Mig88

Looks great indeed. Very nicely done. I have most of these Valom kits in my stash and I can only hope mine come out as well as yours. It's funny, two days ago I was looking precisely in the Rumpler boxing. I think this would be the first I would have a go at. Miguel

Lovely job indeed!! Miguel

Jaw-dropping superb!! You've done a great job on one of my favourite aircraft. Miguel

Well done! Miguel

Thanks a lot. Yes it's quite a pain to build. Thanks for the info. I was actually wondering why the rudders were yellow! Mark I missed the elevons in the instructions and had I found photos of this machine I would have painted them yellow too. Thanks. At some point in the 1980s, the scheme went from just upper surfaces to wrap-around and stayed that way until the end. Miguel

Lovely job and great finish. Well done! Miguel

Thanks a lot @exdraken. Miguel

Simply superb!! Miguel

Looks fantastic!! Miguel

Lovely!! Miguel

Many thanks @stevehnz and @MikeR. Miguel

Thank you very much @binbrook87, @David Womby and @Graeme H. Miguel

Hello everyone! Here is my latest kit and the first of this year. It's Mark I Model's 1:144 Dassault (SABCA) Mirage 5BA representing BA 21 (No.021), 2nd Sqn 'La Comète', 2nd Tactical Wing, Belgian Air Force, based at Florennes AB, Belgium in late 1985. This machine was sent to a museum in Deblin, Poland, following retirement. Following my previous experience with this kit last year (Swiss AF Mirage IIIRS) where it was pointed out the kit had a nose-down sit rather than the opposite, I made a correction to the nose wheel leg part. It is clearly too short lacking some 1.5 to 2 mm. I sawed it in the centre and added a plug from stretched sprue. The end result was much better. I also modified the large drop tanks as the ones in the kit were not of the type often used by the Belgians with down-sloping fins and not straight fins with vertical stabilisers. The pylons used were those from the smaller tanks. I removed the missile rails from the outer pylons. As with the other kit, the tailfin leading edge probe was removed and the nose probe was replaced by one from stretched sprue. Two antennae on the spine were made from spare metal from etched parts. The kit was fully painted and varnished with brush. Thank you for looking and all comments are welcome as always Miguel

Simply superb!! It looks great indeed! Miguel

Wonderfully finished indeed! I agree that the radar aerials are too thick. A lovely job nevertheless. Miguel

Superb work indeed! Congratulations from a fellow 1:144 modeller ! Miguel

Simply fantastic!! Those photos almost look like the real thing!! Bravo Miguel

Nowadays I always work with a headband with magnifying glasses. One of my best buys ever! Miguel

Simply fantastic!! Very well finished! Miguel

Thank you very much @binbrook87 and @SUB-SAM. Miguel

Here is another pair of Sweet 1:144 General Motors FM-2 Wildcat VIs I built back in 2007. Builds were OOB with just the wing probe being added from wire. They were both painted by brush with the final varnish being airbrushed. First: Wildcat VI JV640/"O", of 881 Sqn, HMS Pursuer, Fleet Air Arm, in Southern France, August 1944 during Operation Dragoon, the first combat use of the Wildcat VI. Secondly: Wildcat VI JV851/"J3-V", of No 794 NAS, Fleet Air Arm, Eglinton, October-November 1945. As always, thanks for looking Miguel

WOW!! Impressive job on an old kit. Great paint job. You have proven, once again, that old kits can be turned into great kits (with some work of course)! Miguel

Very nicely done, diorama and all! Miguel

Lovely! Fantastic finish! Miguel

Smashing job!! Looks like the real thing! Miguel