Mirage IIIC - Shahak from Italeri kit in 1/32 scale

[al49]

Hi everybody,
it wasn't in my plans to build the above, but when I was offered a discount by Italeri, I had to choose a kit to purchase and my choice fell to the Mirage IIIC
But which Mirage III? I decided to go for Israeli Shahak, so I also ordered the conversion kit and seat made by Isradecal.

OK, let's have a look on what I've done so far:

• Landing gear wells
• Cockpit (without the seat, because I'm still waiting for the packet from Israel). Dashboard is from Eduard, side consolle from kit.

Very likely it will try to replicate a mimetic bird like in the 2589 shown in the enclosed Eduard profile, because the only decals I have available are those supplied by Italeri,
More will follow as soon as I get the parts I'm waiting for.
Alberto

 

[Wurger]

Nicely done so far.

 

[Airframes]

Nice work Alberto. I'll be following the build, as I have one to do in 1/48th scale - eventually.
The book shown below is a useful reference.

 

[rochie]

Me too, i have the same subject in mind for my eduard 1/48 kit

 

[al49]

Many thanks to all for comments and suggestions.
As it happens often for me, there is a little story behind my models. In this case, the decision on which bird to replicate is based only on a sort of continuation with my previous Israeli model I did a few years ago, this one:

Therefore I started looking for some pictures showing a camouflaged 101 Squadron birds, for some reasons it's not easy to find them, but I will manage, thanks to the help coming from friends like you.
Alberto

 

[Wurger]

 

[al49]

Hello! Resicast items just arrived! They look very nice with crispy details, I hope they will fit well into the Italeri kit they are made for.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Gnomey]

Good work so far!

 

[al49]

Some updates on my Mirage model:
- glued fuselage to wings, seams filled with Tamiya putty and sanded smooth
- added p.e. parts and sanded again. Some panel line and rivets need to be re-done
- started painting the very nice resin seat I purchased from a French company called Sparkit
I hope you will like my job, so far.
Alberto

 

[Wurger]

 

[fubar57]

Great looking seat

 

[rochie]

Very nice indeed

 

[Crimea_River]

Was thinking the same as Geo. Great work.

 

[Airframes]

Very nice work Alberto, and that seat looks the biz !

 

[Gnomey]

Lovely work so far!

 

[al49]

Hi, I have more pictures to show as I progressed in some areas:

• Seat is 95% done, just need to add some light on a few places
• Added push rods inside the afterburner
• Used a good amount of Tamiya putty to fix several imperfections

Here the pictures:

I hope you will like them
Alberto

 

[Wurger]

 

[fubar57]

Beauty

 

[Crimea_River]

Great details and some good filling work Alberto.