Dassault Rafale M

Cockpit internals done - photo etch seat belt from my spares collection to make the seat a bit more interesting.
 

I tried various magnet arrangements to get the Apache missiles to be removable, but in the end I was beaten by the wing thickness. They're glued on.
 

I tried various magnet arrangements to get the Apache missiles to be removable, but in the end I was beaten by the wing thickness. They're glued on.
 

I got shot by a peg-launched Apache missile! It had sat in that peg quite happily for about 12 hours, then, as I sat there working (WFH desk is 90 degrees from modelling bench) I suddenly got shot 🙂 

Clamp and peg time 

Missiles! From top to bottom, MBDA Apache, MBDA Magic II, then MICA (EM and IR - EM have the pointy radome, IR the rounded). Bit disappointed that there was only decals for MICA-EM/RF, when there were heads for MICA-IR too; also that all the ordnance stripes were blue (inert / dummy), so I stuck some yellow ones on here and there to liven things up a bit for the pilot, when she gets off the ground. 

Yay, pilot has arrived from Reskit in Ukraine. 

Last look at the missiles before they get attached. 

Missiles loaded up: Working my way out from centre, fuel drop tank, Mica-IR (starboard) and a Mica-EM (port), two more fuel drop tanks and a pair of Apache runway-wreckers, then Magic II on the tips. 

Looks a bit too light grey for me, but the instructions called for "light gull" (H315). The alternative Humbrol 129 would've been darker, but it was too late by that point (e.g., I'd done the canopy, and I wasn't re-doing that). 

I love those air intakes 

 

My sidekick came to inspect at the end...