Jump to content
The Great LSP Twins Group Build Starts Jan 24, 2024 - End July 3, 2024 ×

Mirage IIIC - Shahak from Italeri kit in 1/32 scale


Recommended Posts

Hi everybody,

it wasn't in my plans to build the above, but when I was offered a discount by Italeri, I had to choose a kit to purchase and my choice fell to the Mirage IIIC

But which Mirage III? I decided to go for Israel Shahak, so I also ordered the conversion kit and seat made by Isradecal.

Also I got a lot of inspiration from Kaireckstadt model also being presented in these pages.

OK, let's have a look on what I've done so far:

  • Landing gear wells
  • Cockpit (without the seat, because I'm still waiting for the packet from Israel). Dashboard is from Eduard, side consolle from kit.

More will follow as soon as I get the parts I'm waiting for.

Alberto

 

20210404_181729.jpg

20210404_181740.jpg

20210406_163230.jpg

20210406_163235.jpg

20210406_165758.jpg

20210406_165817.jpg

20210408_143528.jpg

20210408_143539.jpg

20210408_143550.jpg

Edited by alberto49
Corrected wrong typing
  • Like 8
Link to comment
Share on other sites

10 hours ago, alberto49 said:

Hi everybody,

it wasn't in my plans to build the above, but when I was offered a discount by Italeri, I had to choose a kit to purchase and my choice fell to the Mirage IIIC

But which Mirage III? I decided to go for Israel Shahak, so I also ordered the conversion kit and seat made by Isradecal.

Also I got a lot of inspiration from Kaireckstadt model also being presented in these pages.

OK, let's have a look on what I've done so far:

  • Landing gear wells
  • Cockpit (without the seat, because I'm still waiting for the packet from Israel). Dashboard is from Eduard, side consolle from kit.

More will follow as soon as I get the parts I'm waiting for.

Alberto

 

20210404_181729.jpg

20210404_181740.jpg

20210406_163230.jpg

20210406_163235.jpg

20210406_165758.jpg

20210406_165817.jpg

20210408_143528.jpg

20210408_143539.jpg

20210408_143550.jpg

Very nice progress so far! Cockpit looks really convincing Alberto! 

Which livery will you build? 

  • Like 4
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Not yet decided. Very likely it will be a mimetic 259, like in the Eduard profile, because the only decals I have available are those supplied by Italeri, but I could do also a different call number, by making those decals myself.

profilo 259.jpg

  • Like 4
  • Thanks 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

2 hours ago, alberto49 said:

Not yet decided. Very likely it will be a mimetic 259, like in the Eduard profile, because the only decals I have available are those supplied by Italeri, but I could do also a different call number, by making those decals myself.

profilo 259.jpg

Nice choice Alberto! 
I‘m building the one on the photo attached and I have the IsraDecal Set for them. 

Since there are a lot of more 3-tone-variants included in the set I could send you some photos of the other possible variants and could then send the corresponding decals to you, if you like. 
Maybe we could do this via PM.

Kai

EA8DEF22-AD0E-4770-88B7-23C4CD3886DC.jpeg

48DF735E-79C6-4ABD-834D-A65023E582CB.jpeg

  • Like 6
Link to comment
Share on other sites

21 hours ago, Kaireckstadt said:

Nice choice Alberto! 
I‘m building the one on the photo attached and I have the IsraDecal Set for them. 

Since there are a lot of more 3-tone-variants included in the set I could send you some photos of the other possible variants and could then send the corresponding decals to you, if you like. 
Maybe we could do this via PM.

Kai

EA8DEF22-AD0E-4770-88B7-23C4CD3886DC.jpeg

48DF735E-79C6-4ABD-834D-A65023E582CB.jpeg

Hello Kai, I just sent you a p.m.

My idea is to build, if I can get enough info and good decals, a plane belonging to 101 Squadron in an ideal continuation with the Avia S-199 I made 6 years ago from an Hasegawa kit with Ciro models conversion.

DSCN1017.JPG

DSCN1019.JPG

DSCN1024.JPG

  • Like 6
  • Thanks 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

1 hour ago, Peterpools said:

Alberto

Great idea - if you do decide to use the 1975 cammo color scheme the green and dark brown were different then used today and seems to be a matter of conversation as to what are the correct colors

Keep ‘em comin

Peter

Many thanks for your comment Peter! Really I'm more inclined to do the 1971 camou as shown in Eduard's scheme and, for instance, in the enclosed photo. Colors should be the same (FS 34258 - 33531 -30219  and 35622) but no yellow/black triangles, added to avoid confusion with Libyan Air Force Mirages.

By the way, early next week I should eventually receive the conversion kit form Isradecal and so I could progress with my build.

Alberto

Mirage IIIC 753.jpg

  • Like 7
Link to comment
Share on other sites

28 minutes ago, HubertB said:

A genuine ignoramus question : is the double artificial horizon on the IP prototypical ? 
 

Very nice work, Alberto :popcorn:

Hubert

I also came about this question when I built my cockpit (because I used the same set from Eduard like Alberto). It was really used in the series IP. It wasn‘t always at the same place on the IP but present on them.

For me it seems that the bigger instrument is a combination of compass and artificial horizon and the smaller one solely an artificial horizon.

BFF28199-CB0F-49EE-B477-867F6E138CE4.jpeg.e6cb72992cae1b99066856153d38f734.jpeg

  • Like 4
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Actually, the smaller instrument on the left looks like a turn and slip indicator, whereas the central one looks more like the classical artificial horizon.

I confess I am anything but familiar with the Mirage instrument panel design, but maybe the flight characteristics of the delta wing made the use of the turn and slip indicator, as a sign of the commands’ coordination, on top of the reference of the horizon, necessary ?

In my quest for understanding, I could see that the later variants like the « E » had the radar scope in the middle, and the artificial horizon on the left.

Hubert

  • Like 3
  • Thanks 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Hi everybody, today I finally received the kit from Isradecal, quite a nice one with very crispy details, specially on the exhaust.  I also received the resin Mk-4 seat, still from Isradecal, but it looks a bit strange. In any case, now I can continue my build.

20210419_123933.jpg

20210419_123948.jpg

  • Like 5
  • Thanks 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

1 hour ago, alberto49 said:

Hi everybody, today I finally received the kit from Isradecal, quite a nice one with very crispy details, specially on the exhaust.  I also received the resin Mk-4 seat, still from Isradecal, but it looks a bit strange. In any case, now I can continue my build.

20210419_123933.jpg

20210419_123948.jpg

The seat is ok Alberto! I tested it‘s fit in the cockpit with closed canopy.  
I would recommend not to use the brass yparts but scratch them. The activating handles look much better when made from wire.

For more information about the seat (and many others) you can look at this homepage:

http://www.ejectionsite.com/frame_sg.htm

And some pics of the real seat and my painted and improved Isracast seat. 

53705769-C777-4A66-BC8A-6336266A5210.thumb.png.7243ddf51a61128789be3b1c5435b936.png

228F813E-0335-49C1-A44F-3520CFA3A1D0.thumb.jpeg.f1a399d3bf27be881c55a165696f5a59.jpeg

E76DF07A-6636-4C2E-A2B5-725721B3A7E8.thumb.png.a9ee2ce247e6d2c91aa7755d3d3922d8.png

6CCCCB8A-A066-457A-A63D-BB6A04BD2717.thumb.png.8f8c09f28d1acbb9d1e2a48ce2884bec.png
04C12AE2-A48E-4BA0-99AA-8C8767EA303A.thumb.jpeg.f891afda433b78aca6f41cab0d3337e9.jpeg

4BE7721A-A3EA-4D79-9A1C-50FCEFC81C81.thumb.jpeg.b739c61f1c061e7ac1cca675ac853615.jpeg

BC7AA6D3-01B2-4DE8-88A6-A24BCFCACDAA.thumb.jpeg.526436ca1e77d4226ea13f4e02552bd1.jpeg

 

 

 

 

2EB47DB0-5986-4320-A581-21ED729CFE92.png

  • Like 6
  • Thanks 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

12 hours ago, Kaireckstadt said:

The seat is ok Alberto! I tested it‘s fit in the cockpit with closed canopy.  
I would recommend not to use the brass yparts but scratch them. The activating handles look much better when made from wire.

For more information about the seat (and many others) you can look at this homepage:

http://www.ejectionsite.com/frame_sg.htm

And some pics of the real seat and my painted and improved Isracast seat. 

53705769-C777-4A66-BC8A-6336266A5210.thumb.png.7243ddf51a61128789be3b1c5435b936.png

228F813E-0335-49C1-A44F-3520CFA3A1D0.thumb.jpeg.f1a399d3bf27be881c55a165696f5a59.jpeg

E76DF07A-6636-4C2E-A2B5-725721B3A7E8.thumb.png.a9ee2ce247e6d2c91aa7755d3d3922d8.png

6CCCCB8A-A066-457A-A63D-BB6A04BD2717.thumb.png.8f8c09f28d1acbb9d1e2a48ce2884bec.png
04C12AE2-A48E-4BA0-99AA-8C8767EA303A.thumb.jpeg.f891afda433b78aca6f41cab0d3337e9.jpeg

4BE7721A-A3EA-4D79-9A1C-50FCEFC81C81.thumb.jpeg.b739c61f1c061e7ac1cca675ac853615.jpeg

BC7AA6D3-01B2-4DE8-88A6-A24BCFCACDAA.thumb.jpeg.526436ca1e77d4226ea13f4e02552bd1.jpeg

 

 

 

 

2EB47DB0-5986-4320-A581-21ED729CFE92.png

Many thanks for those photos of the real seat, will be of great help when I will start painting mine. In the mean time I found an other supplier of resin items, they look very nice and I decided to order one, see the enclosed link if you are interested in more details

Mirage IIIB/C & Mirage IVA/P - Mk.4 AM/BM Ejection Seat - 1/32

https://sparkit-models.com/en/cockpit/44-siege-mk4-jrm-pour-jaguar-a-et-e.html

  • Like 4
  • Thanks 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Hi, just a little upgrade on my wip: since yesterday I'm fighting to get cockpit elements to fit into the fuselage. First attempt is shown in following pictures.

First two pictures are from the top, everything seems to be OK, but look at the following taken from the bottom:

 

2021-04-21 at 17.43.32.jpeg

2021-04-21 at 17.43.50.jpeg

2021-04-21 at 17.44.12.jpeg

2021-04-21 at 17.44.21.jpeg

  • Confused 1
  • Sad 3
Link to comment
Share on other sites

The matter is that dimensions of side panel are wrong. I already filed away at least two mm from the bottom side and reduced the thickness, but still doesn't work, to day I will continue. I'm surprised for that because previous 1/32 kit from Italeri, the F-104G, went together without any problem.

More pictures will follow.

side panel.jpeg

  • Like 4
Link to comment
Share on other sites

7 hours ago, alberto49 said:

The matter is that dimensions of side panel are wrong. I already filed away at least two mm from the bottom side and reduced the thickness, but still doesn't work, to day I will continue. I'm surprised for that because previous 1/32 kit from Italeri, the F-104G, went together without any problem.

More pictures will follow.

side panel.jpeg

I know what you mean Alberto.

I had 2 problems with the fit of the cockpit tub:

The first problem I had was the fit of the side panels in the upper fuselage which I could easily correct:

81E8F2DC-DF0B-404E-A1B7-A559ED36EAC9.thumb.jpeg.52d626d8585768914cf149c3a281486d.jpeg

5A9D4D08-19D6-4D2D-A400-391C8B55FE61.thumb.jpeg.e50c1c813a47689a9cb003a1111a7b2f.jpeg

And I had to sand away some mm of the cockpit tub on the right side, which caused the same trouble you have now:

05F6CAEE-5EB7-40A1-8618-66DE38C8DE74.thumb.jpeg.2fbd343e7ed7434f7652868051d99808.jpeg

1BF182D7-9C9C-428C-9097-04F085C1D7FB.thumb.jpeg.048de6b9252e34ed566fd957a5080394.jpeg

But with this rework the fit was ok.

Maybe you should glue the cockpit tub back part to the tub and then align the side-panels. This is which showed me where I had to rework the complete assembly to fit into the fuselage.

Hope this helps a little.

Kai
 

  • Like 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites

19 minutes ago, Kaireckstadt said:

I know what you mean Alberto.

I had 2 problems with the fit of the cockpit tub:

The first problem I had was the fit of the side panels in the upper fuselage which I could easily correct:

81E8F2DC-DF0B-404E-A1B7-A559ED36EAC9.thumb.jpeg.52d626d8585768914cf149c3a281486d.jpeg

5A9D4D08-19D6-4D2D-A400-391C8B55FE61.thumb.jpeg.e50c1c813a47689a9cb003a1111a7b2f.jpeg

And I had to sand away some mm of the cockpit tub on the right side, which caused the same trouble you have now:

05F6CAEE-5EB7-40A1-8618-66DE38C8DE74.thumb.jpeg.2fbd343e7ed7434f7652868051d99808.jpeg

1BF182D7-9C9C-428C-9097-04F085C1D7FB.thumb.jpeg.048de6b9252e34ed566fd957a5080394.jpeg

But with this rework the fit was ok.

Maybe you should glue the cockpit tub back part to the tub and then align the side-panels. This is which showed me where I had to rework the complete assembly to fit into the fuselage.

Hope this helps a little.

Kai
 

Correct. I'm trying to fit the cockpit first, then I have to take care of the step existing between upper wings and fuselage. Again aprox 2 mm of plastic to shave.

  • Like 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Alberto

Nice work on a tough kit. Glad you're digging in and working your way through all the rough spots.

Seeing what you and Kai are going through, I'm seriously thinking of selling my Mirage (still shrink wrapped) plus the Resin Ejection Seat and Atar 9 engine - just way more work then I want to lavish on a kit. :wallbash:

Keep 'em comin

Peter 

  • Like 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...