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This is from an old 1/32nd scale Hasegawa F-86F Sabre kit.  I found it in my Dad's collection and always had been intrigued by that tug.  The plane was used to fit the Scale-Master Decals artwork for the first release of the kit under the Mini-Craft name.  Some of the airplane parts are off the runners, but I assumed it was complete.  Unfortunately there are no instructions in the kit, and the only ones I've found online are not for this deluxe kit.  It was only offered once with the tug, so the only instructions available just have the plane stuff. 

Some cool features are the rubber-like tires for the plane and the tug and metal parts for the plane's removable jet engine as well as wire and tubing for the engine.  There is also a trailer/dolly/stand for the J47 engine.  I may have to build the engine and dolly too, although ironically I am missing the instruction page for the standalone engine.  At least I have the wiring diagram.

These are the parts for the tug and dolly.

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After the main body parts were cleaned up and assembled I scribed the panel lines in.  Some of the panel lines were at the glue joints.  There were a few sink marks to contend with too. 

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These two sections are dry fitted as I figure out what order to assemble and paint it in.

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I found the rear license plate so I removed the decal on the right rear and made a duplicate one for the new part.  I also added another Toyota decal for the rear; slightly different than the one on the front.  More weathering/wear was applied as I went along adding parts. 

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The seats were done with washes of brown panel line accent.

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That looks Awesome!

I've driven the old Clark tugs in the USAF in the 1980's. The Clark tugs were all at least 20 years old at the time. Ours were a mix of Olive Drab & Yellow. Every time one went in for Depot (High level) maintenance, they would be (badly) re-sprayed in the OD Green. But the undersides of the hood, wheel wells, and other places still showed the Yellow paint they had been built with. They were powered by trusty Chrysler 'Slant-6' engines. The packaging was so tight the they had no Air Cleaners, just an open carb.

We would sometimes race them, but they were (of course) geared for pulling planes, not racing. Nonetheless, you could get some scary fast speeds out of a few of the older ones. After going thru the Depot repairs, they were slower, but they also ran better.

Fun Times. Thanks for sharing this build, Mark, and bring back some pleasant memories.

(BTW the steering wheel rim should be almost black with grime. They got that way very quickly in use) 😁

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I semi-dry assembled the engine to figure out how it all fits together.  A nut & bolt are provided to sandwich the metal parts of it together, and that was helpful.  The circular halved parts were cemented together and the rest is tacked together with white glue.   I'll use  it as a guide to help figure out the dolly parts.

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I thought once the tug was done it would easier to figure out what the dolly parts were from what was left on the runner, but apparently there are two dollies.  (Maybe one is for the armament?)  So I'm still playing the same guessing game to a degree, but I think this is the majority of the dolly parts.  Curiously there are still several more parts still on the runner.  I already assembled and shot these pieces the same yellow.

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