Raptor01

Major conversion surgery to Hasegawa F-86F-30, using CE tail, Red Roos wing, Verlinden Cockpit, scratch built V- wind screen, CE Decals. Just have to finish the drop tanks. Tired of waiting for an early A model Sabre. John

Here are a few collected over the years, still have a few more. Most were purchased pre-owned at various shows. Should be up scaled to 1/48. John

It is the same kit, USAF designated the FB’s as G Models in 90-91. Some went to Cannon AFB (yuk) before the boneyard and Oz bought some to augment their C Models. If you want one better get it Hasegawa only re-pops a F-111 kit about every 5-8 years. You just need decals for a SAC FB. John

The Red Roos Wing was a much easier route. I believe it is the Bill Scobie mastered wing. The V-windscreen is a tougher problem but I like mine better than the alternatives. I wish Tamiya would do an F-86 series in 32nd & 48th obviously an A -5 is high on my list. John

I used the empennage & horizontal tail from the Cutting Edge F-86A conversion set, Red Roos Models narrow chord F-86 slatted wing, Verlinden cockpit set, & scratched the V-windscreen from an acrylic fingernail set with clear plastic & some Evergreen strips. Decals will be from Cutting Edge F-86A. It will be Eagleston’s Sabre before it was shot up by Nicolai Sutyatgin (Casey Jones). So the legend goes. John

Markings and fiddly bits left on a soon to finish “First for 2020”. John

I cut up a Tamiya F-16C and did WIPs for the whole build on ARC & Z5 years ago. Used the Hasegawa Sufa parts & scratchbuild some stuff. PhotoBucket ruins the pix, but they are still in the WIP archives. John

Rattle can automotive lacquer primer surfacer. Find it for the lowest price wherever, usually I can prime 2 1/2 1/48 scale models from 1 can. About $4.00 a can. John

Last one off the bench for 2019. John

Way better! 🤣 John

If everyone could stack their stash as one big vertical tower: what altitude could be reached? Sub-orbital? 🤣 Going to be a secondary market well into the 22nd century!🤣🤣🤣 John

Does anyone here have his drawing in actual 1/48 scale size. When I print this up it goes full page. Can I reduce this to 1/48 proportions to us as a template. There is a thread in years gone by that discussed this and I thought there was an actual 1/48 drawing of this image. TIA John

Revell / Monogram Hawg is a nice kit and not a bad build with some forethought. Up to DS period it is pretty accurate. John

403 Forbidden since 2200 hr last night. John

Shoot I am a low ARC # 23 or 26 and I would not want to moderate. I would probably stir it up, Lord knows how easy it is to wind you all up.🤣 Just go thru the last 249 pages.🤣🤣🤣 John