Mad Steve 25,134 Posted August 10 Report Share Posted August 10 Afternoon Everyone I'd actually forgotten about this STGB, so I thought I'd kick myself up the arse and build this... Two versions, both Frog, one Silver and one coloured in. I shall be building the Silver one. Never built a Silver Aircraft before, never built a Mirage, certainly not built an Airfix jet before. What could go wrong... (I know there are better kits available, but I don't want better kits, I want fun kits ) 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jessie_C 14,079 Posted August 10 Report Share Posted August 10 Ah, yes. This is the one which has the rockets integrated into the nose of the fuel tanks. Only the French would think that separating highly flammable jet fuel from flaming rocket exhaust with one little metal bulkhead is a good idea. 1 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gorby 21,725 Posted August 10 Report Share Posted August 10 Steve building a hairyplane. It'll be raining frogs next. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mad Steve 25,134 Posted August 10 Author Report Share Posted August 10 17 minutes ago, steelpillow said: Hope you can let us see how the undersides of the wings shape up. I have been working on a kitbash/scratch using them for a very long time and I suspect they have got fed up waiting and warped with progressive anhedral, Concorde-fashion. But they also have signs of the subtle conical-like leading-edge drooped introduced after the first prototype III flew (in a carbon copy of the Convair F-102 development a couple of years before). So I am keen to know what subtleties or otherwise they have warped from. I have no clue what you just said 4 minutes ago, Gorby said: Steve building a hairyplane. It'll be raining frogs next. But wait.... there's more 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gorby 21,725 Posted August 10 Report Share Posted August 10 Just now, Mad Steve said: I have no clue what you just said Yes, but I just liked it make it look that I did. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jessie_C 14,079 Posted August 10 Report Share Posted August 10 13 minutes ago, Mad Steve said: I have no clue what you just said The lower leading edge has a curl in it. Kind of like this (except that the Mirage's doesn't move, and this is very exaggerated). The Airfix kit's wing tips tend to drop down below the roots (anhedral) when they're supposed to stick pretty much straight out. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mad Steve 25,134 Posted August 10 Author Report Share Posted August 10 Yes... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mad Steve 25,134 Posted August 10 Author Report Share Posted August 10 I'm not interesting in History or Aeronautics or anything else, this is a thread for my Mirage III build, so.. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DC3 4,799 Posted August 11 Report Share Posted August 11 10 hours ago, Mad Steve said: I'm not interesting in History or Aeronautics or how much you think you know or anything else, this is a thread for my Mirage III build, so.. Wow, rock on Stevie boy, tellin it like it is. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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