Jabba Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 For this GB I will be using one of Special Hobbys Simple Kit (similar to Eduard Overtrees) Mirage F1s to make an aircraft operated by the Qatar Air Force during the Gulf War of 1991. I will be using decals from FFSMC productions to accomplish this. The kit. The decals and instructions. Some information. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Welcome nothing wrong with a Mirage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 Welcome from me too @Jabba. The Qatari scheme looks great . Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 Great choice Jabba, the Qatari Mirage F.1's looked great in their unique camouflage scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 Wow, great! In 1/72 you should not have an issue with the loadout either. As far as I understand it, common load out would be Magic III, 2 tanks, bombs on centerline an Sycomor and Remora pods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted August 11, 2021 Author Share Posted August 11, 2021 1 hour ago, exdraken said: As far as I understand it, common load out would be Magic III, 2 tanks, bombs on centerline an Sycomor and Remora pods. That is what I am looking at, just need to find the stuff. I think that I have it all aprt from the bomb carrier under the fuselage, but Air-Graphics do one which I will order tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 I think you can also mount a single 400kg? Bomb on the center pylon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted August 11, 2021 Author Share Posted August 11, 2021 19 minutes ago, exdraken said: I think you can also mount a single 400kg? Bomb on the center pylon Yes I have seen photos of that, I just prefer the 4 bomb version. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 All this talk of Mirage F.1s is giving me itchy fingers, tempted to reach for my F.1AZ ……. calm down, Martin, it’ll pass say the voices in my head Martin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted August 13, 2021 Author Share Posted August 13, 2021 8 hours ago, RidgeRunner said: All this talk of Mirage F.1s is giving me itchy fingers, tempted to reach for my F.1AZ ……. calm down, Martin, it’ll pass say the voices in my head Martin Oh no they will not! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted August 14, 2021 Author Share Posted August 14, 2021 I have made a start with this one, in that the inners of the fuselage have been made up and fitted to one half. I have also glued the wing halves together remembering from the last time I made this kit to rub down the inside of the lower part. These have since been filled. I have also included some pictures of the extra weaponary that I have found stashed away or bought. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted August 17, 2021 Author Share Posted August 17, 2021 I got the fuselage together and filled this in. I have also glued the nose cone and done a trial fit with the rest of the fuselage. Unfortunately this is not a good fit (As I seem to remember from the lsat build) and will need some fettling to get it to fit reasonably. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrahs Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 How are the MER and bombs looking? I bought some meteors from Air Graphics a while back and then when they arrived promptly went and bought Hasegawa's set instead... But given what else they carry (and, more importantly, others don't) I'm wanting to hope that those may not have been very representative of their usual quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 Looks a bit of a battle jabba, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted August 18, 2021 Author Share Posted August 18, 2021 11 hours ago, Parrahs said: How are the MER and bombs looking? I bought some meteors from Air Graphics a while back and then when they arrived promptly went and bought Hasegawa's set instead... But given what else they carry (and, more importantly, others don't) I'm wanting to hope that those may not have been very representative of their usual quality. Here is a photo of the stuff. In my opinion they do not look that bad. 9 hours ago, Hewy said: Looks a bit of a battle jabba, I think that it is more me making a meal of it at the moment. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted August 24, 2021 Author Share Posted August 24, 2021 After a fair bit of scraping and cutting of plastic I got the nose parts to fit. It was not brilliant, but it was the best that I was going to get. I have also fitted the other intake and then filled and sanded down these areas. I have also fitted the main U/C doors as I know from a previous build that the U/C legs can be fitted towards the end of the build after painting. The fit yeat agin is ot that brilliant hence the filler. I have done a trial fit of the fin and both wings which seem to be good at the moment. So it will be a sanding down of the U/C doors before I finally fit these. I also know that a panel line just in front of where the windscreen fits is 1mm too far back, but I am not going to bother rescribing this, as the last time it was too much for what it was worth in the end. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 It's looking very much like an F1 now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 On 8/24/2021 at 7:53 PM, Jabba said: I also know that a panel line just in front of where the windscreen fits is 1mm too far back, but I am not going to bother rescribing this, as the last time it was too much for what it was worth in the end. 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted August 30, 2021 Author Share Posted August 30, 2021 I have now glued the wings and fin to the fuselage. It was a good job hat I had not done this earlier as a quick double check before I did made me realise that I had cut the wrong fin from the sprues. So now the correct one is now fitted. I have also fitted the rear underfuselage strakes and all of these have been filled. I will run some paint over the wing join to check that all is correct here, especially as I have used Perfect filler, which I have found out does not like water when sanding down. I also have to fill in some of the panel lines behind the cockpit and the Qatari aircraft have another AV bay in this area, which will require rescribing. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 19 hours ago, Jabba said: I have used Perfect filler, which I have found out does not like water when sanding down. Yes, the fact that it can be cleaned up with water is one of its strengths, but it can also be an annoying weakness! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 On 8/30/2021 at 11:48 AM, Jabba said: I have found out does not like water when sanding down PPP has particular uses and, as you say, is water soluble. I use it only for very narrow gaps, applying filler, allowing a short drying period and removal with a cotton bud. It is very good around canopies. When wet it does get everywhere so care is needed. It doesn’t really sand well. I was pessimistic when I first used it but I am now a convert, using it within my mix of other filling materials such as Squadron White and dissolved sprue (Gloop) :). I use the latter when strength is required. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted September 10, 2021 Author Share Posted September 10, 2021 On 31/08/2021 at 22:08, RidgeRunner said: Squadron White and dissolved sprue (Gloop) :). I use the latter when strength is required. Martin I used to use Squadron Green, but they changed the formula of this which I did not like and have been trying to find some of the white stuff with no luck and probably never now that they have gone out of business. Anyhow I have sorted out the wing joints and I have fitted the sensors and aerials to the Fwd Fuselage. Normally I would leave these off until near the end of the build, but as they have a smalish plastic circular base that fits into a recess it was better to fit them now. So once I have got the U/C bays painted and front canopy I will start with the camo scheme. One thing that I forgot to mention is the the intake bullet on the port side is truncated, but I am leaving it this way as I cannot think ofa way to fix it. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 3 hours ago, Jabba said: like and have been trying to find some of the white stuff with no luck and probably never now that they have gone out of business. I was lucky to grab a new tube a short while back. I need to make it last! That is nice work on this one Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 4 hours ago, Jabba said: I used to use Squadron Green, but they changed the formula of this which I did not like and have been trying to find some of the white stuff with no luck and probably never now that they have gone out of business I used to use the Squadron for years, switched to Tamiya fine white primer, smaller tube but it lasts quite awhile for me. https://m.aliexpress.com/item/32910204197.html?trace=wwwdetail2mobilesitedetail&_randl_currency=USD&_randl_shipto=US&src=google&aff_fcid=2a848b9389874b09acbdfe31b8006589-1631315908111-01656-UneMJZVf&aff_fsk=UneMJZVf&aff_platform=aaf&sk=UneMJZVf&aff_trace_key=2a848b9389874b09acbdfe31b8006589-1631315908111-01656-UneMJZVf&terminal_id=2255598fd6f7480688775f9e30515e5c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 Coming together very nicely, even with the fit issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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