Guest Peterpools Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Eric Always amazed at your precision work and detailing. Keep 'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Nice looking work here. mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesTROYer Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 That exhaust area and the work you are doing on the instrument panel is looking great Eric. You are truely the master. mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artful69 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Hi Rog, ... At this stage I will be doing a new panel/coaming, and RPK-10's for the model in resin, accurate for Aussie Mirages, and in very limited quantities ... Eric ... send me a note (with a price tag) when you're ready for production!! ... Being an Aussie - I may just have grab one of these! Rog mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericg Posted August 25, 2016 Author Share Posted August 25, 2016 Thanks guys. Eric ... send me a note (with a price tag) when you're ready for production!! ... Being an Aussie - I may just have grab one of these! Rog Wilco. The more I progressed with the instrument panel, the more I was becoming unhappy with it. The Radar screen and panel is offset slightly from the center on the real thing, just enough to annoy the crap out of me. I scrubbed off all of the detail (and I had progressed much further from the last pics as well.....) and started again. I installed the gunsight to give me a better reference point, and made the lower console thinner to assist with getting everything back into proportion. If there is one thing that I want to get right on this model it will be the panel. I then made a blank panel from Tamiya PLA card. I have marked where the radar panel will sit, and as can be seen, it will be offset. I expect that I will have to do this part a number of times before I get it right, so I traced the blank onto some more plastic card to make it easier to make a new one when I #$%^it up. To relieve me from the tediousness of Instrument panels I went and had a play on my drill press. This Proxxon drill press is probably the most useful tool in my inventory. I modified a pylon from the kit parts, making it just over 5mm longer, and to the correct scale length as provided in KAIS's photos. Fitment to the wing. Harold, Piprm, Derek B and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanker459 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 This keeps getting better by the minute Great work Eric Greg mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTail Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Masterclass work there Eric Bravo !! mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Eric, superb craftsmanship and commendable attention to detail, as always. As an old Mirage jockey, may I offer a couple of suggestions for the sake of authenticity? Since your subject is the Mirage IIIO flown by TTail, you might want to place two or three brown paper barf bags at easily accessible locations in the cockpit. Also, some cobwebs around the gunsight camera would be super-realistic, given that Tail never, ever got to use it. Not ever. scvrobeson, Piprm, DesTROYer and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simmo.b Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 Eric, superb craftsmanship and commendable attention to detail, as always. As an old Mirage jockey, may I offer a couple of suggestions for the sake of authenticity? Since your subject is the Mirage IIIO flown by TTail, you might want to place two or three brown paper barf bags at easily accessible locations in the cockpit. Also, some cobwebs around the gunsight camera would be super-realistic, given that Tail never, ever got to use it. Not ever. And so it begins!!! Harold, Scale32 and mpk 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericg Posted August 26, 2016 Author Share Posted August 26, 2016 Eric, superb craftsmanship and commendable attention to detail, as always. As an old Mirage jockey, may I offer a couple of suggestions for the sake of authenticity? Since your subject is the Mirage IIIO flown by TTail, you might want to place two or three brown paper barf bags at easily accessible locations in the cockpit. Also, some cobwebs around the gunsight camera would be super-realistic, given that Tail never, ever got to use it. Not ever. G'day Brick! I am sure TTAIL will be around very soon to retort that outrageous paragraph of yours. I can remember seeing some pics of his somewhere that featured some aircraft in various states of having their butt kicked, through the perspective of his gun camera. And I do apologise for not choosing your Mirage as the subject of my build, I was all Bricked out with the Sabre I am afraid. I am sure there would be a few other guys around that would like to model your Mirage though! Eric. DesTROYer, mpk and Harold 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTail Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 Ah deary me Brick being A Fossil I guess cobwebs are something dear to your heart As to gunsight use here we go a selection from the FIGJAM book for the viewers pleasure As you can see (though its an F5E) precision head tracking was the norm .... I guess thats why you were always so impeccably manicured Brick .... I mean you always did look good on film Yikes ! And some Fishead bashing to : Dragon, Piprm, Tony T and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel111 Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 (edited) Fantastic work and loving the film! Cheers, Marcel Edited August 26, 2016 by Marcel111 mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericg Posted August 27, 2016 Author Share Posted August 27, 2016 Thanks TTAIL! I am sure that the guys will enjoy more of your insights. A small update. I have continued with the master of the IP. Alot of work has gone into getting everything to fit and be in proportion. I had quite a few goes on the right side of the panel, whereas the left gave me very little grief. There is substantially more to go on this part. I spent alot of time trying to get the assymetric nature of the panel right. It was fun to get everything to interact, ie; RP Toolz punch sizes and Airscale instruments whilst still fitting mostly within the kit part. My primary reference for this work has been this pic (and I have left off the Radar Altimeter on purpose), combined with other photos and the Mirage Manuals. Still very much a WIP, but I am getting there. Harold, mpk, Zero77 and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTail Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 (edited) Brilliant stuff. Beware the cockpit photo shows the old French Trapp22 radio on the left panel.. The later radio control panel was very different . The image also shows the Night Flying Dimmer/Mask over the incidence lights to the left of the gunsight. Edited August 27, 2016 by TTail Pascal and mpk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenshb Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Interesting series of gunsight camera pics TTail. How did the F-16 happen to be in front of your camera? Jens mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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