Work In Progress Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 You can order them via eBay UK. I have just done so for the French version. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/291495927887 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/291495926211 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardtarget Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 strange, I did a search noting popped up, still many thanks guys will get the French version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain goat Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 I wondered why I couldn't find them looking on the uk version. Sorry, forgot for a moment ebay has country-specific sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azureglo Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 Dear god that doesn't really exist, please don't let this be a fillerphilic hound with a jones for milliput: Do this one one thing for me beardy boy and I'll start believing you may exist... Anil The RV Aircraft Virgin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 I ordered one tonight, a purchase fuelled entirely by an overlarge glass of "Dad's Hat"-brand rye whiskey. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 Anil The RV Aircraft Virgin The RV Aircraft Mig-21s have had good reviews. The nose is a bit wrong on the Migs and the wings don't have locating tabs. The latter shouldn't be a problem on a Mirage. We'll see... There are a lot of people taking a chance on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 Good morning Thank you I have just bought the CJ boxing the french Version was not more available ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain goat Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Has anyone received an example yet? If so, any first impressions? Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Has anyone received an example yet? If so, any first impressions? Jay Good afternoon Jay May be I am wrong but I think that this kit has not been released yet and the guy who sell them on Ebay has just taken our orders (and our money ..) for the moment, when I go on Ebay to check if mine has been sent I read that it is expected in early july 6 ... Patrice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain goat Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Good afternoon Jay May be I am wrong but I think that this kit has not been released yet and the guy who sell them on Ebay has just taken our orders (and our money ..) for the moment, when I go on Ebay to check if mine has been sent I read that it is expected in early july 6 ... Patrice Patrice, Thanks for the info! Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 (edited) Good morning Jay I think we Mirage Fans can wait for a few days more for this kit to be actually released ... Patrice Edited June 30, 2015 by TEMPESTMK5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Sprue shots are up: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.801771599943240.1073741906.412179818902422&type=3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Ooh! It seems to be a limited edition release. One thousand kits only... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain goat Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Is that the nose section for the IIIE/ 5 included in the kit? Canards too. Happy this version is out. Hopefully it builds well. Those rivets look BIG in the pics by the way. Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurent Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 (edited) It seems to be a limited edition release. One thousand kits only... 1000 sold under the RV brand and the rest under another (KP, AZ, etc) ? Is that the nose section for the IIIE/ 5 included in the kit? Canards too. I don't see a lot of IIIC/CJ parts. Edited July 7, 2015 by Laurent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f4h1phantom Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Is that the nose section for the IIIE/ 5 included in the kit? Jay Jay, correct me if I'm wrong but, aren't the IIIC and E noses the same? I was hoping this model to be better, but there are things I don't like: . nose cone lacking the double curvature . windshield ending where the clear parts end on the real aircraft . rudder of incorrect proportions . no missiles or launchers . only supersonic fuel tanks included . only one type of tailcone (?) . and yes, oh my!, those RIVETS! Still trying to be possitive here, but... oh well! Jorge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurent Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Jay, correct me if I'm wrong but, aren't the IIIC and E noses the same? I'm not Jay but the answer is yes shape-wise I believe that the IIIC MLG doors weren't bulged like the IIIIE ones also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardtarget Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 1000 sold under the RV brand and the rest under another (KP, AZ, etc) ? I hope not as they will be massively cheaper under those brands. Has there been mention of this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain goat Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 (edited) Jay, correct me if I'm wrong but, aren't the IIIC and E noses the same? I was hoping this model to be better Yes, but the way the kit's broken down, I'm guessing the slightly longer cockpit nose sections seen in the Facebook pics are for the forthcoming IIIEs and 5s. RV threw in parts for as many possible versions in one kit with the MiG-23 too. I'm also not very impressed by the images. Took me a while to recognize the Mirage shape between all those rivets. Jay Edited July 8, 2015 by Mountain goat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurent Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 (edited) Source: http://z15.invisionfree.com/72nd_Aircraft/index.php?showtopic=6836 Interesting rudder... it's fine to have nice details (parts, riveting) but IMHO efforts should be done to ensure that the shapes are ok before that. Fixing the rudder, means puttying, rescribing and redoing the riveting. This partially cancels the added value of the RVA kit. Edited July 8, 2015 by Laurent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f4h1phantom Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 (edited) Interesting rudder... it's fine to have nice details (parts, riveting) but IMHO efforts should be done to ensure that the shapes are ok before that. Fixing the rudder, means puttying, rescribing and redoing the riveting. This partially cancels the added value of the RVA kit. Agree 100%. What could have been "just another little mistake" is actually a rather serious one as the rudder is usually used to display national or squadron colours. This would make the mistake more notorious and a nightmare for aftermarket decal manufacturers. What to do? Provide accurate or inaccurate rudder markings? So it's either the PJ/HPM with oversize trenches or this one with all those overdone rivets... Not happy with the situation. As far as I am concerned, guess I'll wait for some from Trumpeter or Hobyboss! Jorge. PD: Ha! My rudder comparison pic has been reposted in a french forum. Originally posted here: http://z15.invisionfree.com/72nd_Aircraft/index.php?showtopic=6836 Edited July 8, 2015 by f4h1phantom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirageiv Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 If there is ever a plane with nearly completely smooth construction and no discernible rivet/panel detail, it is the mirage series. Even in real life the panel gaps are tiny with the rivets basically non existent. What were they thinking, guess Heller still makes the only representative scale mirage 3 of 1/72 (PJ resin are good, not those trench injection kits!) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurent Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 PD: Ha, my rudder comparison pic has been reposted in a french forum. Originally posted here: http://z15.invisionfree.com/72nd_Aircraft/index.php?showtopic=6836 Source has been corrected by the OP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurent Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 If there is ever a plane with nearly completely smooth construction and no discernible rivet/panel detail, it is the mirage series. Even in real life the panel gaps are tiny with the rivets basically non existent. What were they thinking, guess Heller still makes the only representative scale mirage 3 of 1/72 (PJ resin are good, not those trench injection kits!) Rivets on NMF Mirages can be visible (pic, another pic) but only because the metal colour is different (steel rivets, aluminum/duraluminum sheets). IMHO riveting isn't a bad idea but it should have been more subdued than the panel lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f4h1phantom Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 (edited) The more I look at the sprues, the more I get convinced that RV "based" their model in the PJ/HPM one. The nose cone and main wheel inner doors look identical, shape problems et all... Here's an elnargement of the nose cone. It is way too conical lacking the characteristic double curvature, and it looks perhaps too short also, just like the PJ/HPM one (I don't have either kit, I'm just looking at published pics, so may be wrong). Compare with the link below from a Hyperscale review of the PJ/HPM kit ( http://www.hyperscale.com/2012/reviews/kits/hpk072016reviewgp_1.htm ) compare with: http://www.hyperscale.com/2012/reviews/kits/p7hg_img_40/fullsize/BTJ_0855_fs.jpg Nose of a real IIICJ: An enlargement of the main wheel door from RV. It is bulged while it should be flat on the outside, just like the one provided by PJ/HPM: compare with: http://www.hyperscale.com/2012/reviews/kits/p7hg_img_40/fullsize/BTJ_0849_fs.jpg The most important thing is that they lack the openings in them (not sure that applies to all IIICs though): I still need to check wheter the IIIE doors were bulged at all. Hope someone finds any of this useful. Jorge. Edited July 8, 2015 by f4h1phantom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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