Renegade Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 (edited) Good evening everyone, I have joined recently, and browsed through so many inspirational builds. An Italeri Mirage IIIE/R is on the bench, and I'm in the process of doing some research, detailing and corrections for a SAAF Mirage IIIEZ. The Martin-Baker Mk.BRM4 ejection seat was actually done almost two years ago, and the kit seat was used as a basis for this. The two boxes on either side of the bulkhead were removed. The instrument panel is too round at the top, as well as the radar screen should be flat, and not have the little dome on the surface. The instrument cowl has also been stripped of detail, to replace with the correct goodies. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img921/8389/wgoOys.jpg The exhaust nozzle was quite tricky. It was stripped of the inside details, and a soldering iron was used to melt the rectangular recesses on the outside of the petals. Styrene rods and plastic card was used to replace the inside detail. Another issue, is the vertical panel line in front of the intakes, which needs to be filled and rescribed. The intakes also seem to be a little bit too long, but i'll investigate this thoroughly before I start chopping away. Cheers! Edited July 18, 2020 by Renegade Image uploads incorrect. GMK, Greg W, Alain Gadbois and 14 others 15 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Hello, Renegade, Nice work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Welcome aboard! Great work so far. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo59 Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 NICE! About time someone did a WIP with this kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 Nice start! Welcome to LSP BTW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandiego Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Really nice seat! What did you use for the straps? Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade Posted June 16, 2019 Author Share Posted June 16, 2019 Hi guys, and thanks for the warm welcome It's been a rough week at work, and not much time to work on the IIIEZ. I did however research the intake length a bit, and it's probably around 0.7mm too long, and should be a very easy fix. On 6/15/2019 at 2:06 AM, Dandiego said: Really nice seat! What did you use for the straps? Dan Dan, it's a combination of the kit photo-etch, once-off photo-etched buckles and a segmented self adhesive lead tape, which I cannot recall who or where I got it from. But it's been laying in my toolbox for more than a decade, as you can see by it's condition...lol. I made a mold of the seat, because I'm not going to build one again, and in case I need more. I have two of these Mirage IIIE kits, and I'm rather tempted to use the one as a "guinea pig" to consider other Mirage III variants. There's other things in this kit that also don't add up, like the camera lenses for the Mirage IIIRZ, are not correct, and now corrected, it can be used for the IIIR2Z as well, although the R2Z has a different ejection seat, RWR and intakes like the Mirage 50's. The tail fin has some issues too... the brake chute and rudder actuator are no good, but an easy fix. Then there's the rudder, which I'll have to investigate further. Cheers, John Kagemusha, MikeMaben, Greg W and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmax Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 I recognise that seat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warbird Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 Hi Maybe the photo you need for the intake. It shows a Mirage IIIS (Swiss), derived from the IIIE. The front landing gear is specific but the rest should be the same. I took it exactly at the right angle. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 Fantastic work so far. Eric made the kit with some excellent improvements, hope it helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade Posted June 18, 2019 Author Share Posted June 18, 2019 19 hours ago, Madmax said: I recognise that seat! Thanks MadMax Warbird, thanks for the picture, it's perfect to demonstrate my concern, and almost a millimetre will have to be trimmed off. The corner of the intake trunk should be in the middle of the radius of the lower rear corner of the canopy frame 9 hours ago, Kagemusha said: Fantastic work so far. Eric made the kit with some excellent improvements, hope it helps. Thanks, I looked through Eric's build, very good reference to guide me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel111 Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 Very interested, nice start! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade Posted June 24, 2019 Author Share Posted June 24, 2019 On 6/18/2019 at 12:34 PM, Marcel111 said: Very interested, nice start! Thanks Marcel111 I managed to squeeze in a bit of time on the Mirage IIIEZ, and made some progress on the instrument cowl. Will post another picture when all the wires are in place. Cheers Greg W, Victor K2, LSP_Kevin and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade Posted June 25, 2019 Author Share Posted June 25, 2019 Hi guys, The instrument cowl is done, and interesting to have the original part next to it for comparison. Hope it looks okay to you, because I'm rather new to 1/32 scale, and not so sure whether it's enough detail or did I just stop adding before I go crazy...lol Cheers johncrow, Greg W, alain11 and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 Looks great! That is the cool thing about 32nd, you can add as much detail as you want, and in the end Im sure it will look awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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