chris148 Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 Hi everyone, On show below is my latest off the bench,the Eduard Israeli Shachak Mirage IIIc special edition in 1/48.Built out of the box it was good to build,no major issues. Brush painted as always with standard humbrol enamels. 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 Very nice, can't beat a Delta in those colours Last one of these I built there was a lot of mold misalignment with the smaller parts on the sprues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhizhou Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 Very nicely done Chris148. Your Mirage looks great.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 Terrific build! I like the cockpit a lot. Great photos too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolphin38 Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 Great looking Mirage, well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in a shed Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 Lovely result Chris, really impressive brush work. What type of brush do you use to ensure uniform coverage? Do you apply more than one coat? Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris148 Posted August 27, 2020 Author Share Posted August 27, 2020 55 minutes ago, Pete in a shed said: Lovely result Chris, really impressive brush work. What type of brush do you use to ensure uniform coverage? Do you apply more than one coat? Pete Hi pete,always use a quite large flat brush with paint straight from the tin maybe thinned a little this time of year due to heat.Do an initial all over coat with the lightest colour.Freehand a second coat of the lightest colour where required then on this scheme freehand the green then the brown.I find the key is do it quick to advoid brush marks and sometimes 3-4 thin coats are better than 2 thick ones with brush marks in.Sometimes tempted to try an airbrush but i enjoy the brush. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Hi, a great Mirage and an impressive painting technique. Congrats! JR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikola Topalov Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Hi Chris, Very nice model. Well done. Great paint scheme and markings choice! I just started on my weekend edition 1/48 IIIC and I am doing the Djibouti camo scheme. Encouraging to hear that you didn't have major problems with it. Best, Nikola Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in a shed Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 23 hours ago, chris148 said: Sometimes tempted to try an airbrush but i enjoy the brush. Thanks for that Chris, I always used to hand brush but then moved to airbrush. After seeing your build I hanker for another go at freehand🎨. Croatian splodgy An-2 springs to mind. Cheers Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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