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In my opinion, open gun bay is so prominent that I find it odd to forgo this main feature. Dai

Sabrejet, I find closed gun bays to be quite odd. Can you chime in? Dai

Hi all, Honestly the F-86H like the P-51H is something not something highly desirable by the crowd. Correct if I am wrong or right. Dai

Hi all, Great new release! But why on earth the weapon bays are NOT open? Dai

Hi all, It was brought to my attention of the summer 2024 exiting release (at least for me) ! I hope this will not be a let down like the highly anticipated Ammo Mig-17 in 1/48 scale. Dai https://www.facebook.com/story.php?id=100050300297482&story_fbid=1027320902287910&paipv=0&eav=Afbvb4hefDaemf486x61iEXtKfGiul8cUmO4nVhRKyfCyuqfCB1aVIbxAsaLU3Pb27o&_rdr

I'll be dam !!! Dai

Hopefully the final photos will be posted along with my Pros and Cons assements here soon. Dai

Hard to paint white border of the black nose came from Hasegawa Luftwaffe MK 6 kit. I used New Ware mask to paint the black nose. One regretable thing is the thickness of the Eagle Strike decals. Really a let down considering how thin their other offerings were. I think this must be an old release. Dai

The speed brakes were angled down by shaving the top tabs. The fuel tanks were moved inwardly per advise of Tony. The thing that I wish I have the skill for is to scribe fuel filler cap onto the right side. The wing tips were from the kit's discarded sections. Resin wing tips supplied by Hasegawa were undersized in thickness and virtually useless. Dai

The flaps are beautifully done like 3D quality. Dai

Greetings, Some close up photos to indicate what were added to the kit and its conversion done to the F-40 to make a MK 6 to my best ability... The left side sports the vintage Verlinden gun bay and ammunition bay. The ammunition belts come from Legend set as the Verlinden's is too wide and less detailed. Oddly the ammunition bay does not have the ammo casings. The vertical strings are easily made from painted stretched sprues. The deck behind the seat (with the orange light) is also from Verlinden that is more detailed than the kit's. The base is the PE from Eduard cockpit set. A

Hi all, To be fair I have seen companies putting out the same stuff ad nauseum although there are already plenty on the market. Eduard just put out the P-51B Mustang like we already do not have enough already. But then there are companies that put out models that me wonder what's up with their thinking like 1/48 LA-15 or 1/48 Yak -15 ! Dai

Thank you so very much. This so far has been the most time consuming project as there are many resin add ons (Verlinden gun bay/ammunition bay, KASL slats and flaps, Aires seat and AMS sugar scoops) and modifications of the airframe and wings. Learned quite a bit on export Sabres. Dai

Howdy all, With the F-86 project coming to a close, I will start on this project this weekend. The Revell and Promodeler kits differ in the early or later brake chute types. I will have to look into the decal sheet to determine the correct variant. Dai

Hello modelers, This project is coming to a close. I still have to install the pitot tube and the ammo door. Hasegawa calls for the clear mirror part to be installed on the canopy but it is not included on any of the kits? The white metal pitot tube supplied by Hasegawa Mk 6 version is so poorly detailed and cannot be used. I use the standard F-30 tube then bend to shape. The tanks are glued via white glue in case I need to reposition them. Verlinden provides the ammo bay but no ammo casings. Will look into other resin kits to see if I can use them instead. The decals by Eagle Stri