SAAF Atlas Cheetah D
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This kit is basically the old Mirage IIID kit with a few new sprues for the Cheetah specific parts.
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No details on the instruments, will need to scavenge for instrument decals
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Found some old decals, think it came out ok.
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Small amount of filler needed
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Drilled out the various air vents
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No details on the cockpit sides...oh well.
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Needed to cut of a piece there to make the intakes fit.
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Houston, we have a problem.
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Horrible joint.
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Should look ok once painted.
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More filling needed.
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Inside frame of windscreen painted.
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The windscreen sticks out over the sides of the fuselage, so had to be pushed in to align.
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Inside frame of canopy painted.
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Not much I can do about the seems on the insides of the intakes, hopefully wont see to much once it's painted.
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I knocked off the tip of the nose.
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Using the tip of a pin to build a new nose tip.
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Blended the metal pin with some CA glue to the nose.
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Nose tip after fix.
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Navigation lights.
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Pitot tube test fitting.
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Using Mirage F1 seat belts.
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Nice Cartograf decals.
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Another repair...broke the tip of the wing off.
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Decals and a flat coat on.
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I didn't like the look of the missiles, so stripped the paint and tried again.
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Now it looks more like the V3S missiles that were mounted on the Cheetahs.
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Komentarzy
25 5 January 2023, 14:06
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Agree with Jennifer, and loved the intake lip fix too. What happened in pic 53? Is that a piece that fell?
3 September 2023, 21:11
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@David R - the tip of the wing is very thin and after a few knocks the tip broke off. I cut out that part off the wing to repair it and then glued it back in place.
3 September 2023, 21:14