Tony T Posted September 27, 2018 Author Share Posted September 27, 2018 2 hours ago, Dave Williams said: Still don’t understand why Italeri would allow Revell to sell their kit at a cheaper price, undercutting their own sales. Italeri probably feel they've hoovered up the market, and will maybe release a derivative kit soon with parts for a 5 etc. This way, they sell more kits for somebody else to box and take to market. Looking at the made-up kit in the Revell photo, it's looking as if the etch is not included. That means buying Eduard AM. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Bandit Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 13 hours ago, thierry laurent said: A friend of mine just ended one C. This is not an "assembler's kit" as are currently most of the Asian productions. Indeed, the kit asks for filler, plasticard and CA glue plus some rescribing. The result is exquisite but, alas, it is not a shake and bake kit. The nose, intakes and belly seams are asking for serious work. Thanks for the feedback, not for me then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Howie Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 On the bright side Kinetic are going ahead with a 32nd IIIE/O next year. Very much looking forward to that.. Tony T 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 15 hours ago, f5guy said: I was wonder about using my Isracast F-21 conversion on this kit myself...... Fred K. The Isracast noses cannot be used as such on the Italeri fuselages because of a diameter difference (the Revell nose is thinner). The solution is to put a plastic shim between the fuselage and the nose to lengthen it a little bit BUT this will probably have an impact on the panels line location as the full nose will consequently be a little bit too long.. :-( Not impossible but annoying. Fortunately, there is no problem with the other parts. T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f5guy Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 3 hours ago, thierry laurent said: The Isracast noses cannot be used as such on the Italeri fuselages because of a diameter difference (the Revell nose is thinner). The solution is to put a plastic shim between the fuselage and the nose to lengthen it a little bit BUT this will probably have an impact on the panels line location as the full nose will consequently be a little bit too long.. :-( Not impossible but annoying. Fortunately, there is no problem with the other parts. T. How much is a "little bit long" Thierry? Thanks, Fred K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustiepal Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 So this can be used as the basis for a KFIR? Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotsman Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 As far as I know IIIE -> Mirage 5 -> Nesher -> Kifir So yes it can , but its a long road! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 24 minutes ago, f5guy said: How much is a "little bit long" Thierry? Thanks, Fred K. Out of my memory, a little bit less than 2mm. To me this is not a major problem. As I wrote the annoying part may be the problem of the panel locations when the nose is lenghtened. Hth Thierry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 15 minutes ago, dustiepal said: So this can be used as the basis for a KFIR? Dave Yes, more particularly an initial C one (like the F-21) as the wing does not need to be converted to the dog tooth type leading edge. Thierry Harold 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alain11 Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 (edited) If you are interested to know How does the isracast resin n’ose fit to the Italieri kit , take a look to « Piero’s » nesher ( my big scale models on RFI ) ,That will open new horizon for isracast sets owners........interesting!!!!!! Alain Edited September 28, 2018 by alain11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 6 hours ago, alain11 said: If you are interested to know How does the isracast resin n’ose fit to the Italieri kit , take a look to « Piero’s » nesher ( my big scale models on RFI ) ,That will open new horizon for isracast sets owners........interesting!!!!!! Alain He did what I wrote: adding a disk of plastic card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alain11 Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 (edited) Indeed , it was just to illustrate the way to ..... Edited September 29, 2018 by alain11 thierry laurent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony T Posted October 2, 2018 Author Share Posted October 2, 2018 On 27 September 2018 at 11:43 PM, Darren Howie said:On the bright side Kinetic are going ahead with a 32nd IIIE/O next year. Very much looking forward to that.. Indeed, and it's very unlikely Kinetic will stop there. Last I heard they were also intending to put out a 1/32 Kfir. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Howie Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 5 hours ago, Tony T said: Indeed, and it's very unlikely Kinetic will stop there. Last I heard they were also intending to put out a 1/32 Kfir. Tony Thats great news glad to hear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f5guy Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 On 9/28/2018 at 6:08 AM, thierry laurent said: Out of my memory, a little bit less than 2mm. To me this is not a major problem. As I wrote the annoying part may be the problem of the panel locations when the nose is lenghtened. Hth Thierry Thanks Thierry! So one more question for everyone..... I want to use my Isracast F-21 conversion with this kit, but which version do I need? I know that the Mirage III & V family has many sub-versions that I don't know much about. I'd like to get it correct before buying the kit. Thanks in advance, Fred K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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