neil5208 Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 (edited) Finish no3 for the year is Meng's F102A Delta Dagger (case xx). Been working on this one in the back round while doing the shiny Black Widow. Built OOB as an aircraft operated by 509th FIS from Adorn RTAFB in 1969, using my usual mix of Tamiya and Mr Hobby Colour acylics. Went together fairly well but I found that the colours that Meng recommend (only Vallejo) didn't look like the photos of the aircraft so I substituted Tamiya XF11 for the dark green instead of H304 and used the H304 as the light green instead of H464. The decals went down well except the large fuselage band which needed a lot of Mirocsol to conform to the shape and ripped in one of the corners.Light weathering with Flory Dark Dirt wash. The instructions also have the main undercarriage door actuator upside down in step 8 and the canopy doesn't fit well in the closed position. Otherwise straight forward build less the masking of the canopy for the sealant tape, not had to do this before. Now this one is done I can get back to the P61A, as usual all comment welcome. Edited June 11, 2022 by neil5208 34 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 Delightful Delta Dagger, great build ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billn53 Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 Great job! Isn’t the Ming kit nice? I built one a few years back in Wisconsin Air National Guard colors (air defense gray with red tail & trim). But, I like the camo Deuces, too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opus999 Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 That is superb! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
112 Squadron Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 What a nice Dagger! You did an excellent job. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 Excellent Dagger, really nice work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binbrook87 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 That's a belter! 👏👍 I've never been sure of the 102 in camo but your example has proved it does suit it very well indeed. Great work and thanks for sharing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 Awesome work, love them in that scheme 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 Cracking job,love that scheme 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 Excellent job on the F-102 - it looks great in the SEA scheme! Regards, Jason 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackson Duvalier Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 Well done, Neil. A less-modeled scheme of a less-modelled aircraft, what's not to like? 😎 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Mc Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 Always loved the F-102. It's nice to see it in Vietnam colours. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigster Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 I always preferred look of 106, but it looks like, there's much more builds (and interest about) for 102. Yours is a great work on this plane representation, thumbs up! zig 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantherhawk27263 Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 Fine work on a fine plane! I keep flip flopping on whether to do my Meng Deuce in grey or camo. Of course, I also have the Monogram 1/48 kit, so I could do one in grey and one in camo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil5208 Posted July 2, 2022 Author Share Posted July 2, 2022 9 hours ago, Pantherhawk27263 said: Fine work on a fine plane! I keep flip flopping on whether to do my Meng Deuce in grey or camo. Of course, I also have the Monogram 1/48 kit, so I could do one in grey and one in camo. I would go small scale in grey and large in SEA. I almost changed to air superiority grey when the MENG colour instructions turned out to be wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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