Actually, this kit was originally molded by Fujimi, and cloned by Academy, is 1/50 and not 1/48 scale, and I modified it into a IIIRD variant. I started this for the “Weekend Madness” GB, but came up short. Most likely due to me adding things like the rear half of the engine and landing gear wheel wells (empty holes in the kit). As well as a new IP and bang seat in the cockpit. Decals were cobbled together from various sources in my stash to show a Mirage IIIRD of EC 3/33 in the early to mid 80’s. I completed 90% of the work within the 48 hour limit of the GB, but still needed a few extra hours to complete this. The final results are ok, but show lots of evidence of rushing.
I added the afterburner section from an Eduard Mirage III that I am replacing on that kit
and I added the nose Doppler radar bulge from an ESCI kit that was in my spares bin. I also scratched up new nose probes and modified the shape of the kit pitot tube. This kit camera windows were more empty holes, so Krystal Klear was used for the windows
and posed with my ESCI 1/48 Mirage IIIEA to show the scale difference
Thanks for looking... my first completion of 2018... woohoo!!!
F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!
U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!
N is for NO SURVIVORS...
- Plankton
LSM