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Construction
I like to detail my cockpits, even in my tiny 1/72nd scale models. I therefore used a Neomega resin cockpit tub (designed for a RAF GR1). The Neomaga seat was left in the spare parts box and replaced by an Aeroclub MB Mk4 seat. Cockpit was painted very dark grey (nearly black) with some grey/red/white details. Instruments panel comes from and Eduard fret. Seat frame is painted black, seat cushions are leather brown, or khaki green. Belts are an assortment of medium blue, grey, olive green. Overhead ejection ring is added and painted black and yellow. 

Fuselage then is cemented. I had a resin wing with lowered flaps but I found the resin had shrinked. It would have been a long job filling the gaps. I therefore used the Hasegawa wing instead, cutting and filing flaps and slats off. Wing was cemented in position. 

Then it is time to detail landing gears, mostly adding brake lines from thin copper wire and adding some links. I got rid of Hasegawa airbrakes and prepared the Eduard replacing parts. As they should fit around a curved part of the fuselage I heated them over a flame until they become white hot. I then let them cool down and shape them on fuselage. The heat treatment makes metal far more conformable. Antennas are cemented in place according to documentation. Some come from the Eduard metal sheet, some are plasticard. As my resin flaps also had shrinked I had to enlarge them using plasticard bits. 

Painting
As I stated I wanted to build a grey/green french Jaguar. Question was which paint should I use from the Gunze range. I found the FS36118/ FS34079 combination was a good match for my Jaguar. I more recently saw a Mirage V F painted with FS36118/RLM83 also from the Gunze Sangyo range and it also was a very convincing result. Small details were added and a little of life was incorporated with the addition of a photo etched ladder.

Eric Bade