Convair F-106 Delta Dart Ideas and Inspiration

[Empty Handed]

I like that really quite an awful lot!!!

[M.A.D]

NJANG Six Shooter cockpit area with the frameless hood, IRST and front end of the M61 tub visible. Sorry for the grainy photo... air-to-air through a really dirty window. :) Atlantic coast off Atlantic City around 1986.

Very interesting Silver Fox - especially the frameless hood!!!
I've read the F-106 was a very good dogfighter, for such a large Interceptor!!!

M.A.D

[raafif]

just to blow your minds ....... F-106 Trimotor !!
http://www.f-106deltadart.com/nasa_airbreathing_propulsion_research.htm

[Cliffy B]

just to blow your minds ....... F-106 Trimotor !!
http://www.f-106deltadart.com/nasa_airbreathing_propulsion_research.htm

Anyone else instantly think REAL LIFE Colonial Viper from Battlestar upon reading that? 

[Volkodav]

I've always thought deleting the weapons bay in favor of an internal gun, fuel  and avionics with a couple of semi recessed sparrows (2 or 3) in the fuselage forward of the main landing gear.  Bought a Hasegawa 1/72 F-106 years ago with this intent.

[GTX_Admin]

just to blow your minds ....... F-106 Trimotor !!
http://www.f-106deltadart.com/nasa_airbreathing_propulsion_research.htm

Anyone else instantly think REAL LIFE Colonial Viper from Battlestar upon reading that? 

Oh yeah!

[GTX_Admin]

Some inspiration:

[GTX_Admin]

More:

[smeds]

I thought of a similar thing a few years ago after Concorde was scrapped. I used the cabin / forward fuselage of a Hasegawa 1/48 Learjet and a Revell 1/48 Eurofighter. Unfortunately it never got finished and ended up in the bin !!

[elmayerle]

More:

Scott covered this in rather more detail in an issue of APR.  I've been thinking of doing it in 1/148 using the seats out of a 1/48 Learjet and a Revellogram F-106.

[Weaver]

Wow: you'll be able to tell which side of the plane passengers were seated on by which way their necks are cricked.....

[GTX_Admin]

Random thought:  F-106 with AIM-54.

[GTX_Admin]

Another random thought:  Taiwanese F-106

[Jeffry Fontaine]

Random thought:  F-106 with AIM-54.

Good luck trying to get more than two of those things stuffed in that weapons bay.  :)

[GTX_Admin]

I was thinking only 1 or 2.

[Weaver]

Since AIM-54s were rated for external carriage, it'd make more sense to put fuel in the bay and hang the missiles on the wing pylons.

[GTX_Admin]

Probably.

[Jeffry Fontaine]

Random thought:  F-106 with AIM-54.

Good luck trying to get more than two of those things stuffed in that weapons bay.  :)

I was thinking only 1 or 2.

The Monogram kit certainly does not give you a lot of room to start with.  Even more intriguing would be to arm the F-106 with the AIM-26 Super Falcon since it was intended to fit in the same space as the original AIM-4 Falcons.  The space allocated for the AIR-2 Genie could also be used to hold an AIM-26 so the load would be then be five instead of four weapons.  If you were to arm the F-106 with AIM-54 or AIM-47 missiles then the best option would be to mount the missiles on stores pylons where the wing tanks are located and claim the weapons bay now holds fuel instead of missiles.  A quick solution to the problem :). 

Another option would be to consider that miniaturization was applied to the AIM-4 and the missile was improved upon during the production run and the end result was a mini-AIM-54 Phoenix clone in size and shape based on applying some scale-o-rama and using 1:72nd scale AIM-54 Phoenix to replace the AIM-4.  Claim it as another Falcon derivative that was the result of advancements in weapons technology that resulted in a better missile based on these improvements. 

[Weaver]

Another option would be to consider that miniaturization was applied to the AIM-4 and the missile was improved upon during the production run and the end result was a mini-AIM-54 Phoenix clone in size and shape based on applying some scale-o-rama and using 1:72nd scale AIM-54 Phoenix to replace the AIM-4.  Claim it as another Falcon derivative that was the result of advancements in weapons technology that resulted in a better missile based on these improvements.

I've thought of doing that with both 1/144th and 1/100th Phoenix to make head-scratcher Falcon versions in 1/72nd....

Slightly off-topic, but another thing that occured to me was to put Phoenix wings on a Sparrow body as a "Phoenix-lite" missile.

[Jeffry Fontaine]

Another option would be to consider that miniaturization was applied to the AIM-4 and the missile was improved upon during the production run and the end result was a mini-AIM-54 Phoenix clone in size and shape based on applying some scale-o-rama and using 1:72nd scale AIM-54 Phoenix to replace the AIM-4.  Claim it as another Falcon derivative that was the result of advancements in weapons technology that resulted in a better missile based on these improvements.

I've thought of doing that with both 1/144th and 1/100th Phoenix to make head-scratcher Falcon versions in 1/72nd....

The same could be done with the AGM-78 Standard ARM which is part of the Terrier/Tartar/Standard Missile (RIM-2 Terrier, RIM-24 Tartar, RIM-66 SM-1, RIM-67 SM-2) family that all share a common shape and size.  By using a 1:72nd scale AGM-78 STARM you can create a 1:48th scale air to air missile that would resemble a very wicked looking "mini-me" version of the original weapon.  Similar in some respects to what Matra did with the R530F ("Super 530") and the MICA AAM.   

[finsrin]

You guys are doing/designing well. :)   Am watching-reading with interest.
Note that Slowy Jet carries both standard Maverick and Maverick LW (Light Weight).
Maverick LW was sourced from a 1/100 A-10.
Lotz of missile design flexibility here at BTS to go with aircraft designs.

[ChernayaAkula]

<...> a very wicked looking "mini-me" version of the original weapon.  Similar in some respects to what Matra did with the R530F ("Super 530") and the MICA AAM.

That sounds interesting.  :) Hadn't thought about it that way. 1/48 MICAs on 1/72 aircraft, or 1/72 MICAs on 1/144 aircraft - sure sounds good!

[GTX_Admin]

One to screw with people's minds…

[The Big Gimper]

Done. Going to built this one.   

[Kerick]

Put a Pave Tack pod in the missile bay like the F-111 and some LGBs under the wings.