Sheet:

Hi-Decal 48-014: F-86D/L Sabre

Units: See review

Price

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Reviewer:

Scott Van Aken

A very nice package of decals arrived at my door that included this fine looking sheet from Hi-Decal. I'd heard of these decals, but had not seen them before. They are very nicely printed with no registration problems. They also appear to be quite thin and the white areas seem to be very opaque so that there will be no bleed-through.

The sheet includes markings for four aircraft. All appear to be the later version of the F-86D with the parabrake added so stay away from the ProModeler kit for this one. There are two Greek planes, one of them in NATO disruptive camouflage for those who are less than confident of their abilities with metallic finishes.

Next is a Philippine Air Fore version from the 1965 time frame. These planes were all pretty heavily weathered thanks to the high heat and humidity of their tropical surroundings.

The final aircraft is an F-86L so that means it will have the SAGE antenna. I seriously doubt if the Thai Air Force also had the SAGE environment, but this was an L model so it will have the extended wings the were retrofitted to those F-86Ds that were upgraded.

Over all this looks like a really great sheet for one of my favorite aircraft. I'd like to thank Hi-Decal for providing the review sheets. Visit their website at the above link for other great sheets.

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