Kfir C7 - WIP

Nathan Dempsey
Following. Nice start!

Daniel
Thanks Nathan!
This thing is coming together quickly, there are some weaknesses but nothing that cant be fixed quickly - it really is an awesome Kit! Having fun so far 👍

Daniel
Thank you Hans - I already want a grey C2 with max iron bombs next to it 😄 Theres a bunch of stuff: 4x griffin LGBs, 4x GBU-12, 4x Python 3, 12x Mk-82, AN/ALQ-167, SAIP Pod, 2x subsonic tank, 1x supersonic tank, 2 TER and a centerline MER...I still dont know what I'd like best hanging on this one

Clifford Keesler
Very nice.

Slavo Hazucha
Oops, I am just about to take a seat and already half the model is done 🙂 Still, I'd like to see where this journey goes, the cast and previous episodes show some good promise!

Harry Eder
Very nice so far! 👍

Daniel
Thanks clifford, slavo and harry and welcome!
yes, the journey started pretty smooth, the glueing filling sanding did go fast on this one, we'll have to see about painting…thats kind of the peak on the horizon😉
I plan to work on the wheel wells later and maybe some finishing touches in the cockpit, close everything and then its already time to prime 🙂

Daniel
Done and also improved the weapons, could have used the GBU-12 which looked better seekerhead-wise, but I want to use the more interesting griffins

Nathan Dempsey
Nice mod on the GBU. Looks great!

Slavo Hazucha
That GBU just looks excellent! Steady hand & focused mind😉

Daniel
thx guys! yep, good that its just 2 of those , I could already feel my zen mode crumbling away on the second one😉

Jos Jansen
I just missed this one, fantastic plane ... I quickly grab a seat and go with you ...!

Clifford Keesler
Looking very nice Daniel.

Daniel
Thankyou and welcome!
finished the primer, did some preshading (not shure if it will work on all three colors) and airbrushed the sand color.
Current temperatures fit perfect to the camo, so I am totally inspired😉 Color is almost drying before hitting the plastic…maybe I should do an arctic themed jet to get into some psychological cooling effect 🙂

Slavo Hazucha
Looking good, nice shading and first desert color! 👍

Maybe seasoning it with a layer of Dead sea salt would look freezing/snowy 🙂 Is there a particular reason why the canards are not allowed to the camouflage party?

Daniel
Thanks slavo! yep, they will join shortly once the blutac party begins - I plan to glue them losely, paint and remove them afterwards so I can spray the gray undersides without masking everything

Clifford Keesler
Looking good Daniel.

Nathan Dempsey
I agree. Looks great Daniel.

Daniel
Temperatures go down, productivity goes up 🙂

Thankyou Clifford and Nathan, I am quite happy with how its coming along as well

Stephan Ryll
Comming along nicely 👍

Jos Jansen
What great colors Daniel...can't wait for the reveal!

Slavo Hazucha
Agree with Jos, the colors look really great together 👍

Sebastian Meyner
Superb progress on an great subject 👍 Watching!

Daniel
thanks a lot mates, really glad you like it as well.
I am going to make the underside a little different, normally everything is light ghost grey, but it seems the one in the title pic is more a dark ghost grey, has pylons and tanks in light ghost grey and the python launchers in even lighter gray. looks interesting to me and I will try to replicate that + see how it looks

Clifford Keesler
Looking great Daniel.

Daniel
thanks clifford!
Some smaller progress, some detail painting and messing with clear epoxy
The underside is now in dark gull grey

Slavo Hazucha
The DGG definitely matches the photo-color better than a lighter tone - right decision 👍

Daniel
it's slowly coming alive! done with the decals and AMK makes very good ones, very thin but still not too fragile

Nathan Dempsey
Looking great Daniel. Looks like those AMK decals work well.

Jos Jansen
Great work so far Daniel...superb build, your Kfir will be a good reference for many builders who also want to make a Kfir...🙂

Slavo Hazucha
Looking spot-on! 👍

Daniel
Thanks mates! I dont know if it will be a usable reference since I only had very few photos of this thing in actual IAI service and used mainly museum pics or stuck to what AMK told me...maybe more of an inspiration than a reference 🙂 But if someone gets inspired to go for a 1/48 Kfir - I can highly recommend this kit!

Daniel
Used a dark brown wash on the desert camo and a dark grey one on the underside,just smeared the stuff over the whole model. I am very pleased with the result as the green is now knocked back from fresh mint to a more dirty pastel green, as it should be. Now I am assembling the hanging parts and nearing the finish line with this

Clifford Keesler
It is looking very good.

Daniel
Many thanks Clifford!

Nathan Dempsey
Wow Daniel, this is looking great. I'm going to have to pick up this kit at some point.

Daniel
Thx! absolutely, its one of the most fun kits I've build so far

Slavo Hazucha
Great amount of right judgement on the weathering Daniel, looks spot on. I also very much like the camo colors, particularly the brown has the correct 'orange' touch which is seen on the pics. Many times this color seems too desaturated on Israeli camo models, here it seems like on the actual photo 👍

Clifford Keesler
Excellent paint job Daniel.

Daniel
Thank you very much slavo and clifford, thats the greatest compliment for a modeler if something looks like the photo! I agree, that brown color is not easy to replicate, all the praise goes to AK RC225, they nailed that one.
Today I used some of my trusty oil paints to get some color modulation going, a bit more dark/light variation+ some oil streaks

Jos Jansen
Your colors are so spot-on, incredible and very impressive so far 👍

Daniel
Thanks for the kind words James and Jos, I can announce that I got the last clear coat down and now shes armed and fueled waiting to taxi

Daniel
Thanks everyone for peeking in and all your motivating comments! Was a pleasure to build&to share!

Here she is:

Desert Delta - Rollout | Album by halohead (1:48)