Els Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Hello all, This is my latest addition to my Tiger Meet collection. It is a French Mirage 2000C from the 2007 TM. This is the Eduard 1:48 kit and I had read a few reviews of this kit and I knew that it could be a tough build. Well it sucked.... Look at these gaps. The decals that came with the kit worked great but the instructions were terrible. The instructions don't show the proper angle for the canards and after looking at some pictures mine are a little high. Many parts of the instructions only show a general area for attaching parts. The gear doors are not even close to the correct shape. Then after fighting to get it done I found out that the holes for the drop tanks were to close to the landing gear. This is the first kit in a long time that I really wanted to just give up on and throw away and the quality of my build shows it. I bought some Vallejo 059 French Mirage blue to paint the kit but it was more of a gray than blue. I mixed in some Vallejo 065 Andrea blue but I still think it is to dark. In the end I am glad that I finished it and as long as you stand at least 4 feet away it looks pretty good. Els Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crazy Snap Captain Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Els, I've completed this kit and feel your pain. I think you've done a magnificent job judging by your photos. The markings look awesome. Well done for pulling through with it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jeff Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 I am building this kit at the moment and consider throwing it away.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Just4kiks Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Wow Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Enrywar67 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Very good model!!Colorful ...and well painted and decalled!Bravo!What have you used on the last part of the exhaust?alclad or bare metal sheet??Ciao from Italy! :thumbsup: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Els Posted July 12, 2014 Author Share Posted July 12, 2014 Thanks everyone. Crazy Snap Cap and Jeff, I feel for you. I will never build another one of these. Enrywar67, the end of the exhaust is photo etch that is provided by Eduard in the kit. I am not sure how my pictures ended up being so small. I went and looked at the size of the pictures in Photobucket and they were smaller than what I uploaded. I wonder if they have started auto reducing uploaded images? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Els, Just a fantastic build, with an extraordinary paint and decal scheme. Personally, I would have packed it in, but you succeeded where most of us would have failed. This afternoon I uploaded pictures to my Photobucket account then downloaded them to ARC. They were their usual size. I always resize my pictures before uploading to Photobucket to 1024 X 768. That's the max size they allow before they use their auto compression program. Joel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bashace Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 I have this kit in the stash for a rainy day, you did an awesome job on it Els! V/r Ron Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crazy Snap Captain Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 (edited) I have this kit in the stash for a rainy day... V/r Ron Edited July 13, 2014 by Crazy Snap Captain Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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