F-86D “DOG SABRE”

• Manufacturer: Revell
• Scale: 1/48
• New Tooled: 2001
• Video Format: Rapid Video Build
• Presented By: Bobby Waldron
• Number of Episodes: 2
• Camera Angels: 1
• Camera Definition: 4K
• PE Parts Used: No
• painting Mask Used: No
• Resin Parts Used: No
• Kit Used No: 03832

The North American F-86D/K/L Sabre (initially known as the YF-95 and widely known informally as the “Sabre Dog“)^[2][3] is an American transonic jet interceptor. Developed for the United States Air Force in the late 1940s, it was an interceptor derivative of the North American F-86 Sabre. While the original F-86 Sabre was conceived as a day fighter, the F-86D was specifically developed as an all-weather interceptor. Originally designated as the YF-95 during development and testing, it was re-designated the F-86D before production began, despite only sharing 25% commonality of parts with the original F-86. Production models of the F-86D/K/L differed from other Sabres in that they had a larger fuselage, a larger afterburning engine, and a distinctive nose radome. The most-produced Sabre Dog variants (the “D” and “G” models) also mounted no guns, unlike the Sabre with its six M3 Browning .50 caliber machine guns, instead mounting unguided Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket (FFAR) “Mighty Mouse” rockets. The “K” and “L” Sabre Dog variants mounted four 20mm M24A1 cannon.^[4]