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Thanks all, I'm currently in the process of my next Whif project.. pictures will be published when it gets into final shape.. Alon.
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Thank you all for your kind words, Regarding the Tzniut nose (in Hebrew it means "modesty" .. ): I was very surprised (and pleased) to see that the nose designed for the Mirage fit the Draken. you can see in the critique corner how I swap between the recon noses enjoy, Alon.
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See the build diary for details, SAM kill markings are a tribute the Kfir role during the 1982 campaign. The LGBs are actually from Hasegawa JASDF weapon set, but they are quite unknown so I passed them as an Israeli indigenous precision weapons. LGB pylons are modified F-16 TERs. P3s are from Eagle designs, P3 rails and pylons were robbed from an F-2 kit. Large tanks came with the recon Draken kit and are there for max. loiter time over the Bekka valley :-)
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See the build diary for details, tail number is a tribute to a recon Kfir of 101 sq. Weapons are typical for IAF recon birds - two AIM-9D for self defence and max. fuel under the wings for the benefit of mission radius. The nose cones are interchangeable.
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See the build diary for details, number and kill markings are a tribute to a Nesher of the same unit. weapon stores are a Draken standard.
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See the final pics at critique corner! http://s362974870.onlinehome.us/forums/air/index.php?showtopic=249110 http://s362974870.onlinehome.us/forums/air/index.php?showtopic=249109 http://s362974870.onlinehome.us/forums/air/index.php?showtopic=249108
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Weathering and final assembly.
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A low-res. color scan of the decals was used to determine final positions of the sq. emblems and tail numbers.
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Time to choose tail numbers and squadrons (also known as the "Whif most fun part") NMF unit is the hornet sq. - I just had to paint black-yellow checkers over metal somehow and this was a too good excuse. 3-tone unit is the flying dragon sq. with a fictitious stabilizer inspired by the unit's A-4 tails for colors and the 101 sq. motif. for geometry. 2 tone grey unit is the Smashing Parrot sq., obviously inspired by the Kfir service with this unit. I used a cutter-printer at my work for the tail masks: http://www.rolanddga.com/ it turned out to be a great method. Red is Humbrol 1
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On to the paint-shop! Paints used for the schemes - NMF is various Humbrol metalizers , 3-tone scheme is Humbrol 121,119 and Xtracolor X148. 2-tone grey is Humbrol 127 and Xtracolor X136. The grey Draken got an Imaginary Pave-penny pod instead of the IRST.
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In my opinion, the Hasegawa Draken is almost flawless. No filler was needed, just a careful pre-fit, some sanding and final fit. I used the Aires flaps which didn't fit well (maybe due to my inexperience with resin..) and Quickboost air-scoops (a huge improvement over the kit part).