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History
The
F86K was used as an interceptor within the Royal Netherlands Air Force. 50
planes where build in the USA and 6 in Italy. The air force flew from 1956 until
1962 with the Sabre and was then replaced by the Starfighter.
The
Kit
The
big box is full of plastic. Everything is nicely formed. Even a towing-tractor
comes with the model. Cockpit detail is good and has a nice instrument
panel, so I needed no update set.
Everything
was fitting well together.
CONVERTING
AND BUILDING
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The
most important difference between the F86D and the F86K is the armament in the
nose. Instead of the rocket tray the F86K sported four 20 mm cannon in the nose.
To keep the centre of gravity in its place the fuselage was lengthened in two
places with 8 inch inserts (see drawing)
Later
on in their service life the Dutch F86K;s got sidewinder missiles. The wing was
made bigger and slats were introduced. It's not clear if the wings were also
lengthened. Sources contradict each other on this.
So
there were four possibilities to get an F86K for my collection.
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Disregard
all the above mentioned and construct the F86D and don't tell anyone.
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Create
the nose armament and pray for ignorant jury members and fellow modellers.
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Start
scratch building, after all you're a master modeller
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Wait
patiently for the upcoming conversion sets. Probably the accurate and
certainly most expensive option.
I
created the nose armament and lengthening the F86D. I spent one evening drilling
and filling. But the result was there.
The
remaining assembly was all out of the box.
PAINT
& DECALS
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The
rest the model was sprayed with modelmaster metal polish with a light mix of
burned iron to get some weathering.
After
spraying it gloss, I used the Dutch decal set 48033 which consists of a set to
make a F86K of the Royal Netherlands Airforce of four different SQN. I build the
F86K from 700 Panther sqn based at Twenthe Airforce Base 1964.
CONCLUSIONS
Nothing
but good to say for this model
REFERENCES
Henk
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