Mirage IIIB

Patrick Hagelstein
Ooh!!! A Modelsvit Mirage III! I'm in!

Patrick Hagelstein
A beautiful build! Very well painted! I do see, however, a couple of smears of putty; is the kit that bad fitting? I have the Mirage IIIE in my stash and am wondering if I have to worry about fit issues.

Romain Sablou
Thank you Patrick ! Yes, the two seater version had some annoying fitting issues. Around the junction between the front and rear fuselage section. And between the two half of the front fuselage section. The one piece canopy had a bad fitting too , such as the supersonic fuel tanks.
However correct me if I'm wrong but i think the single seater had a fuselage in two pieces only ? Not 4, like this one, so maybe you will have less troubles 🙂

Villiers de Vos
Very nice metal effects.

Patrick Hagelstein
Wellllllll..... The 'A'-sprue is exactly the same, so I might have the same issue when combining the front and rear fuselage halves. But I see in your pictures that it can be solved perfectly! 🙂

Romain Sablou
Oh ok :/ Yes, nothing impossible, just time consuming, especially if you need a perfect surface finish for an aluminium liverie

Thanks Villiers !

Bernd Grün
Very nice build and paint job. Following!

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Stunning metal surfaces

Cuajete
Very nice job so far 👍

Romain Sablou
Thank you ! Welcome aboard 🙂

Dick
I'm still searching for the old Matchbox Mirage III kit, the first kit I ever built when I was young. But now I see your build, a two seater in aluminium-finish, I've changed my mind… very impressive👍🏻!

Vincent
This model looks amazing until now. Great work on all the extra detail.

Stuart Fowle
Looks great, such attention to detail 👍

Patrick Hagelstein
I can only agree! Those wheel wells are awesome! 👍🏼

Erik Leijdens
Looks great. Very realistic

Oleg Bogolei
exellent metal finish!

Peter de Bruin
Incredible paintjob! Congrats!

Marius
Top notch so far!
Hwat primer did you use before the metallic paint? I am also using the Xtreme Metal paints in the same combination as you. They're really good!

Romain Sablou
Wow, thank you all for your interest in that build ! Glad you like it so far 😄
@Marius, I'm simply using X-1 Tamiya Gloss Black
@Dick, yes, these Modelsvit molds look amazing indeed

Michael Kohl
You really bring this machine to life.

Villiers de Vos
The effects are spot-on.

Alex
Wow, the weathering on the bare metal looks great!

Thomas Bischoff
Superb paintjob! Looks incredibly good … and thanks for the pictures showing how you achieved it 👍

Dick
I agree, looks incredibly good Romain!
And a 'India Ink' pen? Thanks for showing this, great technique👍🏻

Grahame Bredbere
Stunning work on this Mirage.

Olivier Beaumont
Very convincing

Mike Volkov
Very nice metal surface! 👍🏻 How to make smooth the waterproof pen brush? Did you let it dry? Did you use any thinner?

Oleg Bogolei
Do you think of making video totorial of such metal finish? It would be great....

Romain Sablou
Thank you guys ! Glad you appreciate this weathering technique,
First, I've protected the previous metallic paints with clear varnish, then I applied my pen brush on one area, I use immediately a dry brush on it because it dries pretty fast. I don't use any thinner, however if I'm not happy with the result I use a cotton swab and water, wipe it off and retry.

Alberto
Great finish and weathering!

Łukasz Gliński
Outstanding weathering indeed 👍
What is the tool visible on pic #32?

Patrick Hagelstein
Thanks for sharing this Romain! 👍🏼

Jakub Fiala
Great work and presentation! For me, it's a very useful tutorial.

Romain Sablou
Thanks for your comments ! 👍
@Łukasz : The scribing tool on pic #32 is from Facom (Ref : DELA.1589.00A) , i feel more confortable with it than with modeling scribing tool, especially when I need to create new structural lines

Cuajete
Wow...

Taylor Durbon
You made an absolutely awesome finish on the little Mirage. Beautiful! Thank you for the how to steps. Which clearcote did you use to protect the metallic paints?

Romain Sablou
Thanks a lot ! I used Alclad II clear varnish

Bernhard Schrock
Excellent NMF and weathering. Chapeau.

S M
Inspirational! Following!

Juskifo
il est superbe La patine est très inspirante

Romain Sablou
Merci ! 🙂

Raphael Bernecole
Il est magnifique !! Bravo , superbe travail de peinture métal 🙂

Vincent
This one looks amazing. Great result!!!

Jakub Fiala
Excellent finish! 👍 congrats!

Michael Kohl
Great. I just love it.

Bernd Grün
Outstanding result, Romain. Congratulation!

Neuling
Impressive finish and shading!

Dick
Merveilleux résultat Romain!! A real gem👌🏻

S M
Superb!!1!

Skyhiker
Those pens worked out well. Very nice results. One to be proud of.

Cuajete
Fantastic job. Great metallized and weathering. C'est magnifique!
Congrats!

Christian Bruer
Excellent 👍

Pierre Pierre
le rendu est vraiment beau et les photos du montage sont superbe. merci d'avoir partagé

Romain Sablou
Thank you all for your very kind words ! 😮 Merci à tous pour vos messages, très heureux qu'il vous plaise autant 🙂

Transall NG
Superbe "Mort qui fauche" !
Merci pour les photos didactiques...

Spanjaard
excellent job in all aspects. fantastic used NMF .wow

Rui S
Nicely done 👍

Romain Sablou
Many thanks mates ! Merci beaucoup 👍

CaptGPF
Love the step by step and extra detailing you did on the kit. The metallic effects and staining are top notch!

Pepe
Monstruo

Romain Sablou
Glad you like it , including the step by step 👍

Prieur Gaël
Vraiment sympa ton biplace, bravo Romain

Mr James
Beautiful, beautiful finish and superb shading, weathering work

Romain Sablou
Many thanks ! Merci beaucoup 👌

B. M.
Un chef d'œuvre! Il est magnifique ce Mirage 👍🏼

Romain Sablou
Merci encore 🙏

Transall NG
Superbe ! On ne s'en lasse pas de cet avion...

Thierry Francois

superbe boulot, je suis en train de le monter.
Il y a un problème avec les decals nr 67, 2 côtés gauche et pas de côté droit au niveau de l'empennage.

Tim Lingle
Really inspiring work Romain! I think you've done justice to such a "cool jet".......!!!

Romain Sablou
Thanks ! 😉

@Thierry : ah oui en effet, je ne m'en suis pas aperçu comme j'ai les ai peint avec des masques sans même regarder la planche de décals 🙂

Michel Grunberger
En vrai il est encore plus beau 😉

Zbynek Honzik
Beautiful! 👍

Michael Kohl
I love when this one pops up again. A beautiful sight.

Dick
Agree! It's a beauty👍🏻

Vincent
One of my favorites. Always nice to see this one again.

Nik Watson
Absolutely stunning, the Mirage looks like it means business and you've really nailed it 👍🏆

Romain Sablou
Thanks to all of you. I'm glad that you enjoy, again, this model so much ! Cheers

Tzonglin Wu
Beautiful aircraft and excellent painting!

Mike Siemers
Great metallic finish and weathering 👍👍