Hasegawa 1/48 F-86F-40 Sabre "Blue Impulse"

[JNordgren42]

For Christmas last year I built my nephew an F-86F-40 Sabre in the livery of the Japanese Blue Impulse demonstration team. It's a classic aircraft with beautiful lines and the blue, white, and orange color scheme with a bit of bare metal on the bottom is a head turner. The old Hasegawa Sabre kit isn't perfect, but it went together smoothly and has beautiful detail. All markings other than the lettering and stencils are painted, and I had to pull out almost all of my tricks to mask everything off. I'm really happy with how it came out, and more importantly, my nephew absolutely loves it.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[shoopdog]

This is one impressive build, I’m sure your nephew was thrilled, I sure would be!

[Jim B]

Beautiful Sabre.  Very well done.  The F-58 has to be one of my favorite aircraft from that era.

[JNordgren42]

2 hours ago, Jim B said:

Beautiful Sabre.  Very well done.  The F-58 has to be one of my favorite aircraft from that era.

Thanks! Yeah, it's definitely a beautiful aircraft. There isn't a bad angle or line on it, IMO.

12 hours ago, shoopdog said:

This is one impressive build, I’m sure your nephew was thrilled, I sure would be!

Thanks! He definitely loves it, although there was a little drama when presents arrived. We got his sisters a bunch of Barbie stuff that went in one box and the model and some other gifts went in a separate box. The box with the model got stuck somewhere in the bowels of the USPS and didn't arrive until after Christmas, so there was only the Barbie stuff when they opened presents. All was made better when it finally did arrive though. ?

[Hi-Po]

Nicely done and your nephew should be very proud to display the model.

[TarheelRick]

Excellent paint work, I can see where the masking would be a bear. Very nice overall build.

[Nacho Z]

Wow!  What an eye catching model!  Very nicely done!

[stavanzer]

The Real Ones never looked as good as your build! Very Nicely Done!

Good Show.