George72 Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 Hello! This is my most recent project, an israeli Mirage IIIC Shachak, the Eduard 1/48 profipack kit. Have to say that, at least for me, Mirages III, in 1/48 scale, seem to be cursed. In the past, I built a Kinetic kit, a truly nightmare. Really bad engineering, even worse fitting and almost useless instructions. So, after some reviewing of other brands, all of them still looked not great. But, since Eduard has a good reputation and I’ve built some of their other kits fine, I’ve decided to give it a shot. Big disappointment, because this one is also not good. Flashes all over the places, the fuselage halves are too flexible and a lit bit warped. There are no location points for the cockpit tub, and you have to hold the 2 halves and the cockpit together and try to glue them in the right position. If you succeed in this, you’ll find out the windshield panel is too high for the front canopy to sit properly. I’ve managed to minimize this by a lot of dry fit and clipping the base of the PE for the instruments panel and gunsight. Not to mention the plastic part in front of the gunsight also had to be very sanded, otherwise the front canopy would not be flushed with the fuselage. I just don’t get it, the guys at Eduard have to know this, still… Main landing gears engineering is also bad. No positive locations and/or fixing points for most of the many pieces. And for the plastic parts, all of them have their issues. Front canopy slightly too narrow, rear part too wide (better keep it open); lights lenses all too big for their respective spots. Decals are Cartograph, so no problems here. Nevertheless, all the yellow triangles and red stripes on the wings were masked and painted. Way better! Well, I know these are a lot of complaining for my part, sorry for that, but probably because I had good expectations from an Eduard kit. Anyway, I’m happy with the results now it’s finished. Hope you enjoy! Cheers! 41 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantherhawk27263 Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 Wow!! That is an amazing Mirage. Excellent job!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis95 Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 Stunning! Amazing job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George72 Posted May 27, 2022 Author Share Posted May 27, 2022 1 hour ago, Pantherhawk27263 said: Wow!! That is an amazing Mirage. Excellent job!!! Thank you! 45 minutes ago, Lewis95 said: Stunning! Amazing job Thank you! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
politicni komisar Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 Like !!!!! Great build! Samo /P.k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George72 Posted May 28, 2022 Author Share Posted May 28, 2022 4 hours ago, politicni komisar said: Like !!!!! Great build! Samo /P.k Thank you! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 Great Work nontheless!! And camouflaged Mirages withbold engines nozzles shrouds are rather rare! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George72 Posted May 28, 2022 Author Share Posted May 28, 2022 1 hour ago, exdraken said: Great Work nontheless!! And camouflaged Mirages withbold engines nozzles shrouds are rather rare! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomcat101 Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 Fantastic Mirage. The Israeli paint scheme really makes it stand out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George72 Posted May 29, 2022 Author Share Posted May 29, 2022 1 hour ago, Tomcat101 said: Fantastic Mirage. The Israeli paint scheme really makes it stand out. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 First rate job, that’s spot on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George72 Posted June 5, 2022 Author Share Posted June 5, 2022 2 hours ago, F-32 said: First rate job, that’s spot on Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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