1/48 F-86A review from INTERNET MODELLER

The history of the F-86 Sabre is well documented in lots of places, both online and in publications, so rather than go over all of that, I’ll just hit on why the F-86A is such a sought after kit subject, and try to cover some of the challenges with identifying specific early F-86 variants. The first part of that is easy to answer, as the F-86A only saw service in the United States military, and the Korean War highlighted flaws in its design that needed immediate addressing. The resultant F-86E and later F-86F became the main Sabre variant and it was those variants that ended up being license-produced by Canadair and operated by nations all over the world. With that broad of a service history, it’s no mystery why kit manufacturers chose that type as their subject for Sabre kits.

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