1/48 - North American F-86E Sabre by Hobbytime Modelkits (plastic Academy) - released - new boxing

[Homebee]

Hobbytime Modelkits from Turkye has juste released a 1/48th North American F-86E Sabre - Flying Swans THK demo team - kit - ref. HT063

Plastic source: Academy.

Sources:

https://www.hobbytime.com.tr/urun/hobbytime-063-1-48-f-86e-sabre-ucan-kugular-demonte-plastik-maketi

https://www.facebook.com/hobbytimecomtr/posts/pfbid0AC7LiWkar1K96ipZw8PEuDkynVwK2d6QrfLczdGvo5PZE2k21vpHaWF2ja8aoD1Ml

 

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1/48 F-86E Sabre (Flying Swans) 

Eskişehir 4th Air Base Command is the nickname of the second team established in 1955 by the year FLYING SWANS. This acrotim, which uses F-86 E Sabre, painted in red and white colors and embossed swan motifs on the nose parts, has continued its operations for 10 years. The flying swans have gained an important place in the history of Turkish and world aviation with their nineteen and twelve shows in 1964

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Edited January 28 by Homebee

[GioCare]

on the sprue border you can read "Academy", Defenetly an Academy reboxed.

 

[Homebee]

New boxing - ref. HT064 - North American F-86E Sabre -  Yarasalar / Bats 

Source: https://www.hobbytime.com.tr/urun/hobbytime-064-1-48-f-86e-sabre-yarasalar-demonte-plastik-maketi

 

 

 

V.P.

[Tony Edmundson]

It would be nice if we saw a spruce shot of the clear parts,  the image of the built model shows a home fashioned Vee windscreen.  The Academy kit had the flat windscreen, not found on the Turkish Sabres.

 

Tony

 

edit; just saw a photo of the clear parts; includes the flat windscreen, so conversion is required to correct it to the Vee shape.

Edited January 29 by Tony Edmundson

[Sabrejet]

Disappointing: yet another F-86xx kit marketed as an F-86yy. It also lacks the mid-fuselage vent panels you'd need to do an F-86E(M). However it's a nice kit and the decals would come in handy if anyone ever does a conversion screen for the Airfix, Academy (Hobbytime) or Hasegawa (Eduard) kits. Or conversion wings to make an F-86E-1/5 or Sabre 2.

 

Or a full kit......