Graham T Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Being a bit of a Francophile, I’ve always liked the look of the Mirage IV. This was an eBay purchase a while back & came with a Neomega cockpit & a rather nice set of Reskit replacement wheels (never heard of Reskit before!). I have no idea how old this kit is but I’m guessing maybe 40 years since it was first issued & it shows. Frankly a bit of a struggle with rather “iffy” fit throughout - especially the rear fuselage “pen-nib” around the jet nozzles where I had to apply more filler than I can ever remember with any other kit! My other major problem was the plastic itself which seemed rather resistant to liquid poly, even now whenever I pick it up I can hear the fuselage joint “creaking” as if it’s about to burst open!! The instructions are basic & more than a little vague when it comes to the placement of the several small aerials & intakes around the airframe so “guestimation” is the order of the day unless you have access to the right references (I don’t sadly). The Neomega cockpit was the usual struggle to fit but is a great improvement on the kit parts though if you’re closing the canopies the latter are probably adequate given how little can be seen. Best parts of the kit plastic are probably the undercarriage legs which provide a lot of detail & coupled with those wheels look pretty good. The nose probe is cast as part of the nose cone & I lost track of how many times I snapped it off or simply bent it during construction! For the finish I used British colours as I understand that the French colours aren’t a million miles away so Extra Dark Sea Grey & Dark Green (with hindsight Dark Sea Grey may have been better). I worried about the decals & not knowing how old they were - especially since I don’t know of any AM decals for this kit but happily they behaved reasonably well even if the stencils were rather out of register. The resin Neomega seats of course lack the top pull handles & too late I realised I was out of suitable fuse wire to fabricate them but will do so as soon as I have the material. 31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 I'm a big fan of the Mirage IVA so your model is quite pleasing to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natter Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Nice model Graham. The Mirage IV was such a beautiful aircraft, not quite as beautiful as the VC10 but close (discuss...), and I really like to see them modelled as well as yours. You overcame the challenges very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyOD Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Old gold! That's a great looking Mirage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodenlee Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 You've done a great job on the mega-mirage! Cheers Shaun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Sleek....with va va voom😄🇨🇵 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Riot Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Looks good! Very good. You’d never know it was a 40 year old kit. What is that big ‘pizza’ underneath, a radar? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 One sexy looking aircraft ,just like the french very stylish. Beautiful model well done 👏 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Niiiice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swralph Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Nice one Graham.😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Very nice work. That's got to be a big ol' bird in 1/48! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham T Posted January 18, 2021 Author Share Posted January 18, 2021 12 hours ago, Lord Riot said: Looks good! Very good. You’d never know it was a 40 year old kit. What is that big ‘pizza’ underneath, a radar? TBH I don't know but I THINK it's the antenna for a ground-mapping radar or terrain following radar. Others may know more!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Fantastic Miragev IV Such a graceful plane, you really did her justice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Great job on the ancient Heller ! Wulfman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binbrook87 Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 That's very nice indeed. And i echo what someone has said above...that must be a large beast in 1/48 scale! 😮 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S. Uehlinger Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Great Work! I have one in The Stash, I have to take it out...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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