Scalefighter Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 Hello I am new here and will make my debut with a Mirage IIIE built from the Italeri kit in 1:32. The model took me more than 600 hours to build after some modifications, corrections and refinements were done. The italeri kit generally is a lot better, than the old Revell one, however the quality leaves something to be desired and it is not up to the standard of these days. Kagemusha, F`s are my favs, Out2gtcha and 33 others 36 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalefighter Posted February 25, 2020 Author Share Posted February 25, 2020 The model represents an aircraft of EC3/3, a Martel shooter in the air defense Suppression role. Iain, Joerg, Eagle Driver and 25 others 28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalefighter Posted February 25, 2020 Author Share Posted February 25, 2020 The surface of the kit was almost completely redone by engraving new Panel lines and stitching rivets. daveculp, Greg W, Rocat and 31 others 34 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 Beautiful build - love the riveting detail you've added! Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalefighter Posted February 25, 2020 Author Share Posted February 25, 2020 One of the Major problems of the Italeri kit are the intakes, which are looking too slim, which I have reshaped until they looked satisfying. An other problem was the canopy. The one in the kit was warped and completely useless. Italeri and the German importer were kindly enough to spend a free freplacement, junfortunately which wasn´t much better either. They looked blurry and hours of sanding and polishing were spent for a nice result. Stevepd, MatterOne, scvrobeson and 21 others 23 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalefighter Posted February 25, 2020 Author Share Posted February 25, 2020 All in all, I enjoyed the kit and eventually will build a second one later in the future. A Mirage IIIE in an air defense setup of Colmar based EC13 or a Belgian AF Mirage 5BA conversion are Standing Right on top of my to do list in 1:32. Anthony in NZ, F`s are my favs, blackbetty and 25 others 28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 Very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 Welcome to the forums! Superb debut entry. Fantastic photography, too! May I publish it on the website? Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 What a fabulous Mirage, thanks for sharing, and I sincerely hope you post your next model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supersonic Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 Welcome to the forum ! What a nice Delta . Very realistic weathering . Congratulations for this beauty . Next a 2000 ? SP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reconspit Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 ...looking absolutely beautiful..., what a great build... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr scale32 Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 Outstanding Mirage. lovely as hell. I really like the crisp and weathered look! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lothar Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 You must be a very ambitious Mirage lover! This is certainly one of THE best Mirage models in this scale I've ever seen. Everything looks just perfect. I raise my hat!!!! Lothar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Super nice Mirage! Great weathering, too!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Memir Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Excellent! Very nice. Congratulation and welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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