Enzo the Magnificent Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 Initially I had planned to convert the Meng F-106A to an F-106B. However, due to complications with the parts arrangement, that's a non-starter. But I really wanted to build an F-106B. Luckily, there is a kit from Trumpeter! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 Good grief man! Save some builds for the rest of us!! I do like two seat versions of aircraft, with the exception of the TF-102, and the F-106B is one of the best looking ones. Are you using one of the options from the kit for this one? 🇺🇦 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted July 3, 2022 Author Share Posted July 3, 2022 2 minutes ago, modelling minion said: Are you using one of the options from the kit for this one? No. I fancy an aircraft from the 73rd Air Division at Tyndall AFB in 1964. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted July 4, 2022 Author Share Posted July 4, 2022 The kit is typical Trumpeter fare. It is well engineered and beautifully detailed. No doubt it will build up easily. However, there are some odd things about it. The airbrake is moulded in the closed position - but has interior detail! A section of the main gear bay is nicely detailed but is then closed up within the fuselage. Trumpeter and Hobby Boss keep doing this sort of thing but I can't work out why. There are two of each of these (unbagged) sprues. Both AIM-4F and AIM-4G Falcons are included, together with a couple of AIR-2 Genies. Only one will be needed. The part in the bag fits in the weapons bay. I imagine that some of the avionics were displaced by the second cockpit and were moved into this housing in the weapons bay. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebra Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 Nice choice Enzo. I have one of these and might build it in the prototypes, experimental etc GB (if I do it'll have 3 engines!) so I'll be following along. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 Looks to be a nicely detailed kit Enzo. Very strange with the detailing on the inside of the closed airbrakes, how difficult would it be to remove them from the fuselage and display them open? 🇺🇦 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted July 9, 2022 Author Share Posted July 9, 2022 On 04/07/2022 at 21:23, modelling minion said: Very strange with the detailing on the inside of the closed airbrakes, how difficult would it be to remove them from the fuselage and display them open? It wouldn't be too difficult. However, now I look at it more closely, the airbrake ineriors are not as detailed as they could be, so some extra work would be needed. I confess that I didn't bother. There are lots of interior components in this kit. With plenty of room for ballast. And it all builds up very nicely, just as one would expect from Trumpeter. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 Excellent work mate, looks to be the usual very good fit that we have come to expect from Trumpeter. Looks like you took no chances with her being a tail sitter, thats a fair bit of weight in there. 🇺🇦 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted July 9, 2022 Author Share Posted July 9, 2022 42 minutes ago, modelling minion said: Looks like you took no chances with her being a tail sitter, thats a fair bit of weight in there. I've been burned before - most recently by the Airfix 1/48 Vampire - so I tend to be a little paranoid about ballast. One day I'll put so much in that the undercarriage won't be able to handle it... I often make a joke about needing liquid cavorite to put in the tail... but seriously. We need liquid cavorite! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 2 minutes ago, Enzo Matrix said: I've been burned before Much better to be safe than sorry.👍 🇺🇦 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted July 28, 2022 Author Share Posted July 28, 2022 Windscreen fitted and masked. Cockpit, intakes and the huge area on the underside masked up, The model was then given a couple of thin coats of clear laquer from a rattle can, followed by a coat of grey car primer, again from a rattle can. Finally, a few thin coats of Xtracrylix XA1138 FS16473 ADC Grey. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 Looking equally as good as your single seater mate, I have grown increasingly fond of the F-106B and your thread is not helping my resistance to buying one! 🇺🇦 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted July 28, 2022 Author Share Posted July 28, 2022 18 minutes ago, modelling minion said: I have grown increasingly fond of the F-106B and your thread is not helping my resistance to buying one! Resistance is futile! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted August 3, 2022 Author Share Posted August 3, 2022 The decal sheet I ordered still hasn't arrived. So I improvised. I found tail markings that I liked from an Xtradecal sheet. Then I found a suitable serial number for the unit from https://www.f-106deltadart.com/ Luckily, the aircraft I chose is represented on the Trumpeter decal sheet, albeit in different markings, so I didn't have to faff around aligning seperate numbers for the serial. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 Looking very smart indeed mate. Where did you order the overdue decal sheet from? 🇺🇦 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dansk Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 how do you get time to do so many so well? can you do a photo with all your builds lined up when complete enzo. those 4 tails in a row could look brilliant. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted August 7, 2022 Author Share Posted August 7, 2022 8 hours ago, Dansk said: how do you get time to do so many? One word: spreadsheet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sierra Mike Sierra Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 19 minutes ago, Enzo Matrix said: One word: spreadsheet! This is great! 😆 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted September 16, 2022 Author Share Posted September 16, 2022 The greeblies on this one were a lot of work! I left most of them on the sprues while I painted them. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 Looking just as good as your single seater and F-104 mate.👍 🇺🇦 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted September 17, 2022 Author Share Posted September 17, 2022 Finished! Posing with my other F-106 build in this GB. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 Another great result, this one certainly got me looking more favourably at the B version of this classic aircraft. Very well done mate. 🇺🇦 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted September 17, 2022 Author Share Posted September 17, 2022 On 06/08/2022 at 23:21, Dansk said: can you do a photo with all your builds lined up when complete enzo. those 4 tails in a row could look brilliant. Wot? Like this? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 1 hour ago, Enzo Matrix said: Wot? Like this? Exactly like that.👍 🇺🇦 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 3 hours ago, Enzo Matrix said: Wot? Like this? ACE! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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