BradG Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 I've finally finished a model of my own for the year, although I could have picked a better kit to start with. I bought this for about 9 bucks years ago when it was about the only Mirage III you could buy in the scale. I had visions of converting it into a Mirage V Dagger, but with the coming of the new Kinetic kits, I don't need to do that anymore. There isn't much to say about the plastic, apart from; it's a poorly detailed, ill-fitting, obsolete relic. A Britmodeller member was kind enough to send me his leftover decals from the Eduard kit and these were really nice to use. If you have this in the stash, just buy the Eduard kit. I did get the pink a little dark, but it'll do. Girlscanplay2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girlscanplay2 Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Very nice! It looks to me that the real one could have been dark when new but faded over time? Teresa :-) BradG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradG Posted September 29, 2015 Author Share Posted September 29, 2015 Very nice! It looks to me that the real one could have been dark when new but faded over time? Teresa :-) No, I just painted it far too well. It was painted overnight as a joke, so it was just slapped on. They actually flew it in this colour, but had to remove the pink from in front of the windscreen to stop it splattering over the canopy! Girlscanplay2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee White Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 To me, the obvious question is.....Why? BradG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradG Posted November 6, 2015 Author Share Posted November 6, 2015 To me, the obvious question is.....Why? Well I didn't want to throw it out and it wasn't worth anything on the second hand market, so I thought I'd build something that stands out on the model show tables. Plus, the model show I run was doing a special category of 'Make A Mirage', so it was built for that primarily. Lee White 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee White Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Well I didn't want to throw it out and it wasn't worth anything on the second hand market, so I thought I'd build something that stands out on the model show tables. Plus, the model show I run was doing a special category of 'Make A Mirage', so it was built for that primarily. Thank you Brad, I appreciate your reply- But, my original, unclear post was asking why they painted a real Mirage pink in the first place. BradG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradG Posted November 7, 2015 Author Share Posted November 7, 2015 Thank you Brad, I appreciate your reply- But, my original, unclear post was asking why they painted a real Mirage pink in the first place. Oh right, sorry. I think it was a bit of a joke between squadrons. Lee White 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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