Mirage III Starfix Retro-modelling
Parts ... runners and flash .... 😉
Kit came with a broken nose.
"Box" art
Comprehensive instructions
Comprehensive instructions part 2
Highly detailed cockpit
A rather curious way of attaching undercarriage legs and covers ...
Highly detailed weapon load
Assembling the wings and and forcing them to place part 1
Assembling the wings part 2
Carpet Monster grabbed one undercarriage strut , so I went for an inflight pose
Nose is a bit distorted ,,, but I cope wiht it ....
Lots and lots of (big) rivets and Gunze H8 Silver brush painted.
That twisted nose
Stand , with brushed metal look (Gunze H28 Metal Black)
Moving on
Gunze H8 , final coat
Very comprehensive decal sheet
And decalling instructions
Decalling ....
Decals are rather bad.
And old.
Decals are not willing to conform to all those rivets .... and ....
In the end ... Danger triangles flew away
Finished
Finished ... all in all 8 hours of fun
Comments
5 13 April 2020, 13:48
Andy BallBuilt that in Airfix's '72nd dog-fight double in the 1970s...love the NMF, and in that scale too!?
14 April 2020, 16:19
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Out of the box easy retro-project. No detailing , no correcting , no putty , no airbrush. No cockpit and no wheel wells .... Should be a fast project. Gunze , Tamiya and Vallejo acrylics. 1/100 Starfix which came broken from evil-bay.
Finished ... rather pleased with the result.
