Yaks ‘Century Series’ in 1/48 part 3 - Convair F-102A Delta Dagger

[yak face]

Got the natural metal parts done today , using the excellent vallejo metal colors , steel for the exhaust area and white aluminium for the intakes . Ive also got tthe nose cone and anti glare panel on the nose painted black too .

[yak face]

Started the decalling tonight , after about two hours heres where im at . There are a lot of stencils and warning markings , ive tried to do it as methodically as possible by starting at the front and working my way back , ringing the decal numbers as i apply them . Im only about half way through and theres lots more left on the sheet !

[Guest]

The paint finish looks really nice.

[yak face]

Well another two hours and another s**tload of tiny and not do tiny decals now on .I was a bit cautious about handling the huge one piece tail decals but I neednt have worried as they went on with no trouble at all- modern Revell decals are always excellent .

[boatman]

REALLY nice model an i wish one of you guys would do a B58 HUSTLER in 1/48 i love that plane as it was a very unusual plane
chris

[yak face]

REALLY nice model an i wish one of you guys would do a B58 HUSTLER in 1/48 i love that plane as it was a very unusual plane
chris

Cheers chris , somebody did ( ahem ) :rolling: , heres a link to the finished build , if ypu searchb58 hustler you should be able to find my build thread too. It was a large build, nearly three feet long . Cheers tony. https://www.scale-models.co.uk/threa...hustler.25921/

[papa 695]

Looking the biz now Tony

[yak face]

REALLY nice model an i wish one of you guys would do a B58 HUSTLER in 1/48 i love that plane as it was a very unusual plane
chris

And heres a link to the build log chris , a few of the photos might not enlarge as this was posted on the old server and might have lost a little in the move , cheers tony https://www.scale-models.co.uk/threa...hustler.22133/

[Si Benson]

looking Very nice indeed Tony :thumb2:, glad you had such a good result with the decals.....damn things always seem to bite me in the backside:tired:

[Jim R]

Hi Tony
Great progress. Cockpit looks very nice. Lovely subtle preshade. Well done with all those tiny decals.
Jim

[yak face]

This has now had a few coats of clear satin and is ready for the canopy and undercarriage to get sorted . I already painted up and dark washed the undercarriage and it came out great , good old monogram detail , just needing the moulded on brake lines picking out in black . I also masked up the pitot tube , which has a red and white spiral running down it . This was masked up with micro masking tape and sprayed . The first attempt was a mess , bleeding under the tape so it was cleaned up and tried again this time with a cut piece of Tamiya tape and it came out lovely , like a barbers pole !

[spanner570]

Neat work young'n. Tha' can't beat a stiff red striped pole can thee owd lad?

Sweeney Todd

[minitnkr]

Awesome. PaulE

[yak face]

Undercarriage now on and just needing a few touch ups and a bit of wash in the bays , then its onto the airbrakes, canopy and pitot .

[Fernando N]

Looking very nice Tony, love the office and undercarriage hope my Monogram can be a neat as yours:smiling: