bdt13 Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 OK, this is Hasegawa's classic kit. I won't be making too many mods or improvements, the focus will be on the basic assembly of this older kit and its accurate painting. Thanks to The Loggie, I have sufficient AIM-4 missiles of the correct type to fully arm my Deuce. Haven't even touched the parts yet: Please excuse my slow progress in advance, I'm still very much into an M1 Abrams for the Defense of Europe GB. Request: If anyone can point me to some close ups of the IR sensor fitted in front of the canopy, I would be grateful. I will be scratchbuilding this and could use some decent references. Thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Amen Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 (edited) Great project i'll be watching this.I told a friend who made this and he is gonna search in his stock.If he finds any photo he will post. Edited January 30, 2012 by Amen Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 ah, what a great project - I am searching for one of these kits, but they're so hard to find :( Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Amen Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Sebastijan are searching particular this kit or in general an F-102? Because hasegawa has an f-102 F-106 double pack. http://www.model-making.eu/Hasegawa-Fa102A-amp-Fa106A-DELTA-COMBO-p-1-1528525.html Kalfakis Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Helo 53 Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 I have recently become interested in the delta wing F-102 and F-106 aircraft as well and I picked up both Squadron Signals F-102 In Action and Walk Around books. As well as another book by Bill Yenne , Convair Deltas from SeaDart to Hustler . suprisingly there are no close ups of the IR sensor in any of the three books . Lot's of pic's of Alaska based F-102's without the IR sensor but the markings on those aircraft don't match what Wolfpac supply on their sheet . Sorry I couldn't of been any help but I'll keep searching my other reference books to see if I have a closer pic of the IR sensor . Good luck with the build and I look forward to seeing some WIP pic's John . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Helo 53 Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 I checked through the Bill Yenne Convair Deltas book again and found these two pic's ; Another pic from Bert Kinzy Century Series Jet Fighters of the USAF ; I'll keep a look out for better pic's of the IR sensor , these pic's may help a little . John . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bdt13 Posted February 2, 2012 Author Share Posted February 2, 2012 Helo 53- These are a definite improvement on what I had to date. I'm right clicking on all of them! Thanks. :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
adamitri Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 (edited) if you are looking for the ultimate F-102 book that covers everything about this plane,GET THIS BOOK : wayne mutza F-102 book amazon.com Trust me it will answer all your questions. it covers squadrons, serial numbers, static displays, patches cold war and vietnam, drones and william tell. tons of pics. oh and alaska is included too!!!! Edited February 15, 2012 by adamitri Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rotorwash Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 if you are looking for the ultimate F-102 book that covers everything about this plane,GET THIS BOOK : wayne mutza F-102 book amazon.com Trust me it will answer all your questions. it covers squadrons, serial numbers, static displays, patches cold war and vietnam, drones and william tell. tons of pics. oh and alaska is included too!!!! Wayne is a great author and really does his research. His latest book on the evolution of the attack helicopter is the best reference for US armed helicopters you'll ever find. Ray Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bdt13 Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 Thanks for the book references. For this build I seem to have found enough on the web to inspire me. Having looked at the provided pictures, and the others that are on the web, I have decided to make some upgrades to this venerable kit. Here is the cockpit pretty much "as is." It sits on tip of the nose wheel well. I have cut out some sides for the seats. I'll add arm rests to the top and maybe do the cutouts for the ejection handles. Since I took these last night I've also added higher side consoles and re-shaped the headrest on the seat to be more accurate. Maybe more pictures next week. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Helo 53 Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 if you are looking for the ultimate F-102 book that covers everything about this plane,GET THIS BOOK : wayne mutza F-102 book amazon.com Trust me it will answer all your questions. it covers squadrons, serial numbers, static displays, patches cold war and vietnam, drones and william tell. tons of pics. oh and alaska is included too!!!! Thank's for the info on the Wayne Mutza F-102 book . I found one at amazon .com from a seller that shipped international to Sydney , Australia . I look forward to my copy arriving in a couple of weeks . John . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
I-16 Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Looking forward to your F-102. I have a friend in town who was a '102 driver in Alaska, and tells some neat stories. I googled him, and found a picture he shot from his plane of another F-102 over the erupting Augustine Volcano. Link to Spokane Daily article (I hope.) http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3lFYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ffcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5369%2C2991620 CH Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aaronw Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 The F-102 / 106 are fairly distinctive, not many US fighters with a delta wing. I've got this kit in the stash, so will be keeping an eye on yours for ideas. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bdt13 Posted March 11, 2012 Author Share Posted March 11, 2012 Progress! The bare cockpit cries our for work, even though the canopy will be closed. Here is a sidewall added and a bashed-together dual stick (left for the radar, right to fly the thing, right?). The whole scratchbuilding thing is a bit new to me. I find it fun and frustrating at the same time. At this point, I only want to suggest details, not precisely replicate them. The kit seat has been modified with sheet and strip styrene. The panel I found in the spares box and have re-shaped to fit the cockpit. I'm not even sure it was from a 1/72 scale plane! Sorry they are fuzzy. but you get the idea. This build will continue to take second place while the M1A1 clears the bench. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bdt13 Posted April 22, 2012 Author Share Posted April 22, 2012 The cockpit is done and in: Seat has rudimentary tape seat belts. This is VERY basic scratchbuilding and kit part improvements. I've been cleaning up the seam between the fuselage halves. The seam in the vertical stabilizer is atrocious. :( We'll see what Mr. Surfacer can do for us here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bdt13 Posted May 26, 2012 Author Share Posted May 26, 2012 (edited) OK, added the intakes. These didn't fit too well, and I wasn't able to get the two sides even in terms of gap between fuselage and splitter plate. Don't tell the contest judges! I've laminated plastic card to the interior of the weapons bay doors. I hope to be able to drill the rocket launcher holes in them now. The kit does not represent their blunt leading edges, as they are thinned to allow the doors to be closed against the interior of the bay. I have also added a (crude) IR sensor in front of the cockpit. Wolfpak Decals' instructions are first-rate in this regard, telling the modeler what needs to be replaced and modified. Another example - it's hard to tell but the main wheels are from an F-106. Apparently at some point the USAF decided these were better than the ones the Deuce came with and replaced them. Fortunately I had one in the stash. Guess that'll be a gear-up build now. There is still a LOT to do between now and the due date. I should probably get down to the bench now! Come on, fellow modelers - let's finish these builds by the solstice! Edited May 26, 2012 by bdt13 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aaronw Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 Nice job so far. I'm still unpacking and haven't found my project yet. I did pick up a Hobbycraft Otter with Arctic markings though. If I don't find my H-19 in the next few days I may have to switch to it. It wouldn't do not to finish a GB I started (although it wouldn't be the first time ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bdt13 Posted June 16, 2012 Author Share Posted June 16, 2012 OK, bad news. Not on track to finish by the GB deadline, but I am continuing work. Primer is on now. Sorry! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bdt13 Posted July 10, 2012 Author Share Posted July 10, 2012 I hope it's OK to keep posting until I finish. Primer: Leftover Tamiya acrylic blended for my last A-10 build. Main color coat: Testor's acrylic light aircraft gray, with a little white mixed in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bdt13 Posted July 15, 2012 Author Share Posted July 15, 2012 More progress. I have masked for the day-glo and yellow (wing fences) areas of the model. What you see is Testor's acrylic white as a base coat for the bright colors. You can see there is still an area of the tail I couldn't get completely flush. This is a beastie of a kit! A wider shot. The tail and wingtips are mostly fluorescent red-orange. I ALMOST didn't mask the elevons to keep them gray. Something in the back of my head said "check the decal instructions," so I did just in time. AIM-4 Falcons. These will need another coat of white. Honestly, you can never put enough coats of white on to cover what's underneath. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bdt13 Posted July 16, 2012 Author Share Posted July 16, 2012 This is Testors acrylic fluorescent red. Seems an OK match to the fluorescent red-orange the plane is supposed to have. It seems especially lurid with the 3M blue masking tape and the green fruit packaging foam I use as a work surface. The three colors together remind me of something you might find on a plane at the North Korean equivalent of Edwards AFB. :lol: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bdt13 Posted July 21, 2012 Author Share Posted July 21, 2012 Yellow on the wing fences. I don't know if I will have ever masked a model as much as I have with this one by the time its done. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bdt13 Posted July 29, 2012 Author Share Posted July 29, 2012 Cut masks for the complex splitter plate natural metal/gray pattern using the kit decals. I had to make a few modifications, as these did not fit well. The natural metal paint is Hawkeye acrylic aluminum. This is only my second time spraying it. So far I like it, it is far more fine grained than the Tamiya lighter colored acrylics like silver and flat aluminum. My only complaint is it wants to clog at very low flow ratios. This makes it hard to keep the coats thin enough. The nameplate. I plan to overcoat with Future, then black, and carefully sand back to reveal the metal text and border. The exhaust area. I've seen a few shades of different metal on the aft end of the Deuce, but I'll go light on this build. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bdt13 Posted August 9, 2012 Author Share Posted August 9, 2012 Moved this thread to in-progress pics <click here>. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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