F-102 Delta Dagger

[john53]

I resurrected this from the "box of doom" and am hoping to finish it before

New Years. There's not much more to do then I can mask and paint. It is pretty

much OOB, with closed weapons bay, I have no patience nor time to be messing with

this.It will be done as an ANG plane from CT, The Flying Yankees. When I lived in

New England I was about 1 1/2 hours from Bradlee Airport and loved watching the

118th and walking around the relics at the air museum. I am thinking if all goes well

with this possibly doing the Trumpeter 1/48 F-102B in my current states markings, FL,

as a last hurrah.---John

Edited September 29, 2015 by john53

[Gary F]

Are the decals from the kit or aftermarket?

[Sgt1255]

Great start. Always like the Delta Dagger.

Ken

[john53]

I have the intakes on, had to fill and sand them 3 times so far, I love the

old Revell-Monogram stuff but the fit is less than stellar. I also opened

the hole for the IR seeker so I can't use the kit decals I wanted for the

Flying Yankees, CT ANG. So I am going to go aftermarket and get Texas ANG

which most had the IR seeker, guess I will do W's plane, LOL. I also am doing it

with the canopy up,mainly because I don't like the way Monogram did the framing

seperate from the glass and I have a sneaky suspicion the canopy won't line

up very good with the windscreen. I think I might have to do one more filling

and sanding before I move on to the next step. Intakes inside were painted

aluminum, cockpit frame inside will be same as interior, dark gull gray.---John

[Joel_W]

John,

Excellent progress on a rather difficult kit. Looking forward to your next update.

Joel

[jester292]

Looking good! Love monograms century series.

[Messersch]

And amazing WIP and better subject, this century series airplanes are the best !

I will be near to your work, regards and keep the good job.