As a birthday/Father’s Day combo gift, I built up Academy’s 1/48 Sabre. I cobbled together some decals to give it the same markings as the one that sits in Yank’s Air Museum in Chino, CA. The build isn’t the same variant as the museum piece, but few will notice. Besides, it’s the only Sabre I had.
The kit’s built OOB and painted in Alclad and MM enamels. The ID stripes and turbine stripe are painted on. The pitot was installed after the photos were taken, but the sway braces were left off of the underwing stores. (I forgot to drill out the holes before I glued the wings together.) I kept weathering to a minimum because the jet at the museum is spotless too.
Please enjoy the pics and feel free to post your comments.
Thanks for lookin’!
Cheers,
-O