USAF F-86F-30 Sabre

[Jim B]

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. 

[Snake45]

Nice job for such a small model! I've bought a couple 1/144s but have yet to actually build one. 

[shoopdog]

Looks great, very well done.

[TarheelRick]

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.

[Jim B]

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.

[Scalper]

pretty cool for such a small scale  great work. and with half decent panel lines.  just a little black would really make it pop

[cobraman]

Very sharp model.

[landman]

12 hours ago, shoopdog said:

Looks great, very well done.

X2

[Snake45]

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. 

[Jim B]

Thanks, guys.

Snake, I agree with you on the panel lines.  As it is, they are probably 3" across if you scale them up.

[TooOld]

Very cool !  My Dad was a crew chief in the 335th at Kimpo AB during the war , thank you for posting .

[Jim B]

Glad you liked it, Bob.

[unclescott58]

A very sharp Sabre. Nice job. 

[Jim B]

Thanks.

[High octane]

Lookin' good!

[Jim B]

Thanks.  I would really like to pose it with a MiG-15 on a base showing MiG Alley.