Howdy guys and gals,
Well, this morning I decided to build one of my really rare models. Its an old limited run strombecker model of the XF2Y-1 Sea Dart in 1:60th scale. This is Kit Number# 624 of 1000 produced. It only contained 12 pieces, but thats the way alot of older kits were, few pieces and not alot of detail.
Anyway, here she sits on my driveway:
A little history of the sea dart:
"The Convair XF2Y SeaDart water-based fighter was the result of a design contest initiated by the US Navy in 1948 for a supersonic interceptor seaplane. The goal of the contest was to develop a high-performance supersonic naval fighter aircraft which could operate in forward areas without the need for land bases. At that time, the Navy assumed that it would be impossible to operate high-performance supersonic jet aircraft from the decks of aircraft carriers. For this reason, the Navy actually stuck with lower-performance straight-winged carrier-based jet aircraft such as the F9F Panther and the F2H Banshee long after land-based air forces had switched over to higher-performance swept-winged fighter aircraft. The aircraft took off and landed on a pair of retractable hydro-skis that extended outward on oleo legs from recesses cut into the lower hull, one ski on each side of the hull. During takeoff, the skis were initially fully retracted into their wells. Then as power was applied and the leading edge of the ski broke the water at 9-11 mph, the skis were extended to an intermediate position until 45-55 mph was reached. The skis were then extended to their fully-extended position, and the aircraft accelerated to a takeoff speed of about 145 mph. The project was cancelled in december of 1953."
Thanks for looking have a good day all,
Greg aka GW
Well, this morning I decided to build one of my really rare models. Its an old limited run strombecker model of the XF2Y-1 Sea Dart in 1:60th scale. This is Kit Number# 624 of 1000 produced. It only contained 12 pieces, but thats the way alot of older kits were, few pieces and not alot of detail.
Anyway, here she sits on my driveway:
A little history of the sea dart:
"The Convair XF2Y SeaDart water-based fighter was the result of a design contest initiated by the US Navy in 1948 for a supersonic interceptor seaplane. The goal of the contest was to develop a high-performance supersonic naval fighter aircraft which could operate in forward areas without the need for land bases. At that time, the Navy assumed that it would be impossible to operate high-performance supersonic jet aircraft from the decks of aircraft carriers. For this reason, the Navy actually stuck with lower-performance straight-winged carrier-based jet aircraft such as the F9F Panther and the F2H Banshee long after land-based air forces had switched over to higher-performance swept-winged fighter aircraft. The aircraft took off and landed on a pair of retractable hydro-skis that extended outward on oleo legs from recesses cut into the lower hull, one ski on each side of the hull. During takeoff, the skis were initially fully retracted into their wells. Then as power was applied and the leading edge of the ski broke the water at 9-11 mph, the skis were extended to an intermediate position until 45-55 mph was reached. The skis were then extended to their fully-extended position, and the aircraft accelerated to a takeoff speed of about 145 mph. The project was cancelled in december of 1953."
Thanks for looking have a good day all,
Greg aka GW
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