F-106 Delta Dart wheel wells and weapons bay color

[lacrosse dad]

New to the site, picked back up the hobby after throwing it away at 12 in favor of chasing girls and since I have my gal now for the last 30 years I thought I might pick the hobby back up. I'm almost finished with the Monogram Century series F-106 and went white wheel wells versus the Chromium green like the instructions. I was recently at the Dover AFB Museum and their 106 had white wheel wells and weapons bay. As a rule is there a specific date the Air Force went to white wheel wells from the Chromium green?

Thanks

 

[urumomo]

Welcome Aboard !
no idea about the wheel wells .
I was Navy , not Air Force .

 

[blakeh1]

Seems to have white landing gear/wheels in all the vintage pics I have seen. I could not actually find any where they were green

 

[Pantherman]

New to the site, picked back up the hobby after throwing it away at 12 in favor of chasing girls and since I have my gal now for the last 30 years I thought I might pick the hobby back up. I'm almost finished with the Monogram Century series F-106 and went white wheel wells versus the Chromium green like the instructions. I was recently at the Dover AFB Museum and their 106 had white wheel wells and weapons bay. As a rule is there a specific date the Air Force went to white wheel wells from the Chromium green?

Thanks

Hi and welcome to the forum. Pantherman

 

[BlackSheepTwoOneFour]

Chromium green? I think you meant Zinc Chromate. LOL! There are 2 types of Zinc Chromate color… yellow and green.

So, the answer to your question is Zinc Chromate Green or Interior Green with white struts.

AK Interactive Real Color has a nice Interior Green that's perfect for your F-106…

https://www.scalehobbyist.com/catag...ppp=48&sb=stocknumber_a&so=d&e=0&co=4&man=AKI

 

[Scratchbuilder]

Last one I looked at and referenced (Detail & Scale) ready to convert the Hasegawa F-106 into the two-seat B version the undercarriage was White (gloss although in our scales satin).

 

[BlackSheepTwoOneFour]

Depends…

Here's a good in-depth site on the Delta Dart:

https://www.f-106deltadart.com/

 

[Edbert]

New to the site, picked back up the hobby after throwing it away at 12 in favor of chasing girls and since I have my gal now for the last 30 years I thought I might pick the hobby back up.

The specific time frames change, but this story is nearly universal. I came back to the hobby in early 2024 after packing all my crap away about 99 or y2k.

On top of that your choice of the 106 is awesome, I LOVE the century series. Too bad there are few new kits available for them.

 

[BlackSheepTwoOneFour]

I've been researching different aircrafts that once stationed at Griffiss Air Force Base in nearby Rome, NY. (a 10 minute drive from me)

So far I've got the B-52 with Griffiss markings. Next on my list is the Delta Dart with the BiCentennial markings in 1976…

 

[BlackSheepTwoOneFour]

Other aircrafts stationed at Griffiss AFB…

The F-102A Delta Dagger, F-94C Starfire and the KC-135 Stratotanker




I can't tell what aircraft that's in the background behind the Starfire. I keep thinking it's an F-86 Sabre.