New 1/32nd scale Sabre kit. - Aircraft of World War II

Airframes · 06-27-2009, 07:34 PM

For any Sabre fans out there, I thought I'd just let you know that Hannant's in the UK have just announced the arrival of a new kit from Italeri.
This is a 1/32nd scale kit of the F86F Sabre jet; whether it's a re-boxing of the Haegawa or Kinetic kits, I don't yet know, but I'm trying to find out, and suspect it's a brand new tooling, as I saw a hint of this recently on the Italeri web-site.
The kit includes decals for 4 aircraft, including 'The Huff' and 'Miss Tena', based at Suwon during the Korean war, a No112 Sqn RAF (Germany) Mk4 based at Bruggen in 1955, and a machine from the Italian Air Force.
The UK price at Hannant's is £39.99. (less VAT for overseas ciustomers).
When I get more info, I'll let you know.

Lucky13 · 06-27-2009, 07:45 PM

Wit! No No. 4 Squadron!?

Wrong scale for me anyhoo!

pbfoot · 06-27-2009, 08:36 PM

Weren't most if not all of the RAF Sabres Canadair MK 4's a nice one from North Luffenham would be nice

Airframes · 06-27-2009, 10:07 PM

Yep, you're right Neil. With the exception of a small number of interim types, RAF Fighter Command, and RAF Germany both operated the Canadair-built F4. However, the Sabre was very much a 'stop-gap' aircraft within the RAF, until the Hunter became available, when all Sabre squadrons made the changeover.

06-27-2009, 07:34 PM	#1
Airframes Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 9,063	New 1/32nd scale Sabre kit. For any Sabre fans out there, I thought I'd just let you know that Hannant's in the UK have just announced the arrival of a new kit from Italeri. This is a 1/32nd scale kit of the F86F Sabre jet; whether it's a re-boxing of the Haegawa or Kinetic kits, I don't yet know, but I'm trying to find out, and suspect it's a brand new tooling, as I saw a hint of this recently on the Italeri web-site. The kit includes decals for 4 aircraft, including 'The Huff' and 'Miss Tena', based at Suwon during the Korean war, a No112 Sqn RAF (Germany) Mk4 based at Bruggen in 1955, and a machine from the Italian Air Force. The UK price at Hannant's is £39.99. (less VAT for overseas ciustomers). When I get more info, I'll let you know. __________________

06-27-2009, 07:45 PM	#2
Lucky13 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 15,144	Wit! No No. 4 Squadron!? Wrong scale for me anyhoo! __________________ JAN "Felicis Tredecim" "I´m going back to the front to relax" "THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT" "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!" "When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!"

06-27-2009, 10:07 PM	#4
Airframes Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 9,063	Yep, you're right Neil. With the exception of a small number of interim types, RAF Fighter Command, and RAF Germany both operated the Canadair-built F4. However, the Sabre was very much a 'stop-gap' aircraft within the RAF, until the Hunter became available, when all Sabre squadrons made the changeover. __________________

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06-27-2009, 08:36 PM	#3
pbfoot Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: niagara falls Posts: 5,588	Weren't most if not all of the RAF Sabres Canadair MK 4's a nice one from North Luffenham would be nice