Italeri Mirage F1C

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Re: Italeri Mirage F1C

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It's looking great! I did the same one. Came out ok but the decals silvered so badly and nothing I did fixed them.

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That looks really nice!!
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Re: Italeri Mirage F1C

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Very nice! I really like that colorful belly tank!
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Re: Italeri Mirage F1C

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Thank you, John. That means a lot from you.
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Re: Italeri Mirage F1C

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Looks fantastic.
I've heard really good things about Syhart decals
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Re: Italeri Mirage F1C

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Paint on!! Started with lighter shade of green (FS34258) for the camouflage. I will go back again with another light coat to touch up spots I may have missed. Paint used is Pollyscale War Pac Grey Green FS34258. I compared it with Floquil Railroad Color Weyerhauser Green (FS 34258 but that one is much lighter shade of green than Pollyscale shade. I matched the color to the guide of real pics of actual aircraft. Pollyscale was a perfect match.


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Did I ever mention that Pollyscale acrylics is AWESOME paint? :yipee: Didn't need to thin it. Airbrushed straight out of the bottle and went on smooth. :yahoo: :dancing: :yahoo: :dancing:
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Re: Italeri Mirage F1C

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Very nice! It's too bad that Pollyscale and now Model Master have gone away. They were the best acrylics in my opinion.
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I agree. Even Testors Model Master arcylics don't need thinning for airbrushing. I'm finding out this just now.
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Re: Italeri Mirage F1C

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I’m going out on a limb here. Does anyone have a spare pair of R.550 Magic missiles and a pair of 530 D or Super 530 missiles in 1/48 scale?

http://www.armedforces.co.uk/Europeande ... is2a10.htm
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Re: Italeri Mirage F1C

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I think I might but it would be a couple of weeks before I could check.
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