zhizhou Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Well Zhizhou arrives at the party a tad late, but you did start the GB early which I was not expecting. I'm going to do two builds, the first of which is a Mirage IVA using the venerable old Heller 1/72nd kit. I'm going to decorate it with a scheme from the Model ART decal set 72/056. Other than the decals, I'm going to do it more or less out of the box. I'm going to do a NMF scheme as it will give me the opportunity to exercise my rattle can skills. I have made a start and done about 6 hours work prepping the wings and cockpit. I have taken photos of the few steps made so far. The bang seats are being painted ready for enclosure. I'm going to have the canopies closed so not much of the cockpit is going to be visible. For my second build, like Wez, I'm going to do a Mirage VF but using the original PJ Production 5F/IIIR/RZ, kit 721028. I'm going to build her straight out of the box using the kits decals. I'll do a separate build thread for this. Both the Mirage IV and 5F will go towards the Mirage SIG inventory, the aim will be to complete them ready for mid October and the trip to Hyeres and the AVM83 Model Expo. They will also make it onto the tables at SMW a few weeks later. I do have one or two major hurdles to over come with both these threads though. Earlier this year, my laptop blew up and I still need to replace it and reconnect with sites like photobucket and flickr. At present I'm using my works laptop but the encryption system chews up USB flash drives easy peasy. Once I have defeated the technology my photos will appear here !! Time to catch up with all of your build threads, some amazing and varied builds in flight already ...... Cheers for now, Zhizhou 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 Zhizhou, Welcome to the GB especially with a Mirage IV, most welcome indeed! I first saw these impressive beasts when one was on a landaway at Riems AB whilst we were transiting through on a fuel stop. I last saw a couple of them last week at Savigny-lès-Beaune, sadly looking rather the worse for wear. Unfortunately my phone died and I only got a couple of snaps - some muppet had forgotten to charge their phone Sorry to hear about your technology issues, hope you get them sorted soon. Looking forward to your M5F build too so I can see how it's supposed to be done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme H Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 I am pulling up the armchair for this Built one about 25 or more years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 Nice projects! Patiently waiting for photos ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulT 876 Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 Hi Mark Bring it along on Sunday and we can have a BM Mirage GB section on the stand. See Ya Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhizhou Posted July 21, 2017 Author Share Posted July 21, 2017 Hi Paul, Both my builds will be on the SIG stands. The PJ Production M5F is almost ready for painting and Mirage IVA fuselage is all together with much putty. Just added the air intakes last night. I must have learnt something as they went on a dream with very little to tidy them up. Windscreen and canopies on too. Just a bit more filler work to blend them in. Did you get those Spanish decals? Be good to see them if you have them. See you bright and early Sunday Morning Zhizhou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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