Rick Griewski Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 On 3/10/2024 at 5:36 PM, Gazzas said: Love the tenuous connection to the group build. Well done! Maybe offer a prize to the most tenuous connection at the end of the build. blackbetty and Gazzas 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted March 21 Author Share Posted March 21 i glued the cockpit assembly to the port side of the fuselage next LSP_Kevin and Azgaron 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted March 21 Author Share Posted March 21 (edited) then i cut a wedge from both fuselage halves behind the cockpit to make the italeri bulkhead fit Edited March 21 by blackbetty chrish, BradG, Azgaron and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted March 21 Author Share Posted March 21 before joining the halves i made some intake trunking in bolth halves to prevent a see-through fuselage granted, the mirage intakes are very small, but still a modification i wanted to do Alain Gadbois, alain11, LSP_Kevin and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted March 22 Author Share Posted March 22 had to use considerable force to close up the fuselage and keep everything fairly straight Azgaron, DugyB, BradG and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted March 22 Author Share Posted March 22 the wedge for widening the fuselage was glued in at the bottom, cannon ports were opened up before, lotsa putty required denders, chrish, BradG and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted March 22 Author Share Posted March 22 correcting the shape of the fuselage behind the pit to make the canopy fit, again lotsa putty on the intakes Alain Gadbois, Azgaron, denders and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted March 22 Author Share Posted March 22 (edited) some work to change the IP setup to a dagger from the mirage part (uh-oh, macro) Edited March 22 by blackbetty denders, LSP_Kevin, BradG and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alain11 Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 Hi WOW !!! a long sanding session awaits you ... did you receive the 1300L tank ?? Alain blackbetty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted March 22 Author Share Posted March 22 hi Alain not yet..... thanx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Very nice work so far! Looks great! Håkan blackbetty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted March 25 Author Share Posted March 25 lots of scratchwork to fit the italeri canopy... BradG, geedubelyer, Daniel Leduc and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted March 25 Author Share Posted March 25 dryfit of the dagger nose LSP_Kevin, Landrotten Highlander, Azgaron and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Well done Karl! Typically the kind of project I love!!! blackbetty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DugyB Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Gulp…., and I thought I hated putty and sanding …..ain’t got nothing on you…. blackbetty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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