Convair F-106 Delta Dart from the Hellenic Air Force

[sletch]

Hi all,

Welcome to our friends from Greece... their F-106 Delta Dart fighters are welcome too  The complete story is told below.

The work-in-progress can be seen on "fighters forum" http://fighters.forumactif.com/t41087-convair-f-106-delta-dart-hasegawa-1-72-maj-05-03-11-un-de-moins

Please note that a second F-106 is still to come 

See ya / Frederic

In the late 70s, Greece started looking for an interceptor for its air force (Πολεμικὴ Ἀεροπορία). At that time, the Convair F-102 Delta Dagger was the main component of the Fighter Squadrons in this country.



Except the very expensive maintenance cost, the Dagger brought a lot of satisfaction to the Air Force. Therefore, the Greek government, tried to obtain 32 F-106 Delta Dart from the U.S.A.

The discussions were more complex than expected. Indeed, at that time, the radar of the Delta Dart was still classified. For this reason, the US government refused to the export  the Delta Dart. Finally, a agreement was found on the basis of the replacement of the avionics by a less efficient but more recent radar.

The Greek F-106s were decommissioned in 1993.

Extract from "Is this for real?" by Jonas LEITCH

[lenny100]

lovely clean build

[PR19_Kit]

That looks really smart. 

Al F-106s look smart, but that Greek scheme suits it extremely well, dare I say better than the USAF one?

[The Rat]

Never saw a lot of Darts, but those I did encounter were always spotless. Glad you didn't weather it. Very nice build! 

[Captain Canada]

Beauty ! She looks great in those colours. Nice one.

[GTX]

lovely clean build

What he said.

Regards,

Greg

[sletch]

Good evening,

lovely clean build

Tank you very much 

That looks really smart.  Al F-106s look smart, but that Greek scheme suits it extremely well, dare I say better than the USAF one?

I agree with that. May be it's because we got used to the US scheme 

Never saw a lot of Darts, but those I did encounter were always spotless. Glad you didn't weather it. Very nice build! 

Since I noticed that,I just can't understand why modern jets are that dirty!!! 

Beauty ! She looks great in those colours. Nice one.

Tanx Captain Canada 

lovely clean build

What he said. Regards, Greg

Tanx too 

See you / Frédéric

[pedrospe]

hi sletch, that is a great f-106, it is a pity that we don't see more of the USAF century series aircrafts, the f-106 and the f-109 were always my favorites ones.


best regards


Pedro

[ysi_maniac]

lovely clean build

What he said.

Regards,

Greg

Yeah! clean and elegant.

[sletch]

Hi all,

I'm back ! (I kwow it's a little bit stupid but Terminator always says that. So it might be cool, no )

hi sletch, that is a great f-106, it is a pity that we don't see more of the USAF century series aircrafts, the f-106 and the f-109 were always my favorites ones.
best regards
Pedro

To be honnest, I am not that big fan of the century fighters. I love the  F-106. F-100, 102, F-104 are OK for me. I fact, I do prefer the prototypes such as the Republic XF-103 (   ), F-107 and XF-108 ( ). Overall, the F-106 is (for me) the most beautifull fighter ever built 

lovely clean build

What he said. Regards, Greg

Yeah! clean and elegant.

Thank you very much ysi_maniac 

See ya / Frederic

[Taiidantomcat]

Excellent!! I thought it was real 

[pyro-manic]

Very nicely done, and very plausible. Perhaps a little bit of heat discolouration on the exhaust? I don't think any jet engine would have a chromed nozzle.

[comrade harps]

Neat and makes perfect sense.