helios16v Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Looking fabulous. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 gosh there is some work there, the closer you look at each photo the more decals you can see, but gosh she looks nice!!! I'm glad you're going to keep updating this as I know there are lots who want to see what she looks like when done. Thank you for joining us, was a huge pleasure as always to follow one of your amazing builds. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Can't argue with Rich, a seriously good build coming on here. Terry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffreyK Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 That's looking sooo good! J 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Looking really good david 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 I don't know how you've got the patience to apply all those decals David, I get bored after the national markings! This really does look fantastic mate, your best Starfighter so far, and the others have been very nice indeed, 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirageiv Posted July 14, 2019 Author Share Posted July 14, 2019 Thanks for the too kind words chaps, glad you like it so far! I've pretty much finished most of the other parts now, just a few antennae, anti-collision lights and that pesky canopy defogging interior tube to sort out Below includes: Aires exhaust, Daco Chaff/Flare units, Daco ladder, Daco nose wheel, scratch 'heated air' German intake covers, Brassin centre pylon (to my surprise I found it in the spares!), True details seat+RBF ribbons, some hydraulic lines added to the legs and gear doors and finally the tips of the fuel tanks with some paint flaking. I'll glue it all together and get some photos for a RFI soon, thanks for looking. David 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 gosh each one of those bits is a little masterpiece by itself!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helios16v Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 Amazing little collection of bits & bobs. Can't wait to see it all stuck together. Missed deadline or not...it's totally worth the wait. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 As Chris and Rich have said, what an incredible selection of detailed bits and pieces ready to be assembled. Terry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Hi David, Have you done any more on your F-104? Would love to see all those excellent sub-assemblies come together. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirageiv Posted September 18, 2019 Author Share Posted September 18, 2019 (edited) On 8/26/2019 at 7:44 PM, modelling minion said: Hi David, Have you done any more on your F-104? Would love to see all those excellent sub-assemblies come together. Hi Craig, sorry for the long delay in reply, I missed this! No in short . I'm currently building a Mirage and the plan is to finish that along with this F-104 and do a RFI thread of them both. Oddly I lost a little interest when it was 99% done, but soon! David Edited September 18, 2019 by mirageiv 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 5 hours ago, mirageiv said: Hi Craig, sorry for the long delay in reply, I missed this! No in short . I'm currently building a Mirage and the plan is to finish that along with this F-104 and do a RFI thread of them both. Oddly I lost a little interest when it was 99% done, but soon! David No problem David, glad that she will be finished soon. I've lost interest near the end of projects too, you wouldn't think it would happen but it certainly does to me. Interested to hear that you are building a Mirage, but which Mirage? Started another F-104 myself, a ROCAF one this time, I'll slowly get myself one from every operator . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franky boy Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 (edited) Good to hear she’ll be finished soon David and along with a Mirage. Modelling mojo’s a funny thing. I completely lost mine earlier in the summer then decided to have a crack at a Tamiya F-14 and am completely back into it now. Strange? Regards James Edited September 18, 2019 by franky boy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 6 hours ago, franky boy said: Good to hear she’ll be finished soon David and along with a Mirage. Modelling mojo’s a funny thing. I completely lost mine earlier in the summer then decided to have a crack at a Tamiya F-14 and am completely back into it now. Strange? Regards James was that by chance the 1/48th version? That model is so awesome it'd restore annoys mojo. I rate it as probably the best model I've ever had the pleasure to build!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franky boy Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 8 hours ago, trickyrich said: was that by chance the 1/48th version? That model is so awesome it'd restore annoys mojo. I rate it as probably the best model I've ever had the pleasure to build!! It was Rich. Your absolutely right, it’s a guaranteed mojo restorer! It literally flies together. It’s top of my list to along with Accurate Miniatures Avenger. Only problem is I hadn’t realised how big it would be so now need some kind of dust free storage solution. James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirageiv Posted September 20, 2019 Author Share Posted September 20, 2019 On 9/18/2019 at 5:27 PM, modelling minion said: No problem David, glad that she will be finished soon. I've lost interest near the end of projects too, you wouldn't think it would happen but it certainly does to me. Interested to hear that you are building a Mirage, but which Mirage? Started another F-104 myself, a ROCAF one this time, I'll slowly get myself one from every operator . Hi Craig, I'm building a Swiss Mirage IIIS from the Modelsvit 1/72 kit linked below, it just looked such a nice kit in the box and it is about time I attempted a NMF. I need to check out your GB and F-104 properly this weekend and catch up with the builds there! On 9/18/2019 at 5:40 PM, franky boy said: Good to hear she’ll be finished soon David and along with a Mirage. Modelling mojo’s a funny thing. I completely lost mine earlier in the summer then decided to have a crack at a Tamiya F-14 and am completely back into it now. Strange? Regards James Hi James, it is, all I had to do was glue the F-104 together but didn't seem to find the time, once the GB deadline passed it did deflate the mojo on the project tbh. The Tamiya F-14 does seem to be a a good cure for misplaced modelling mojo, have you a thread for your build/completed model? Thanks for still showing interest guys David 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franky boy Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 4 hours ago, mirageiv said: Hi Craig, I'm building a Swiss Mirage IIIS from the Modelsvit 1/72 kit linked below, it just looked such a nice kit in the box and it is about time I attempted a NMF. I need to check out your GB and F-104 properly this weekend and catch up with the builds there! Hi James, it is, all I had to do was glue the F-104 together but didn't seem to find the time, once the GB deadline passed it did deflate the mojo on the project tbh. The Tamiya F-14 does seem to be a a good cure for misplaced modelling mojo, have you a thread for your build/completed model? Thanks for still showing interest guys David Hi David Its odd sometimes how getting one over the line can take so long. I suppose it’s also worth remembering that they are just bits of plastic at the end of day and it doesn’t really matter if some don’t get finished. The Tamiya F-14 is definitely worth a look where ever the mojo is. I haven’t done a wip thread yet and it’s at the priming stage. I’ll start over the weekend if I get a minute. James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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