1/48 Eduard Mirage III (Shahak)

Gallery Article by Petit James on July 19 2011

 

Story Israeli Air Force 
A day during the Six Day War for the 117 Squadron in 1967.  I can finally show my diorama on the Six Day War with two Shahaks.  The kit I used is the 1/48 kit from Eduard.

The first Shahak 745 of Yehuda Koren with the kill markings for two Iraqi and one Lebanese aircraft.  

The next Shahak 29 of Ezra Dotan represents a stage of service with the generator in resin for Mirage III.  

For the painting I used Alclad II polished aluminium. 

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Regarding the triporteur vespa used by the Mirage mechanic in my diorama, I saw in an Osprey book on the A-4 in Israel in 1970, a picture with the triporteur vespa, it’s original and very nice.  A cart for bombs on the left side is from Skunk Models Workshop.  All the other airfield equipment items are from Verlinden.

I am the first man IAF fan, for the Six Day War and the Yom Kippur War because for me the Israeli pilots are the best pilots in the world.  I had to accomplish it because the pilots of Shahaks and the others in 1967 wrote an important chapter in IAF history. 
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Photos and text © by Petit James