Baldy Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Hello everyone - Hope you are all safe wherever you are. Here is my 1/48 IAI Dagger from the Kinetic Mirage IIIE/5 South America boxing. The kit is out of the box with the exception of some cockpit details from various sources, a new seat, mirrors on the canopy and a metal pitot from Master. The kit is pretty good - if a little fiddly here and there. The main problem I had was that the fit of the front canopy was poor. I simply filled and faired in the gaps and accepted that some detail would be lost - pictures show that little in the way of riveting/panel lines can be seen in this area anyway. The other problem was the poor instructions and slightly ambiguous placement of some parts such as the blade aerials on the tail - there are actually no slots for them to fit into and the placement suggested is wrong. (Also the aerials are too long!). I chose the large fuel tanks because I like them and because the supersonic tanks provided in the kit are of the French type and not the extended type used by the Israelis and Argentinians. I modified the markings a little and modelled C-415 shortly after the Falklands conflict with mission markings. C-415 suffered a damaged front canopy early in the conflict and was not available again until near the end or after the end of hostilities. I just didn't want to model the Yellow/Blue campaign markings that everyone else does! Colours were as suggested in the instructions from Mr Hobby Aqueous Hobby Colour. Detailing and weathering was mainly using oils. The surface detailing is extremely fine in places and it was difficult to use a normal wash procedure so in places, individual lines and rivets were picked out. thank you for looking Cheers Malcolm And a (poor) picture of the real thing: 42 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Beautifully built model. I still have a hard time believing the Dagger and other early Mirages could get into the air with those huge external fuel tanks. But then the Mirage 2000 carries some huge tanks too ... but has a lot more power. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Brantley Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Very fine work! Great looking Mirage Malcolm! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Vety nice! Those sre 1700 liter tanks, the ~same ones as used on most export Mirage 2000s 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolphin38 Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 A wonderful piece of work, well done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Superb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldy Posted May 17, 2020 Author Share Posted May 17, 2020 2 hours ago, exdraken said: Vety nice! Those sre 1700 liter tanks, the ~same ones as used on most export Mirage 2000s They are indeed. Here is a picture of a sister ship with similar tanks. I may well add a bomb rack and bombs later - these are not included in the kit. Cheers Malcolm 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris148 Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Very nice 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binbrook87 Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Fantastic! The finish and weathering is faultless👏 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Drover Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 (edited) That's really nice Baldy, I like it a lot. I see that you fixed the air conditioning problem that seems to afflict the front windscreen of many Kinetic Mirages. Well done. Do you know the significance of the word "Ella" in the last photo? Cheers, Mick Edited May 17, 2020 by Mick Drover sp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacW Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Now, that is the essence of modeling: classic, beautiful machine in rare, interesting uniform. Very impressive and encouraging to find other subjects, fellow modellers omit in their searches. Keep on finding, making and presenting to us! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwitrogg Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Really nice work. The paint and finish looks just right to me. I haven't yet got into Falklands War subjects; I should given the influence that the conflict had on my career choice. This subject looks like one to get and I hope I do it the same justice you have. Well done Cheers Gaz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhizhou Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 That is one superb looking Dagger. Lovely paint finish and subtle weathering. Well done Malcolm, your time and effort have been rewarded with a superb model. Cheers, Zhizhou 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme H Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 OK, it's a Mirage, well sort of, what's not to love, outstanding job on that 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldy Posted May 18, 2020 Author Share Posted May 18, 2020 8 hours ago, Mick Drover said: That's really nice Baldy, I like it a lot. I see that you fixed the air conditioning problem that seems to afflict the front windscreen of many Kinetic Mirages. Well done. Do you know the significance of the word "Ella" in the last photo? Cheers, Mick Hello Mick Thank you for you kind comments. Yes the front windscreen is tricky and although I didn't quite get the very front perfect it looks better than on some I have seen. I'm afraid I don't know the significance of the word "Ella". I hope it isn't something that will make me look a chump! Cheers Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsgimenez Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Excellent work!!! An observation. Looking some pictures, I think the antenna at the bottom goes further forward, near the nose. regards 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, Baldy said: Hello Mick Thank you for you kind comments. Yes the front windscreen is tricky and although I didn't quite get the very front perfect it looks better than on some I have seen. I'm afraid I don't know the significance of the word "Ella". I hope it isn't something that will make me look a chump! Cheers Malcolm Nof fully sure about the context herebut ella usually means "she", or "her", in this case like "this one or that one, or hete she is".. Nothing bad here it seems. The upgraded Dagger was called Finger.... supposedly not meant nice Edited May 18, 2020 by exdraken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Love that, great scheme and markings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldy Posted May 18, 2020 Author Share Posted May 18, 2020 5 hours ago, dsgimenez said: Excellent work!!! An observation. Looking some pictures, I think the antenna at the bottom goes further forward, near the nose. regards Thank you for you kind comment - and yes, you are correct, the antenna underneath is too far back - I didn't notice that. I will look at correcting. Cheers Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 Really nice Dagger there Malcolm, great job 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldy Posted May 23, 2020 Author Share Posted May 23, 2020 On 5/18/2020 at 12:11 PM, dsgimenez said: Excellent work!!! An observation. Looking some pictures, I think the antenna at the bottom goes further forward, near the nose. regards Again thank you for your observation @dsgimenez and here with a couple of pictures after I have moved the antenna forward. Cheers Malcolm 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsgimenez Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 Again, excellent work. I'm glad you could fix it. I have mine waiting and certainly yours inspired me. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldy Posted May 23, 2020 Author Share Posted May 23, 2020 38 minutes ago, dsgimenez said: Again, excellent work. I'm glad you could fix it. I have mine waiting and certainly yours inspired me. Cheers! Look forward to seeing it. Beware of the instructions! Thanks again Cheers Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phone Phixer Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 Very nice work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Keg Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 Well done Malcolm!!! The reference pictures add to the beauty of the subject. Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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