theplasticsurgeon Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Joining you with this Hasegawa kit. Very reminiscent of an Esci 1/48 Kfir that I built whilst at school. It's those triangular recognition panels. Costing me $4 at Yeovilton Model Show in 2011. Might be a slowish start, I'm busy with MiB projects. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoine Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Try not ROTF laughing while having a look at this, you never know, it might help, at least not to repeat the same errors. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Tim, Welcome, good to see a Kfir in the mix, that desert colour scheme can be quite a challenge! Thanks to Antoine for posting the link to his Kfir build, always useful to learn from others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted June 18, 2017 Author Share Posted June 18, 2017 58 minutes ago, Antoine said: Try not ROTF laughing while having a look at this, you never know, it might help, at least not to repeat the same errors. Many thanks Antoine - I'll do my best for you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted June 22, 2017 Author Share Posted June 22, 2017 (edited) So here are my previous Mirage builds: An Airfix 1/72 Mirage 2000 - from about 1989ish Italeri Mirage 2000D - for some reason I really loathed this kit. Airfix Mirage F1, from about 1977 - highly enjoyable build. Heller 1/72 Mirage IV. A kit I'd never seen completed prior to finishing this one. And finally my Italeri Kfir C1 in US Navy Agresson scheme Edited July 7, 2017 by theplasticsurgeon Photobucket correction, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Nice collection Tim, thanks for sharing them with us, I particularly like the Mirage IV because, as you rightly point out, you don't see many of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 1 hour ago, theplasticsurgeon said: Italeri Mirage 2000D - for some reason I really loathed this kit. Really? cos I rather like the result, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted July 7, 2017 Author Share Posted July 7, 2017 Back with you and over the photobucket affair. New host - I'm using PostImage. Anyway here are the parts, And the option I'm going to build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Welcome back Tim, I thought you'd forgotten us, should have realised you were another victim of the PB debacle. Hopefully you'll be able to crack on and make some progress, like the choice of scheme too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 With you on this one Tim, I've got one of these in stock too so keen to see what you can do with it. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted July 8, 2017 Author Share Posted July 8, 2017 Cockpit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain goat Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Ooh, that's nice, an old Hasegawa kit being built -nostalgia galore for me. I built the Hase Kfir when I was a teenager, with the big triangles and everything. For some reason I thought then it was the best kit I'd ever seen. I remember the detail, though raised, was exquisite. I also rather liked the brown plastic. Excellent choice; following with interest! Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Coming along nicely Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted July 9, 2017 Author Share Posted July 9, 2017 And now fuselage assembled around the cockpit. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted July 9, 2017 Author Share Posted July 9, 2017 (edited) So now the wings assembled. and 5 minutes later, fixed to the fuselage. Looking like a Mirage Edited July 9, 2017 by theplasticsurgeon More info 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted July 9, 2017 Author Share Posted July 9, 2017 (edited) And later with seams treated to Tipex, ready for smoothing. Edited July 29, 2017 by theplasticsurgeon New Photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 It certainly is Tim, nice progress. I saw a Youtube video on these at Red Flag and am tempted to hunt down a kit and some Columbian markings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted July 10, 2017 Author Share Posted July 10, 2017 All smoothed out, canards fitted - ready for first airbrush colour. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted July 10, 2017 Author Share Posted July 10, 2017 So what is a Kfir? Where did it come from? Mystery surrounds the answer to these questions. After the 1967, Six day war, Israel was in desperate need to replace 60 Mirages that it had lost. It turned to France, and placed an order for 50 Mirage 5s, that it had helped to develop. The 50 aircraft were built and ready for delivery, when in 1969 the French government placed an arms embargo on Israel. Part of the story has Israeli agents acquiring plans for the Mirage though espionage means. Another part has the French Air Force receiving the 50 new Mirages - to replace 50 used Mirages, which were dismantled, crated and secretly shipped to Israel. Reassembled the aircraft were known as Neshers. The numbers don't add up, so it's likely some Neshers were originated in Israel. Israel was keen to reduce dependency on the Atar engine, considering both the Rolls Royce Spey, but ultimately selecting the General Electric J79, which would go on to power its Phantom fleet, so a hybrid aircraft was developed - this was the Kfir. There were a lot of engineering changes, the rear fuselage is wider and shorter - and that air intake on the tail. Additionally, the Kfir C1 had small solid canards on the intakes. These generate a vortex over the wing to increase lift - see my model C1 a few posts back. The C2 version that I'm building is more recognisable for its aerodynamic canards. These are not moveable control surfaces like on a Viggen. The C2 also has a dog-tooth wing leading edge for even better aerodynamic advantage. Short lived as an air superiority fighter, a Kfir scored a single kill in 1979, soon after being replaced by F-15 Eagles. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain goat Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Looking sharp..! Interesting story on the Neshers - didn't know about the story of an enduring France-Israel Mirage connection. That would have been a win-win situation for both. I've read (on escadrilles.org I think) that Armee de l'Air Super Mysteres were overhauled in Israel late in their service life, so perhaps there's some meat to the story. Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Yes it's a convoluted and twisted tale, the 5F I'm building is one of the supposedly impounded aircraft which as we all know now was just smoke and mirrors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted July 12, 2017 Author Share Posted July 12, 2017 Airbrushed XtraColour Light Ghost Grey to the underside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted July 14, 2017 Author Share Posted July 14, 2017 Once that Xtracolor had set, masked up with Poundland insulation tape, well the bits at risk of overspray. This was the end of last night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted July 14, 2017 Author Share Posted July 14, 2017 (edited) Tonight - airbrushed upper surfaces with X812 US Army Sand - nearest match I've got. Yesterday, wake after funeral of an acquaintance - so a bit sad. Edited July 29, 2017 by theplasticsurgeon New Photo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 Tim, You're making great progress and putting many of us to shame! Keep up the good work. Condolences on the passing of your acquaintance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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