Lothar Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 1 hour ago, blackbetty said: can you still get the resin set? PM sent. Lothar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lothar Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 29 minutes ago, red Dog said: I doubt it blackbetty. At least not from Isracast. When I bought mine years ago there was only a few set left and no gear leg casting anyway. I accepted to get one with no gear legs I guess some might pop on the second hand market or you may consider waiting till ScaleWorx resin comes up with a standard KFIR conversion for the more modern Italeri Mirage III kit. I'll certainly buy another one (this time an IAF - promise) when that happens What do you think of the CAM C-7 conversion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red Dog Posted September 10, 2020 Author Share Posted September 10, 2020 personnally? I'd avoid it. From what I have seen before researching this project, the CAM kit is far from being complete and accurate. It also seems very undersized, especially the nose section. The old revell model is already not an easy model, Add a not so good resin conversion to go along and you might get 95% of chances to shelf that project. You have less chance of failure with a good resin kit like Isracast (and yet the dogtooth are wrong) in the future, the couple Italeri/scaleworx will certainly be much better than what I am doing here imho Lothar, Greg W and Renegade 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padubon Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 I wish I have your energy and talent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alain11 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 (edited) a while ago , I made a quick check to see how the isracast C7 nose cone would fit on the Italieri Mirage III and , after all , it wasn't so bad ,maybe, it could worth to make deeper tests fit ...... Alain Edited September 10, 2020 by alain11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 12 hours ago, alain11 said: a while ago , I made a quick check to see how the isracast C7 nose cone would fit on the Italieri Mirage III and , after all , it wasn't so bad ,maybe, it could worth to make deeper tests fit ...... Alain Alain, the Isracast nose diameter is too small for the Italeri kit, especially in height. The nose is a few millimetres too long, and the lacks the curve on top. Luckily this means that there is enough material to sand it to shape. Cheers, John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alain11 Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 (edited) hi first , sorry if I spoil your thread John you are right ( I know that you know the subject like the back of your hand ) ... too small in height , ! yes , we can see it lacks a little bit of the " step" beneath the nose . too long ? I don't know .... but once we have all the infos I think things can be done ...............we count on you here is a rough test , I removed the " lip " at the fuselage tip to get the best join ....... Alain from the top Edited September 11, 2020 by alain11 dodgem37, scvrobeson, Daniel Leduc and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red Dog Posted September 19, 2020 Author Share Posted September 19, 2020 As you can see from the lack of updates, I stalled a bit because I messed up. More on that later The wing were attached: Sound easy but it was not but I'm glad that is done. Now something was itching me as I was working on the nose but I wasn'table to see it until the nose was glued on the model. Once it was attached and sanded I saw it immediately, it is too short and it misses something. All pieces felt into place and I knew that the itch that was bothering me was the nose sensors I reproduced not bieng glued at the right place on the nose: They are right under the nose tab and they should be placed more to the rear of the nose section Sure enough I forgot a nose section, clearly seen in the above picture in lighter yellow. It's about 12mm in 1/32 That was dumb alain11, LSP_Kevin, Anthony in NZ and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lothar Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Better late than never, you'll solve that problem with the blink of an eye I'm sure Lothar red Dog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red Dog Posted September 19, 2020 Author Share Posted September 19, 2020 I will solve it, but I am very concerned I might crook the nose with a weird angle. I never mastered the technique to make two cuts perfectly parallel adding a nose section perfectly straight will not be as easy as I whish it were. The good news is that I already found a donor of about the same diameter (which is not a perfect circle) in the form of what I think is an old 1/32 Mig-29 centreline fuel tank Lothar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistral Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 On 9/10/2020 at 1:44 PM, red Dog said: in the future, the couple Italeri/scaleworx will certainly be much better than what I am doing here imho Best option Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistral Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 10 hours ago, red Dog said: I will solve it, but I am very concerned I might crook the nose with a weird angle. I never mastered the technique to make two cuts perfectly parallel adding a nose section perfectly straight will not be as easy as I whish it were. The good news is that I already found a donor of about the same diameter (which is not a perfect circle) in the form of what I think is an old 1/32 Mig-29 centreline fuel tank I think you're doing an excellent job on a tough kit (scribing...I still haven't mastered that art myself...) and a challenging conversion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alain11 Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 hi I even didn't notice this " extend" ............ if ...I say if..... I had to trust in the " wingman models" C 10 conversion set ( at the 1/48 though ), the .. " plug " should be 10,5 mm at the 1/32 scale ..... do whatever you want .................... Alain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red Dog Posted September 20, 2020 Author Share Posted September 20, 2020 I planned for 12mm sizing the above picture. But my cut wasn't straight and I had to slide thin plasticard on one side and sand. In the end I came with a 11mm insert. Close enough and more importantly, straight Lothar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red Dog Posted September 21, 2020 Author Share Posted September 21, 2020 I'm sure Nick anticipated me screwing the nose up because he sent spares copies of the nose. Thank you Nick, that made it easier. One of the spare noses received the MIG-29 tank insert which was opened to accomodate the nose shape Luckily the original nose came out clean of the fuselage: And the new one in the process of being attached to the fuselage: LSP_Kevin, Landrotten Highlander, Cheetah11 and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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