1/32 Revell IAI Kfir

by Angelo M Picardo

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Improvise, adapt, overcome!

The IAI Kfir is a perfect example of this.  The successful combination of American General Electric J-79 jet engines to French Built Mirage III airframes gave the Israelis a potent multi role fighter.  The Heyl Ha'Avir started taking deliveries in 1975 with the C-2 version arriving in 1976.  The US Navy used them as adversary aircraft and a simplified version was sold to number of other countries.

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This is a conversion of the Revell Mirage III using the now unavailable Tac Scale conversion kit.  This set included resin and cast metal parts for the cockpit, nose, canards, undercarriage, exhaust, tail cone and fin intake.  Alot of surgery was required to the original kit to fit the conversion set and the wing 's leading edge was modified to make the dog tooth. The panel lines were all engraved as well.  

Tamiya acrylics were used to mix up the colours and the markings all came out of the spares box, as did the weapons, I do not know if Kfirs carried CBUs but I think they look good on it!

The identification triangles were masked and painted on and the white striping on the wing leading edge was all cut from white decal sheet.

Angelo

Photos and text © by Angelo M Picardo