For this F-86 Sabre, Dan started with Hasegawa’s 1/32 scale F-86 (No. 08060) and used Eduard photoetched metal (sets No. 32027 and 32028) for some details.

“I dove into the project by cutting open both left fuselage halves with a Dremel (motor tool),” Dan says. Then he scratchbuilt the port wings and horizontal stabilizer, internal framing for the fuselage, and all of the internal equipment.