Desert Mirage

[The Migrant]

Another oldie, the Airfix 1/72 Mirage F.1, one of my all-time favorite jets (along with the Hunter and F-86). Quite a nice little kit from the 70s, I rescribed the panel lines, added some cockpit detail and hollowed out the jet pipe. Markings are homemade for a Qatari AF plane.

[Guest]

Awesome build Mike, great paint job as well

[yak face]

Beautiful work Mike , how you re-scribe so neatly is beyond me , i cant do it to save my life !! cheers tony

[papa 695]

Great work Mike

[Alan 45]

Very nice love the paint job , did you know that in the seventies the desert was so hot that sidewinders couldn't lock on to aircraft and went straight into the ground

[flyjoe180]

Beautiful model Mike, another oldie which after your build rivals anything the new tool kits can produce.

[Guest]

This is really good mate. The scribing looks nice and the paint is superb.

[The Migrant]

Thanks for the looks and the comments, much appreciated

[colin m]

Very nice Mike. I think the re-scribing really makes the model stand out. It really doesn't look like a 70's kit now.

[Guest]

Paint job incredibly good.

[Guest]

Yep!! I miss this one O_o

Another impressive model Mike!

Cheers

Polux

[Guest]

Mike: any tips on getting such a perfect finish? For example, acrylic, enamel? Do you lightly sand every coat including the primer? It's airbrushed, right?

[Guest]

Beautiful work indeed.

scott

[Vaughan]

Another outstanding build Mike.

[The Migrant]

Thanks for the comments, guys.

Mike: any tips on getting such a perfect finish? For example, acrylic, enamel? Do you lightly sand every coat including the primer? It's airbrushed, right?

Cheers Steve. I usually prime my models with Tamiya white fine surface primer, decanted from the rattle-can and airbrushed. The camo colors are Tamiya acrylics, thinned with Tamiya's own lacquer thinners and airbrushed, no sanding between coats. IIRC the underside blue is Xtracrylix. I used paper masks to get the semi-soft demarcation lines. A couple of coats of Future, decals applied, then airbrushed with Testors Flat.