kurnass77 Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Hi all gents, this is my next project(s) , acouple of AML Mirage IIIs. For now I made small progress because I had sand a lot to adapt the resin pit and NLG bay , and this is only the first of the two model... :unsure: First the box pics [/url][/img] The model so far [/url][/img] [/url][/img] i started sansing the wings to accomodate the MLG bays [/url][/img] I want to make a Six Day War NMF bird, certainly Shahak 45 , the 117 Squadron plane with is peculiar kill markings used by Aven-Nir to shot down a Lebanese Hunter followed 24 hours later by Iraqi Hunter and a MiG-21 shot down by Yehuda Koren.My link The other plane will probably the YKW camouflaged Shahak 07 of the 101 Squadron My link.I choose the latter in order to differentiate the squadron markings,the camo,the load out ( 101 Sq. preferred the Aim-9D as IR missile of choice instead of the locally Shafrir ) and the tail; in fact the planes had been equipped with the updated Atar 9C engine with its shorter exhaust. To realize this small conversion came to my rescue my dear friend Bad Edd that I will never cease to thank, who sent me a series of resin goodies including the shorter tail and exhaust [/url][/img] That's all for now,stay tuned for future progress. Gianni o Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Oh my...keep the putty at the ready :D Awesome Deltas in the making! Can´t wait until the next update! Cheers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Eri Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 kurnass, Is it me or is it the host of the photos not allowing me to see them? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tripio Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Gianni, nice to see this model on your workbench. I've always wanted to build this but it was not available here in Hungary. Great details on the resin parts. How is the resin?Is it rigid or just easy to work with? Regards,Laz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kurnass77 Posted April 27, 2011 Author Share Posted April 27, 2011 Thanks all guys,I think your support for these builds will be more important than ever:assembly is quite troublesome with poor fit in anywhere (I think these models will be much in the loooooooooong run). :( Eri , I'm sorry but I can see the image normally... Tripio the resin part are top notch and in same case very fragile like in the MLG bays ( I broke both the example in my kits) and I'm surprised that you can't find these models in your Country; I boght mine on-line , onr from EBay and the other on my abitual on-line shop My link. I'm still sanding the internal face of the wings, when I have made some noteworthy progress publish photos Gianni Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tripio Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Hi Gianni, we will support you,I promise. The problem was that I did not want to order it...I had some bad experiences with the company who was able to purchase the kit and I did not want to risk or did not want to wait too long.The delivery time was about 8-10 weeks...from the next country...it's just a bad joke...are we living in the 15th century or what?No,no,thanks. I am sure that it will be available in our local hobby show soon.I will purchase it then...but it depends on your build,so please,back to the workbench. Regards,Laz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Uncle Uncool Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 :blink: Aw, me can see nuthin'...!!! Bloody Imageshack! Can "them" blokes upload on anythin' BUT Imageshaft, please...? Such a darn drag... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tripio Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 Hi Gianni, any progress? Regards,Laz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JMan Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 Hey Gianni, nice to see you starting a W.I.P. and a fantastic one at that too. Can't wait to see more! Jeremy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kurnass77 Posted May 3, 2011 Author Share Posted May 3, 2011 Hi guys and thanks for your support; Uncle an Eri,I'm sorry for your inability to see the pics. Laz, here are the pictures of the current state of work. A general view [/url][/img] The truth is that this kit there aren't two parts that fit ... This is for example the wings:the black line represents the initial margin of plastic and as you can see I have sanded a lot of material ... [/url][/img] ...but the result is still a bad fit, and then I'll have to remove other materials and this discourages me a little [/url][/img] [/url][/img] At the same time I started to detail the cockpit, particularly the sidewall and the bulkhead... [/url][/img] [/url][/img] [/url][/img] ...and started to wiring the wheel bays.In reality during the sanding I have practically destroyed the NLG bay ceiling so I had to rebuild everything with Magic Sculpt and plasticard [/url][/img] [/url][/img] [/url][/img] To complicate matters further, the fuselage is shorter 1 mm on the nose and 3 mm in the tail as explained in this article by Edd Bad My link I still do not understand why don't exist a good Mirage III/5/50 family plastic kits... For today is all I hope to show some noteworthy progress in the coming days. Gianni Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 Gianni, Oh good work.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tripio Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Agreed. Gianni,don't give up,my friend. There are a lot of models with this kind of horrible fitting issues. I've grown up on the KP models (Kovozávody Prostéjov if I remember well). At the end they moved to my shelf finished...Those were the days...8) Keep the pictures coming. Regards,Laz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tripio Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 Hello Gianni, any progress? Regards,Laz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kurnass77 Posted May 16, 2011 Author Share Posted May 16, 2011 Hi Laz! No great progress;I'm still on puttyng and sanding stage ... :unsure: [/url][/img] [/url][/img] [/url][/img] [/url][/img] ...and this is repeated for two! Also, like everyone, I'm busy on other projects. I had said, this will be a long-term build! Gianni Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aggressor Supporter Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Good work so far. Should be nice Mirages. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
frenk Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Oh boy, definitely not shake 'n bake kit! I have AML Mirage with recon nose (Tzniut) waiting in stash. I'll be watching your progress closely... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kurnass77 Posted June 4, 2011 Author Share Posted June 4, 2011 Hi all my friends; I decided to show the current state of my Mirages.At this moment I'm engaged in that construction's stage which seems to never progress, but to perform only a filler, sand and rescribing routine and then all over again. But at least the wings are in position,but only after an extended rescribing of almost all the wing panel lines particularly on the belly! [/url][/img] As I said before the fuselage is 3mm too short so I inserted a plasticard plague to restore the correct lenght... [/url][/img] ...and despite the camera distortion the fuselage lenght look more correct if confronted with the scale drawings. [/url][/img] Next step the air inatkes; as you can see from a preliminary dry fit you create a step of at least 1mm [/url][/img] But after a sanding session in the internal face of both the air duct and the splitter plate the fit is more simple [/url][/img] to avert a possible tailsitter (mainly because of the resin tails) I dug with a cutter mounted on the mini drill botthe nose cones and inserted a ballast consists of fishing sinkers [/url][/img] [/url][/img] And that's all for now guys, I hope to come back with more interesting progress as soon is possible! Aggressor and frenk thanks for your support.frenk I can't wait to see your Tzniut;I have in my spare box the Tashbetz and tha Tarmil noses for future builds maybe on a High Planes/PJ Production new injected plastic line's bases... Gianni Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tripio Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Hey Gianni, there is no problem with your progress,it's quite OK. Once these Mirages will be the jewels of great worth on your shelf. Keep us update. Regards,Laz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 Great work Gianni! Seems like a demanding build! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
J.C. Bahr Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Looking good Gianni! Plastic intakes? I've got several of those AML Mirages and mine all have resin intakes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kurnass77 Posted June 6, 2011 Author Share Posted June 6, 2011 Laz,Janne and J.C., thanks all for your support and kindness. Looking good Gianni! Plastic intakes? I've got several of those AML Mirages and mine all have resin intakes. I think that you have the first batch production ,with resin intake and the tail fin integral with the fuselage. Gianni Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kurnass77 Posted June 18, 2011 Author Share Posted June 18, 2011 Hi all guys,after long time I'm here with small progress. First, I've inserted a 3mm plasticard plague and glued the tail cones. [/url][/img] [/url][/img] When the glue dryed, I filled the resultant big gap with some 0,13 mm plasticard strip glued one after the other almost to reach the level of the external fuselage. The rest will be raised to level with the help of the Magic Sculp Same treatment as the tail for the noses. [/url][/img] The air intakes filled and sanded with CA glue;thanks to the hard consistency of the dryed CA glue,I rescribed the lost panels with more ease than I did with the classic putty. [/url][/img] [/url][/img] And a general view. [/url][/img] Finally I added a pair of metal pin for a more strong assembly between fin and fuselage but as you can see, once again, the fit leaves much to be desired... <_< [/url][/img] [/url][/img] That's all, next battle the mobile surfaces; like always criticism and suggestion are welcome! Gianni Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Looks like you have your hands full :D Some putty monster you´ve got there! Great work, Gianni! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Gianni, GOOD going... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kurnass77 Posted June 18, 2011 Author Share Posted June 18, 2011 Thanks a lot for your support friends! Gianni Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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