Airfix North American F-86F-40 Sabre 1:48 Military Aviation Plastic Model Kit A08110

Air-to-air combat would never be the same when speed became an important component in future dogfights after the appearance of the first jet powered airplane, the German Messerschmitt Me 262 in WWII. The manufacturer of one of the most successful fighters from World War II, the P-51 Mustang, answered back with the introduction of transonic jet fight aircraft, the North American F-86 Sabre, produced by North American Aviation in 1947. Utilizing the seized German technology that was forfeited after the war, North American Aviation went to work designing the swept-back wing jet when, alternatively, didn't have the knowledge that the specific wing design made it considereably more stable at all speeds and faster after intially trying the P-51D wings, with not as great of a successful result. With the swept wing design, the aircraft was able to break the sound barrier and going to 671 miles per hour set the first official world speed record on September 15,1948 and saw extensive combat during the Korean War and the Cold War and serving in over 20 nations' military forces with over 7,800 produced worldwide.

• Airfix is the oldest UK manufacturer of scale model plastic kits and has been producing kits for the mass market since 1952. Airfix produce a wide range of kits aimed at all types of scale modelers with subjects such as; military aircraft, ships, space, cars, dioramas and military vehicles.
• Primary Scheme: North American F-86F-40 Sabre "The Flying Jokers" aerobatic team, No.332 Squadron, Royal Norwegian Air Force, Rygge Air Station, Norway, June 2nd 1962. Secondary Scheme: North American F-86F-40 Sabre 1st Air Wing, Japan Air Self-Defence Force, Hamamatsu, Shizouka Prefecture, Japan, December 1975.
• Skill level: 2. Dimensions of completed kit: length 23.9cm x width 25cm. Total Pieces: 156. A great plastic model kit for the intermediate or advanced modeler.
• Painting and assembly required. Paints and glue need to be purchased separately.
• Humbrol paints needed to complete the liveries are listed on the outside of the box.