Pete Fleischmann 3,419 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 (edited) Hey All! Been messing with the Italeri Mirage IIIC. Building the first one as a bare-metal Israeli jet...Here is the re-built nose strut. I re-did the nose wheel as well; but I'll wait for Harolds, which is much better! A few parts are a little wonky and need to be re-aligned. Not done with this yet but getting there- Wow. The macro lens is brutal! The fit of the kit parts was not the best- Cheers Pete Edited December 21, 2015 by Pete Fleischmann Youngtiger1, Starfighter, AceofClubs and 14 others 17 Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Pete, this looks fantastic!....Harv Link to post Share on other sites
Barry 2,653 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Looking good Pete! Harold and MARU5137 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Lothar 2,385 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 I'd like to get 3 of those Lothar Bill Cross and MARU5137 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Bill Cross 4,333 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 You start selling them, I'm in for one! MARU5137 1 Link to post Share on other sites
chuck540z3 7,871 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Very cool Pete. That looks like a nice little model all by itself! MARU5137 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Peterpools Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Peter Looks just awesome Keep 'em coming Peter Link to post Share on other sites
MARU5137 14,927 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 I concur with the others, Looks AWESOME... Superb. Link to post Share on other sites
ericg 9,389 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Great work there. Nice to see that you have filled the spot where Italeri want you to install the lights! Eric. Iain and MARU5137 2 Link to post Share on other sites
ClumsyDude 4,113 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Looks super Pete ... but then we've come to expect a fair bit of awesome from you. Keen to see this one come together Jim MARU5137 1 Link to post Share on other sites
alaninaustria 5,621 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Really nice work bro!! I'm a leg man myself too! MARU5137 1 Link to post Share on other sites
LSP_Kevin 30,728 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Looks pretty good to me, Pete! Kev MARU5137 1 Link to post Share on other sites
brahman104 2,624 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Damn! That is mighty impressive Pete! Where did you find the tiny grease nipples? Did you make that whole strut from scratch? Craig MARU5137 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Harold 3,563 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Hey All! Been messing with the Italeri Mirage IIIC. Building the first one as a bare-metal Israeli jet...Here is the re-built nose strut. I re-did the nose wheel as well; but I'll wait for Harolds, which is much better! A few parts are a little wonky and need to be re-aligned. Not done with this yet but getting there- Wow. The macro lens is brutal! The fit of the kit parts was not the best- Cheers WOW!...I think the wheel looks darn good to me. The only advantage mine might have is the logo on it. MARU5137 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Pete Fleischmann 3,419 Posted December 22, 2015 Author Share Posted December 22, 2015 (edited) Damn! That is mighty impressive Pete! Where did you find the tiny grease nipples? Did you make that whole strut from scratch? Craig Great work there. Nice to see that you have filled the spot where Italeri want you to install the lights! Eric. Hi Craig- most of the metal parts you see are simply tiny wristwatch parts, save for the nuts, which are model car items. This is just a tear-down and re-do of the kit strut. Eric- been watching your Mirage, and noticed you had filled the spot for the lights as well, which forced me to check my references, so thank you! ...and Harold, I did the nose wheel, but was hoping you would work your magic on it, so I'm ready to send you money when they are ready! I'd rather have yours- it is much nicer than my feeble attempt. ...and thank you all for the kind words- Cheers Pete Edited December 22, 2015 by Pete Fleischmann Harold and MARU5137 2 Link to post Share on other sites
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