The Hasegawa kit was built to depict the North American F-86F-30 Sabre jet FU-877 "Miss Tena" flown by Col. W. B. Wilmot, 36th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 8th Fighter Bomber Wing, Suwon Air Base, S. Korea 1953.

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The model was built out of the box except for use of a Quickboost 48511 1/48 F86F Sabre Ejection Seat w/Safety Belts. I had to obtain a Scale Aircraft Conversions 48021 F-86 Sabre Landing Gear set as my kit landing gear suffered from a plastic miss pour and couldn't be used.

I experimented using Model Master Metalizer paint, and can't say I was completely happy with the results. Even after using their "Sealer", masking would pull off some of the finish.

Although liberal amounts of Micro Set and Micro Sol helped, I think the kit decals are too thick and covered too much area with empty carrier. I'd recommend going with aftermarket replacements.

Richard Nicoletti

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