Mirage 5 "nesher" - building report

[RagnarTheTerrible]

Looks great Yoav!

[YOAVHOZMI]

Originally Posted by SmashedGlass

Ah, so it is much like the Krylon UV-Resistent spray I already have or is it perhaps better?

In addition to Isaac's words.

I use AMERICANA protection spray with a mate texture ... Of course, there are also glossy and semi-gloss textures ... but military planes need a matte texture, because in reality the color of the planes is not gloss..... passenger planes can use a shiny protective spray.


Advantages of using a protective spray.
1. Maintains the sheets for a long time.
2. Creates a layer of protection to the sheets and thus prevents the glue from being absorbed on the page too much and in this way prevents stains of unwanted glue.
3. Maintains the model from weather, humidity and dust.


Due to the fact that the glue is not absorbed very deeply because of the protective spray, repairs can be made to the model in case of mistakes and errors.
And I will show you an example of the mistake I made in the nose of the KFIR , but because of the use of protective spray after printing the sheets, I could dismantle the noze without causing damage to the rest of the model and to the connecting strips that connect part to part.

YOAV





Dismantling the model's nose





In the next picture you can see that the model was not damaged as a result of the dismantling of the nose and the connecting strips between the parts remained intact and without damage.





this is the new nose





The new nose is glued to the model and you can not see that I have broken another nose before.
And this is the advantage of a protective spray ... it prevents the glue from being absorbed too much on the sheets, and making it possible to make repairs if necessary ... but the glue still holds the model parts well.





Here is another example of a A-4E tail repair, and again, tail separation was easy and without unnecessary damage.






NEW TAIL

[g00se]

Wow! Thanks for sharing your repair pictures Yoav! I've destroyed many attempts to repair --the protective spray looks to be an excellent method for many reasons! Much appreciation!

[wireandpaper]

Very useful time saving information!!!

[YOAVHOZMI]

thanks my friends for the good words.

YOAV





by the way, this is the AMERICANA protection spray i use.

[YOAVHOZMI]

And now we will move to the vertical stabilizer stage.

YOAV







house of the braking parachute.









the vertical stabilizer is ready







General images of the current state of the model.

[Vinalssergio155]

It looks great Yoav!

[YOAVHOZMI]

Today I finished building the wings and also managed to assemble them into the model body.

YOAV


the wing beams





The inner structure of the wings includes various reinforcements, some of them are attached to the NESHER files.





Left wing ready for assembly.







Left wing attached to model body.





fairings of the wings





Glued between the wing and model body.





Bottom view of the wings.

[Vinalssergio155]

Impeccable construction Yoav, from here not even the unions are appreciated, it looks incredible.

[Isaac]

This is a very pretty looking Mirage.

You know that I will be building it as well when you release it.



Isaac