IAI Dagger A

Christoph Schnarr
Based on the Mirage III kit from Kinetic I have started to build an Argentine IAI Dagger from the time of the Falklands War. The model is based on the C-420, a Dagger of the fighter group 6 - airmobile squadron (the Marinete Squadron) stationed at San Julian airbase. The Daggers of this unit often flew missions in the so-called India configuration, consisting of three 1300l drop tanks and two EXPAL 250 kg bombs. This is how my model will be built.

Nathan Dempsey
Lovely work on that cockpit. What bombs are you using?

Christoph Schnarr
Thank you Nathan 👍,
The two EXPAL bombs are from SBS (#48049).

Rui S
Nice work 👍

Christoph Schnarr
Thank you Rui 👍

Nathan Dempsey
Thanks for the info Christoph ?

Clifford Keesler
That cockpit is beautiful.

Christoph Schnarr
Many thanks Clifford 👍

Daniel Klink
Very cool so far?

Spanjaard
excellent work on that cockpit. and i really like the details of wheel wells

Christoph Schnarr
Thank you Daniel, Spanjaard 👍

Christoph Schnarr
In the meantime, the painting is well on its way. I used colours from Hataka's Orange Line for the first time. They work really well and I will use them more often in the future.

Clifford Keesler
Looking very nice.

Neil
Agree with Clifford, highly impressive work. 👏👏

Eric Thornton
Interesting subject, following 👍

Jos Jansen
Already a stunning build, beautiful camouflage...well done!

Christoph Schnarr
Thank you very much mates 👍

Christoph Schnarr
After a break due to holidays, the painting of the Dagger has continued. The striking turquoise-blue identification stripes of the Argentinian aircraft from the second phase of the Malvinas War were added and the weathering completed.

Clifford Keesler
Looking awesome.

Gary Victory
Love the weathering. Great progress Christoph.

Neil
Looks fantastic! 👍

Christoph Schnarr
Thank you, mates 👍

Mid Franconian
Great Mirage Christoph! Nice paint job. How do you judge the fit? I see you mastered the front screen fit very well. I had a lot of problems with mine (i built the Wingman Models Mirage 5 edition in BAF markings).

Christoph Schnarr
Thank you very much mate!
The overall fit of the model was modest. I had to use some tricks and bring many subassemblies into shape with some pressure.This affected the wing-fuselage connection, the air intakes and the fit of the many fuselage inserts. The windscreen, on the other hand, fit reasonably well.

Arif Saeed
Very nice work 👏👏👍

Nathan Dempsey
Wow, looking great 👍

Christoph Schnarr
Thank you, mates 👍

Christoph Schnarr
The model of the Dagger was finished at the weekend. Its construction was surprisingly complex, which was mainly due to the modest fit of the Kinetic kit and probably also the quite extensive paint jobs of the C-420.

Robin (WhiteGlint)
A lot of details in the office and a nice paintjob! 👍

Eric Thornton
Turned out great, good looking Dagger. 👍

Jos Jansen
Beautiful Cristoph...very nice model, great scheme and colors!

Alex Rodionov
Superb realisation. Very realistic and nice result. 👍

Eelco Gregoire
A very cool plane!

Mid Franconian
Perfect!!

Clifford Keesler
Beautiful job.

Spanjaard
Excellent

Christoph Schnarr
Thanks a lot mates, I am very happy that you like the Dagger 😀

Bernd Korte
Very nice! I like the weathering of the lower sides of the drop tanks.

Christoph Schnarr
Danke Bernd 😀

Nathan Dempsey
Beautiful finish Christoph. An inspiration.

Michael Kohl
really nice. I too like the weathering. Great paint job.

Neuling
Every praise you got here is well deserved! 👍

Christoph Schnarr
Thank you very much, gentleman 👍 thatˋs very nice 😀

Gary Victory
Really great build Christoph. Well done Sir. 👍

Christoph Schnarr
Many thanks, Gary! Very nice 😀