Jim B Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Here is my Trumpeter 1/144 scale North American USAF F-86F-30 Sabre. The markings are the 335th Fighter Intercept Squadron, Korea, 1953. The pilot figure is from OzMods. Guess I need a MiG-15 to go with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Nice job for such a small model! I've bought a couple 1/144s but have yet to actually build one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoopdog Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Looks great, very well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TarheelRick Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Beautiful model and I like the way it is displayed. For the MIG, just crumple a piece of paper and lay it below the F-86, should be a fairly accurate diorama. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim B Posted October 24, 2018 Author Share Posted October 24, 2018 Thanks, guys. I appreciate the kind words. Rick, as for the MiG, I don't know about that. The MiG-15 had a lot of advantages over the earlier F-86 Sabres. In fact, they still had the speed & altitude advantage over the F-86F, not to mention that they had 23mm & 37mm cannons where the Sabres has 50cal MGs. The biggest advantage the Sabres had was pilot training. Speaking of pilots, I think mine is sitting a little too high. Oh well, too late now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalper Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 pretty cool for such a small scale great work. and with half decent panel lines. just a little black would really make it pop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Very sharp model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landman Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 12 hours ago, shoopdog said: Looks great, very well done. X2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 4 hours ago, Scalper said: ...panel lines. just a little black would really make it pop Disagree. You shouldn't hardly see any panel lines in 1/144. Much less highlighted with black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim B Posted October 24, 2018 Author Share Posted October 24, 2018 Thanks, guys. Snake, I agree with you on the panel lines. As it is, they are probably 3" across if you scale them up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooOld Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Very cool ! My Dad was a crew chief in the 335th at Kimpo AB during the war , thank you for posting . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim B Posted October 25, 2018 Author Share Posted October 25, 2018 Glad you liked it, Bob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 A very sharp Sabre. Nice job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim B Posted October 28, 2018 Author Share Posted October 28, 2018 Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High octane Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Lookin' good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim B Posted October 28, 2018 Author Share Posted October 28, 2018 Thanks. I would really like to pose it with a MiG-15 on a base showing MiG Alley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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