Ben Brown Posted May 21, 2024 Share Posted May 21, 2024 Excellent! Ben Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted June 17, 2024 Share Posted June 17, 2024 Clear Prop 1:48 F-86A boxart and sprue shots are now available. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sabrejet Posted June 17, 2024 Share Posted June 17, 2024 Covered here: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
86Sabreboy Posted July 23, 2024 Share Posted July 23, 2024 On 4/19/2024 at 10:29 AM, Paul Boyer said: One you might consider is F-86A 49-1319 flown by Capt. James Jabara on 20 May 1951 shooting down his fifth and sixth MiG-15s to become America's first "jet ace." This would have had the early black-and-white stripes, not the later black-bordered yellow bands. Yeah, they never put that one American flag on the side of his aircraft for shooting down his own wingman. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sabrejet Posted July 23, 2024 Share Posted July 23, 2024 6 minutes ago, 86Sabreboy said: Yeah, they never put that one American flag on the side of his aircraft for shooting down his own wingman. Wrong pilot; and not very helpful either. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ben Brown Posted July 23, 2024 Share Posted July 23, 2024 I’d be all over a sheet with the black and white ID bands. I have the old Cutting edge sheet, but I’ve had mixed results recently using their now old decals. Plus, I’m lazy and don’t want to have to paint the underlying white bits! 😜 Ben Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spruemeister Posted September 15, 2024 Share Posted September 15, 2024 Not sure how far along you are on this, but here's an interesting early A that has just recently been added to the archives here. Detroit 1951 airshow and races. There are several other Eglin Field aircraft in attendance with the Air Proving Ground Shield as markings. This F-86A has the gun ports removed. I have been digging on the APG shield where I can and still haven't produced a color example. Lots of renaming and shifting of commands around this era and that complicates things. Here's a closeup of the emblem on an F-84 at the same show. I think this leads me to believe it is on both sides of the fuselage. Rick L. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sabrejet Posted September 15, 2024 Share Posted September 15, 2024 One of several Eglin F-86As that trialled drop tanks with refuelling probes. Eglin APG shield is, IIRC blue and yellow. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spruemeister Posted September 15, 2024 Share Posted September 15, 2024 (edited) 8 hours ago, Sabrejet said: One of several Eglin F-86As that trialled drop tanks with refuelling probes. Eglin APG shield is, IIRC blue and yellow. One of which was also at the same Detroit show. Bendix winner FU-247 at far left. So what color is the nose band on 583? Rick L. Edited September 15, 2024 by Spruemeister additional info Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sabrejet Posted September 15, 2024 Share Posted September 15, 2024 White band, standard for many F-86A/E with the fibreglass nose ring. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jetdog Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Giving this topic a bump- anything happening on an F-86 sheet from Caracal? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sabrejet Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Incidentally, the Eglin shield should be included on the schemes which CP will issue with its forthcoming 1/48 F-86E. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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