Mig88 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Hello everyone! Here is my latest kit and the first of this year. It's Mark I Model's 1:144 Dassault (SABCA) Mirage 5BA representing BA 21 (No.021), 2nd Sqn 'La Comète', 2nd Tactical Wing, Belgian Air Force, based at Florennes AB, Belgium in late 1985. This machine was sent to a museum in Deblin, Poland, following retirement. Following my previous experience with this kit last year (Swiss AF Mirage IIIRS) where it was pointed out the kit had a nose-down sit rather than the opposite, I made a correction to the nose wheel leg part. It is clearly too short lacking some 1.5 to 2 mm. I sawed it in the centre and added a plug from stretched sprue. The end result was much better. I also modified the large drop tanks as the ones in the kit were not of the type often used by the Belgians with down-sloping fins and not straight fins with vertical stabilisers. The pylons used were those from the smaller tanks. I removed the missile rails from the outer pylons. As with the other kit, the tailfin leading edge probe was removed and the nose probe was replaced by one from stretched sprue. Two antennae on the spine were made from spare metal from etched parts. The kit was fully painted and varnished with brush. Thank you for looking and all comments are welcome as always Miguel 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binbrook87 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 That's a great little Mirage. Fantastic build and the camouflage is beautifully done 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Womby Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Excellent result especially for such a small scale. David 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme H Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Well done, the camo looks terrific, and I know how hard that scheme is to do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mig88 Posted February 22, 2020 Author Share Posted February 22, 2020 Thank you very much @binbrook87, @David Womby and @Graeme H. Miguel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Nice job on that Miguel, hard to believe it is only 1/144 scale. You've achieved a good look with it indeed. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Looks great! Mike. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mig88 Posted February 22, 2020 Author Share Posted February 22, 2020 Many thanks @stevehnz and @MikeR. Miguel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 Fantastic and tiny!! Great job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mig88 Posted February 25, 2020 Author Share Posted February 25, 2020 Thanks a lot @exdraken. Miguel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glidingbob Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 (edited) Sh... model! but well done Please note than on this particular plane the outer elevons were also âinter yellow up and under; This was a DACT scheme in winter 84/85 Edited February 26, 2020 by Glidingbob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosephLalor Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 I like that! I didn't know that the 'Vietnam' scheme went wrap-around on the Belgian Mirages. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mig88 Posted February 28, 2020 Author Share Posted February 28, 2020 On 26/02/2020 at 20:07, Glidingbob said: Sh... model! but well done Please note than on this particular plane the outer elevons were also âinter yellow up and under; This was a DACT scheme in winter 84/85 Thanks a lot. Yes it's quite a pain to build. Thanks for the info. I was actually wondering why the rudders were yellow! Mark I missed the elevons in the instructions and had I found photos of this machine I would have painted them yellow too. On 26/02/2020 at 20:17, JosephLalor said: I like that! I didn't know that the 'Vietnam' scheme went wrap-around on the Belgian Mirages. Thanks. At some point in the 1980s, the scheme went from just upper surfaces to wrap-around and stayed that way until the end. Miguel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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