The Blueberry Dart ***Finished***

[Blueberryruby]

This month I will mostly be building a Hasegawa F-106 Delta Dart

[Blueberryruby]

[TobyC]

That looks a very nice kit. I bet it has instructions as well
This may be of some help.
http://designer.home.xs4all.nl/models/century/f106.htm;

[MarkyM607]

Hey I was going to do that one!!!.

[Blueberryruby]

Hey I was going to do that one!!!.

Great minds.....

Be good to compare notes!

[Blueberryruby]

That looks a very nice kit. I bet it has instructions as well
This may be of some help.
http://designer.home.xs4all.nl/models/century/f106.htm;

That is helpful, thanks! I thought the finish was NMF, apparently i was wrong!

It does have instructions but what man ever reads them?!

[iggie]

It does have instructions but what man ever reads them?!

Only when in doubt or if it's gone pear-shaped!

[Blueberryruby]

Work on the Dart has started.... I'm painting the insides first before putting it together. I've also been spending time getting rid of the (small amounts) of flash and filling the injection pin moulds.

I need to paint it "Air Defence Grey"... any idea what Humbrol is needed? it should be 164 but that isn't made any more. I think i'm going to buy my first non-humbrol paint!!! Also if i buy acrylic can i use it in conjunction with enamels?

[TobyC]

You can use both enamel and acrylics but the drying time will be a bit different to say the least. The Dagger and the Dart are very very similar in so much when I saw your sprue shot and mine I thought the were the same

[coptermech]

FS 36495 Light Gray, Model Master 1732, and Vallejo 70.907 Pale Grey might be close alternatives.

[Blueberryruby]

FS 36495 Light Gray, Model Master 1732, and Vallejo 70.907 Pale Grey might be close alternatives.

Thanks. Looking around it looks like this would be a good option - Xtracrylix XA1138 ADC grey

Annoyingly i now need to buy one pot of paint and pay more for delivery than the actual paint!

[TobyC]

But some other stuff you need to get the cost per item down. That's what I normally do
Before you do let me check as I may have some enamel that I bought by mistake in that colour

[Blueberryruby]

I've already ordered it! I needed a couple of other bits so i ordered them as well.

Also I've ordered acrylics.... the start of the transition....

[Blueberryruby]

Here's a whole load of updates....

I've built the main plane....



but it has loads of gaps...







Thankfully they've been easy to fill..





Once the canopy has been masked (gulp) it's ready to be primed.

[iggie]

Good work BB, hope the masking goes well