Ettore Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 Goodmorning People I'll enter in this GB with a F-102A Delta Dagger Case XX Wing, 1/72 scale from Meng I don't know if I'll built a SAE version or al all grey version......Soon Box art and pieces in this topic Ettore 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 Welcome to the GB Ettore. The Dagger looks good in either the SEA scheme or the ADC grey so whichever version you choose to build will be a welcome addition to the GB. 🇺🇦 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 Nice choice, Ettore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dansk Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 Looking forward to see your shots ettore. welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ettore Posted June 5, 2022 Author Share Posted June 5, 2022 Good morning We have finally arrived at the beginning of this GB, as I said a while ago my kit will be an F-102 elta Dagger Case XX, scale 1/72 of Meng; below you can see its new packaging with some sets of details. I will do it all gray and belonging to the 196th FIS, California 1968 God Job to All..... Ettore 🇮🇹 🇺🇸 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 A very nice looking kit Ettore and a large amount of aftermarket parts for it. I like your choice of markings, the F-102's of the 196th FIS looked great with their tail markings. 🇺🇦 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ettore Posted June 11, 2022 Author Share Posted June 11, 2022 Goodmorning The 1/72 scale Meng kit is a really nice kit, everything fits together well and there seems to be no hitch in the early assembly stages. Unfortunately I have to post some advanced stages because due to my carelessness I deleted the first photos from the camera's SDcard ........ it happens! First I gave the Off White inside the vents Later I made the resin seat and glued the resin cockpit on the front wheel bay, this one from the box ..... then colored ( here the photos are missing) and finally inserted inside the fuselage. I was surprised how Pavla's cockpit fits perfectly without sanding anything. obviously the resin is not comparable to that of Brassin or CMK and therefore some residue can be seen when enlarging. Note the first piece of lead glued, a second has been put into the bow radar cone, better be sure !! And here is the final result Opps I forgot ! Even the exhaust was mounted, colored and inserted inside the fuselage. This afternoon I'll trie to close the fuselage At next Ettore 🇮🇹 🇺🇸 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 Off to a very nice start Ettore. The cockpit looks very nice indeed and the exhaust certainly looks nicely detailed. I might have to look into getting one of these. 🇺🇦 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dansk Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 Nice Ettore. its looking very good so far. better to be safe with the weight addition than not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ettore Posted June 14, 2022 Author Share Posted June 14, 2022 (edited) Hello e everybody After closing the fuselage I started detailing the landing gear and the rocket compartment; I think I will not make them extended as many do, but rather allocated in their location but with the doors open, in the meantime I have done a minimum of detail In this photo you can see how the beautiful delta wing glued to the fuselage completes all the beauty of this aircraft; it was not a walk, some putty was used, some Tamiya, some Ammo acrylic and Mister Surfacer; the trolley and rocket compartments are all interior green. A detail of the trolley compartment, then I will start washing in this area At next Ettore 🇮🇹 🇺🇸 Edited June 15, 2022 by Ettore 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 That really is very nice work Ettore.👍 I struggle to add extra details in 1/48, never mind 1/72! You may have needed to use some filler but from the pictures it doesn't seem like you have had to use too much, and I have never built a model yet that doesn't need some. 🇺🇦 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dansk Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 all looking very slick enzo. 👌 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ettore Posted June 23, 2022 Author Share Posted June 23, 2022 Good afternoon Back from my short holidays in South Tyrol, I have again approached the F-102. After a coat of medium gray primer, I marbled the upper surfaces with white; the lower one no ! While waiting for the drying, I took the opportunity to do the small details: hatches, air brake, offensive loads and wheels. In making the hatches, I tried a new color of the AK, the RC 221 ADC Gray FS 16473, a very nice gray and slightly tending to light blue, you will see it soon, tomorrow I airbrush the kit. Ettore 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Good to have you back Ettore, I hope that you enjoyed your holiday. Very nice work on the marbling, it should look great with the ADC Grey over it and the Falcons look very good. 🇺🇦 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoftScience Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Your work is always a pleasure to watch. I'm interested to learn more about the two types of AIM-4 missiles. Is the one type entirely in red, or have you simply not finished painting? I like how they look all red Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ettore Posted June 24, 2022 Author Share Posted June 24, 2022 Thanks to All A great vacation, Minion! I was in the Italian Tyrol and to be exact in Merano, a city that bases everything on its Hapsburg past, beautiful and very civilized people, the impression I had is that of total happiness. I visited the same castles and a bird of prey training center again; let's not talk about the excellent wine I brought home and the delicious hay grappa .......... but these are other things 😄 We come to armaments; this aircraft could carry different types of Falcon Hughes, from 4A to 4G (the latter I'm not very sure). The main difference was that some were radar search and others infrared search, the difference was the missile head, many were red / white and others only red, but I don't know the exact technical difference. The plane could take them both and if you see the historical photos ............. they are like that. Maybe someone more experienced can explain to us ... Ettore 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 She is looking good, Ettore. I see some reports that the Meng kit is nt great but you certainly have wrestled it in to a nice looking model Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 On 6/24/2022 at 3:58 AM, Ettore said: A great vacation, Minion! I was in the Italian Tyrol and to be exact in Merano, a city that bases everything on its Hapsburg past, beautiful and very civilized people, the impression I had is that of total happiness. I visited the same castles and a bird of prey training center again; let's not talk about the excellent wine I brought home and the delicious hay grappa .......... but these are other things 😄 Sounds like a great vacation, a mix of history, great food and drink and nature too, perfect.👍 🇺🇦 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ettore Posted June 27, 2022 Author Share Posted June 27, 2022 (edited) Good morning to All I completed the coloring, but I'm not very fulfilled of the photos result, it will probably be the blue background; despite having well calibrated the white of the digital camera, the ADC Gray came to me too light gray, while on the kit it tends to a light blue gray, the colole I used is the RC 221 from AK. Next time I'll use a white background .... Of course this color will be well polished to make the plane look as it was in reality I have to better review the canopy and touch up a little bit between black and gray With extreme patience I airbrushed the wing fences ( is this the right term?) in red color The exhaust Some others photos at this link http://www.modellismopiu.net/m+gallerie/main.php?g2_itemId=1471445&g2_page=2&g2_navId=xa37551f6 Now I stop this work for a week, little pause for reflection to continue a Russian helicopter in 1/48 scale and which is long enough to build...😓 Ettore 🇮🇹 🇺🇸 Edited June 27, 2022 by Ettore 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 I think that your Deuce is looking great Ettore, a lovely smooth coat of paint and the wing fences really stand out against the ADC Grey. 🇺🇦 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ettore Posted July 5, 2022 Author Share Posted July 5, 2022 (edited) Goodmorning I resume after a few days off, in my way of modeling I dedicate 4 days to a kit, two days to fishing or other hobbies and then I resume working on the kit ..... so I have time to reflect and better approach the rest of the work . It seems well established that the finish on this aircraft was glossy, but how glossy? In all the photos I saw these aircraft looked semi-glossy, but finally on some color photos (but also in w / b) I noticed that the details of the wing reflected very well on the fuselage, I have not found the reverse situation (the fuselage reflected on the wing) ..... but that's okay! So I gave a first light coat of Future for the decals, I obviously masked the trolley compartment and the rocket compartment A day off .......... and then I applied the decals unfortunately in handling it two rocket mounts came off, never mind.....The next step will be a light medium gray paneling and then the final polishing ........ Ettore 🇮🇹 🇺🇸 Edited July 5, 2022 by Ettore 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoftScience Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 That's looking beautiful. I like the California ANG markings. Very classy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 Great work Ettore, she looks fantastic. I have to agree about the California ANG markings, got to be one of the best applied to the tail of an F-102, or anything else for that matter. Looks like it won't be too long before she's in the gallery too. 🇺🇦 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntPhillips Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 Looking good Ettore, I also agree about the California ANG markings, my favourite scheme on a Deuce 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ettore Posted July 5, 2022 Author Share Posted July 5, 2022 Thanks to All..Guys !! Ettore 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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