Best 1/48 Sabre kit

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Who make the best F-86F kit?

Is it Hasegawa or Academy?

Note, Esci is OOP but are their kits O.K.?

I want to do a 1/48 model of a Canadair Sabre Mark 6 in Luftwaffe colors, circa 1963. Is it best to adapt the Hasegawa kit or use an Esci from E-bay?

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Both are nice kits. Don’t bother with the ESCI, the plastic is quite thin and likes to warp. Not in the same class at all. I think all the ESCI kits are the same, they just labeled them as different variants but they are not. The Sabre 6 had the slatted 6-3 wing without the 2 foot span extension of the F-40.

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both are awesome kits and comes down to personal preference.

if you want an engine display, then academy is the weapon of choice.