RAAF 76 Squadron Mirage IIIO and Atar 9C Turbojet

[ericg]

Hi Michael,

 

Lovely job on the Mirage. I do get a kick out of seeing my parts `in action' on models such as yours. Glad you liked the Matra R.530.

 

Eric.

[Leo Wayne Kerr]

Thanks to all for the feedback.

 

Whitey: The combination of satin clear coat and bounce flash give the photos a slightly greener tint than it looks in my cabinet. The camouflage scheme is the correct spec for the times though - early 1970's. Green is BS298 R.N Olive Drab (Xtracolor Enamel), grey is BS640 Extra Dark Sea Grey (Hobby Color Acrylic) and underside FS26440 Light Gull Grey (Hobby Color Acrylic). Towards the 1980's some Mirage greens seemed vary towards both darker greens and bottle greens so there's a few options available.

 

For anyone who's interested,as far as I'm aware, the Xtracolor enamel is the only BS298 out there. Spraying enamel over the acrylic (and vica versa) had me worried, but if you give it a week or so in hot dry weather there's no adhesion problems. It won't pull off with Tamiya tape or blue tack which is all that matters. (It really counts after you toss it across a shed.)

 

MD

[LSP_Kevin]

And here's the article!

 

http://www.largescaleplanes.com/articles/article.php?aid=1120

 

Kev

[Whitey]

Thanks Mark,

 

the camera and flash certainly can give colours a different hue.

 

Congrats again for a fantastic model.

[imatt88]

Sweet!! Were did you get the decals?

 

Cheers, Ian

[Leo Wayne Kerr]

The tail flash was from Flying High Decals. It goes on as a white decal, then the red and black flashing over the top. The rest were from the Revell kit. The Revell moulding might be sub-par, but the decals are really good, especially if they're tidied up with a scalpel. They're also quite comprehensive in terms of stencil coverage. Every stencil I could idenitify from various photo references was there in the decal sheet.

 

MD