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Dassault Mirage IIIC - Dijón 1967


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The cockpit drybrushed with a dark grey (Hu.27)….

 

 

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Side consoles drybrushed and glued….

 

 

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A wash with my regular mix of artist oils (Lamp black/Burnt Sienna) and white spirit in the nose wheel bay….

 

 

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The instrument panel painted with Alclad Black Microfiller Primer….

 

 

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…and gloss coated with Alclad clear Kote Gloss….

 

There were no instrument decals in the kit so I used those from Mike Grant….

 

 

 

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All instruments have to be cut out individually, little on the fiddly side but it looks great!

 

To finish it off I gave the IP a matt clear coate and gloss coated the dials.

 

 

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The instrument panel glued in place…

 

 

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More to come soon…

 

 

Cheers!

 

 

Stefan

 

 

 

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Air Intakes glued and painted….

 

 

 

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Fuselage halves glued and the intakes glued, very, very nice fit here!

 

 

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The cockpit and wheel well glued to the bottom piece….

 

 

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I´ll leave this joint unglued for now so I can get a good fit against the radome later.

 

 

 

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Ejector pin marks in the intakes, Yikes!

I suppose they will be invisible when done!

 

But I sanded them down as much as I could anyway, I just can´t leave these things!

 

 

 

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The fin glued to the spine, excellent fit but just a very narrow edge to glue it to, a real indentation had been better and much sturdier!

 

 

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Morer to come soon!

 

Stefan

 

 

 

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On to the wings….

 

The small blue identification lights was painted with Tamiya clear blue and then I glued a small piece of Aluminium foil (shiny side down) as the reflector.

 

 

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Italeri made the wings in very conventional way. Two separate pieces on each side, that feels very ”old school” today when almost all makers would do a three-piece wing and avoiding too many joints.

 

I have to say that all parts fit very well, tough.

 

 

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More to come soon…

 

Please move to "Work In Progress"!

 

Stefan

 

 

 

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2 hours ago, Mistral said:

Nice !the kit main landing gear legs are for a Mirage E/R....

 

right !!! here is how it looks like , note the " reinforcement leg " instead of the actuator , the wires come down  differently too  .....if you want more pictures ...................

Alain

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