ClearProp! F-86A Sabre 1:48

Ejection seat and instrument panel out of the box 

Cockpit done 

Cockpit done 

Inside one fuselage half everything that goes into the fuselage: Fully length intake and exahaust and cockpit 

Some small clamping was needed as I didn't thin down the cockpit part as I did for exhaust... 

Gun area was very strangely split, not along with panel lines, but quite annoyingly close.. 

Ready for paint on top side. No masks out of the box, but windows were quite easy to mask. 

Ready for paint bottom. I could use wheel well doors as masks, only forward part needed some white tack. 

Painted and decals are on. I didn't go with paint scheme from the box, but made a plane with Operation stovepipe paint. 

I used aftermarket FU- numbers kit decals and painted B&W stripes 

Model completed 

 

Finished plane with MiniArt Marston mat 

Many of the pictures from Korean war the Sabre was on Marston mat 

There is a question if the national insignia and USAF text were under the olive drab too, but I liked the contrast 

After seeing perhaps too many of regular metal finish Sabres from Korea I decided to make this, only three planes were painted this experimental paint scheme