GazzaS Posted April 23, 2021 Posted April 23, 2021 Heh... more advertisement to never buy this kit. What a shame. Keep up the good work! 1
alberto49 Posted April 24, 2021 Author Posted April 24, 2021 15 hours ago, GazzaS said: Heh... more advertisement to never buy this kit. What a shame. Keep up the good work! OK, but I think it's still a good kit and probably the best in this scale. 2
Peterpools Posted April 24, 2021 Posted April 24, 2021 Alberto Just seems so poorly engineered for the money and expense. Keep 'em comin Peter 2
Kaireckstadt Posted April 24, 2021 Posted April 24, 2021 1 hour ago, alberto49 said: OK, but I think it's still a good kit and probably the best in this scale. But the best since it’s the only one. The old Revell kit is from the 70 ties and the actual Revell is a reboxed Italeri. I really love challenges Alberto but from my point of view it‘s not a good kit when you have to rework most of the parts even if the details are good. But this is only my opinion. Have you been able to overcome the problem with the fit of the cockpit tub and the lower fuselage? 3
alberto49 Posted April 26, 2021 Author Posted April 26, 2021 Hi everybody. I decided to glue the left side of the fuselage to the wings and compensate the seems with a little putty, not much really, so I was able to position the back panel. Also I did a first attempt to paint the ATAR 9C engine. According to photos, I should add inside a few green and some brown, I will see later how to accomodate that. Some picture here: 3
alberto49 Posted April 26, 2021 Author Posted April 26, 2021 Also, today arrived the new seat from Sparkit and the supersonic drop tank made by Matterhorn Circle. The seat is great, details are astonishing. The tank is just doing the job, look at pictures! Seat dimension are ok, I will only have to cut a portion of the ramp (is it called so?) in order to align it with the seat lower surface. More to follow, soon or later ... Alberto 5
Kaireckstadt Posted April 26, 2021 Posted April 26, 2021 4 hours ago, alberto49 said: Hi everybody. I decided to glue the left side of the fuselage to the wings and compensate the seems with a little putty, not much really, so I was able to position the back panel. Also I did a first attempt to paint the ATAR 9C engine. According to photos, I should add inside a few green and some brown, I will see later how to accomodate that. Some picture here: The exhaust nozzle looks really nice. And finally you got the fuselage parts together! Which rework helped? Here are some pics of the afterburner section. Lots of different colors to be seen: These actuation-levers are prominent but missing in the Isracast exhaust nozzle! 4
Kaireckstadt Posted April 26, 2021 Posted April 26, 2021 4 hours ago, alberto49 said: Also, today arrived the new seat from Sparkit and the supersonic drop tank made by Matterhorn Circle. The seat is great, details are astonishing. The tank is just doing the job, look at pictures! Seat dimension are ok, I will only have to cut a portion of the ramp (is it called so?) in order to align it with the seat lower surface. More to follow, soon or later ... Alberto Great looking seat Alberto! I‘m curious how the fit in the cockpit will be especially with the details at the back of the seat! 3
alberto49 Posted April 27, 2021 Author Posted April 27, 2021 14 hours ago, Kaireckstadt said: The exhaust nozzle looks really nice. And finally you got the fuselage parts together! Which rework helped? Here are some pics of the afterburner section. Lots of different colors to be seen: These actuation-levers are prominent but missing in the Isracast exhaust nozzle! Hi, many thanks for these pictures, they will be very helpful! May be I will consider to add actuation-leveres or, at least, I will try. 4
alberto49 Posted April 27, 2021 Author Posted April 27, 2021 14 hours ago, Kaireckstadt said: Great looking seat Alberto! I‘m curious how the fit in the cockpit will be especially with the details at the back of the seat! Apparently the fit is good, but the seat is too toll for the pit and I will have to cut the portion marked in the picture, then test with the canopy and, in case file a little bit. 4
Kaireckstadt Posted April 27, 2021 Posted April 27, 2021 24 minutes ago, alberto49 said: Apparently the fit is good, but the seat is too toll for the pit and I will have to cut the portion marked in the picture, then test with the canopy and, in case file a little bit. I would also check how close it is to the stick... 3
alberto49 Posted April 27, 2021 Author Posted April 27, 2021 1 minute ago, Kaireckstadt said: I would also check how close it is to the stick... That's OK, there are aprox 3 mm. 3
alberto49 Posted April 29, 2021 Author Posted April 29, 2021 Hi everybody, here some pictures of the fit test on the seat after removing the lower portion of the ramp. Also a picture of the next challenge: wings are glued to the fuselage, just with the need of a little putty, but there is an area that requires a lot more work, see the picture comparing the real plane and the model. More to follow Alberto 4
Kaireckstadt Posted April 29, 2021 Posted April 29, 2021 1 hour ago, alberto49 said: Hi everybody, here some pictures of the fit test on the seat after removing the lower portion of the ramp. Also a picture of the next challenge: wings are glued to the fuselage, just with the need of a little putty, but there is an area that requires a lot more work, see the picture comparing the real plane and the model. More to follow Alberto Nice progress on your build! The seat is really beautiful but in my eyes is still much too high when I look at the fotos. Since nobody will see it I would cut away a bigger piece from the bottom. The fit of the Isracast seat on the other hand is perfect. As you can see the upper edge of the seat is well below the upper edge of the fuselage. For the rework of the intakes you really need to have a good stash of sanding paper and rescribing tools. I‘ve already finished it as you may have seen in my posts. I‘m curious how you will go on. 3
Peterpools Posted April 30, 2021 Posted April 30, 2021 Alberto Nothing like a challenge every step of the way. Nice work on over coming Italeri’s wonderful molding and research. Keep ‘em comin Peter 3
alberto49 Posted May 4, 2021 Author Posted May 4, 2021 Hi everybody, gone forward a little bit: - fuselage glued to wings - seams filled with Tamiya putty and sanded - glued and sanded p.e. parts - started painting the seat Here some pictures. 5
Peterpools Posted May 5, 2021 Posted May 5, 2021 Alberto Excellent progress on the Mirage And t the ejection seats looks spot on Keep ‘em comin Peter 2
alberto49 Posted May 18, 2021 Author Posted May 18, 2021 Hello everybody, I'm here again with some pictures. First I will show you the seat, 95% complete and then the current status of my attempt to seal with Tamiya all unwanted imperfections and finally push rods added in the afterburner. 5
Kaireckstadt Posted May 19, 2021 Posted May 19, 2021 Nice progress on your build Alberto! The bangseat turned out very well and the nozzle is awesome. Looks absolutely realistic! I can see that you also had some fit-issues with the Istacast tailcone like me. Nice rework also on all the fuselage-flaws offered by Italeri. Next step now painshop? 4
alberto49 Posted May 19, 2021 Author Posted May 19, 2021 1 hour ago, Kaireckstadt said: Nice progress on your build Alberto! The bangseat turned out very well and the nozzle is awesome. Looks absolutely realistic! I can see that you also had some fit-issues with the Istacast tailcone like me. Nice rework also on all the fuselage-flaws offered by Italeri. Next step now painshop? Yes, in coming days I will start with primer and I'm a bit afraid that some more imperfections will show-up ... Let's wait and see. 4
Peterpools Posted May 19, 2021 Posted May 19, 2021 Alberto The ejection seat and afterburner push rods look mighty good. Nice work on dealing with the 'famous' Italeri fit. Keep 'em comin Peter 2
HubertB Posted May 19, 2021 Posted May 19, 2021 Great detailing work on the burner and the seat, Alberto. Hubert 3
GusMac Posted May 19, 2021 Posted May 19, 2021 Lovely work Alberto, the seat is wonderful. As others have said, you've made a good job of fixing all the flaws in the joints. 3
Kaireckstadt Posted August 10, 2021 Posted August 10, 2021 On 5/19/2021 at 10:04 AM, alberto49 said: Yes, in coming days I will start with primer and I'm a bit afraid that some more imperfections will show-up ... Let's wait and see. Hi Alberto, long time now since your last update. Have you already finished your Mirage? Would be great to see the progress of your build… 1
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