1/48 Hasegawa F-86 Saber F-30 334th FIS "Ralph Parr"

[lawdog114]

I'm not too much into jets. Quite frankly they bore me. Grey...grey...more grey...throw a few missles on the bottom...you get the gist. That said, there a perhaps a select few that do hold my interest enough to model. The F-8 Crusader, F-14 Tomcat, A-10 Wathog and of course the predecessor to the Mustang, North American's F-86 Sabre, which is probably my favorite jet. Well, I was challenged to build 10 kill ace Captain Ralph Parr Jr's F-86 and have it finished by Parr's birthday of July 1st. I can't believe I did it. I used the Hasegawa kit which had Parr's FU-778 which I enhanced with an Eduard PE cockpit set and resin wheels. The stripes were painted on in lieu of the decals.

Thanks for looking......comment always welcome.










A few in progress pics..

[BlackSheep214]

Wow! Very nice!

[BorgR3mc0]

Great build, the different shades of the panels are noticeable but subtle.

[dogfish7]

Wow! That's some awesome work!

[KSaarni]

Very nice build, love the cockpit !

Have never really liked the Saber before, but I am starting to looking at this great build!


- Kari

[Stikpusher]

Very nice!!!!

At the Airman's Heritage Museum at Lackland AFB they have a F-86A in the same markings.



I think your model looks better

[lawdog114]

Thanks folks! Stik, those markings are Parr's later FU-959 ride. It looks fake...Lol.

[jelliott523]

This F-86 is in the Warkhawk Air Museum in Nampa, Idaho about 1 mile from my house.

[Stikpusher]

Thanks folks! Stik, those markings are Parr's later FU-959 ride. It looks fake...Lol.

Yes, it is not the most meticulously maintained display aircraft I have seen. You can see how they painted over the canopy and windscreen. But I got real up close to it, and it is most definitely real.

[lawdog114]

I have a restaurant near where I live that has a P-51 and P-47 on poles displayed in flight. They are real too but in the same condition with blacked out canopies...maybe the insides are gutted.