1/48 Academy Mirage 3C

by Robert T. Rio

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The Academy's 1/48 scale Mirage 3C in the Israeli Air Force version was a fun kit to build, although the kit came with sparsely detailed cockpit and wheel wells the parts however generally fit well, I had to cut out the factory molded exhaust as this was inaccurate and scratch build the exhaust vanes using pieces of 1/16" gauge cardboard. The hydraulics and attachments where also scratchbuilt using spue from the kit. Paints used were air brushed tamiya paints and the decals were out of the box. I still am an amateur in the area of painting and scratch building but enjoyed the learning experiences that goes with building a kit like this.  

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Model tools and paints are very scarce here in this part of our country, the Philippines, and if available they are very expensive, that's why I had to innovate using common enamel paints for tinting the scale enamel. The colors came out, but not really as well as the actual scale model enamels available in the big cities.

It took me a month to build this kit using the pictures I downloaded from ARC to help me with the details and most importantly the building tips, Thank you ARC and more power!!

Robert 

Photos and text © by Robert T. Rio