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Mirage IIIBJ 1967 Heyl Ha'Avir Heller 1/48


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Shape-wise to be said to be THE best Mirage out there, at least in 48th scale.

here in its two seater derivative!

 

Israel had ~4 B models, that also saw action in the 6 day war in 1967

 

one of them 787 from 119 Bat squadron

 

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  • Heller High Tech concept model (metal landing gear, wheels, Ejection seats, PE for cockpit, )
  • 1/48
  • Master pitot
  • AMK external tanks
  • Reskit exhasut nozzle
  • ArmyCast decals

 

definitely not the easiest kit, brittle plastic, regular fit, raised panel lines

but GREAT shape!

and shiny, with Alclad II airframe aluminum

WIP in the recently finished HELLER group build

 

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with a good set of neighbors and favorable company:

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thanks everybody for having a look, leaving a comment, a like or dislike, or criticism!

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cheers,

Werner

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On 2/17/2021 at 10:23 PM, Spitfire 123 said:

 That is a truly beautiful chrome finish, what paint did you use?

Alclad II airframe aluminum over a shiny black base coat. No protective gloss coat applied , but on the tanks, so those lost most of their shine.

The 2 main fuselage frames are supposed to be steel, and the top of the mid wings is Alclad II with some but iron mix...

Cheers!

19 hours ago, Alan P said:

That is a beautiful finish! So hard to make Alclad look that good, but you nailed it.

 

I tried earlier and failed.

A eeallyshiny black base and low pressure on the airbrush did the trick this time! :)

 

Thanks everybody!!

🍻

 

 

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On 2/18/2021 at 7:54 PM, Graham T said:

Nice!  I'm currently "into" French aircraft & Mirages in particular having recently finished the Heller IVP & currently working on the Eduard III

Great you like it!

The IV is a bit intimidating model wise!

The Eduard kit looks rather good, I did not build one yet though, only used the very "simìlar" HobbyBoss version to hack it up in order to do a Swiss Recce RS once...

I do have some in the stash though and plan on an Argentnian CJ that were bought as stop-gap from Israel to replace some of the Harrier victims...

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