Exterminatus Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 (edited) Finally finished it! Quite an awful kit which requires lots of extra work and some aftermarket goodies - Eduard PE's and Matra Magic II missiles, Master pitot tube, L'Arsenal resin Raphael SLAR pod and Colorado decals. But in the end it's a great looking jet Best regards from Czech and happy New Year to everyone. Andrew Edited December 27, 2017 by Exterminatus edit 66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latinbear Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 I think all the extra work was worth it. Its turned out beautifully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slawomir.dusza Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Absolutely stunning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich G Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Beautifully presented model, excellent work all round, the photography is just as good as the build, great work! Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Absolutely fantastic! Great photography too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eng Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 That is rather sublime, beautiful work. Eng Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatFlyHalf Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 (edited) Stunning, sublime, superb, special....... You can tell I like it a lot. Edited December 27, 2017 by FatFlyHalf typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazey Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Beautiful model and fantastic photography. Happy New Year to you too. Regards, David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VG 33 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Hi You made a fantastic build here of these nice bird. Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Dot Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Looks pretty good to me ! andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ModellerUK Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Very nice, I am a bit obsessed with desert storm aircraft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilks Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Stunning! AGW.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildeSau75 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Wow - this Mirage looks too notch - one of the best F-1s I have seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestFan Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Stunning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzby061 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Superb. My experience of Kittyhawk kits hasn't been that great. They look good in the box but getting them aircraft shaped is another matter. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calum Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Wow, fantastic work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Cracking finish, very nice paintwork and subtle weathering. Muzz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 turned out great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toniosky Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Excellent work, it was worth your efforts ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 (edited) looking really great!! a real(istic) loadout, no?!!! did you do anything to improve the nose? looks good here! I really like the dropped airbrakes! Edited December 29, 2017 by exdraken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
replicant Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 You made a really splendid build! Very clean and top notch! But I am disappointed about Kitty Hawk's research and engineering, not only the nose, Heller and Hasegawa in 72 made much better and realistic proportions in the stone age, and they were cheap too. I have a Trumpeter Be-6 for 80 Euro and do not know what to do with that c.... ..... and it's not the only one chinese kit with that problems... what do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy Bird Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Very nicely done! Cheers, Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exterminatus Posted December 29, 2017 Author Share Posted December 29, 2017 16 minutes ago, replicant said: You made a really splendid build! Very clean and top notch! But I am disappointed about Kitty Hawk's research and engineering, not only the nose, Heller and Hasegawa in 72 made much better and realistic proportions in the stone age, and they were cheap too. I have a Trumpeter Be-6 for 80 Euro and do not know what to do with that c.... ..... and it's not the only one chinese kit with that problems... what do you think? You're absolutely right, the kit realy is a pain in the ... It took ages just to prepare the main parts for glueing, i mean all the panel lines and rivets need to be rescribed, there are lot of flash, gaps and form imperfections. The shape of the nose is odd, it needs to be sanded, the diheral angle of the wings is too big, flaps and slats are just wrong, intakes are wrong, gear legs too long..and many more, you name it. ..Unfortunately it's the only game in town, as with most of the chinese kits 4 hours ago, exdraken said: looking really great!! a real(istic) loadout, no?!!! did you do anything to improve the nose? looks good here! I really like the dropped airbrakes! I do believe the loadout is realistic, it's the typical recon mission configuration during Desert Storm (http://dstorm.eu/pictures/nose-arts/mirage/france/33-cm_2.jpg) Thank you all for the comments! Andrew 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPMS19 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 - You have particularly well captured the desert camo of the F1 CR......the wing load is perfectly correct, two Magic for self defense, two counter mesure pod one Barracuda and one Phimat,the pointed one, two big barrels and an under belly reco pod ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eclipse Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 (edited) 19 hours ago, IPMS19 said: two counter mesure pod one Barracuda and one Phimat,the pointed one It's not a Barracuda, but a Barax... Barracuda: https://combatace.com/uploads/monthly_05_2015/post-15260-0-58109100-1432899518.jpg https://www.aviationmegastore.com/img/prod/full/2/2/67900_0.jpg Barax: https://combatace.com/uploads/monthly_05_2015/post-15260-0-54397400-1432899411.jpg https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FSfDNt3mBlI/WGB0Rm-duPI/AAAAAAACKG8/XHs0kUC5tIwx8hbJez9zeKBClELkVsTFQCLcB/s1600/00020.jpg Edited December 31, 2017 by eclipse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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