jonwinn Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 I need some info on this plane of Capt Harold Fischer in Korea 1953. I have seen pictures of it with slatted wings but supposedly it had the slatted wings removed and 6-3 wings fitted. I have decals, Superscale in 1/48 scale, and it shows a 6-3 wing with a wing fence. I don't always trust decal sheets especially if I see the markings in photos different than the sheet. Did his plane, 112958, have the wings refitted or is the decal sheet incorrect. Thanks jon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Snowbird3a Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 (edited) Aircraft of that block did have 6-3 leading edges fitted before the end of hostilities, ala Beautious Butch (51-12971), it had 6-3 wings. HTH, Tony edit PS. since no kit in 1/48 gives you a correct slatted wing anyway, just go with the Superscale decals 🙂 Edited April 21, 2020 by Snowbird3a Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonwinn Posted April 21, 2020 Author Share Posted April 21, 2020 Thanks, problem being Capt Fischer crashed and was a POW in China. It seems no one knows which plane he crashed in and if it was Paper Tiger was it before the wing change. jon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Snowbird3a Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 (edited) perhaps this: you probably have seen it https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/hyperscale/f-86f-the-paper-tiger-capt-harold-fischer-which-wi-t215827.html?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=bfcd1ec5924b531551bc5dc1c5b8e5a1eca59370-1587501123-0-ASF9dWa0kGRpnZU_xTl-TD8-DOGBY8iUUdybHNt4j5iA7e75vi_QHitLSlsrkX1x3JWM6c2gB5hLQBrPur-EyNFCiUWo1GIKr02fwAgkqw7BHyrHXySTJnT8HmfLZ0nH-GcTH865ClHEATCDNMhvDxr8S_bKA2TUC_spBFw1mbePiwTpZFsGVtQakq-eK7Zta0FtQjfY11GAFWDvXgeskWfV0MJ1jEbWoBFbzgxGbgMSR1rfICg8wXhwW_q3mWhva7wjJGgjXe_AZaThj8yt-geT8QnZAvDxjWJlCjo6xu_HSmxGcQHMAR-nXA1zUHJPUh8Q2rTwB2UFluSGw7V0fTWjaAK7bfJ6gtAoe4oE_dVMP2uNVwpXXoi5E9HfdNk-mg Edited April 21, 2020 by Snowbird3a Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonwinn Posted April 21, 2020 Author Share Posted April 21, 2020 Thanks Tony I did see that. What is really weird is that that plane, 51-12958 is listed in Forgotten Jets as going to the 334th FIS in 1955 then to the Taiwan AF after that. There is also a note that it crashed in N Korea 4-7-1953???? I am thoroughly confused as I do have at least 2 pictures of it with slats deployed but none with the hard wing. I have also seen pictures of McConnell and Fischer chatting in front of MCConnells hard winged F-86, they served in the same unit so why wouldn't they both have converted wings on their planes. Dammed if you do and dammed if you don't. Think I will just go for it and use the decals on my Hasegawa 1/48 hard winged F-86F-30. jon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonwinn Posted April 22, 2020 Author Share Posted April 22, 2020 (edited) I just read a document stating that F-86F-10 NA numbers 51-12936 through 51-12969 received 6-3 wing kits in Korea September 1952. The original picture I saw of The Paper Tiger 51-12958 was said to have been in 1951. Soooooo all that being said as far as I am concerned these images showing the original slats were taken before the refit for 6-3 wings in September 1952. jon Go here. https://finescale.com/~/media/files/pdf/online-extras/sabre/sabretable.pdf Edited April 22, 2020 by jonwinn Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GeneK Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 (edited) On 4/21/2020 at 3:33 PM, Snowbird3a said: perhaps this: you probably have seen it Thanks for that link, Snowbird. As an off-topic aside, you may want to consider TinyURL to change that long URL you posted to this: https://tinyurl.com/ya7pyoxq Gene K Edited April 28, 2020 by GeneK Quote Link to post Share on other sites
brahio Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 On 4/22/2020 at 8:21 AM, jonwinn said: The original picture I saw of The Paper Tiger 51-12958 was said to have been in 1951. It's a mistake for sure. There were no F-86F in Korea in 1951. As for The Paper Tiger, it has slatted wings at the day Fisher scored his last kill. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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