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1/48 Monogram Delta Dart and Dagger

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1/48 Monogram Delta Dart and Dagger
Posted by plasticjunkie on Friday, April 17, 2020 9:45 AM

I started these two 1/48 Monogram models a couple of years ago and finally finished them. They are both OOB except for the resin seats and AM decals on the Six Pack. The Daggerdecals were the included Monogram ones from 2002 and applied beautifully.

My thanks to John Eaton (jeaton01) for sending my missing F-102 air brakes that I somehow lost. I polished the MM ADC Grey Enamel on both planes to a glass smooth high gloss using Novus polish and an old t shirt. All comments are welcomed. Please click on the pictures for closeups.

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Posted by knox on Friday, April 17, 2020 10:02 AM

Nice job!  I love the look of those jets, and You did such a great job on them. 

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Posted by RickS on Friday, April 17, 2020 10:03 AM

Beautiful!

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Posted by mississippivol on Friday, April 17, 2020 10:22 AM
Slam dunk! Makes me want to pull mine down and start them!
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Posted by stikpusher on Friday, April 17, 2020 10:25 AM

Excellent work on your Deltas! The Deuce and the Six both look fabulous. Shiny finish, very restrained weathering, great detail painting. All around super looking pair! YesYes

 

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Posted by plasticjunkie on Friday, April 17, 2020 11:06 PM

Thanks for the kind words guys.

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Posted by jeaton01 on Saturday, April 18, 2020 12:37 AM

Sweet, PJ.  Glad to be of help!

John

To see build logs for my models:  http://goldeneramodel.com/mymodels/mymodels.html

 

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Posted by plasticjunkie on Saturday, April 18, 2020 8:10 AM

Thanks John! Really appreciate your help with the brake part. Yes

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Posted by Jay Jay on Saturday, April 18, 2020 8:31 AM

WOW such patience polishing by hand.  I am attempting to achieve the same results while building the 1/48  F-18 Blue Angels . After seeing your build of this aircraft I just had to try it but I didn't realize that you polished the paint by hand so Thanks for the input my friend.

I took a sabatical from modeling because I have been working on my 1/1 Bass boat for weeks now and just about got it done and running well so maybe it's back to modeling for me.

 

 

 

 

 

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Posted by Aggieman on Saturday, April 18, 2020 8:59 AM

Great work on these delta-wing birds!  Very clean and nicely shined.  I may just do the Novus shine treatment on the -106 that I'll be starting soon.

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Posted by plasticjunkie on Saturday, April 18, 2020 10:46 AM

Great to hear from you Jay and trust you are doing good. Thanks for the nice comments on my builds. 
I did two Blue Ángels commissions and polished the MM enamel to a glass smooth finish using Novus. Just make sure to shoot the paint a bit more thinned than usual to get a really even finish then some clear enamel gloss to offer extra meat for the polishing. And let the paint cure for at least 5-7 days otherwise the paint will gum up.

 

 

 

 

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Posted by plasticjunkie on Saturday, April 18, 2020 10:49 AM

Aggieman

Great work on these delta-wing birds!  Very clean and nicely shined.  I may just do the Novus shine treatment on the -106 that I'll be starting soon.

 

Thanks Aggie. Please read my procedure in the previous post  to Jay and you will love the results.

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Posted by Mopar Madness on Saturday, April 18, 2020 11:32 AM

These are probably my favorite century series aircraft.  Well done!

Chad

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Posted by Tomcat on Saturday, April 18, 2020 11:39 AM

Those look awesome! Delta winged craft are a favorite of mine. I have both of those models in my  stash. I can only hope mine turn out half as nice as  yours. Good work!

Mark aka Tomcat

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Posted by BrandonK on Saturday, April 18, 2020 11:56 AM

Very nice factory fresh and clean. Those are marvelous to look at. Well done, Steve.

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Posted by patrick206 on Saturday, April 18, 2020 12:34 PM

H, Ernie - Exceptional jobs, very clean and well done. They look fast just sitting there.

Patrick

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Posted by MJames70 on Saturday, April 18, 2020 1:54 PM

Good to see the 49th FIS 'Green Eagles' get some love on the F-106. They were the last active 106 squadron, and I have lived my entire life in the area of their now closed home base of Griffiss AFB, Rome NY. 

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Posted by docidle on Saturday, April 18, 2020 11:11 PM

OHHHHH they’re SHINY! Amazing polishing on those well built models PJ. I’ll have to find something I can polish now...

Steve

       

 

 

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Posted by tempestjohnny on Sunday, April 19, 2020 9:13 AM
Absolutely beautiful

 

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Posted by tempestjohnny on Sunday, April 19, 2020 9:26 AM
Jay did you say Bass boat. Tell me more

 

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Posted by fox on Sunday, April 19, 2020 6:03 PM

Really nice builds! Love the finish.

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Posted by crown r n7 on Sunday, April 19, 2020 8:14 PM

Very clean and speedy..

 

 

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Posted by plasticjunkie on Monday, April 20, 2020 6:46 AM

Thanks for the great comments guys. I really enjoyed working on these two Deltas. The pit details on both were outstanding. 

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