Convair F-92A Dart - Anigrand

[Mig88]

Here is my latest kit: a fictional Convair F-92A Dart in JASDF markings.

This is an Anigrand 1:144 resin kit that came with the Firefox I built previously. It was supposed to be the XF-92 masquerading as a MiG-23 in the 19578 film "Jet Pilot". The kit didn't come with markings neither for this nor for the XF-92 prototype. Although I later found where I could get the latter I was already set on converting it into an operational fighter in Japanese markings as I saw it as something that wouldn't look out of place in those old Japanese sci-fi films.

 

Apart from fixing moulding flaws, one of which caused me to square off the wingtips, and correcting the overly wide cockpit sides sills due to the narrow canopy, I made a series of modifications and additions. The canopy was modified to a more appropriate fighter bubble-type. I replaced the nose probe for a thinner one without the extra experimental parts as well as the missing tail fin probe. I also added the missing radio antenna but moved it back so it wouldn't be in the way of the canopy when it slid back. The nose undercarriage was shortened to a correct height and the doors were thinned as much as I could. The arrangement of the main doors was altered as one would end up lower than the wheel. I also decided not to split the rear nose door. As this "variant" was fictional, I could get away with it! The missile pylons and missiles came from the spares box.

The kit was fully painted and varnished with brush. The fuselage decals came from a Platz F-104J kit and the wing hinomaru came from generic Mark I decal sheets.

 

The end result was exactly what I wanted to achieve and I am very pleased with it.

Thanks for looking and, as always, all comments are welcome.
Miguel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[F-32]

That's really cool, a great idea well executed

[Wulfman]

Lovely little whif, I like it !

 

Wulfman

[Phas3e]

definitely looks like it would have gone up against Godzilla  

[John_W]

Very nice. 

Looks like it was based on one if the German Luft 46 projects and would have looked at home in splinter camouflage with crosses.

[Eric Mc]

1 hour ago, John_W said:

Very nice. 

Looks like it was based on one if the German Luft 46 projects and would have looked at home in splinter camouflage with crosses.

It was. The F-92 was directly based on the work of Alexander Lippisch who had been hired by Convair after the war.

[Eric Mc]

There is a strong resemblance between the F-92 and the Lippisch P.13a - although Convair balked at the notion of powering the jet engine using coal dust 

[ajmm]

Brilliant, Miguel!

[Mig88]

On 09/06/2021 at 14:07, F-32 said:

That's really cool, a great idea well executed

 

On 10/06/2021 at 00:54, Wulfman said:

Lovely little whif, I like it !

 

Wulfman

 

On 10/06/2021 at 06:16, Phas3e said:

definitely looks like it would have gone up against Godzilla  

That was the general idea, thanks 😀!

 

On 10/06/2021 at 07:42, John_W said:

Very nice. 

Looks like it was based on one if the German Luft 46 projects and would have looked at home in splinter camouflage with crosses.

 

19 hours ago, ajmm said:

Brilliant, Miguel!

 

Thank you very much everyone!!

Miguel