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Offline Bill Heher

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F-86 Sabre
« on: April 06, 2010, 11:05:37 PM »
My buddy Tom has made more progress on his F-86 than I have on mine- so here is a pic of his. He made the decals by scanning drawings from a book, resizing and printing on waterslide decal paper. Topped off with inked panel lines and a couple light overcoats of flat clear. I think it looks pretty darn good! Hope mine looks 1/2 as nice.

Power will be a Tee Dee .049,  like the original in the Flying Model article by Dick Sarpolus.

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Offline john e. holliday

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Re: F-86 Sabre
« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2010, 05:05:09 PM »
Looks great to this old man. #^ #^ #^ H^^
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Offline LARRY RICE

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Re: F-86 Sabre
« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2010, 07:19:24 PM »
For those who do not want to cut out all of the pieces for this kit we do make it. At $32.00 it comes with all of the hardware and peel and stick decals.
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Offline Bill Heher

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Re: F-86 Sabre
« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2010, 08:27:05 PM »
The kit with hardware / accessories is a good deal from Larry and Captain Blackhawk.  With the price of balsa, hardwood, ply, hardware and decals Tom and I probably have over $50 in 2 planes, and we had to mark, cut and shape all the pieces to get started. Add another $10 for gas going to the hobby shop a couple times and it is pretty even. 

It's a win / win either way- you end up with a great looking plane regardless of where you start!  I'll post a pic of mine when I get a chance to finish it, or maybe I can con Tom into doing it for me- he seems to have the panel line thing under control, and that is where I am at now.
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Offline Paul Smith

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Re: F-86 Sabre
« Reply #4 on: April 08, 2010, 04:32:40 PM »
That IS a nice looking plane.

1/2 A scale done to that standard would be a fun event - genuine .049 engines, no landing gear, no throttles, etc, just the basics + some good workmanship and a good dose of flying points.  

Here's your prototype out at Selfridge Army Air Corps Base.
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Re: F-86 Sabre
« Reply #5 on: April 18, 2010, 02:31:48 PM »
WOW nice looking F-86. One of the best looking jets ever built IMO. Hope she flies as good as she looks as I know it will. Tight lines to you. H^^
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