Miko's model works
Miko's model works
Revell 1/72 Mirage III built as a 'whatif?' Fairey Delta FD3
From a group build in another place
The kit parts are quite intricate and detailed for a Revell boxing dated 1975
Lots and lots and lots. . . of flash! Surprising amount of steps in the instructions, I expected five or six, there's 32!
The incredibly spindly landing gear without doors comprises of thirteen parts to allow the wheels to turn (why?)
A bit of a struggle to get the cockpit tub to sit right, it holds the nose landing geat too, so ended up chopping out the locating lugs!
That canopy fits where it touches, which isn't as many places as you'd think!
I thought the cockpit was troublesome! The wings needed lots of carefull adjustment to get them close before adding a ton of filler
Lots of blemishes and dings, things that don't fit just right, the landing gear wouldn't set so wouldn't stand and pose for photos, I'm not showing the underside, it's shocking! The kit pitot was more flash than probe so this one is stretched sprue, two white aerial are plasticard, the serial is ficticious, it was XE601 a Hunter FGA9 but I turned the numbers upside down to be XE109
Miko
From a group build in another place
The kit parts are quite intricate and detailed for a Revell boxing dated 1975
Lots and lots and lots. . . of flash! Surprising amount of steps in the instructions, I expected five or six, there's 32!
The incredibly spindly landing gear without doors comprises of thirteen parts to allow the wheels to turn (why?)
A bit of a struggle to get the cockpit tub to sit right, it holds the nose landing geat too, so ended up chopping out the locating lugs!
That canopy fits where it touches, which isn't as many places as you'd think!
I thought the cockpit was troublesome! The wings needed lots of carefull adjustment to get them close before adding a ton of filler
Lots of blemishes and dings, things that don't fit just right, the landing gear wouldn't set so wouldn't stand and pose for photos, I'm not showing the underside, it's shocking! The kit pitot was more flash than probe so this one is stretched sprue, two white aerial are plasticard, the serial is ficticious, it was XE601 a Hunter FGA9 but I turned the numbers upside down to be XE109
Miko
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Nice work, Miko.
And welcome to the forum. I hope that you'll be an active member of the community and share more of your builds
And welcome to the forum. I hope that you'll be an active member of the community and share more of your builds
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An interesting build, Miko!
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Interesting take on an old kit.
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Looks great ! The paint job disguises all the work you did on the plastic.
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Very nice Miko
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This was my last project, a nice 'what if?' I got myself a HobbyBoss Jaguar E (for école presumably) which was a mistake, I assumed there would be parts in the box for a slightly different RAF T2, serves me right for being too cheap to get a only slightly more expensive Hasegawa T2
It begins! I'm lucky enough to have a small stash of Humbrol Authentics, this one being just the job!
Unremarkable but adequate cockpit assembly installed in the fuselage
Fuselage closed up and all the parts to add cleaned up and ready to fit
Quite a good fit, no real problems to deal with
Aerodynamic surfaces
Odd that the fuselage has the tabs to fit the wings not the other way around, defying convension
Disaster! I cracked the canopy! after failing to find a replacement I decided to live with it!
White paint, maybe another mistake
Red
and blue, it was tricky masking job, maybe better to paint the blue first? Just getting the white on top I suppose
Time to get the main decals in place before fixing the easily broken off parts
One of the parts that are different on the Frenchy are the fuel tanks, so, I had to get these, the added cost means I could have had that Hasegawa or an Italeri RAF Jag T2 (just not the Matchbox! although the raspberry ripple would've been about right)
Second disaster! I lost the R/H main gear leg!!
At this point my enthusiasm to complete the thing with all the little touch ups needed to get it done
I'm the kind of guy who doesn't believe perfection completeness or permanence exists so I can live with the flaws, put it down to experience,
HobbyBoss Jaguar E? Yep, it's a good kit, goes together quite well, I considered getting another one and 'whatif?ing' that one wheels up, but. . .
the missing strut turned up! It was only when I was ready to paint my next project that I found it!
I'll finish this one once my next build is complete
Miko (. . coming soon, a decal swap what if involving two trails and research aircraft from opposite sides of the earth!)
It begins! I'm lucky enough to have a small stash of Humbrol Authentics, this one being just the job!
Unremarkable but adequate cockpit assembly installed in the fuselage
Fuselage closed up and all the parts to add cleaned up and ready to fit
Quite a good fit, no real problems to deal with
Aerodynamic surfaces
Odd that the fuselage has the tabs to fit the wings not the other way around, defying convension
Disaster! I cracked the canopy! after failing to find a replacement I decided to live with it!
White paint, maybe another mistake
Red
and blue, it was tricky masking job, maybe better to paint the blue first? Just getting the white on top I suppose
Time to get the main decals in place before fixing the easily broken off parts
One of the parts that are different on the Frenchy are the fuel tanks, so, I had to get these, the added cost means I could have had that Hasegawa or an Italeri RAF Jag T2 (just not the Matchbox! although the raspberry ripple would've been about right)
Second disaster! I lost the R/H main gear leg!!
At this point my enthusiasm to complete the thing with all the little touch ups needed to get it done
I'm the kind of guy who doesn't believe perfection completeness or permanence exists so I can live with the flaws, put it down to experience,
HobbyBoss Jaguar E? Yep, it's a good kit, goes together quite well, I considered getting another one and 'whatif?ing' that one wheels up, but. . .
the missing strut turned up! It was only when I was ready to paint my next project that I found it!
I'll finish this one once my next build is complete
Miko (. . coming soon, a decal swap what if involving two trails and research aircraft from opposite sides of the earth!)
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Despite all the issues the Jag has turned out well.
It's only pain, work through it.
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Nice neat build, and excellent paint job.
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That's a lovely looking Jag.
Best wishes
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Never seen a Jaguar with a walking stick before! Shame about the canopy as you've done an excellent job handling a really tricky paint scheme.
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Nice Mirage and an excellent paint job on the Jaguar
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Nice work on the Jag. Love the color combo
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Hasegawa 1/48 Kyushu J7W1 Shinden
Worst packaging ever! Happily all parts were present and correct
Building 'old style'
Straighforward cockpit assembly
The fit of parts and fine raised detail is commensurate with the age of the kit from 1981
Anti tail sitter measures taken!
the prop rudderletes and canopy present no issue
add paint before fitting the easily snapped off parts
a tricky balancing act to get things where they need to be
Decal time!
I really like the result, and a very rare 1/48 for me
Being quite an unusual Missus Miko has relaxed her builds in the living space rule so has pride of place (for a while?)
Miko (I just might visit with 1/48 again)
Worst packaging ever! Happily all parts were present and correct
Building 'old style'
Straighforward cockpit assembly
The fit of parts and fine raised detail is commensurate with the age of the kit from 1981
Anti tail sitter measures taken!
the prop rudderletes and canopy present no issue
add paint before fitting the easily snapped off parts
a tricky balancing act to get things where they need to be
Decal time!
I really like the result, and a very rare 1/48 for me
Being quite an unusual Missus Miko has relaxed her builds in the living space rule so has pride of place (for a while?)
Miko (I just might visit with 1/48 again)
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That looks very nice indeed!
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