POST 21C MIG 15 & F-86 SABRE FINDS AND DISCUSSION HERE

Morian Miner · Post by **Morian Miner** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 9:41 pm

MiGs finally hit Tucson (La Cholla Walmart) - the NK paint scheme

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 10:48 pm

Sabrefan wrote:The Mig Alley program was great. Love the F-86.

I agree! The dogfight through the riverbed and over the Chinese airbase was unreal - all the more so because it was true

grunt1 · Post by **grunt1** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 10:46 pm

I don't think this has been posted before (sorry if it has). Found this cool pdf with a ton of F-86 Sabre pilots and Nose Art in full color:

http://www.afa.org/magazine/Sept2006/0906aces.pdf

JohnLumley · Post by **JohnLumley** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 1:13 pm

I ordered the Mig Alley set from the "DPAS Scale Models" guy in South Florida. Package will arrive here tomorrow.

http://stores.ebay.com/DPAS-Scale-Models

I traded several e-mails with him and he sounds like a first class kind of guy. Great prices, low shipping & no driving.

F*ck Wal-Mart, I am tired of waiting!

Sabrefan · Post by **Sabrefan** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 2:31 pm

You guys will love the 21st Century F-86 Sabre. I have their Sabre and MIG-15 sitting side by side on my desk. Both are awesome models. If you look at the F-86 model from the front, it captures the look of the F-86 perfectly.

jhogan · Post by **jhogan** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 5:35 pm

I can't find a Mig-15 or F-86 in Centrall Illinois. Over the week-end I went to Ohio and stopped at a gas station in Greenfield, Indiana. Saw a W-M and said "What the Heck" may I'll find them. Well I found the North Korean (3) and Chinese Migs (2). Now if I can just find the F-86!

Quixote511 · Post by **Quixote511** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 8:38 pm

My avatar is the nose art off of my father's F-86. (I had to have a bigger jacket made because my dad was one of those tall thin po-locks and I turned out to be one of the built like a brick outhouse types.) Do you guys know of anyone who would be able to paint up an AT blank in my dad's livery?

warhawker · Post by **warhawker** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 1:58 pm

Success today!! Found the new F-86 S1 today at WM here in Dallas!! I just happen to be passing by WM that I visit once in awhile and there they were. 4 total as well as 2 NK Migs. I picked up two Sabres.

scbvideoboy · Post by **scbvideoboy** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 4:23 pm

Quixote511 wrote:My avatar is the nose art off of my father's F-86. (I had to have a bigger jacket made because my dad was one of those tall thin po-locks and I turned out to be one of the built like a brick outhouse types.) Do you guys know of anyone who would be able to paint up an AT blank in my dad's livery?

I bet a custom chopper painter guy could do it.

DH

pokeyjtc · Post by **pokeyjtc** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 11:35 pm

Found the S2 Tiger stripe Mig tonight.

First sighting of these in Houston. The NK Mig has been pretty easy to find around here, and I got the tiger stripe Mig at a store that had sold all 8 of their NK Migs and restocked with the tiger stripe Mig.

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 12:34 am

Wow! I'm surprised how fast the Chinese Migs are moving east! It wasn't that long ago that I made the first sighting of that particular scheme. Now, if only the other Migs - and especially the F-86s - would do the same going west.

bigsarge · Post by **bigsarge** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 7:46 am

Tiger stripe Migs in Mississippi.WOW!!!!!

warhawker · Post by **warhawker** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 8:39 am

Yeah, now we are starting to see the Tiger Stripe Mig here in Texas in the Houston area:
http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Ultimate-Soldie ... dZViewItem

Sabrefan · Post by **Sabrefan** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 11:36 am

Ok, Tiger stripe MIGs in Mississippi and Texas. I am right in the middle of you guys in Louisiana, and no tiger stripe MIGS. WHAT IS THE DEAL?

warhawker · Post by **warhawker** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 1:00 pm

Sounds like you need a road trip! "Head west my son, head west!!"

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 11:33 pm

They've actually been out for 3-4 weeks now. I found 4 a few weeks ago in Fresno, Ca. I bought a couple to send to other boardmembers and did not get one myself as I already had a NK Mig. The rest of the planes have long since disappeared from my area, so the scheme must have held some popularity!

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 1:36 pm

The plane did look better in person, though on a couple of the examples the stripes didn't quite line up where they crossed the seam down the center of the fuselage (Those were not the ones I sent to other boardmembers!) Personally, that scheme was not my favorite of the 3 Migs and I already had the S1 NK Mig, sent by another boardmember. I was very surprised that the two remaining Chinese Migs sold so quickly!

The B-17, F-4 display you saw was the Tulare Airport. I've enjoyed driving past that location since I was very young, particularly for the B-17. Next time your driving past, take a moment to get out and have a closer look. The aircraft are all on static display as part of an Amvets Memorial. The B-17 has been there since the 1950s and is actually in somewhat less-than-desirable shape, though it would be a good candidate for restoration. The F-4 was added a few years ago.

grockwood · Post by **grockwood** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 4:47 pm

Found the F86 Sabre at the Liberty, Mo. Walmart . They have two left after I put one of the Sabre's and a M16 Halftrack on Layaway.

JohnLumley · Post by **JohnLumley** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 9:56 pm

South Florida F-86 Sabres have landed at Wal-Mart.

21st Century F-86 Sabre series 2 "Mitch's Squitch".

There is one case of four at the Super Wal-Mart on 441 & Sample Road in Broward County.

On Sunday night about 10:00 pm I spotted the unopened case in the isle on the shipping pallet. I asked the clerk to open the box for me and they were all series 2 sabres. I did not take any home. They should be up on the shelf by Monday morning.

Hurry hurry before there all gone.

der Vogelfänger · Post by **der Vogelfänger** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 3:01 am

grunt1 wrote:I don't think this has been posted before (sorry if it has). Found this cool pdf with a ton of F-86 Sabre pilots and Nose Art in full color:

http://www.afa.org/magazine/Sept2006/0906aces.pdf

Good "stuff", as usual! Thankssssssssssssss,

dV

Quixote511 · Post by **Quixote511** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 6:41 am

Has anyone seen the Huff yet?

hotrodrock · Post by **hotrodrock** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 2:18 pm

Finally found a NK Mig at the WM in Lake Elsinore, CA. No Sabres though. Kind of unusual also was a single P-51 Undertaker showing up. Seems to take forever for anything to show up in the Inland Empire WM's. The WM in Temecula, CA, has no 21st of any kind in any scale. Thats how hard it is to find anything in this area. Be glad to get back to Texas next year where I can find some things.

Small Scale Military Headquarters

POST 21C MIG 15 & F-86 SABRE FINDS AND DISCUSSION HERE

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