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The Hasegawas are late model F Sabres, intended for
F-30, 35 and 40 models. In this guise, they need some modifications to represent
Thompson’s bird.
- Panel lines show a few differences, particularly on the tail fin.
Use the box art as reference. Koike knows his stuff. Want better, get Koku-Fan’s
Famous Airplanes of the World #20. Use the F-86E-10 panel lines with F-86F-30 wing and
small, flat, intake by the tailfin fillet.
- The cockpit is somewhat different. Best reference is Warbird Tech
#3. Use the pictures in there and compare with my detail pictures. Eduard’s etch
detail set has 3 different instrument panels, and that is an enormous help.
- Gunsight. "The Huff" has the early Sabres’ A-1CM,
while later F models (F-10 onwards) had the A-4 sight and AN/APG-30 ranging radar.
- Front wheel. On the picture shown in this webpage we have a later
model wheel and peeling Dragon markings. Pictures with fresher paint jobs show an earlier
spoked, see-thru, wheel. If you do not plan to do some weathering, change the front wheel.
- Speed brake wells varied in detail amongst Sabre models. Model A
had a plain well, model E introduced a lot of piping and hydraulic compressors, F models
had this detail, but with a different arrangement. I do not have a picture of "The
Huff"’s airbrake wells, but I have one of an aircraft from the very same block,
still with the non-6-3 slatted wing, and that shows well details just has in later F
models, such as the one in my pictures. So it seems we have no problems in that area.
- Some base color advice: cockpit, seat, seat back – mat
black; gear wells, speedbrake wells, speedbrakes interior – interior green / chrome
green; intake – bare metal; exhaust – burnt metal.
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