Mirage III Starfix Retro-modelling

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Parts ... runners and flash .... 😉
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Kit came with a broken nose.
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"Box" art
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Comprehensive instructions
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Comprehensive instructions part 2
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Highly detailed cockpit
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A rather curious way of attaching undercarriage legs and covers ...
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Highly detailed weapon load
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Assembling the wings and and forcing them to place part 1
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Assembling the wings part 2
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Carpet Monster grabbed one undercarriage strut , so I went for an inflight pose
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Nose is a bit distorted ,,, but I cope wiht it ....
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Lots and lots of (big) rivets and Gunze H8 Silver brush painted.
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That twisted nose
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Stand , with brushed metal look (Gunze H28 Metal Black)
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Moving on
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Gunze H8 , final coat
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Very comprehensive decal sheet
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And decalling instructions
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Decalling ....
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Decals are rather bad.
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And old.
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Decals are not willing to conform to all those rivets .... and ....
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In the end ... Danger triangles flew away
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Finished
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Finished ... all in all 8 hours of fun

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Out of the box easy retro-project. No detailing , no correcting , no putty , no airbrush. No cockpit and no wheel wells .... Should be a fast project. Gunze , Tamiya and Vallejo acrylics. 1/100 Starfix which came broken from evil-bay.
Finished ... rather pleased with the result.

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