Mirage PZL-23
Comments
1 6 March 2013, 21:38
Steve WilsonThats Fan- b1%6y -tastic Mike... Inspirational, I'm gobsmacked. The consistancy in your perfect builds is stunning.
6 March 2013, 22:07
Stefan SuessemilchEveryday a new surprise from Mike... WOW 👍 Mike, your photograph is staggering. Which aquipment do you use?
6 March 2013, 22:40
Mike GrantThanks guys 🙂 @Stefan I use a Canon DSLR, a couple of tungsten lights and one of those cloth light boxes. I make sure to set manual white balance for each shoot and then generally speaking I have to do minimal tweaking of the levels in Photoshop to get a true white background.
7 March 2013, 03:19
Steve WilsonGreat Camera's Canon, I swear by my 1000D, has everything I need and more. Since buying the remote control for it, has cut movement out completely for static subjects such as models, the plastic type I hasten to add... Phew!!!😳😄
7 March 2013, 07:27
Stefan SuessemilchHi Mike, thanks for the reply. In my opinion Canon build the best affordable DSLR cameras. I will buy one asap. The main thing seems to be the lighting.... and then learning by doing. I hope someday I will manage this. 😉
7 March 2013, 08:53
GuusA "kit designed by a comity", always a fun build !
You did a magnificent job on it, stunning model !
7 March 2013, 10:49
Vitor CostaHi Mike another one, i like it all but the cockpit is something special congratulations my friend, always a pleasure for the eyes when i see your works. 🙂
7 March 2013, 11:20
Mike GrantThanks again for your kind comments. @Stefan, the white softbox takes a lot of the hassle out of the lighting set-up as it just diffuses everything and you end up with nice, soft shadows. One thing I have found though is that you do need quite a lot of light; I use a combined 400w of tungsten bulbs.
7 March 2013, 17:32
Bill GilmanI use a white cloth photo box as well, and 800w (equivalent, they're actually the new daylight fluorescent bulbs). Put the camera on a tripod, go to Aperture Priority mode, and set the f stop at a high number (my camera maxes out at f/8) to maximize depth of field. Keep the entire model in focus. Best money I ever spent for model photos!
7 March 2013, 23:18
Marek Swiderski"......companies who weren't allowed to communicate with each ... " in spite of the fact, finally effect is fantastic !!!
20 June 2013, 20:22
tony yak faceSuperb looking build Mike! especially when you consider the inherent problems with the kit , faultless job !cheers tony
4 August 2013, 08:06
Dirk HeyerI`ve overseen this amazing model, Mike!
Sry!
Nice cockpit details, I like that so much!!
Clean built and a fine paint job!
Superb work!
5 August 2013, 19:43
Burkhard DMike, like Vitor said, always a pleasure to the eye to look at your models, not to mention the perfectly set-up photography. Chapeau! 🙂
6 August 2013, 08:13
james johnsonman, that is sweet Mike! Thanks for the post and the photography tips as well.
7 August 2013, 00:37
Album info
A bit of a frustrating experience, this one. The kit came with everything in the box - photo-etch, resin etc. and most of the parts went together OK, but it was as if Mirage had contracted the tooling of the fuselage and wings to two different companies who weren't allowed to communicate with each other.The wings had a rough pebbly texture and deep trenchy panel-lines, the fuselage was lightly scribed and with a smooth finish, and the fit of the two was 'somewhat problematic'.
