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Tunisian F-86?

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Tunisian F-86?
Posted by Phantom Fan on Thursday, April 3, 2008 9:13 AM

I was leafing through an article yesterday about the F-86 & I never realized that the Sabre had served with the Tunisian Air Force. I think that might make a neat model, but I can't seem to find any photos of a Tunisian Sabre. Anyone happen to have any photos or links, or know what the Tunisian F-86s looked like?

Thanks,

Phantom Fan 

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  • From: MCAS Miramar
Posted by Habu12 on Thursday, April 3, 2008 11:09 AM
They had 15 ex-USAF F-86Fs, but I haven't seen any pics either.
On the Bench: 1/48 F-16N: FINISHED! 1/48 F-16DG Aviano: FINISHED!! Stealing joy since 1993.....
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Posted by jeaton01 on Thursday, April 3, 2008 11:50 AM

Looks like the Hasegawa 1/32 Sabre is the ticket for this one, as it is a Japanese F-40.  From Duncan Curtis' fine book on the Sabre:

 

 

John

To see build logs for my models:  http://goldeneramodel.com/mymodels/mymodels.html

 

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Posted by Phantom Fan on Thursday, April 3, 2008 12:37 PM
Cool! Thanks for that information!
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Posted by Maverick72be on Monday, December 8, 2014 6:41 AM

Hi Sir, I'm actually building a F-86 F-40 Sabre (1/48 Hasegawa) of Tunisian Air Force. I found 2 interresting pictures on Tunisian Air Force Facebook page (in the picture album, there are 2 pictures in Black & white of Tunisian F-86 (nose code AE and AL). For the camouflage of this Tunisian F-86, it's a south east camouflage (Seems to be the camouflage sheme found on google pictures by tiping:"F-86 South east camouflage"). I've already crosscheck with the picture in black & white found on "Tunisian Air Force" Facebook page and I confirm this info about the camouflage. Serial number on the tail and Letter code on the nose are in white. See below the following letter codes linked to the serial number and choose the model you want to build  (confirmed by a contact from Facebook living in Tunisia:

Y91601 AA

Y91602 AB

Y91603       AC

Y91604 AD

Y91605 AE

Y91606 AF

Y91607 AG

Y91608 AH

Y91609? AI

Y91610 AJ

Y91611 AK

Y91612 AL

Y91613 AM

Y91614 AN

Y91615 AO

Tunisian Air Force roundels decals could be done by yourself (found on google image) with your printer or with this Ref: Esci 1:72 Diff Nations Double Envelope Insigna Decal Sheet 1 (Available on e-bay) or Decal sheet for F-86 F-40 Sabre Tunisian Air Force (Hi-Decal: Ref HD48034 for 1/48).

Sincerely Yours

Maverick72be

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