Mirage IIIE, Revell, 1/72, RAAF

 

 

I really like Australian-themed models. I already have a respectable number of models on that subject. One of the first was this Mirage III, from Lodela, one of Revell's lost molds. I assembled it in the 80s when the model came out in Mexico, based on the image of a RAAF aircraft in a book by Gunston.

I don't remember what paint I used, possibly Pactra, as at that time, the aftermarket didn't exist, I painted the badges, the only way to have models that didn't have the standardization of mass production. This became customary, so much so that I think that in my collection of Mirages almost none are direct from the stock market.

P-1D Mustang, Texas Terror, Revell's Collector's Choice

 This is a very old model, it has been in my collection for decades, it is from Lodela, from the Special Line for collectors, which I assembled in my childhood, in fact, it is the first one I finished with extended landing gear, because for me, since I was very young, it has seemed to me that the normal situation of an airplane is in flight, so almost all my collection is like that, except for rare, "commemorative" models, like this one.

And this one celebrates an era in my life, the era of Secondary School, that last moment of lack of responsibility in life, when the border between the carefreeness of childhood is replaced by the audacity of youth, when you change spending your weekends at home, painting and assembling for going to the cinema or in my time to the Disco, with some beautiful woman.

The model, as I said, is Lodela, 1/72 scale, the paint is Pactra (Green) and Lodela (Aluminum), the decals are the originals, the whole model was retouched by here and there, with El Viejo Marino Paint, only small peels and the darkening of the white, at that time I did not varnish my models.