Hi all, welcome to my first defeat since I started paper modelling. This Mirage has beaten me. Now maybe my printer didn't print get it right, but hardly anything fit. Bit by bit I cut and adjusted but I got to a point where I called it quits. It didn't look right and the parts were getting harder to make fit. It is buildable, as someone made the one that is pictured on Ecardmodels. I got out an old 1/48 plastic kit to compare and found they didn't match each other very well. The tail was too small, the canopy too big and the cross section of the fuselage was too broad.
I had recoloured the model using Gimp by taking the colours from a photo off the net and transferring them to the model. I was very pleased with the new colours. I also changed the tail emblem and added some extra details. That was fun and I also learned some new skills.
I did all this because The Mirage is my favourite aircraft of all time. When I was a kid, dad would take me to Williamtown RAAF base, which was nearby, and I would watch them come and go. We had an excellent vantage point to the side of the end of the runway. I loved the parachute coming out as the landed, and the noise as they spooled up to full power for take off, you could feel it go straight through your body. Wonderful days. And they were beautiful planes. Especially with the yellow and black tiger emblem of 2OCU squadron. The F18s that replaced them never quite did it for me like the Mirage.
I guess my disappointment is compounded by how much I like this plane. Maybe in the future I can have another go at it.
Robert
I had recoloured the model using Gimp by taking the colours from a photo off the net and transferring them to the model. I was very pleased with the new colours. I also changed the tail emblem and added some extra details. That was fun and I also learned some new skills.
I did all this because The Mirage is my favourite aircraft of all time. When I was a kid, dad would take me to Williamtown RAAF base, which was nearby, and I would watch them come and go. We had an excellent vantage point to the side of the end of the runway. I loved the parachute coming out as the landed, and the noise as they spooled up to full power for take off, you could feel it go straight through your body. Wonderful days. And they were beautiful planes. Especially with the yellow and black tiger emblem of 2OCU squadron. The F18s that replaced them never quite did it for me like the Mirage.
I guess my disappointment is compounded by how much I like this plane. Maybe in the future I can have another go at it.
Robert
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