Unk Mfr - Convair F-102 Delta Dagger / F-106 Delta Dart - Red SP Redux

We posted this aircraft back in May of last year but I took a few pics of it posed on the new runway shelf display.

(As far as toys go, today's example looks like a fantasy blend of F-102 Delta Dagger and F-106 Delta Dart aircraft built by Convair in the 1950s.. It has the air intakes just below the cockpit as on the Dagger, but the flattened vertical stabilizer as on the Dart. The cockpit does look more pronounced as on the Dagger but ya know what? - you make the call. Want it to be a Dagger? go for it Want it to be a Dart? go for it. In either case it is a nice blended form example of an early Century Series fighter. It measures 5 3/8" (13.65cm) L x 3 1/8" (7.93cm) wingspan x 1 5/8" (4.12cm) H) Enjoy! Opa Fritz and Oma Bettina

F-102 Delta Dagger's

F-106 Delta Dart's

Here's some shots pairing the Renwal Navy Panther with the F-102 / F-106

Juguetes Dinamicos de Mexico, S.A. #2859 Marx Mexico Spaceship Set - Pt 2 F-102 Delta Dagger

At first, the inclusion of the '50s era F-102 Delta Dagger in this set might seem a bit odd, but if you play the '50s Sc-Fi game of jets scrambling to intercept UFO's this could fit right. What doesn't fit in are those gaudy colors! oh brother! But hey, it's a nice toy nonetheless. The minimal markings are done via peel-&-stick appliques which, after so many years, are starting to come loose on my samples. Enjoy! Opa Fritz and Oma Bettina

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Here's an example of some of the problems I had photographing these things. I had read where, if you put a brightly colored object on a backdrop of contrasting colors the colors will 'pop'. Wellll, yeah, sort of. The closest complimentary colored paper I could find to pink ( alighter tint of red) was green. You can see by the unedited photo below, that yes, the colors do 'pop' but...

I don't like it

Marx (?) Convair F-102 Delta Dagger - Red SP

Part of the Century Series of aircraft, the Convair Delta Dagger first entered service in 1956 in a bomber intercept role. It the USAF's first operational supersonic interceptor and delta-wing fighter. 

I'm not entirely sure who made this particular toy but believe it was one of the soft plastic airplanes which Marx included in their airport/jetport playsets. There are no maker's markings on it but I've seen photos of the playsets and it looks like the one. Here's the goofy part: I have a Marx Jetport playset but it's buried out in The Cave!!! I need to break it out and see what's inside! The plane measures 5 3/8" (13.65cm) L x 3 1/8" (7.93cm) wingspan x 1 5/8" (4.12cm) H. Enjoy! Opa Fritz and Oma Bettina

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