goon Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 Hi All, This is my build of Wingman Models’ 1/48 Dagger, in FAA colours. The kit is Kinetic’s Mirage with a big bag of resin parts to convert it to a Dagger. I’ve built mine as C-407, which Teniente Jorge Senn used to attack the landing British forces at San Carlos Water on 21st May 1982. The entire flight of three were intercepted and shot down before they could make their attack, Steve Thomas claiming two kills, and Nigel 'Sharkey' Ward C-407. Some sources say Thomas shot down C-407, but most refer to Ward so I'm going with the weight of numbers. The combat was at extremely low level, but, remarkably all three pilots were able to eject safely. Grupo 6 De Caza lost five Daggers on the 21st, four in the space of 20 minutes. The decals for the rear fuselage serial didn’t match the paint colour I had picked out, so I used my plotter cutter to make masks to enable me to spray them. I purchased aftermarket for the Expal bombs, and modified some spare pylons to mount them. There should be a third drop tank on the centre line for this mission, but Wingman only supply two. I’ll get round to ordering another from them one day. Thanks for looking in, Gareth 37 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilan Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 Fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 Superb work and great attention to detail - well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 Nice job ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 Superb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gween Weeder Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 “Have you finished painting the stealth tail numbers on 407, Airman Fangio?” ”Yes, Sergeant!” ”Good. Camouflage, as you know, is all important. Now. See that 30 litres of signal yellow? This is what I want you to do next...” (That bird looks the business. Well done!) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cema_ga Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 Looks great! Sad end of old ace-maker Israel fighters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 She's a real stunner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goon Posted May 2, 2019 Author Share Posted May 2, 2019 Thanks for your comments and likes everyone. Gareth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iggy86 Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 That is a truly remarcable model, the numbers are spot on! Love the Dagger! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Uncool Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 The excellence personified! Your modelling skills are superb! Congratulations on yet another impressive build. 23 hours ago, Gween Weeder said: “Have you finished painting the stealth tail numbers on 407, Airman Fangio?” ”Yes, Sergeant!” ”Good. Camouflage, as you know, is all important. Now. See that 30 litres of signal yellow? This is what I want you to do next...” Ehem! Y'see, those 30 litres of signal yellow weren't part of the camo actually but for identification. And Airman Fangio didn't even belong in the ordie ranks. Kindly, Unc2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Keg Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 Take a bow Gareth. Lovely Dagger!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham Hands Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 Very nice indeed. 👍👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bo hermansen Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 Very well build, what color did you paint it with ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goon Posted April 26, 2020 Author Share Posted April 26, 2020 Thanks Bo. It's been a while but if I remember correctly I used Xtracolour enamels for the camouflage. I think I found a source for closely matching FS numbers. Sorry, not much help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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