Dassault Mirage III

Alex K ... and I do hope that Matthew's Mirage III project also comes to fruition, with Tanguy et Laverdure / Les Chevaliers du Ciel "Cigognes" markings...

Matthew A I became a Tanguy et Laverdure fan after watching the remake being filmed in Farnborough. I keep coming up with projects quicker than I can get them started, and It doesn't help that my workshop is underwater at the mo.

Alex K Sorry to hear about the workshop ordeal, hope things get better soon. As for struggling with a multitude of brilliant ideas without having the time to implement them... don't we all?

Matthew A RIP Albert Uderzo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Uderzo

Alex K Yes indeed, sad news, Matthew, I was thinking of posting the sad news on this here thread as well... I grew up with Asterix, of course, but for us here it is good to also remember him as the original artist in the Tanguy et Laverdure / Les Chevaliers du Ciel series... RIP

Łukasz Gliński Interesting

Patrick Hagelstein I read really good reviews about this Modelsvit kit (and they are true!!!) and wanted to convert it into a Swiss AMIR. Sadly, I found out that the Modelsvit kit comes with the Doppler bulge and I didn't dare sand it off because of all the nice detail. When I saw the Syhart decals I knew what to do! So, I ordered them and they arrived yesterday. The plane was based in Nancy, which happens to be my girlfriend's name too, so I figured I will build this kit for her. It will be sometime this spring/summer though as I have to find time to finish other builds first.
Interesting feature is that this bird is painted in aluminum paint and isn't BNM.

Patrick Hagelstein Still debating if I should build it as pictured or in flight.

Slavo Hazucha Cool project, let's see what happens next!

& that really is some creativity employed to get a reason to build a kit

Patrick Hagelstein Normally I never need a reason to build, it's what I like to do most. But in this case it was such a happy coincidence, I couldn't resist!

Laurent "HELLER-forever" great

Patrick Hagelstein Thanks Roland! I recently rediscovered that decal set and now it got me pondering about what kit to use for it. There is a dedicated Special Hobby IIIRS announced and there is a Modelsvit IIIRD in the works. Choices, choices, choices......

Patrick Hagelstein If not, I have a cool idea of a Mirage III crossing a street.

Andy Ball S.o.a.B. to put together, it being a limited run thingy

Gluefinger Warning: 2 years ago, I tried to build this using the kit decals. They turned out to be very brittle and disintegrated. If you plan on using them, I suggest you treat them with a sealer (like the ones you would use for DIY decals).

Günther Debiscop The decals will propably be used as a template for airbrusing the flames.

Gluefinger That's the true man's way of doing it! But you will probably be better off using photos of the real thing as the basis for masks - the decals aren't very accurate.

Nathan Dempsey Since Draken International is 15 minutes away from my house, this will be my entry into the Aggresssors group build in October. They just rolled these Ex-S.African jets into the hangars recently here in the USA. Wooo!

Maciej Bellos That is one great subject. Never seen a "civilian" fighter built. Cool!

Jos Jansen Oh wow Nathan, that's a great subject this Cheetah as an adversarial aircraft. I hope that the Aggressor GB will deliver great copies of adversary planes in October, yours is definitely one of them, absolutely!

Nathan Dempsey They are just now bringing them up to flight status so all of them still wear the S. African paint and markings, but I'm hoping I can get a word with someone on the inside (through friends) to see what their operational paint scheme will be.

Jens Hello Nathan, I like to look over your shoulder, just because Kinetic is on the box, I'm curious how that will fit

Daniel Wow, awesome, I was mainly expecting colorful vipers but this GB will feature some really interesting subjects like this one! Lets see who is going to finish first with roll-out, you or Draken

Moritz Fentzahn I am in. Cool subject

Sergej I Watching

Roger Frei Aktuell am Secals anbringen

Ekki Following.

Cuajete Interesting brazilian version. Nice tail decoration. Fantastic details added.
Well done so far. Following.

Gustavo Sarmento Thanks guys! This one was quite a challenge, since this Heller mould is so awful. I did what my patience allowed. Probably the next photos would be the finalized ones.

Cuajete This kit is still duplicated and without reference. Would it be possible to eliminate it to leave only the right one??

Günther Debiscop Merged

Cuajete Many thanks, Günther. But reference disappeared.

Michael Hickey Well done on this one.

Ekki I'm in.

Bernd Korte Watching