RicardoD Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 My latest effort, Mirage IIIC of Italeri in 32nd. Not a bad kit, but some assembly calls for improvement which is nothing new about Italeri kits. Cheers, Ricardo 35 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 Hi Ricardo, well, if you like the Mirage III, you are my friend for life! Great build, so congrats for doing justice to this iconic aircraft. I have never seen the Djibouti Mirages with supersonic under-wing tanks, but I am sure it may have happened. Brilliant work! JR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildeSau75 Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 Lovely build of one of the most iconic fighter jets ever. You did this bird justice. Cheers, Michael 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 Great job Ricardo. can you tell us where the fit problems were? even with fit issues that’s a very tidy job well done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 Very smart work, nice job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicardoD Posted November 1, 2019 Author Share Posted November 1, 2019 1 hour ago, jean said: Hi Ricardo, well, if you like the Mirage III, you are my friend for life! Great build, so congrats for doing justice to this iconic aircraft. I have never seen the Djibouti Mirages with supersonic under-wing tanks, but I am sure it may have happened. Brilliant work! JR Hi JR, Mirage III -and indeed together with all other Mirage aircraft- is within my top ten jet aircraft list. They are great designs and endure the test of time, both mechanically and designwise. As for the supersonic wing tanks: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicardoD Posted November 1, 2019 Author Share Posted November 1, 2019 59 minutes ago, JohnT said: Great job Ricardo. can you tell us where the fit problems were? even with fit issues that’s a very tidy job well done Thanks JohnT. The problems are with the assembly engineering rather than the fit. The fit is quite ok, but the designer's selection of locations for splitting the fuselage gives some headache. Nothing one cannot overcome, but makes you spend some extra time to fill and sand and rescribe once assembled. Otherwise it is a really good kit, considering the scale and price. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedyGonzales Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 Nice work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldy Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 Very nice Ricardo - I like the neat build and paintwork, though the colours look a little too bold compared to the original. I too love the Mirage III and have built the E model: I wasn't entirely impressed with the kit but it looks great when finished. I have a C to build so I expect similar problems. Love the pictures with the supersonic tanks - that just may decide on which version to model. I wanted to do a natural metal one but I don't think my modelling skills will allow from this kit! Hope mine turns out as nicely as yours! Cheers Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 Hi again Ricardo, thanks for the photos of the Djibouti Mirages with supersonic tanks! Not sure why I ever missed them, considering the ridiculous number of Mirage III photos I have! Once again, congrats for your build! JR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 Superb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gryphon28 Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 Really nice finish on your Mirage. She must be a big beastie in 1/32! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 That's a beautiful Mirage III (as if there were such a thing as an ugly Mirage III!) and I especially like the Djibouti scheme - well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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