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IDF Mirage IV: Or the SAAF Mirage IV that never was....

Started by Overkiller, February 06, 2010, 03:48:19 PM

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nev

#15
April 03, 2010, 02:07:20 PM
yeah baby! :wub:
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lancer

#16
April 03, 2010, 02:10:45 PM
Quote from: Thorvic on April 03, 2010, 09:11:07 AM
Lance have a look in hobbycraft for Geedo Latex, works out cheaper than Maskol and less runny and smelly.

G

Thanks for the tip Geoff, I'll have a decco next time I'm up there.
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#17
April 03, 2010, 03:13:40 PM
Looking promising - can't wait to see the result!

Regards,

Greg
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PR19_Kit

#18
April 03, 2010, 04:39:30 PM
Duncan,

Quote from: Overkiller on April 03, 2010, 07:13:01 AM
Kit,

it's blu-tak rolled into sausages by hand and applied to demarcate the outer edges of the camo pattern, then inside the sausages is filled with liquid latex that you can buy from Hobbycraft. I find I need two coats of the stuff as a single coat invariably has little pinholes where air bubbles have burst and let the sprayed paint through (ask me how I know, go on....  :banghead: ).

Ah right, sounds a good idea. Do the underturned bits of the Blu-Tak sausages give you a slight over-sprayed look, or do you press them down hard so there is direct contact all round the edges?

And yes, how DO you know about the little pinholes that let the paint through and apply a shotgun spray all over your carefully applied first colour?  -_-
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Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

Ian the Kiwi Herder

#19
April 04, 2010, 12:08:22 AM
Wow, Duncan, you are just getting better and betterer with each build/project. Kudos to you, sir  :thumbsup:

Ian
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Sauragnmon

#20
April 04, 2010, 08:21:12 AM
Might be an interesting idea, Duncan, to double-mask another project for an interesting camo - the normal wide bands, but you mask a second inner layer, one layer of latex in the outer edges, two coats on the inside, so you have your camo with feathered edges and some spackled borders as well.  Not sure how that'd turn out, but it might look somewhat interesting in theory.
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nev

#21
April 05, 2010, 10:35:54 PM
Beautifully done Dunc.  Nice touch on the false radar too :thumbsup:
Between almost-true and completely-crazy, there is a rainbow of nice shades - Tophe


Sales of Airfix kits plummeted in the 1980s, and GCSEs had to be made easier as a result - James May

Martin H

#22
April 06, 2010, 09:36:59 AM
so what color is the Lavi radome Dunc?
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#23
April 06, 2010, 11:40:48 AM
 :o My (in progress) Mirage IV looks poor besides yours, nice camo well executed  :thumbsup:
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Shasper

#24
April 07, 2010, 07:57:19 AM
Sexy!
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Sisko

#25
April 09, 2010, 11:14:19 PM

Looking nice!

I bet you suck in a few with that whiff! :thumbsup:
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John Howling Mouse

#26
April 10, 2010, 08:15:01 AM
Sir Duncan,
I do believe you've nailed that scheme!

:thumbsup:
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PR19_Kit

#27
April 10, 2010, 03:15:53 PM
Oooooh, there's lovely it is! (sorry, comes from living too close to the Welsh border.........)  :thumbsup: :cheers:

I didn't realise it had a CT52 pod aboard too, which one did you use and did it fit the hole vacated by the nuke OK? Of course I could ask these things when I see the real thing in the morning.....  ;D
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

Taiidantomcat

#28
April 10, 2010, 05:55:21 PM
Great work!  :wub:
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Ed S

#29
April 10, 2010, 06:08:48 PM
Sharp looking camo.  Looks good.

Ed
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