Hey folks,
An aircraft kit long overdue for my PAF line-up project...
This is my humble rendition of the PAF's North American F-86F Sabre jet
fighter the first operational american jet fighter with swept back wings.
This aircraft was hurriedly fielded in the Korean war to fly against the
Russian made MIG-15 fighter.
The PAF received this aircraft during the late 1950s, and was quickly put
to use in an aerobatics team which was the "Blue Diamonds".
This project was from an old Heller kit which took a bit of work to be
updated. Raised panels lines were sanded off and rescribed.
All the decals were from scratch. Paints were Gunze Sangyo Mr. Metal and
acrylics with a Mr Hobby 1000 primer base sanded smooth with 400 and 1000
grit sandpaper and finished of with a buffing stick.
Different hues of NMF aluminum effect were achieved with the use of Gunze
"Smoke" color and other clear colors.
Among the varied paint schemes that the PAF Sabres were rendered, I
decided to do the color scheme for the personal mount of Capt. Florendo A.
Aquino Jr. (Serial # 52-5473/ "ALOYAN III") with the 7th
Tactical Fighter Squadron, circa 1957-1958. (Thanks to Tausugair's
reference artwork...)
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Actual aircraft |
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A
magazine cover featuring this PAF F-86F squadron... |
Some pictures with
my other PAF Sabredog build...
Glenn
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