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But the Mk2 and Mk4 are not mutually interchangeable. The first 20 Mk2's were F-86A's except for the engine with the remainder of Mk2 production actually a mix of F-86A and F-86E features. to model a Sabre 2 you really need an F-86A windscreen on an F-86E airframe for an airframe from unit 21 onwards, for the first 20 you need an F-86A model with the original stab. While the Mk4 was close to a later production F-86E.
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This is not correct, the US acquired Canadair-built Mk4's on RAF retirement and called them F-86E(M)'s, All but 10 Mk4's were delivered to the RAF, 10 went to the RCAF directly (the RCAF also had loaners from the RAF while waiting for Sabre 5 deliveries to make it to Europe). The F-86E(M)'s were all being refurbished and provided as military assistance and not operated by the USAF except for ferry flights to the new owners. The F-86E-CAN's were Sabre Mk2's, of which the USAF received 60 new build units, the only Canadair Sabres the USAF ever officially had on strength.
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The Sabre 6 wing is essentially identical to the F-86F-40 wing with the extension section removed (the F-40 wing is an extended span version of the Mk6 slatted 6-3 wing). So it's quite possible to do a Sabre 6 from an F-86F-40 with a tip trim, some small rescribing as described above and a set of sugar scoops. The Hasegawa kit has a plastic F-40 wing that you remove the section outboard of the ailerons and replace with resin tips, resulting in an accurate Sabre 6 wing. The Airfix F-40 IIRC includes the standard tips which can be fitted after the F-40 leading edge/tips are fitted and the
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mawz started following Hmmmm, Meng 1/48 F-4G?, Foreign F86 in 1/48, Aftermarket decals for Accurate Miniatures P-51A with 20mm cannons? and 4 others
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The RCAF also had Mk.4’s for a while, loaned from the RAF. the Airfix kit is fundamentally a Canadair Mk4
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That's not a P-51A, but a P-51 or Mustang Mk1A so if you're looking at P-51A sheets you won't find anything. Markings were generally very plan for these aircraft in both RAF/RCAF and USAAF service. Generally all you need is serials and roundels, possibly generic codes.
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1/48 Amusing Hobby Me262 HGIII Review/Preview
mawz replied to Ranger_Chris61's topic in Jet Modeling
Those main gear legs look really odd though, they look to have the oleo fully extended, which is wrong for anything sitting on the ground.- 1 reply
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Would make more sense that the intake was initially painted as a unit, so whatever the length of the section would be camo. Like Gene, I can't see anything more than the lip itself making sense from a camo perspective, so the only real sense would be what's easiest for the shop.
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One note is that the F-4EJ used a different seat from an early F-4B. Is it possible that the no step was for the Mk5 and the later Mk7’s allowed stepping?
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And the FAC(A) mission comes down to having a GIB to spot and run the radios.
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Getting an S from a J requires a fair bit of work, mostly to the wing. You can definitely get there from a J, since the originals are upgraded J's Steel Beach used to do a conversion set, but it'll probably be easier and cheaper to just buy an S kit than to track down a conversion.
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I have a small gap at the front of the spine, which I suspect is at least half due to order of assembly. I think if you put the aft canopy hinge coaming on after the spine, you have minimal issues and if you do the opposite you have real issues. I had no issues with the radome, but the lower wing/nose section to nose section was challenging to get together right and has minor gaps.
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Check again, the lower gun housing is separate parts on both the E and G. They actually ask you to do a bit of filling on the fuselage to remove certain E-specific panels on the nose of the G. I’m building the ZM G now, the fuselage sprue is the same sprue as the E part, and includes E specific tail antenna on the sprue. The most they seem to have done is had a G-specific sprue inserts used in the nose in 2 spots (the vent and the 3 nose antenna per side). The rest of the fuselage is the E and the sprue is clearly not G specific. Sprue A, B,C, E, F, I, L, M , N, R & S are common
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ZM tooled a new wing for their G, not a new fuselage. The fuselage sprue is common with their early E kit
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Not super common, but 2 Maverick's on a triple launcher was a valid load. middle and outer rail loaded.