I've got both the AirModel vac-form and the Mach2 slab-o-plastic ver- sions of the Sea Dart. I'm going to use one to hone my vacform skills and make the other into a "production version" of the Sea Dart. I'm going to do a VF-84 Jolly Rogers scheme in the gull grey/white of the late sixties. Here's my question:
-What weapons would it carry? Sparrow I's, Sidewinders, Falcons or 2.75" FFARs?
-How would these said weapons be carried? Overwing hardpoints or maybe pop-out rails ala the other darts?
-Would it be better to use a gloss white upper fuselage and gull grey bottom as in the Neptunes,Marlins, and Orions?
I'm so far assuming that I'm going to use the Sparrow I's from my Fujimi Cutlass kit and throw them on overwing hardpoints of my own design. I'll probably lengthen the nose for a radar. The other option is to length- en the nose, add an IRST and throw a couple of Falcons on the overwing hardpoints. I keep thinking it's going to look like a squished out BAe Lighting F.6 or something. :) I'm also assuming I'll go with a standard gull grey upper fuselage and just add some 'rust' streaks along the bottom where the panel lines outght to be (after I'll have puttied and then sanded them off of the Mach 2 hunk-o-plastic).
Thanks everyone for any and all assistance! This is gonna look excellent next to my gull grey/white Duck, Catalina, and Kingfisher!