The Rib Man Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 (edited) I will enter with a Mirage IIIC from the Eduard Profipack kit. My plan is to do a plane in the Djibouti desert paint scheme. Edited October 6, 2021 by The Rib Man Finished 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 Can't have a French GB without a Mirage III. Good choice and good luck with it, welcome to the GB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulT 876 Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Hi I have 4 of these on the go just now i have some updates i do to them as the kit is not quite right nothing hard to do just correcting the kit in a small way that's if you wish. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rib Man Posted August 17, 2021 Author Share Posted August 17, 2021 Finally got started after finishing up my BF-109's. I have definitely been spoiled by the Eduard Spitfire and BF-109 kits that practically assemble themselves. I have the sense already this guy isn't going to go together as easily. I have finished up the cockpit tub and ejection seat. Building more or less out of the box, which came with photo etch seatbelts. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rib Man Posted August 17, 2021 Author Share Posted August 17, 2021 I managed the wheel wells and wing assembly as well. Some glue needs cleaning up around the wind joint. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 Very nice work, the cockpit looks really good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 That looks like a nice cockpit! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rib Man Posted August 27, 2021 Author Share Posted August 27, 2021 Looking messy, but starting to look like a Mirage III. I have some serious cleaning up to do now. Usually I am overly pessimistic about the cleaning up phase. Hopefully that is the case this time as well. The areas around the bottom of the air intakes (not seen here) are a bit of a mess. Very strange engineering on that part of the kit made worse by the fact the fuselage was warped before I glued it up. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham T Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 This is a great kit but not the easiest to put together. Mind you, the Kinetic Mirages, one of which I'm building at the moment, are far from a walk in the park either! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rib Man Posted September 8, 2021 Author Share Posted September 8, 2021 After some filling, sanding, priming, swearing, more sanding, etc. I am more or less ready for painting. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 Very nice work and certainly distinctly Mirage shaped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 Very good job so far.. Best regards Patrice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 Coming along really well Cheers Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rib Man Posted September 13, 2021 Author Share Posted September 13, 2021 Painting mostly complete. I am not usually a fan of pre-shading panel lines, but I had the black paint out to touch up the cockpit and went ahead with it. I am really happy with how it turned out, especially on the blue parts. I was really tempted to keep it a desert yellow Mirage: But went with the camouflage scheme instead Missing a pylon in the picture, but it isn't lost for once. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rib Man Posted September 15, 2021 Author Share Posted September 15, 2021 The latest: 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 Yesterday one looks really smart! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rib Man Posted October 6, 2021 Author Share Posted October 6, 2021 Calling this guy finished. This will be remembered as a kit that fought back every step of the way, but I can't complain about the end result. Very nicely detailed kit from Eduard and pretty sharp out of the box. If I was to build it again, I would paint the air brakes instead of using the red decals. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnobiz Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 Very nice and clean build, well done! Arnaud 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 Lovely Mirage with a beautifully executed desert scheme - well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 oh, great! any weapons, or at least pylons? there were deployed to Djibuty after all! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 That's a beauty! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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