This is the hot rod variant of the F-86 model series.
To accommodate the larger General Electric J73 engine North American made the fuselage taller by six inches and longer by two feet.  They gave it a bigger intake and 562 gallons of internal fuel capacity.  It got bigger tail wings and a clamshell like canopy. The tail was taller by 3 inches and it got the "6-3" wing (later).  All that made the Sabre Hog 10,000 pounds heavier than the F variant.  Maybe this is why I like it so much!  The last F-86H Sabre was retired from the New York ANG on January of 1972.   After that the Navy took over the low hour leftovers and used them both as target drones and as MiG simulators for TOP GUN aggressor training.

This is the 1:48th scale Collect-Aire F-86H.  All resin with metal landing gear and vac canopy.  Built mostly straight out of the box with little extras (added vortex generators and some cockpit details) or aftermarket additions (True Details wheels).  It is one of my first Collect-Aire build ups.  Today I would have done it differently.  I have two more stashed away for a later time.

I chose to do it in ANG colors.  My knowledge and ability to tame full resin kits was not at the same level as it is today so I opted out of a natural metal finish.

The resin in the kit was a little bit rough back in those days.  Later editions of the kit improved a lot and now it seems that the resin shop has made yet more great improvements as evidenced by their new kits (E-2C, AT-9 Jeep) and all the later re-releases.