Paul's Mirage build

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Paul's Mirage build

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Here is the kit i will be building. Funny to see only the one Mirage in this GB.....Lucky me!!!
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Re: Paul's Mirage build

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here is the kit shots as i am just geting the ball rolling today.
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Re: Paul's Mirage build

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I see little or no flash on the sprue shots. Seems like a good kit too.
I hope the positioning of the stripes on the tail wont be too hard.
Good luck!

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Re: Paul's Mirage build

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Correct. there is zero flash. the engraving is beautiful,especially on the wings. Looking forward to this build. The last Mirage i built was the 60's era Airfix kit,so this is gonna be EASY! lol
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Re: Paul's Mirage build

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Well i finally have batteries for the camers so here is my update. Got pretty far along so far,now time for putty and sanding.
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Re: Paul's Mirage build

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Lots of putty! It doesn't look like a lot of fun.
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Re: Paul's Mirage build

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Nope. Rather disappointed in this kit now that im this far along. Oh well. Live and learn. LOL
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Re: Paul's Mirage build

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Great progress, Paul.
After a little filling and sanding I'm sure it'll look sweet.

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Re: Paul's Mirage build

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Dassault certainly know how to make a good looking plane that's for sure. Looks to be a bit of sanding required here and some of that nice detail will probably bite the dust, which is always annoying. Might be worth carefully removing those fuselage spine antenna as well before the sanding starts and put them back on afterwards.
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Re: Paul's Mirage build

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Howdy Paul.

I have this same kit but in the Italeri box. I'll be following your thread closely.
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Nice progress already. I feel ashamed :oops: I haven't started mine yet... Keep up the good work ;-)
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Re: Paul's Mirage build

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Way to go Paul. Nice work and effort.
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Re: Paul's Mirage build

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Well here is todays update.
I cannot wait till this kit is DONE! It has fought me every step so far.
Finally got two colors of paint on it (after stripping it). Let it dry,post shade,then the detail bits and decals.
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Re: Paul's Mirage build

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Seems to be a lot of overspray. You can use long snakes of blu-tac to prevent that.
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Re: Paul's Mirage build

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Great progress, Paul.

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