JASDF Convair F-102 J Delta Dagger

[zenrat]

What if instead of Sabres the JASDF had bought Daggers?
Convair F-102 Delta Dagger 007 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr
Prevented by Congress from exporting rocket and missile technology to Japan Convair equipped the weapons bay of the F-102 J with a "Gunbelly" holding a pair of 15mm rotary cannons and their corresponding ammunition.
Convair F-102 Delta Dagger 006 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr
Convair F-102 Delta Dagger 004 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr
The model.
Hasegawa F-102 with scratchbuilt gunbelly.  Otherwise box stock.
Painted with silver car paint from a rattle can, airbrushed zero paints candies and Humbrol, Model master & Tamiya Enamels.
Decals are a combination of those from the kit (the stencils), Hasegawa Kawanishi N1K1, aftermarket pinstripes, AMT Double Dragster and home made.
Convair F-102 Delta Dagger 010 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

[Gondor]

Love the colour of the wing tips and tail fin. Beautiful plumage!

Gondor

[PR19_Kit]

Great stuff. 

I love the 'gun belly' idea, where did the parts come from please?

[zenrat]

Thanks Gondor.  That's Candy Yellow with a fade of Candy Liquid Bronze along the leading edges.

[sandiego89]

The bronze turned out great. 

[Dizzyfugu]

Colorful!

[Mossie]

Very shiney! Hinomaru look right on the Dagger.

Nice unit marking!

[NARSES2]

Glorious 

[DogfighterZen]

Glorious 

My feelings exactly...

[su27rules]

   Nice!!

[The Big Gimper]

Love it!!!! 

[Glenn Gilbertson]

That looks beautiful!

[zenrat]

Thanks folks.  I felt like doing something colourful and shiny for a change.

Kit - the Gun belly parts are all evergreen styrene tube, sheet and strip (and filler - lots and lots of PSR on this one) apart from the guns themselves which are resin 1/35 mini gun barrels with the shrouds left off the ends.

[PR19_Kit]

I can believe the amount of PSR you had to do, a zillion years ago I tried to make a TF-102 from the Hasegawa kit and a ModelConversions nose, and trying to get the closed missile bay doors smooth defeated me in the end. Yours looks magnificent. 

[zenrat]

Thank you.  This model is one of the reasons I named the company that built my combined Spitfire/Bf 109 "Pistophe sans Dingem"...

All Hasegawa had to do was include a closed bay doors piece.  Mind you, the intakes didn't fit too well either.