Revell 1/144 - Dassault Rafale M - Completed

The recently finished fantastic little kit from Revell of Germany Dassault Rafale M, the Navy variant.
Really excellent little, which you can tell see in photos the great panel lines and screw marks which come out really nice after a wash.

One thing i should replace it the front landing gear, after assembly i realised how chunky that is, will have to replace next time if ever build this kit again, two-seater variant please Revell.

Built straight out of the box, no scratch building and painted using Vallejo Air Light Gray.





Decided to do a 3 fuel tank version, can also model a one fuel tank with 2 extra weapons on the wings.




Really fine lines on the missiles which means you can get some water down paint to run into nicely.
Reckon that no missile would have its name on but the decal was available and i liked the idea on a little magic added.





The next builds im going to start doing in two's hurrah, by two hurrah.
Ian

Revell 1/144 - Dassault Rafale M - WIP 2 - Painted and decaled.

Got this little bird all decaled yesterday, after it was airbrushed during the week. Looking forward to getting the wash on this to bring out all the lovey detail. Working on the landing gear and weapons right now.

Ian

Revell 1/144 - Dassault Rafale M - WIP 1 - All built and ready for paint.

So i built this fantastic little kit in no time, seriously this is one top quality kit. Now that ive built it straight out of the box i'm thinking of getting a few more adding a little scratch detail and making a dio.

Check out the detail and the perfect fit! Wonderful kit!

Great little cockpit, painted black then dry brushed. Next time i build will add some more detail and a pilot maybe.



Ian
Reckon this one will be completed in record time.

[Kit Review] - Revell 1/144 - Dassault Rafale M -

The next build, bought after seeing Wiseman_lego's nice looking build on flickr. A very sleek looking French fighter jet developed after droping out of the Eurofighter program. One of the best revell kits available and with no any aftermarket decals available that i can find.

Great amount of detail, the panels and all the screw holes are looking good for the wash.

Looks like the kit could become a two-seater with the single seater sprue being separate but this is an 10 years old release so i don't see that happening  any time soon. But there is the aftermarket, Senworks the only one to do a resin upgrade duel-seater for this with Retrowings meant to be  coming in the future.



Should get this built in no time.
Ian