FROG F267 Canadair Sabre Mk6 or Mk32

FROG F267 Red Series Canadair Sabre Mk.6 or Mk.32, Rovex Industries Ltd 1968

Коробка FROG F267 Red Series Canadair Sabre Mk.6 or Mk.32, 1968

Схема окраски и маркировки FROG F267 Red Series Canadair Sabre Mk.6 or Mk.32, 1968

Декаль FROG F267 Red Series Canadair Sabre Mk.6 or Mk.32, 1968

Инструкция по сборке FROG F267 Red Series Canadair Sabre Mk.6 or Mk.32, 1968

Советы по сборке FROG F189 Black Series Hawker Tempest, 1967

IN VIEW

FROG. We have been asked to announce that, owing to export demand, release dates for their kits are somewhat extended. The Lysander and F-86E Sabre will, however, soon be released. Following these will be the B.A.C. Lightning 6, which features markings for 11 Sqdn R.A.F. and accurate R. Saudia A.F. insignia and detail.

The IPMS magazine, SEPTEMBER 1968 VOL.5 No.9

Recent Kits

Appearing with the Lightning is the Canadair Sabre 6 which conforms to the same standard. Alternative transfers are given for a Luftwaffe aircraft of JG.71 or a Mk. 32 of No. 76 Squadron, R.A.A.F. This is unfortunate for the Australian Sabres were all Avon-powered and had deeper fuselages —to turn this kit into an Australian one virtually requires a new fuselage.

AIR PICTORIAL Vol. 30 No. 11 November 1968

"Another famous jet released by Frog at the same time is the North American Sabre which appears, in fасt, in Canadair Sabre 6 guise. Once again two sets of transfers, Luftwaffe and RAAF, are provided, but the RAAF markings (for 76 Sqn) are inappropriate as the kit stands — to make a Mk32 as used by the RAAF you need to change the guns and the engine cover detail. The Luftwaffe markings are wery well done and most colourfull, though clear varnish was very necessary to stop them lifting off. One feature which mars an otherwise fine model is lack of wheel wells, but the positions are marked so could be cut out (or patnied matt black) to overcome this omission. The Sabre kit costs 4s.

Both the Sabre and the Lightning appear to be from the same moulds as the Japanese Hasegawa kits. The Sabre exactly matches the Hasagawa Sabre we reviewed last year, and the Lightning appears to be a double of the Hasegawa Lightning F6 of which we glimpsed an advanced sample at last year's British Toy Fair. Transfers, instruction sheets, and packaging are, however, entirely different.
C.O.E.

1969-01 airfix magazine

MODEL ENTHUSIAST
This month's colour subject

Ranking high among military aviation history's most successful fighters is the North American F-86 Sabre which first began to achieve fame just as the plastic aircraft kit began to achieve vogue. Although the Sabre long since came of age, it is still flying in some numbers in several areas of the world, but there must be many modellers who, like the writer, have not seen one for many a year, and whose chances of doing so are diminishing rapidly.

During its production life the Sabre appeared in several forms, but visually these fall into two basic categories — day fighters and radar-equipped all-weather fighters. Many Sabres were licence-built in Canada— including those that were firing their guns in anger late last year over the Indian sub-continent — and examples of these have been selected this month as our colour subject. The Canadair-built Sabres did not differ externally from the day fighters — with the exception of the F-86H — manufactured by the parent company, dnd any one of several kits of the F-86E and F can be used to represent the aircraft that we illustrate.

The most recent and undoubtedly the best of these Sabre kits is that representing a standard F-86F, to 1/72nd scale from Frog/Hasegawa, which is excellent in all respects. Its decal sheet includes markings for a Luftwaffe Canadair Sabre and, inappropriately, a Commonwealth-built RAAF Sabre. This kit should not be confused with Frog's much older offering, which, while quite accurate, definitely displays signs that it first saw the light of day some 15 years ago. On the other hand, the even older Lindberg kit to 1/48th scale which we have already mentioned is worth buying by those who prefer a larger scale. This embodies minor faults, the wing root chord being slightly too narrow and the tailplanes being marginally too long, but it is neatly made and finely detailed, and its only serious fault is the fact that its wheel wells have not been pressed out. This shortcoming is fairly easy to rectify. Lindberg's kit has been issued with US Navy markings, and, sporting these, it is more or less representative of the FJ-2 Fury.

When we featured the MiG-19 in this column (January issue), we stated that the only kit available was the 100th scale Tamiya offering, and several readers have since pointed out that Central of Japan has advertised a MiG-19 kit to 1/72nd scale. We had, in fact, heard of this kit but have so far been unable to obtain an example. Incidentally, long ago, a Polish concern, Pokoj, issued a 1/50th scale MiG-19 kit which, truly vile in quality, was at least reasonably accurate in outline. It should be pointed out that the so-called MiG-19 kits issued by Lindberg and Aurora bear no resemblance to the MiG-19, or, for that matter, any other known Soviet aircraft.
W R MATTHEWS

Air Enthusiast 1972-04 vol.02 no.04

North American F-86F-40 Sabre

F267

1968-1970

G1(R)

95000

1xLW & 1xRAAF

Ex-Hasegawa. The kit was sold as a "Canadair Sabre Mk.6/32", but this was quite incorrect. It was particularly wrong for an RAAF aircraft.

FROG model aircraft 1932-1976, R. Lines, L. Hellstrom

Hasegawa JS-015 North American F-86F Sabre JASDF,
ハセガワ JS-015:100 ノースアメリカン F-86F 旭光セイバー, 1966

1966

NEW AND IN VIEW - AIRCRAFT KITS
HASEGAWA. North American F-86F Sabre. l/72nd scale. Price (Japan) 100 yen.

"Though moulded in a rather dirty silvery-grey plastic, this kit must be commended for its subject as the standard Sabre has been somewhat neglected by kit manufacturers.

Surface detail on this kit is on the heavy side, though the cover plate over the gun panels should stand slightly proud of the surrounding areas, and is correctly depicted in this kit. Assembly is fairly straightforward, though we would suggest that a dry run be carried out prior to cementing the two sections of the wings together. The lower insert was a trifle too thick on our sample, and when cemented in place failed to butt satisfactorily against the wing root fairings. This fault may be overcome by sanding the lower wing inserts to a thinner section. We also recommend that, when removing the dive-brakes from the sprue very great care is taken, as if one trims the edges of these a noticeable gap will be left when the brakes are cemented in the closed position.

The undercarriage doors are simply scribed onto the plastic, with small doors into which the undercarriage legs and cover plates fit. The appearance of the model may, however, be made much more realistic by cutting out the wheel wells, and cementing the inner undercarriage doors, dive brakes and nosewheel doors into place slightly open. The Sabre's hydraulic system operated on the same principle as that of the Mustang, and after parking hydraulic pressure gradually bled off, allowing the doors to fall open under their own weight. The wheels on this model seem to be very slightly undersize, particularly the nose wheel, but a study of Sabre photographs shows variations in tyre size and tread, perhaps to compensate for differing field conditions.

The cockpit canopy is a one-piece unit, superbly clear and well-moulded. Unfortunately, this clarity shows up the lack of cockpit detail; all that is included is an undersize pilot on a too-narrow seat.

Decals are included for an aircraft of the Japanese Air Self-Defence Force and for an American F-86F. The decals are rather thick and too glossy, though this can be remedied by very light sanding down with fine wet-and-dry paper, used damp.

External stores include the rather peculiarly shaped drop tanks used on Sabres, together with underwing missiles and rails. This is a kit designed for the beginner, but which provides a good basi for the expert to improve.

The IPMS magazine, october 1967

1968

AMT-HASEGAWA A-627:100 North American F-86F Sabre, AMT Corporation

The ghost of Sabre in USSR (80-s)

PRESENTING THE CATALOG.
NOVO (USSR).

The exact number of purchased molds has not yet been established. The data published in the Czechoslovak magazine "Letectví a kosmonautika" are tentative in nature and, as the modelers themselves testify, a number of aircraft kit's molds listed there have never been imported into the USSR. These are, for example, such kits as A-7a "Corsair-2", F-5a, F-86 and many others. At different times, rumors about "unknown molds" discovered in factories appeared from different parts of our country. Thus, the molds of SAAB-37 "Wiggen" and F 104 aircraft were "found" at the Minsk toy factory, the F-86 "Saber" kits were "solding" in Sverdlovsk.... When checked in detail, this information turned out to be false.

Reference Information Bulletin, Baku, №1, january - march 1988

05.05.2018

FROG 321P North American Sabre F-86E Swept Wing Jet Fighter, 1956

Matchbox PK-32 F-86A, Lesney Products & Co Ltd

MODEL ENTHUSIAST
A mix of "matchboxes"

The P-40N Warhawk is included in the Purple Range as is also the fourth member of this quartet of releases, the F-86A Sabre. As opposed to the P-40N, the surface detailing offered by this kit is very good' and the colours of the plastic — pale grey and pale blue — are reasonably restrained. Consisting of 31 parts, the kit is accurate and assembles well, our criticisms being much the same as those of the P-40N kit: lack of cockpit interior detail and overly thick undercarriage doors. Incidentally, the air brakes are much nearer to scale thickness and very neat, but weighting the nose to balance the tail affords something of a problem and we advise the insertion of a piece of plastic card behind the nose intake and the remaining space forward of the cockpit being utilised for a balance weight. The decal sheet is a particularly good one and provides the elaborate markings of an F-86A of the 4th Fighter Interceptor Wing at Kimpo AFB, Korea, in 1951, with the markings of an aircraft of the Arizona Air National Guard as an alternative.

Air Enthusiast 1977-03 vol.12 no.03

AN EARLY SABRE FROM MATCHBOX

The F-86 Sabre has always been a subject of interest for the enthusiast, particularly in the US, and there are now a number of very good kits in a variety of scales available. Until now however, there have been few 'A' models, and Matchbox who are just about to release theirs, have once again demonstrated that it does not take much to provide something that we really want even though the subject may have been produced by many of their competitors previously.

These variations on a popular theme reiterate what we have said many times before. In the same way that it is as easy to make mistakes on a mould as it is to get the outline shape correct, then with a little forethought the manufacturer can produce a variant of a popular type that has not been made before and thus satisfy a much wider market without losing any of the more lucrative sales appeal to the pocket money brigade of younger modellers.

Matchbox have done a good job by their already established standards and have lost little of the cockpit detail which so often is the cause for criticism. The seat and equipment behind it are all included, so is a cockpit floor and instrument panel. Fuselage and wing panel lines are somewhat over emphasised and the undercarriage needs some attention by the detail conscious specialist. Similarly we found the jet orifice difficult to understand as the jet pipe seems to be rather too thick when compared to the prototype.

With these considerations aside there is little we would take exception to in this model. There was however one important point that came up when we were finishing the model and applying the decals. It is not known if our model was an exception but on placing the individual items from the sheet in water they broke up and what might have been a straightforward job subsequently required a lot of repainting. Readers will have gathered that the decal sheet supplied was not up to standard and therefore we had to repaint the model and use an alternative set of markings to complete the work.

Luckily, Modeldecal have produced a first rate sheet of markings for a Sabre with the buzz number FU-096 when stationed at Wethersfield and Shepherds Grove in the early fifties. This was an F-86A-5 and served with the 116th Squadron. To put matters right we had to repaint the fin and rudder of the model orange which was not too easy as those who have tried to overpaint silver will testify. The markings went on beautifully after several coats of orange and the completed model was a joy to behold. We did not add underwing tanks as although these were fitted for most F-86A flights it would have meant breaking up a much more expensive kit to obtain them.

The price of the kit is well within reason at 45p and it should be available generally in the near future.

Aviation News Vol 5 Num 23 15 April-28 April 1977

Heller F-86F, Le Jouet Français Gruppe 1979

MODEL ENTHUSIAST
Forties, fifties and sixties

Accompanying its pair of fighters of the 'thirties, Heller offers in sharp contrast the North American F-86 Sabre of the late 'forties, the Dassault Mirage IVA bomber of the late 'fifties and the Boeing 727 commercial airliner of the early 'sixties, the two military types to 1/72nd scale and the commercial aircraft to 1/125th scale. The F-86 Sabre has seen a great deal of exposure in kit form, but any new release of the quality of Heller's kit is assured of a ready welcome. Retailing at 75p in the UK and consisting of 58 parts which include four transparencies, the remainder being moulded in silver plastic, this is a nice kit and good value for money. There are some flow marks in the plastic, but the general appearance of the mouldings is very neat with a matt finish and much of the surface detailing is finely engraved. The canopy is separate from the windscreen and the cockpit interior is very . good, but we were particularly fascinated by the beautifully wrought detailing of the wheel hubs and brake drums, the same fastidious attention having been applied to the remainder of the undercarriage, its fairing doors, and the air brakes and their housings. The intake tunnel right back to the rear of the cockpit is included and there is a separate tailpipe.

External stores comprise two different pairs of fuel tanks, each with separate endplate fins and bracing struts, and the accompanying decal sheet affords two schemes: one for a USAF aircraft of the 51st FIW in Korea in 1953 and the other for an aircraft operated by JG 71 "Richthofen" of the Luftwaffe in 1958, and there are many small markings.

Air International 1979-08, Vol.17, No.2