Twin-boom Mirage-5 (finished page 3)

Tophe · June 29, 2021, 05:36:26 AM

To get the two fins that were missing to complete the twin-boom V-V Mirage, I prepared the other parts (going towards the triplex-Mirage):

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Zero-Sen · June 29, 2021, 09:14:03 AM

Dear Tophe, Delighted to see that your creativity is always there!

Tophe · July 03, 2021, 09:45:20 AM

Thanks!
Now: last step before PSR hard work:

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Tophe · July 04, 2021, 08:36:59 AM

First putty addition:

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Tophe · July 09, 2021, 08:12:39 AM

doing PSR (not funny):

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Tophe · July 11, 2021, 09:58:15 AM

Today I was lazy to keep on sanding the putty replacing canopies on external fuselages of the triplex, so I just glued the wings on the twin-boom one:

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Tophe · July 11, 2021, 09:03:20 PM

The twin-boom Mirage (3 V-V?) is completed, ready for paint:

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Pellson · July 11, 2021, 10:26:45 PM

These are works of art!

Tophe · July 11, 2021, 11:47:33 PM

Thanks!
Yes, somewhere between art and madness... maybe the best word for it is "fantasy"

Tophe · July 12, 2021, 08:40:03 AM

Now first drops of paint (on the underside):

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Beware: close your eyes, because looking under the skirt of a lady is not artistic but illegal

Tophe · July 13, 2021, 06:44:57 AM

Now painting the side above, into a blue bird (no more color change from plastic to putty), the canopy will be black:

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Tophe · July 14, 2021, 04:24:34 AM

The twin-boom Mirage 3 V-V model is finished, but I will wait the triplex-Mirage to be finished also before showing them both.

The second sanding of the external fuselages is done:

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Tophe · July 14, 2021, 04:27:49 AM

Fuselages have been glued together, completion is scheduled for later this week:

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Tophe · July 15, 2021, 12:42:34 AM

Gluing the flapping wings (in low position) for the triplex Mirage has been uneasy to hold during drying. But it went OK. Then the first drops of paint (on the underside):

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(My wife has changed the workbench position and the 4 "special devices" replacing fins seem to have been lost. I will look for them again but I am not sure I will find them, maybe this little part of the project will disappear.)

Zero-Sen · July 15, 2021, 04:41:12 AM

Nice work so far Tophe!

How do you plan to fill the underside ?