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[phantom II]

Mirage IIIO - On finals

Looking very nice but I'm having a time adjusting to the fact that it does not have the upper wing cocarde .

Cheers, Christian B)

 

[Hippy Ed]

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:hmmm :hmmm A real thing of beauty. Very nicely done Excuse me, & please correct me if I am wrong but, Aren't there suppose to be canards on the Mirage just like on the Kfir? :idonno

 

[White_Wolf]

Great job Ian


Laurence

 

[razordws]

Mirage IIIO - On finals

Beauty! Love the camo colours!

 

[ij001]

Mirage IIIO - On finals

I'm having a time adjusting to the fact that it does not have the upper wing cocarde

Another unique thing with the Ozzie Mirages... :idonno dunno why, also you'll see there's virtually no stencilling anywhere on the airframe - not me being lazy they just aren't there !!

Ian.

 

[ij001]

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[quote="Hippy Ed" post=258814... please correct me if I am wrong but, Aren't there suppose to be canards on the Mirage just like on the Kfir? [/quote]

No, Ed, AMD did test a set of 'moustache's' on both a V and a IIIR, but they were far forward ahead of the nose-fear bay. The modification was never adopted.

Very late in their operational lives, Chile added the same IAI canards on to their Mirage V's - it was called the Pantera 50C, Atlas in South Africa produced a hybrid Kfir C7/Mirage IIIE called the Cheetah with canards aswell.

HTH

Ian.

 

[Skinny_Mike]

 

[Hippy Ed]

Mirage IIIO - On finals

[quote="Hippy Ed" post=258814... please correct me if I am wrong but, Aren't there suppose to be canards on the Mirage just like on the Kfir?

No, Ed, AMD did test a set of 'moustache's' on both a V and a IIIR, but they were far forward ahead of the nose-fear bay. The modification was never adopted.

Very late in their operational lives, Chile added the same IAI canards on to their Mirage V's - it was called the Pantera 50C, Atlas in South Africa produced a hybrid Kfir C7/Mirage IIIE called the Cheetah with canards aswell.

HTH

Ian.[/quote]

Thanks for the explanation. :drinks

 

[Swordsman]

Mirage IIIO - On finals

Very nice Ian ... turned out beautiful ... excellent work ...

 

[moon puppy]

Mirage IIIO - On finals

"Butterworth, Malaysia"? Obviously a name held over from colonial times...

Fantastic build Ian, I'm sure it'll be well received when you take it to shows.

 

[phantom II]

Mirage IIIO - On finals

I'm having a time adjusting to the fact that it does not have the upper wing cocarde

Another unique thing with the Ozzie Mirages... :idonno dunno why, also you'll see there's virtually no stencilling anywhere on the airframe - not me being lazy they just aren't there !!

Ian.

To me, It just makes the bird appear look more sleek .

Cheers, Christian B)

 

[jknaus]

Fantastic
James

 

[helios]

Nicely executed.

Now to get mine done this weekend.

 

[helios]

It's tough to tell from your pics, but do you have the "96" on the nose gear door?

 

[matrixone]

Very sharp looking model Ian!

Matrixone

 

[ij001]

It's tough to tell from your pics, but do you have the "96" on the nose gear door?

No matey, it wasn't on the sheet and of course I have no decals in that size and in that 'font' to make them. I may use some from an RAF serial, that font style is close enough.
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Thanks everyone for the positive comments, I never take them for granted and really do appreciate them.

AFN

Ian.

 

[helios]

If need be, I can send you some. My number sheet is generic (I could literally build any Mirage that served in Australia), so I've got multiple lines of 0-9. And since I'm doing 78...I could even just pull them off the one line set I'm using for mine.

 

[ij001]

If need be, I can send you some. My number sheet is generic (I could literally build any Mirage that served in Australia), so I've got multiple lines of 0-9. And since I'm doing 78...I could even just pull them off the one line set I'm using for mine.

That would be fantastic, thank you. PM on the way.

Ian.

 

[MrT]

Nice work!