Davek72 Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 After the abortive start that was the Mirage F1C (I didn't actually start just realised I didn't have all the bits) I have rooted through the stash and found this I have a particular interest in Argentinian planes and so will be building one of those schemes. I seemed to recall some fit issues but lets see. As always comments very welcome. Dave 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Ooh, I remember seeing bits of Argentinian Mirages when I was on my first tour of the Falklands in 1986... I love the Mirage family, really pleased to see this in the GB and good to see some different markings. Good luck and welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davek72 Posted July 16, 2021 Author Share Posted July 16, 2021 Thanks Wes. Never made it to the Falklands. Did end up in Argentina in 2007 on the 25 anniversary of the war which was “interesting”. So far the build experience has involved injection marks, vaguely fitting parts and flash….Eduard it is not. Still that’s half the fun of modelling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveyGair Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Will watch with interest, I have been poised for a while to get a Modelsvit Mirage III. Davey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 Hi Dave Time to dust this one off, going by the number if parts and decals you will need a good while to build it. Best of luck Cheers Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davek72 Posted September 11, 2021 Author Share Posted September 11, 2021 On 7/21/2021 at 11:06 AM, DaveyGair said: Will watch with interest, I have been poised for a while to get a Modelsvit Mirage III. Davey. Hi Davey Sorry for the lack of response (and progress so far). Its a good kit. Some tricky build elements particularly getting the nose to alight properly with the fuselage - but that may be builder error! Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davek72 Posted September 11, 2021 Author Share Posted September 11, 2021 On 9/6/2021 at 3:22 PM, JOCKNEY said: Hi Dave Time to dust this one off, going by the number if parts and decals you will need a good while to build it. Best of luck Cheers Pat Thanks Pat Unfortunately a combination a Covid and another C in the family has meant precious little bench time this summer. Sometimes there are more important things than modelling 😉 I have however managed to make a bit of progress this last week. More to follow. Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davek72 Posted September 11, 2021 Author Share Posted September 11, 2021 As mentioned above I have made finally progress this week. Started in the usual place.... It all came together very nicely. Especially after a few washes and some seatbelts. The photoetch seatbelts came with the kits for which I am always grateful. Then a jump to post everything coming together. Sorry I was in the zone and forgot to take photos for a few days! Now with canopy and tanks. Getting a smooth finish on the tanks was tricky and I am not 100% happy with the result. Thanks for looking. Cheers Dave 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 Goodness me, I hope everyone gets well soon Dave. Cheers Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lifeline Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 (edited) Great progress, Dave... Did you have any fittings problem with this kit? I found a bit 'step" between the upper and the lower wing joint. But that just me being impatient. I should've able to avoid it by sanding the mating surface more. Hope everyone's safe on your side, Dave.. Cheers, Mario Edited September 11, 2021 by Lifeline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davek72 Posted September 11, 2021 Author Share Posted September 11, 2021 3 hours ago, JOCKNEY said: Goodness me, I hope everyone gets well soon Dave. Cheers Pat Thanks Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davek72 Posted September 11, 2021 Author Share Posted September 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Lifeline said: Great progress, Dave... Did you have any fittings problem with this kit? I found a bit 'step" between the upper and the lower wing joint. But that just me being impatient. I should've able to avoid it by sanding the mating surface more. Hope everyone's safe on your side, Dave.. Cheers, Mario Hi Mario Thank you. Hope all is safe with you and yours as well. No major problems I had some issues with aligning the nose and there was a bit of a gap at one wing root but these could easily have been my error rather than the kits. Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davek72 Posted September 19, 2021 Author Share Posted September 19, 2021 Afternoon all. A bit more progress on this. First up I masked and painted it using the Hataka Argentinian paint set. The paint went on well but the blue colour was too light when compared to the suggested blue and the only photo I could find of this airframe which at the follow webpage (sorry I couldn't make it appear as a link). Photobucket | 336646_257093970996893_100000888753975_792487_541324635_o.jpg So after some consideration I made a filter and using a couple of layers ended up with this to which the decals were added. Cheers David 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Nice and tidy work! This unique blue scheme seems rather popular currently! 2 photos here: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davek72 Posted September 26, 2021 Author Share Posted September 26, 2021 On 9/20/2021 at 6:11 PM, exdraken said: Nice and tidy work! This unique blue scheme seems rather popular currently! 2 photos here: Thanks that it interesting. I was wondering about missiles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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