CT Modeller Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Mirage IIIE No.501 / 3-IB EC1/3 'Navarre' Nancy-Ochey, France, June 1985 This was built from the old Revell 1/72 kit from the 1970s. Not the best Mirage kit out there nowadays by a long way but it's been in the stash for so many years and it was time to build it. The inspiration was that Modeldecal sheet with those attractive EC1/3 anniversary markings. The French are usually very good at anniversary schemes, and though this one is quite simple it's also very French and looks good. The kit was basically OK. It gave the impression that it had been scaled down from the Revell 1/32nd scale kit of a similar era. This was noticeable in some of the attachment points and detail. particularly on the undercarriage, which were so small and thin as to be unusable. In the end I replaced the main gear with that from a Heller kit, and used the Heller nosewheel in the Revell nose leg. The inner main gear doors were leftovers from a resin conversion kit for a Mirage V and had nice internal detail. I added quite a bit to the ejection seat but the cockpit is a black pit so there's minimal detail apart from the seat. I struggled to fit the canopy neatly but just about got there in the end. I used Mig Ammo paints from their French Modern Jets set for the top surfaces which sprayed very nicely and dried in no time, and a mixture of Xtracrylic aluminium and light aircraft grey for the undersides. Decals were all from the Modeldecal sheet except for the roundels which were replaced with others having better depth of colour from a generic sheet. The topcoat was Humbrol matt varnish. Overall a fairly quick (by my standards) and enjoyable project And some of it's brothers : 34 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Gorgeous collection of a very pretty aeroplane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Aer Lingus Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Beautiful looking model & the rest of her sisters are just as good very well done thanks for sharing Eamonn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Great collection, Chris. An aircraft type I've recently discovered but am growing to admire. Excellent modelling 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham T Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Nice bunch of Mirages!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Superb Mirage III collection - well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolphin38 Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Great collection of Mirages, lovely work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Superb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S. Uehlinger Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 Fantastic Work! I think I will have to do the Blue Fin version myself...I see that SPA95 and 153 are represented....I know I have those decals in my stash....153 is certainly on the old ESCI Morane Decal Sheet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhizhou Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 That is a very nice collection. The Revell kit gives a fine looking Mirage. Superb work. This quartet of Mirage would look great on the Mirage60@2021 big display at SMW2021 (if SMW is possible this year !!) Thanks for sharing them Zhizhou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 That's a very fine selection of Mirages you have there! Trés bon! Hoping to see some of these in the French Fancy 2 GB starting on the 14th of July. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luka Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 Great job on such an old kit! I recently built this kit as a III R2Z and it was a bit of a challenge to get it up to today's standards. Also like how you subtly repositioned the elevons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 Fantastic group of Mirages! Your excellent builds certainly don't seem to betray the age of the kit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 That’s a group to be proud of :). Gorgeous! Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 Very eye catching special and a great collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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