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  1. Larry Milberry's AIRCOM Canadas Air Force pages 180/181 has a shot of 118104 from the 1989 time frame when it was a Cold Lake--no lightning bolt on it though-just the yellow scheme with red band. still looking though........ found a b/w shot of 104 in Patrick Martin's Canadian Armed Forces Aircraft Finish and Markings 1968-1997 - page 95 - it has the short-lived lightning bolt flash on it circa 1985 Tony
  2. got http://hyperscale.com/2008/galleries/ch11372dd_1.htm Also , go to the ARCmain page, Galleries and look under Labrador Tony
  3. Google gave me http://www.aeroscale.co.uk/modules.php?op=...ent&id=2534 Tony
  4. Excellent work my friend--I almost feel guilty bringing up a couple of points for your next Sabre build; I'm assuming that this is Canadair built Mk2 F86E(M) 19202 ; then The small scoop in front of the RH speedbrake should be removed--it wasn't on the Canadair Mk2 /F86E(M), similarly the slightly raised panel on top of the fuselage in front of the fin, was flush on Canadian built Sabres. I can understand the lack of V-shaped Mk2 windshield on your model, as the Cutting Edge conversion is almost extinct or very pricey on Ebay if ever seen. Don't worry about your English as it is way bett
  5. Gee Baron, I think we got it the first time it was posted. Use the 'preview post' button As a lot of people have said,, let it rest Tony
  6. Found an answer here; http://home.att.net/~jbaugher1/p86_2.html "The 282nd F-86A aircraft had a redesigned wing trailing edge with shorter chord aileron and greater elevator boost" In the same page, it answered another query I had(and was going to ask for help with). It concerned the fact that in all my photos of the starboard wing of the Silver Sabres F86As, I could not see the cranked pitot tube. I wondered what I should do with my model and where it was actually located if not on the stbd wingtip. "All F-86As were initially delivered with the pitot head located inside the air intak
  7. Your best bet is the Mk5 kit, but this begs the question 'What Sabre do you want to do ??' The F86F-40 was the last of this variant/wing flown, so which era of Sabre are you intending to build Tony
  8. This is the latest efforts on this F86A. I will take this build now to the In-progress area of the forums after this, however, cause that where it should reside. I did sort of adjust the rear nav light mounting above the jet pipe to reflect the vertical arrangement of the lights. I recently re-found the July 2000 article from FineScale Modeller where Paul Boyer converts the Fujimi F86 into a F86A. He neglected to change the tail lights to vertical or the wingtip lights to the corner style My wingtip nav lights have been changed to the corner style with clear sprue drilled from the back s
  9. In post #8 you claimed to have modified the wing to an Mk4, however you haven't taken the extra one foot off of the wingtip that the F-40 has. All you seemed to do is fill in the slat panel line. You still have an F40 wing on your model. Also Canadair Sabres had the panel at the base of the fin on the fuselage flush. (and delete the small scoop ahead of the RH speedbrake) Looking good though, Tony
  10. Harold, there is one sitting in the museum airpark here at Comox--google the Comox Airforce Museum What details are you looking for--PM me if you have time, I could always walk around it with my digicam.
  11. Julien , Ventura made a conversion in 72nd, and there may be an earlier conversion by Airmodel IIRC. Tony
  12. Looking good Bill--I didn't bother cutting my lower wing, I just sanded it to shape, most of it will be under the slats anyway. As a result, I lost the locations of the slat rails. I put in a styrene strip to get rid of the gigantic step at the slat well. Next on the list is to notch the wingtips and install clear sprue for the nav lights--different than the Canadair's as this will be a F86A. Cheers, Tony
  13. Nenad, yes I see that the aileron in the third photo (middle wing) needs the hinge line scribed al the way to the tip. Good luck with the build, I like the decal sheet you are using-- I have a soft spot for aerobatic teams, naturally. Tony
  14. The Sabre 4 in Yugo service had a 6-3 hard edge wing IIRC. Your kit has the long span F-40 slatted wing. Do you plan on correcting this our leaving it well alone ? Tony
  15. You could choose the Hobbycraft Sabre 6 kit if you wish--it has separate slats--the slats on the Heller kit are molded closed. Tony
  16. The RAF Mark 4 kit will have a 6-3 wing if I'm not mistaken---the Sabre 4s came off the Canadair factory floor with a narrow chord slatted wing but were retrofitted during their RAF time. Hasegawa does not make a narrow chord slatted wing sabre (yet). Tony
  17. Chris, Brian used the decals from the kit. That is not the Baron's aircraft serial #. The baron's all red aircraft were DrI 425/17 and DrI 477/17 Brian also used a profile from Wings Palette, which is the "Wikipedia" of reference material, with the resulting accuracy issues----the bottoms of the wings were not light blue--but red as well on the real aircraft. Tony
  18. Great work......... However, your control column should be all the way forward and all the way right because of your aileron and elevator deflections.........and I bet your rudder pedals are neutral too, just can't see them. Again, super job.....I hope my DVIIs turn out that good in the future Tony
  19. No, the Red Baron never flew a triplane with a white or silver cowling--what you have seen in the past is artists (bad) renditions and replica aircraft with incorrect markings He flew more than one tripe and only two were reportedly all red. ps ensure both ailerons on your aircraft do not droop down--one up-one down Have a look at; theaerodrome.com for more info Tony
  20. Gentlemen, A Le Rhone with the copper intake pipes in the front is a 80 hp model. If the pipes are behind it is the 110 hp version. The Oberursel 110 was a direct copy of the 110 Le Rhone. You can't just mount the engine backwards--then the pipe angles face the wrong direction cw or ccw. I ran into that problem with a Williams Bros LeRhone kit a couple of years ago There is a couple of replica triplanes flying with the 80 hp version. Its a matter of availablility I would imagine. Cheers, Tony
  21. I'm assuming 1/72; Fujimi "Mig Killer" would work as will the Hobbycraft Mk5 boxing or the Academy kit Tony (on holiday--en route to Oshkosh--currently in Yellowstone Nat'l Park)
  22. Ditto....... Julien, see post #1 in this thread and thanks, too Tony
  23. I used a Fujimi F86F for my Tasman Avon conversion in 1/72. It had a 6-3 hard wing tony
  24. Snowbird3a

    F-86F-40

    Wayne, save your money as the seat in the HC Tutor kit is mostly useless. Best off to scratch build your own. The Tutor seat is a Canadair built version of the Weber seat found in the Cessna T-37 These pics show the seat without the seat survival pack and back parachute spacer---Hawk one pilots leave the parachute in place clipped to the seat as per the Snowbirds-- the next pics show a chute in place and a seat pack in place Cheers, Tony, BC
  25. Snowbird3a

    F-86F-40

    In 1961 the Golden Hawks started flying the Mk6 with the slatted wing--if you see an external smoke pipe on, then it is a mk6
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