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John, The serial number for the fuselage is 23314 or construction number 1104 from Canadair. It was a Sabre 5, with hard wing and fences, that was built in 1954 and flew operationally with 441 Sqn, 1 Wing, Marville, France. It was seconded to the Golden Hawks as a training aircraft in late 1962. I don't think it ever flew as an actual Golden Hawk. When it was purchased by Vintage Wings of Canada, it already had the F-40 wings. I don't know when those wings were retrofitted to the aircraft. I understand the VWoC attempted to find a set of Sabre 5 / F-86F-30 wings with the fenc

Hi guys. The primer turned out well but this isn't going to get done before deadline. As a matter of fact, I haven't touched it since I sprayed the primer. My interest in building has gone completely down the toilet in the last few months. Thanks for the encouraging words though. One day... Mike

Hi guys. This isn't going to get done before deadline. As a matter of fact, I haven't touched it since I completed the track links. My interest in building has gone completely down the toilet in the last few months. One day... Mike

John, Yes. Hawk One had sugar scoop intakes. Mike

I remember that day. That was a lot of fun, as it usually is. I still recall the F-22 demo. Wow! I remember 'shoe horning' my can into a Hornet a few years ago and then getting into Hawk One last year and being able to 'dance around'. There was certainly more room in the Sabre than there was in the Hornet. It was a thrill and a privilege being able to sit in both. Nice choice of subject, ALF. As a friendly reminder, Hawk One was a Sabre 5 fuselage with F-86F-40 wings with the 12" extensions. If you plan to build this as the late Hawk One, and the kit has the F-40 wings, yo

Fine work, ALF. Very nicely done.

Murph, Having investigated many of these types of collisions, I'm very happy to hear that your daughter has avoided serious injury. I hope she recovers from her injuries, both seen and unseen, quickly and fully. Mike Murphy

Now it's starting to come alive. Looking good sir.

ALF, Glad to do what I can. This retirement gig is tiring. There just aren't enough hours in the day. You should try it sometime! 😉 Thanks very much for the explanation of the vortex generators. I understand what you're saying. You must be a pretty good teacher. Okay...the pictures help too. They're black and white so I can print them off, break out the crayons and go crazy making psychedelic designs. Re: deleting the files...does it already feel like the monkey is off your back and your stress level has decreased dramatically? I know that's how I felt when I

Worked a trade with Gary a couple of weeks ago. His package arrived here within a couple of days of him sending it. Great communication. Well packaged. Thanks Gary. Mike

Good morning, pal-o-mine! The teaching year is done. As usual, a great personal perspective regarding your involvement with the real deal. I really enjoy hearing about your first hand knowledge of the subjects you model. Thanks for sharing those tidbits, my friend. That's a horrendous mismatch on the bottom wing join seams. Egad! Good thing for Play Doh for you D'OH! moment and you bought those weights just because of the brand name, right? That pre-painted PE comes with the kit? That is a really nice touch. What are those bits on the wing that look like bird

Primed yesterday. Will check on it today to see if any touch ups are required. Mike

Happy to have helped, sir.

Thanks for taking the time to repost these photos, Dean. I'm a visual kid of guy. Much easier to understand things when I see it instead of reading about it and having to create the scene in my noggin. Intakes, MLG and that wing / underside butt join look like they're more work than they needed to be if things were engineered a bit better. Congrats on getting things into place. A very nice build. Mike

Thanks Frank. I also have plenty of photos of a Sabre 6 at a museum close to my home along with reference photos of a couple of other Sabres. Much appreciated. Mike

Saw your photos in the display gallery. Very nicely done. I was kind of hoping to see your in progress 'action' shots. No harm. No foul. The end result is great. Mike

The Boss got me one as an anniversary present about 15 years ago. It was an amazing experience. One of the other 'passengers' was a Polish, 33 operational sortie Wellington, Halifax and Lancaster pilot. Don Schofield, who was the pilot for our flight, knew and flew with the father of the woman who introduced me to my wife. We had a nice chat. When the veteran pilot spoke, everyone listened. One person is given the privilege of sitting on the flight deck for take off and landing. For the other passengers, it was a no brainer. The day we were up was very windy and a bit turbul

AFM...sorry I'm a couple of days late to the party but here's what phantom was referring to. This was posted on Facebook: Tomorrow, Canadians across the country will don sports jerseys as a gesture to show their support for the Humboldt Broncos hockey team following last week’s tragic events in Saskatchewan. Because of the work we do, many of us in uniform have experienced the same emotional burden tragedies like this inflict. Canadians regularly show outpourings of support for us in our time of need. Now it’s time for us to give back. To show our s

Hi guys. Thanks for the comments. Just an update to tell you that there's no real update. I've made no significant progress on my build since my last update a month ago. Just in the modeling doldrums a bit. All has not been abandoned though. I have sanded the goop on the underside as illustrated in the photo above. I have also added a bit more putty to make things as smooth as I can. Alclad, as you know, is very demanding. Fortunately it's on the bottom so I'm not too concerned. I've also added the gunsight and masked the canopy and windscreen with EZ Masks. These masks a

Nice work Shawn. Was it the kit or the meds that caused the poopy fit?

bash...while I've never been a fan of Russian jets, you are doing a fantastic job on this. Great save on the wing. The ejection seat turned out very nicely. Keep up the fine work. And congratulations on your nuptials. Mike

airmechaja...I've just gone through your thread and there are no photos, only links and when I click on the link, nothing shows up except ads and 'Post your images here, do not resize, etc.

Coming along very nicely Stefan.

You're beating this one into shape, Kurt. Nice. I used a spare set of Hasegawa intake and exhaust plugs on the Revell Sabre I built. A bit of sanding required but it took care of the blocked off intake. I also found the main gear struts to be a really weak point in this build. I thought Tamiya Extra Thin would be fine. WRONG!!!! Use CA glue, if you don't already. I don't know if you can fix it, or if you want to fix it, but as an FYI, that triangular scoop on the right side by the speed brake well is unique to Japanese Sabres. North American, Canadair or CAC built Sabres d

Looking good Shawn.