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KIT: |
F86 SABRE DOG |
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KIT # |
5960 |
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PRICE: |
$20.00 |
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DECALS: |
Two aircraft |
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REVIEWER: |
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NOTES: |
Conversion to F86K |
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HISTORY |
The F86K was used as an interceptor within the Royal Netherlands Air Force. 50 planes where build in the USA and 6 in Italy. The air force flew from 1956 until 1962 with the sabre and was then replaced by the starfighter.
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THE KIT |
The big box is full of plastic. Everything is nice shaped. Even a towing-tractor comes with the model. Cockpit is good and has nice instrument panels so I needed no update set.
Everything was fitting well together so the filler good be in place.
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CONVERTING AND BUILDING |
The most important difference between the F86D and the F86K is the armenent in the nose. Instead of the rocket tray the F86K sported four 20 mm cannon in the nose. To keep the centre of gravity in its place the fuselage was lengthened in two places with 8 inch inserts (see drawing)
Later on in their service life the Dutch F86K;s got sidewinder missiles. The wing was make bigger and slats were introduced. It's not clear if the wings were also lengthened. Sources contradict each other on this.
So there where four possibilities to get an F86K for my collection.
1. Disgard all the above mentioned and construct the F86D and don't tell anyone.
2. Create the nosearmanent and pray for ignorant jurymembers and fellowmodellers.
3. Start scratch building, after all your a mastermodeller
4 Patient wait for the upcomming conversion sets. Probably the accurate and certainly most expensive option.
I created the nose armenent and lengthening the F86D. I spend one evening drilling and filling. But the result was there.
The remaining was all out of the box.
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PAINT & DECALS |
Inside wad painted matt black and grey with a light gloss over the instruments. The radar screen was painted green and panel switches tipped with silver.
For the rest the model was sprayed with modelmaster metal polish with a light mix of burned iron to get some weathering.
After spraying it gloss I used the Dutch decal set 48033 which consists of a set to make a F86K of the Royal Netherlands Airforce of four different SQN. I build the F86K from 700 Panther sqn based at Twenthe Airforce Base 1964.
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CONCLUSIONS |
Nothing bud good for this model
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REFERENCES |
Two F86K remain
in the Netherlands one in Soesterberg Air Force Museum www.militaireluchtvaartmuseum.nl
and one on
a socket at Twente Air force Base where I made the photo's from.
Decals from http://www.dutchdecal.nl/
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