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A Discussion on creating a Canadair Sabre from the current 1/48 Kits
source:  Hyperscale  (thanks to Brett Green for permission)

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Eli Raphael
Canadair Sabre. Can you make one any using the available 1/48 Kits?
Tue Oct 14 13:54:32 2003

Anders
Yes, sort of
Tue Oct 14 14:36:56 2003
The earlier Canadair Sabres were license built NA Sabres.

The early ones carried the slatted wing. There is no kit, out of the box, which will build into one. There is the possibility of cross-kitting an Academy or Hasegawa fuselage with the wings from a Revell F-86D.

Early Canadair Sabres were uprgraded with the 6-3 hard wing. An Academy or Hasegawa F-86F-30 can be used here.

The last Canadair Sabre, the mk.6, had a unique wing. There is no kit for this. The F-86F-40 kit from Hasegawa can be adapted to make a mark 6, the wings have to be shortened in span.

There are a number of minor details, such as air scoops on the fuselage, which require changing for Canadair Sabres, unfortunately I don't remember the details.

The wings used are as follows:
mark 2 & 4 - first fitted with the original wing, then some were updated with the 6-3 wing.
mark 5 - 6-3 wing
mark 6 - unique Canadair short span slatted 6-3 wing.

Jennings
Adding a bit more...
Tue Oct 14 20:24:55 2003
The Canadair Mk.1 through Mk.4 were in fact license built, and J47 powered, F-86s. All left the factory with the original F-86 wing (short chord, slats).

The Canadair Mk.5 and Mk.6 had the Orenda engine, and thus had different fuselage panel detail, some relocated fuel fillers, and some added vents.

The Mk.5 (most of them anyway) had the hard wing with the extended leading edge, while Mk.6s had the slatted wing unique to that mark.

You can build a hard wing Mk 5 from either the Academy or Hasegawa F-86F-30 kits with but few mods. Note however that most Mk.5s had the "sugar scoop" intakes just behind the trailing edge of the wings which no kit provides. (Note: the 'sugar scoops' referred to were available in resin as part of one of the last MSAP decals releases, for the RCAF Sabre 5/6

If you want my Mk.5/6 PDF, just say the word!