Renegade Posted March 17, 2021 Author Share Posted March 17, 2021 Another little challenge is the bulkhead and blast shield separating the front and rear cockpits, is not the same as the Mirage IIID2Z. The instrument bodies are covered by panels and the clear part is slightly different. Still work in progress, and should have it done by tomorrow. Cheers, John LSP_Kevin, Marcel111, Landrotten Highlander and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade Posted March 22, 2021 Author Share Posted March 22, 2021 Hi guys, Was a bit of a crazy weekend with my son's 4th birthday, and all the preparations halted working on the Cheetah D for a while. This rear instrument panel has been more of a challenge than what I thought it would be. Cheers, John Marcel111, Kagemusha, alain11 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade Posted March 22, 2021 Author Share Posted March 22, 2021 Done with the MFD, and it was not a simple as I thought... It consists out of 34 pieces glued together, a lot for such a small part. However, it's quite visible and had to be there. Interestingly, it is quite a bit bigger than the original Mirage IIIDZ/D2Z set up. So, when the real aircraft were converted to Cheetahs, a larger cutout was made into the Plexiglass shield to accommodate the MFD. Therefore, the vac-form part for the shield will also have to be adjusted from the IIID2Z one. Cheers, John Kagemusha, Marcel111 and Landrotten Highlander 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistral Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Bakgat !!! Renegade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade Posted March 24, 2021 Author Share Posted March 24, 2021 Added some strengthening strips for the Plexiglass shield. Also made the joystick, which differs from the front one. Two more small parts, the air vent, as well as the struts/brace for for the main canopy. I nee two identical parts, so made a mold of them and cast in resin. Cheers, John Madmax, Starfighter, Landrotten Highlander and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyWan Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 Very much looking forward to this conversion set once it's available. Looks great so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade Posted April 8, 2021 Author Share Posted April 8, 2021 On 4/5/2021 at 9:43 PM, AnthonyWan said: Very much looking forward to this conversion set once it's available. Looks great so far! Thanks Anthony, I've completed the molds, and will post a picture of the resin parts soon. AnthonyWan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade Posted April 8, 2021 Author Share Posted April 8, 2021 And we have resin! Cheers, John scvrobeson, jgrease, alain11 and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alain11 Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 hi I waited for it , and I want this set you know !!!!as soon as possible Alain Renegade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel111 Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 Very cool stuff, John! Renegade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregair Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 Astounding! Renegade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Excellent conversion parts. Side note, has there been a plane with a better name than Cheetah? Matt Renegade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade Posted April 12, 2021 Author Share Posted April 12, 2021 Thanks guys This was quite a challenge, and took much longer than I expected. I'm rather tempted to make a Mirage IIIB from this next. On 4/9/2021 at 2:27 AM, scvrobeson said: Side note, has there been a plane with a better name than Cheetah? I think that Pantera is right up there with the cool names Cheers, John scvrobeson and Kagemusha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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