Subject: Re: Mirage III Academy 1/48
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Franz Galli" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:10:15 -0700

Hi,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today.  Thanks again for sending it in.

Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Franz Galli 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2008 10:29 AM
  Subject: Mirage III Academy 1/48

  Hi Steve, I would like to post this. Thank you and have a nice day!

  Mirage IIIR Academy 1/48

  by Franz Galli

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  Hi again. This is the Academy 1/48 Mirage IIIR kit. I started this kit one year ago, but I got bored of it, so I decided to left it abandoned for a long time, until I decided to retake it again . It is not a very good kit to me, it fits OK, but you'll have some problems when you put together the wings with the fuselage.  The Mirage IIIR kit is a recognisance aircraft. 

  The kit did not offer the clear parts for the nose. So I had to make them with clear acetate, that was a real headache. Also the front and rear wheel wells where empty without detail and a hole in there, so I scratch made them with some styrene sheets and strips.  I was about to throw this model away. 

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  I painted the model with model master paints. For the underside I used Model Master Camouflage Gray and for the camouflage I used RAF Dark Green and the gray is a mix of Navy aggressor gray with Light Ghost Gray.  I used the kit's decals, but they are really bad.

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  I weathered the model with black and burnt sienna acrylic paints, and with some pastel chalk. Finally I finished the model and now I like it.  

  Thanks for watching and have a great day!!

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  Photos and text © by  Franz Galli