F-86 Sabre

[Skyraider3D]

Profile looks good but I am not too sure about the shape. It feels a bit bent to me. I'm no Sabre expert, but from first impressions I'd say the rear of the windshield needs to slant forwards slightly and there should be a slight 'step' between the windshield and the upper nose. Also the bottom of the rear fuselage needs more curvature and the elevator fuselage fairing needs to extend further forwards. The ejection seat lacks some detail perhaps. Buzz number looks a bit too bold. I reckon of these the windshield is the most important one. Ugo's profile suffers from this too, unfortunately.

Droptanks... that's probably the most difficult part of the Sabre! There are so many variations...

Try airliners.net for some good sideview photos, that seems to be more reliable than any drawing I've seen thusfar. Sample attached. Not a perfect sideview (too low) but close.

Incidentally my first 2D profile was also a Sabre and suffered from some accuracy issues too. As simple as it looks (tube with wings), the Sabre is a pretty difficult shape to get right! Pretty much in line with the P-51 and B-25 which are also usually drawn inaccurately.

PS. Would anyone have the correct font for the buzz number by any chance?