I'm back after almost 2 weeks without computer.
I hate hackers >:(
2 days ago, i started this not so good Airfix model
when i arrived at the shop, i thought " great Airfix, put a new Mirage in the market, now i can make a Portuguese Mirage"
Conclusion, This is not a NEW MODEL :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
The Box:
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Some photos of the work in progress:
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the ejection seat from the kit is the one on the left, i changed it for one from the spare box ;D
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I decided to recover a fuel tank for the central pylon, because, the missile provided for this position looks like made for a spaceship :dalek:
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The paint job is not as good as it could be, because i have my airbrush MIA :banghead:
more photos in a few days
Looks good from here :thumbsup: Love the sleekness of the Mirage, shown off well in the last picture :cheers:
What a horrific model! :o Kudos to you for persevering
If there is one bonus about that kit, it comes with the Matra JL-100 rocket pod/fuel tank combo. I don't know of any other kit that has them, although there has been a resin set released in the last year.
Well done in perservering, looking forward to see how it turns out!
Nice save of what appears to be a real dog of a kit. :thumbsup:
HI guys!
Thanks for the support.
After these last few days spent in Germany, because of my younger sister getting cancer, and needing support, i didn't advance much in the kit.
returned yesterday and made a little bit on the bird or should i say dog ;D
the photos:
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Looking Good,Luis :thumbsup: :thumbsup: Small Q:any plans to put a Shark's Mouth on your Mirage III? i think a Plane like that would look good with one, but You're the Builder, You make the call.Stay Cool & Keep up the Great Work :thumbsup: :cheers: :cheers:Dan
Nice use of the masking tape when using filler . . . Thought I was the only one that did that! ;)
Good evening to all!
Quote from: Cobra on May 28, 2010, 05:37:58 PM
Looking Good,Luis :thumbsup: :thumbsup: Small Q:any plans to put a Shark's Mouth on your Mirage III? i think a Plane like that would look good with one, but You're the Builder, You make the call.Stay Cool & Keep up the Great Work :thumbsup: :cheers: :cheers:Dan
Yes, i put a spare decal from a RAF mustang ;D
Quote from: Shasper on May 28, 2010, 06:34:57 PM
Nice use of the masking tape when using filler . . . Thought I was the only one that did that! ;)
I'm using masking tape since i learned the hard way that to much putty allways leads to missing details after sanding the stuff :thumbsup:
the work today was a disaster :banghead:.
I used automotive clear varnish, and the result was good :thumbsup:, but after a few hours, i decided to start whit the decals.
the varnish was allready dry, so i started by cutting the decals i needed and sorting them, so far so good. The revell shark's mouth was a bit big :rolleyes:and because of that it started wrinkling, so i put micro set. The disaster opened after that, i left a full bottle of micro set opened :blink:, and spilled all over the decals :banghead:, when i was turning the model around.
i managed to save most of the decals :smiley:. After some hard work i decided to use micro sol, and them the cherry on top of the cake, the Portuguese roundels and flag started to wrinkle and the decals are shrinking :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
Tomorrow i will replace the damaged decals.
Here are some photos:
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That's one SERIOUS sharksmouth there Luis! ;D
I tried to build that kit way back when it was half of the dogfight double and gave up after hours of fiddling to make it fit properly. You've done a great job, nice one.
for a horrible looking kit, you did a nice job making it look good :thumbsup:
and thanks for the warning on the airfix kit, guess if i ever need another mirage III/5 kit, i'd look for the Heller or old Revell box :mellow:
Thanks guys ;D
It was the best i could do after all the setbacks i had.
I had considered making another Mirage before i opened the box, but now i think i have to look for another brand
So it is finished and here are the photos:
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I do remember that kit :banghead: You've done a great job with it :thumbsup:
Nice finished result!
Looking good. Love to see aircraft in Portugese sevice :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
That is very nice Luis, :bow: you certainly know how to make a silk purse from a sows ear :lol:
excellent job :thumbsup:
Chris
Hard to believe anyone could do such a good job with that kit! Well done Luis, great looking scheme. :thumbsup:
Paul Harrison
Nice one Luis!
I've got three of those kits, but strictly for spares..... :wacko:
The wierd missile on the centreline is supposed to be a Matra R510, a very early AAM of canard aeroplane configuration.
Mossie: the only other JL100 pod I know of is on the centreline of the Matchbox Jaguar, which also features long intake splitter plates and four seriously inaccurate AS.30s.
I'd long forgotten about the Matchbox kit Harold, I kind of half remembered building one when I was a youngster, but rummaging into the depths of my memory, it was the Airfix kit. A JL-100 on the centreline would make for quite a interesting load out, I don't think I've ever seen pics of an aircraft armed with a single rocket pod.
I know you know about this set, but the Odds & Ordance do a lovely looking set of JL-100's for the Lightning:
http://www.oddsandordnance.co.uk/index.asp?pageid=161038 (http://www.oddsandordnance.co.uk/index.asp?pageid=161038)
A very nice model, indeed!
:wub: :wub: :wub: :wub: :thumbsup:
Great result from an old kit - well done! :thumbsup:
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Superb result from a terrible kit :thumbsup:
Makes you wonder why Portugal didn't use Mirage IIIs in real life...
Quote from: Weaver on June 02, 2010, 10:30:15 AM
Nice one Luis!
I've got three of those kits, but strictly for spares..... :wacko:
The wierd missile on the centreline is supposed to be a Matra R510, a very early AAM of canard aeroplane configuration.
Mossie: the only other JL100 pod I know of is on the centreline of the Matchbox Jaguar, which also features long intake splitter plates and four seriously inaccurate AS.30s.
I thought that missile was the Matra R.511? Whatever it is, is this the only kit that includes this missile? :unsure:
Great looking model Luis. :thumbsup:
well done for perserving with an old, old model.
the end result is very respectable. :thumbsup:
thanks for the comments guys!
Quote from: nev on June 15, 2010, 10:24:00 AM
Superb result from a terrible kit :thumbsup:
Makes you wonder why Portugal didn't use Mirage IIIs in real life...
I have an answer to your comment nev
Portuguese airforce allmost used them in the war in Africa.
in the late 60´s PoAf was looking for interceptors in the market and the contenders were, Mirage III, F-4c, SAAB J-35, MirageV
and a there was also the possibility of the Jaguar and Mirage F1
the last 2 were discarded in the beginning because they were only prototypes at the time
the J-35 was difficult to service in the field
the F-4c was to expensive, so after concluding that PoAf could only buy 25 aircraft, was considered insufficient for the number of aircraft required
in the beginning of the 70´s, PoAf received 2 Mirage III for evaluation, ( they still rest in an Hangar in Portugal), and despite being the favourite aircraft, we made a deal with Dassault for 79 Mirage V.
Finance was approved By the South African Government, and the delivery date was supposed to begin in 1975, the problem was that the cease fire happened just after the revolution in 1974, and we never took the delivery of those aircraft along with 80 FIAT G-91 from germany.
I can search for more details if you like
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Cool, I never knew all that 8)
I didn't know that Portugal almost had one of my favourite jets, gotta go read some more about my own country's air force. :blink:
Great job on that kit, my friend! :cheers:
Nice one - looks very natural. :thumbsup:
What a coincidence...
This weekend I am reading the magazine 'Aviation Classics 17: Dassault Mirage III/5' with the very interesting article ' The Customer that never was' by Jose Mantos.
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Source: ;)
The Customer that never was - by Jose Mantos - pages 62-65
Aviation Classics 17: Dassault Mirage III/5
Mortons Media Group 2012, ISBN-10: 1906167648, ISBN-13: 978 1906167646
Great article! Thanks for sharing this! :thumbsup:
Great job.
Thanks for dragging this one up ! Love the Mirage III...and this one looks awesome ! And beauty job on an old dog of a kit.
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