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  1. 11 hours ago, dai phan said:

    Greetings, 

     

    i look at the Luffwafe MK 6 and the underside is grey rather than PRU Blue as I advised in the earlier threads. Shall it be grey? The Hasegawa instructions calls for grey underside. Of course you would never use restored museum samples as your references. Dai 

     

    Yes , Luftwaffe Mk6s were grey underneath, called Silbergrau.   The used Mk5s they received had the standard RCAF PRU Blue undersides.

     

    Tony

  2. 4 hours ago, dai phan said:

    Hi Tony,

     

    Do you have a real photo of the underside as I would like to know how off I am from the kit's position. Unless it is drastic I will leave as is. Dai  

    you don't need a 'real photo', the graphic I posted and my explanation is quite clear, the kit uses the outer pylon position of the later F-86F wing, while you need to move then inboard to a position of 53mm from centerline as per the earlier wing.

     

     Kso1D8f.jpg

  3. Don't use the 'Hawk One' Sabre as a measure of the wing pylon position.   It has a late Mitsubishi built wing with the later 2-pylon locations, and it's tanks are located on the inner most 

     

    The pylons on a standard Sabre 6 are at Sta 99.5" and in 1/48 scale that is approx 53mm from centerline.

     

    this image shows at top, the later wing and the lower is the early wing applicable to F-86 A,E, Fs and Canadair models

    u2bUFuj.jpg

    Tony

  4. that seam inside the top fuselage vent sticks out like a sore thumb; also a seam at the boat tail behind the rudder  HTH

     

    Tony

     

    PS move the locating holes for the wing pylons in so they measure 53mm from centerline, they are in the wrong place-every manufacturer puts them in that spot for a late F-86F

  5. On 1/24/2024 at 4:26 PM, Nathant said:

    Are you sure all German Mk. 6 had the Martin Baker seat? I don’t think they did, only some…

    from the Larry Milberry 'bible'; "no JG 73 Sabres received the Martin Baker Mk5 seat"

     

    there are plenty of photos of Luftwaffe Sabres of all squadrons with the older NA seat

     

    Tony

  6. I am currently doing a 'scale rotation', every kit being a different scale as the previous build.   On the bench now is a 1/32 Mustang Mk1, next build will be a 1/72 jet, after that a 1/48 something or other, then,  a 1/144 scale airliner, then back to 1/32 scale.   The product of a 40+ year stash

     

    Tony

  7. 9 hours ago, Dutch said:

    Tony,

    Do you know which of the J-Bot decals will go to Above & Below?  The J-Bot page is till up and running.  There is no mention of Jim's stroke on the News / Updates page, but I placed several items in the cart, and when I went to checkout, then I received a message stating since his stroke he will no longer be taking orders.  Just curious.

    Kind regards,

    Dutch

    why not ask Andrew at Above&Below directly.   I know he has a presence over on Facebook.

     

    Tony

  8. 7 hours ago, dai phan said:

    On the other thread you said early MK 6 had hard edge wings meaning no slats? Dai 

    yes, but the all the Luftwaffe Mk6s had the slats.   RCAF aircraft 23370 to 23610 came from the factory with the hard wing.  They did receive their slatted leading edge eventually over 1956-57.

     

    Tony

     

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