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F-86F A Paper Tiger

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 Here's the North American F-86F Sabre  "Paper Tiger of the 51st Fighter Wing stationed in South Korea circa 1953. Captain Harold E. Fischer, Jr. shot down 11 MiG-15s while flying  Paper Tiger. Capt Fisher , in turn,  was shot down over China as the dog fight drifted over the Yalu River into China. He was returned by the  Chinese    Government in 1955. (ref 1)  The Kit:   This is the Fujimi  kit released in the 1980s under the Testors label  with decals provided by Repli-Scale.  The kit was painted with shades of Alclad ll.    RJ  Ref 1: Wikipedia article: Harold Fischer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Fischer