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Gallery Article by David Baird |
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SAAF Sabre A 350 1 Squadron
This is the Academy Sabre, straight out of the box. I have marked it as a SAAF Sabre of 1 Squadron in tribute to it being the first plane to break the sound barrier in South Africa. I paid a lot of attention to the cockpit interior, painting all the instruments by hand.
The decals used are from Leading Edge and were a pleasure to use.
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I drilled
out the spoke spaces on the front wheel to give the plane a bit more realism,
but I have not tried any further to weather or otherwise enhance the finish,
mainly because I have never been able to get a hold of any pictures of the
actual plane.