Mirages, Daggers, and Neshrs......

[springbok86]

Hi there, was the Cheetah released?

Cheers

[mikeblaze]

Cheetah has not been released yet, I am taking a short break from this project to finish some other stuff up. Expect the Cheetahs and the last of the Mirage and Kfir packages out by May or so....

[mikeblaze]

Here are the Cheetah packages for the SAAF (retro) and FAE (current). As usual, I am holding off on the specialty paints because when I am done with this series (next month) I will release 7-10 paint kits for the series, and a couple of people I know will take care of those aircraft. Also, of note, I didn't see any external differences between the Cheetah B/D/D2 variants, so they are all represented by the D model in the packages. All serials are represented, 78 in the SAAF package and 10 in the FAE package. These just got uploaded to AVSIM, should be available in a few hours.

I am down to the last three parts of this series; RAAF Mirages, Pakistani Mirages, and USN/USMC Kfir Aggressors. Those will be coming before the end of May.

[RKE]

The Cheetahs just popped up on AVSIM, thanks a lot Mike

[springbok86]

just saw the Cheetahs on Avsim; thanks so much Mike, you are a legend!

[zsoltfireman]

The paintkit available?

[Mirage4FS]

Thanks Mike. Thank you for keeping the project going.

Now we just need some more folks to put together some traffic/scenery packages. Or if they already exist, make them available.
There have been a couple packages so far of the Argentina Mirage and Daggers at Base Aerea Tandil.

[ardethomas]

I second that!!

[RKE]

I'm fighting a losing battle with Sbuilder at the moment and stuck trying to find some objects, otherwise you'd have a place for the Colombian Kfirs

[Mirage4FS]

Sorry about the battle but that is great news. Looking forward to it after your victory.

I'm fighting a losing battle with Sbuilder at the moment and stuck trying to find some objects, otherwise you'd have a place for the Colombian Kfirs

[mikeblaze]

Just a note to everybody....

I am not disappeared, but I am slowed down significantly for the moment. I suffered a significant line-of-duty injury to my shoulder at the end of March (torn rotator cuff), and am trying to rehab and avoid surgery. As a result, I have been put on a light duty profile at my fire department, which actually forces me to go in to work more days a week; therefore I have had significantly less time to model in the off hours. I'm not quitting by any means, but my usual meteoric pace has been fractioned for the time being. I have a couple of things near completion on several of my threads, so I will be posting more pics and projects as I can manage.

I can say on this thread, that the RAAF Mirages are about 80% done, and I will post some pix by early next week, if not actually the whole package. The Pakistani aircraft are more complicated, since there are so many different models in play.

[Firebird]

No problem, Mike. Real life does have this habit of getting in the way of things.
Get well and enjoy the break.

[Mirage4FS]

Sorry to hear about your injury. Hope you have a speedy recovery without surgery.
Don't worry about any FS aircraft. You've given us plenty to keep us occupied for a long time.

[ardethomas]

Get well! Take your time.
Thank you!

[mikeblaze]

Here are the RAAF Mirages, I am going to try to get this packaged and uploaded tonight. There are only two base models, but 88 paints cover a large majority of the aircraft produced. There are several redundant serials in use in different squadrons, but since there are upwards to four generations of livery for the seven units (2OCU, 3/75/76/77/79 Sqn's, ARDU) this is not a big deal. With 70 IIIO paints alone, this represents the most painting for a single model I have done for this project. I have been using Butteworth as my test airfield throughout this project, and it was pretty nice to test aircraft which were actually based there.

The Pakistani project is much more complicated, but I have all base models done/compiled, and all base painting done, just down to serials. There are a total of fourteen different models of Mirage in past or current use by the PAF and they are all slightly physically different (so fourteen base models). Some are just an antenna change here and there, but I am trying to pay attention and not slug out on this last model project for this Mirage series. One model only has one paint, so the number of paints won't be too much more than the number of total models. I will try to post some pictures tonight, but the whole thing won't be ready to go until the weekend at earliest.

The last Kfir package is only painting, it's for the USN/USMC Aggressors, and should take about an afternoon.

Also, last news for now on this thread, the Mirage IV is also nearly finished in single-LOD alpha. Yeah, I know I said that before, but I am adding a little bit of extra goodies which I will share when I'm good and ready, but it will be certainly worth the wait.

[mikeblaze]

Here are the IIID paints

[fishlips]

I don't know how you guy's do it, you work like machines. I love the way you all approach your painting, like it's the easy bit!
Bloodly nice job, a lot of golden oldies that I recall when I was a youngster.
Cheer's,

[sr01]

Just a note to everybody....

I am not disappeared, but I am slowed down significantly for the moment. I suffered a significant line-of-duty injury to my shoulder at the end of March (torn rotator cuff), and am trying to rehab and avoid surgery. As a result, I have been put on a light duty profile at my fire department, which actually forces me to go in to work more days a week; therefore I have had significantly less time to model in the off hours. I'm not quitting by any means, but my usual meteoric pace has been fractioned for the time being. I have a couple of things near completion on several of my threads, so I will be posting more pics and projects as I can manage.

I can say on this thread, that the RAAF Mirages are about 80% done, and I will post some pix by early next week, if not actually the whole package. The Pakistani aircraft are more complicated, since there are so many different models in play.

Mike
Good luck getting back into shape .I'd done a LOT worse than that due to a wild car accident .The key for me was connecting with an excellent physiotherapist . Took me 18 months and 3 surgeries to get back into shape !

[mikeblaze]

Okay, here is the very-nearly-finished Mirage IV, with a little departure from the historical path. I'm not too much into virtual projects (make-believe), and have only done a handful of virtual repaints over the years. However, this qualifies as a might-have-been rather than a what-if, so it's not so far-fetched. The Mirage IVS was a proposed variant with RR Spey engines, and was planned to incorporate some of the technology (avionics and radars) meant for the BAC TSR project. From researching multiple resources, I am arbitrarily designating the two variants IVS and IVK. The IVS has RR Spey engines, the TSR nose (Ferranti terrain-following radar) and trades the big round Thompson radar for the EMI SLAR. The IVK is just the basic IVA French model re-engined with RR Spey engines. I have done five basic paint schemes for the RAF (Anti-flash, camo, camo-wrapped, desert, arctic), and will be using some old squadrons which were equipped with Victors, Vulcans, Canberras, or Buccaneers. Don't worry, the French IVA and IVP will be very well-represented also, they're kind of the centerpiece of this package. Lastly, India and Israel expressed interest in the IVS/IVK project, so expect to see some paints for those air forces as well. All that is left is final flight test and all of the little fix-its I anticipate; and I hope to have this finished and out the door by June or so.

[Firebird]

Oh boy, fantasy AI! I am loving this. I have to add those in.
That will be awesome.