise! Continue with the small 1/72 biz-jet trend, please! Perhaps a Lockheed JetStar next! I understand that the Sabreliner is a fun jet to fly, by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithjs Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 (edited) Nice! Wonder if anyone will do markings for the one that was at the Northolt Nightshoot in 2013? 8559938800_461376ecc0_b by Keith, on Flickr Edited April 6 by keithjs 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71chally Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Great news, I would buy a couple of these! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsr Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 9 hours ago, Branky said: Sword will be releasing two new Sabreliner kits in April, a T39A and a T39D Since they are only showing the 3D renders and box are I am guessing that they are just starting them and April and the release will be later this year. Time to sell my Anigrand T-39. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 After all these years when I used to se these on my trips to those decent airshows and MIldenhalll and so on and my wish for a decent kit finally one is on the horizon..... but too late as my interest in USAF types has waned somewhat..... but, I might still go for one. I recall a horrid vacform one by German company Airmodel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Nice, I will have one or two. I made the RVHP resin example for the museum, but wasn't totally happy with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lasermonkey Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 A most attractive aeroplane. I can see me getting a couple of these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippo the Zipdrive Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 I want to do a T-39D from NTPS with F-18 nose! https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/abpic-media-eu-production/pictures/full_size_0159/1239334-large.jpg \\Dan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grayhawk Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Can hardly wait. Too cool for words!!! Now if they'll do a C-140 my collection of military biz-jets I've always wanted will be complete! I've only wanted this for 25 years. Just super! Rock on Sword!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain goat Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 This news made my day. I've always liked this type a lot. Thanks Sword! I wonder if the wing slats will be seperate pieces - probably not, so I'll have a saw ready just in case. Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Ranger Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Ooh! Ooh! Can we have some civil decals please? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trenton guy Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Tried to build this with the RVHP kit. They had some nice schemes. The otherwise very nice vacform canopy was too high, stuck up above the fuselage behind. There was no way to drop the sill or reduce the height of the canopy at the bottom and still maintain accuracy so I tried building up the fuselage depth be hind it. Just couldn’t get rid of the swayback look. Gave up and substituted an Anigrand fuselage. At this point I had one very expensive Sabreliner. Kept the RVHP wings because they had the slats. Only problem there was that the slat tracks on one wing did not align at all with the recesses in the wing. The other wing was fine. Removed the slat tracks and replaced them with plastic strip on the offending wing. There were a lot of them and each had to be perfectly aligned. Life is too short!!! All worked out in the end but where were you when I needed you SWORD? will undoubtedly get one for a more stress free build and without needing to take out a second mortgage (already on the wish list at the big H). Wonder if the OBSCURECO resin F-100 wing could be used if slats are lacking. I believe that the Sabreliner wing was based on that of the F-100. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsr Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 It now shows up on the Sword web site https://swordmodel.cz/en/coming-soon/166-sw72142-t-39a-sabreliner.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 On 4/6/2022 at 4:28 PM, keithjs said: Nice! Wonder if anyone will do markings for the one that was at the Northolt Nightshoot in 2013? 8559938800_461376ecc0_b by Keith, on Flickr Yes, Keith. I saw both of them at Malmen a few years back. One flew. In fact one of them - 86002 - was still flying only a month or so ago . It is kitted out with a load of sensors. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grayhawk Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 On 4/7/2022 at 8:01 AM, Trenton guy said: Tried to build this with the RVHP kit. They had some nice schemes. The otherwise very nice vacform canopy was too high, stuck up above the fuselage behind. There was no way to drop the sill or reduce the height of the canopy at the bottom and still maintain accuracy so I tried building up the fuselage depth be hind it. Just couldn’t get rid of the swayback look. Gave up and substituted an Anigrand fuselage. At this point I had one very expensive Sabreliner. Kept the RVHP wings because they had the slats. Only problem there was that the slat tracks on one wing did not align at all with the recesses in the wing. The other wing was fine. Removed the slat tracks and replaced them with plastic strip on the offending wing. There were a lot of them and each had to be perfectly aligned. Life is too short!!! All worked out in the end but where were you when I needed you SWORD? will undoubtedly get one for a more stress free build and without needing to take out a second mortgage (already on the wish list at the big H). Wonder if the OBSCURECO resin F-100 wing could be used if slats are lacking. I believe that the Sabreliner wing was based on that of the F-100. Thanks for doing all that. You're the reason we're getting a kit. It never fails. When someone comes close to killing themselves on a build and finishes it, that's when a company announces a new from the ground up injection molded kit!!! I've seen this time and time again. Thanks for all your hard won work on this. You've made the modeling supreme sacrifice! Cheers! FTOSOTP 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsr Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 Test shot of sprue 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matave Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 Our blue one is also nice... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyJammedKenny! Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 I checked with Sword's Milan at the Moson show at the end of April. He said that he was still awaiting a delivery of decals, after which he would start delivering the kits. Stay tuned! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyJammedKenny! Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 Packing and shipping is currently underway, so it should hit the shelves any day now. Next to come will be the T-39N, which I understand to be a direct adaptation of the civil version, with longer fuselage and more pax windows. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsr Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 When are they going to make an accurate T-37? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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