Falklands/Malvinas War 30th Anniversary GB

Stickolio you must be in Delta Heaven!

Wonderful jet!

Sweet stik, very nice.

el_jere

Stik, the Mirage loos great too! very neat paint job, I can´t wait to see it with decals. I also hope to get mine soon LOL.

Your patience is answered El Jere This evening here was a marathon decaling session since it was senior in the build list. Those Aztec decals are sweet Excellent quality Well, since the sheet gives you the option of marking any Mirage IIIEA from the war, I chose I-014. If for no other reason that I have two or three photos in my references of that aircraft with a Yellow rudder as I painted mine, carrying large drop tanks and Magic missiles, and it was not one of the two Mirages shot down in combat.  I also used a few decals from an old Superscale Mirage IIIEA sheet that I have had for many years for some of the cockpit area stenciing and the speed brakes. The foggy areas around the decals are where the Micro Set is interacting with the Future coat. Once dry that should all disappear.... So without further ado, here is how she looks now with decals.

You will notice that the Blue on the upper surface roundels and tail flags is very faded, almost white. Aztec gives you the choice of bright or faded national insignia decals. I chose to use faded ones on the upper surfaces due to the aircraft being outdoors almost always during the war and exposed to the elements while forward deployed. I used the brighter decals on the under surfaces.

el_jere

If you want I can contact you with Mr Heredia from Aconcagua models, surely will be cheaper to buy directly from him. He sells a lot to other countries.

Be aware that the conversion is ment to fit the HobbyBoss/Eduard Mirage kits, though. Maybe with the Heller ofering you will have a little extra job.

I could swear that awhile back you told me about a Dagger/Nesher conversion for the Heller kit... thats okay, I am easily confused at times... BTW, yours is looking real good!

Some great work there guys.

Frank, would be very nice to see some pics. Now posting them, thats an eternal question on here. You have to host the photos on an external site, such as photobucket, and then link them to that.

Hi there guys,

It´s nice to see more progress on the GB.

Tony, the Harrier looks great, you are almost there! Hope you finish it soon. There will be quite a lot o finished build on the GB.

Stik, the Mirage loos great too! very neat paint job, I can´t wait to see it with decals. I also hope to get mine soon LOL.

If you want I can contact you with Mr Heredia from Aconcagua models, surely will be cheaper to buy directly from him. He sells a lot to other countries.

Be aware that the conversion is ment to fit the HobbyBoss/Eduard Mirage kits, though. Maybe with the Heller ofering you will have a little extra job.

Some progress on my build,

The model was primed, some sopts that needed more work were spoted,fixed and then primed again. I also painted the first colour on the camo job.

I used humbrol 118, it was darker than my references show so I lighted  it a little with white.

This will be the last  colour I can paint ultil I got some decals, because I am not sure what aircraft I will model and the camo difered from one to the other.

I will probably model the C-436, wich attaked the HMS Ardent. It will show two 1700 lt auxiliary tanks and a 1000 lb bomb on the nafgan pylon on the center line.

Cheers,

Jere

Jere, your Dagger conversion looks great. I will have to check with a certain hobb shop here that I frequent and see if they can get that conversion kit in. I have a couple Heller Mirage IIIs in my stash and would love to do a Dagger (or Nesher) with one after seeing yours.

Azorean, the new Airfix Skyhawk looks very sweet. I think that these days Airfix is really turning out some excellent "more bang for your money" kits.. I hope that the keep it up. To paraphrase Gunny Hartman in Full Metal Jacket, "they are reborn again hard"...

Taxtp, your Sea Harrier is progressing very well. And quickly too I like it!

As for me, well you know that I sidelined my Mirage IIIEA in order to wait for the Falklands Decal set from Aztec. And once the arrived I had a bit more going on so I kept it sidelined until I got to the point on another project were decals would be done. Well I am now there. This morning I airbrushed on Future in preperation for decals. Right now I am letting that dry and cure.This afternoon if all goes well I should be able to begin that task. Here are a couple pics.

The Mirage

and all the fiddly bits

More to follow tonite or tomorrow...

Hi Bish,

I have a PM Models Dagger that I recently completed. It depicts the plane, C-430, that Capt. Diaz was flying when he was shot down on May 24th, ’82.

I would like to submit the images, if acceptable, to this forum but haven’t a clue as to how to do it.

Thanks, Frank

Looking good Tony.

...and another update. Lots of work done since the last one. Nose added, pitot replaced with a needle, more work done on the hardpoints for the Sidewinders and guns, seams tidied, HUD

That's about it I think.

Cheers

Tony

I like the look of that Scooter. Why do these new release Airfix kits do this to me ? I bought the Mig 15 and Sabre for no apparent reason the other day. Anyway, I'll be getting one or two Scooters.

Some progress on the Sea Harrier. After checking through the decal stash, and seeing (Modeldecal) decals for both the Extra Dark Sea Grey scheme, and the medium sea grey scheme, I've gone for the EDSG scheme with a resolve to do the medium sea grey one at a later date.

I sprayed the wing tanks, and the inside rim of the intake using Gunze H333 EDSG. Once on, I couldn't reconcile the colour to any of the colour photos I have seen in books. I then compared it to a can of Humbrol 123 EDSG which I happened to have , and found the Gunze one to be much darker, and too dark in my opinion. Googling an appropriate set of terms led me to a discussion on Britmodeller that had the same conclusion.

So, I've stripped the tanks (a little laundry powder in a container of warm water strips Gunze acrylic paint in under a minute) and resprayed that and the fuselage parts inside the intake that will be unreachable later on. The inside of the intakes are light grey with an EDSG rim. Unfortunately I didn't think to photograph a comparison, but I'll paint a couple of chips if anyone is interested enough.

I've also added the harnesses to the seat, and glued the nose together, breaking off the pitot in the process, but at least that forces me to improve it.

I am hoping to get this thing to the paint stage in the next day or two.

cheers

Tony

Is the new tool, Vance.

Ahhhhh - the Scooter! Is that one a new tool? I was very impressed with the decals in my new-tool Sea Harrier.

Arrived today at my home.

Tony's back in the game! Good to see the cockpit coming together.

Hi folks,

I'm back onto the Sea Harrier. I've been working on the nose and cockpit. Here's some pics, it's got a resin MB seat that I had laying around, and some Airwaves etched metal. I've still got to add the harnesses.  I've also boxed in the nose wheel well, but won't spend much time detailing it out.

Cheers

Tony

bondoman

VanceCrozier

There's the SUE! Hmmm - I have a Wessex and a Dagger in the stash as well, this sheet may be worthwhile for me after all.

Like I've said, if you all want to swap decals out or (ahem) sell them it's ok by me.

Got my 'tune stickers, but S2 would be nice

Jere, looking forward to seeing more on your Dagger.

Bondoman, shhh, not so loud!

VanceCrozier

There's the SUE! Hmmm - I have a Wessex and a Dagger in the stash as well, this sheet may be worthwhile for me after all.

Got my 'tune stickers, but S2 would be nice

Great work on the Chinook Bish! I like it. Maybe I would add one to my collection some day, I still have to model some of the British aircrafts once I finish with the Argies.

Great news about the second part of the Aztec decals, I surely will order one LOL.

I didn´t made too much progress on my Dagger, but I am quite happy because a friend of mine (Mr Heredia from Aconcagua models) made me a resin replacement for the air intake

Today I filled some final gaps and the round  ligths on the wings.

I also got an armament resin set for the Daggers and I will use the British Mk.17 1000 lb bomb on this one. I will tell you more about this bomb tomorrow, I learn a lot about it.

Cheers

Jere

Azorean

There's the SUE! Hmmm - I have a Wessex and a Dagger in the stash as well, this sheet may be worthwhile for me after all.

Thanks. Its celluclay sprinkled with static grass.

Excellent work on the 2nd Chinook build Bish . She looks awesome .

I was wondering how you did the small grass area on the display board , it looks great and I would like to do something similar .

John .

I think this site must be keeping Aztec in buisness.

Chinook Mk 2 was finished the other night. The guy i built it for was well pleased with it. His uncle was in the REME, as is the lad i built it for. His uncle was also in the Falklands during the campaign. But he died a couple of years ago. So my mate is going to give this to his grandad.

Thanks for looking, and thnaks to all you guys for makeing this a great GB. And i know theres more great builds to come. 

My Aztec Falklands War decals just arrived

Ver , Very NICE ...

John .

My paint booth is located inside , so there really is  no excuse for not painting , with 40 on-going builds , I get easierly distracted and end up from switching from one build to the other and back & forth . I'll aim to have some paint laid down on the Chinook by the end of the week .

John

Thanks John. Question. Why does rain stop you from paiting. Do you do it outside?

Jere , excellent start on the Mirage III CJ

Bish , the chinook is looking great as well  .

I've masked my Argentine Chinook but haven't started the paint as yet . I got a little side tracked on some Skyraiders , Banshee's and Panther's this past fortnight for the Korean War ; Plus the weather has been a little showery these past few day's , so I've used that as an excuse not to paint . Hopfully soon though .

Great work everyone .

John .

Thanks jere. Thats pit is looking rather sweet as well.

Yep, its getting very close now. Been working flat out on it. I don't think we have given an end dated. There still seems plenty of interest, thanks in part to those new decals. I think we can just leave it open ended untill all who are in now have finished.

Vance, what do you think.

That's looking like an interesting one Jere.

That Chinook must be getting close now Bish,

I need to get back to my Sea harrier, just finishing off a couple of airlines in another GB, then it'll reappear here.

Do we have an end date for this GB, I know the original one passed by and we decided to extend. It seems like it might still have some months to run :)

Cheers

Tony