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

Japan - F-106A USAF Convair Delta Dart (Checkerboard)

I had a yen to post a toy, just to break up the Sparks, NV trip posts. Here's a tin-litho jet from the 1960s that was made by an unknown Japanese manufacturer, one that I'm designating as an F-106 Delta Dart. The outline is so close to the prototype that I'm comfortable with the designation although the paint scheme is a little unconventional.  The F-106 Delta Dart was the primary interceptor for the U.S. Air Force from the 1960s through the 1980s. Like the F-100 Super Saber, the Eldon version of which was featured here last week, I remember the Delta Dart from my first air base in Victorville where they were flown by the National Guard unit also stationed there. Mostly I remember them flying them at night and can still see the glow of the afterburners lighting up the sky. The toy measures 9 1/4" (23.5cm) L x 6" (15.2cm) wingspan x 2 1/4" (5.7cm) H. Enjoy! Opa Fritz and Oma Bettina