norbert Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Hi here is our first version of Mirage 2000 pilot, sitting in cockpit, hands on sticks. He is provided without ejection seat. cheers Norbert Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GeneK Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Just beautiful. What is the scale, please? Gene K Quote Link to post Share on other sites
norbert Posted May 8, 2020 Author Share Posted May 8, 2020 12 minutes ago, GeneK said: Just beautiful. What is the scale, please? Gene K pictures shows 1/32 scale, but they are in 1/48 and 1/72 scale too Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChernayaAkula Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Niiiiiice! Gonna need a few of these in 1/72 when the Modelsvit 2000 hits the streets. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JackMan Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 21 hours ago, norbert said: pictures shows 1/32 scale, but they are in 1/48 and 1/72 scale too WooHoo! 1/72 !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GeneK Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 You always make me smile, JackMan. I'm with you. Gene K Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tapchan Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 (edited) Now I am waiting for a Russian modern pilot of same quality. That looks great! Visor down - check, mask on - check, no seat - check! Edited May 10, 2020 by Tapchan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jenshb Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 Excellent! When did the Mirage 2000 crew start wearing the same helmet as the Rafale? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
norbert Posted May 10, 2020 Author Share Posted May 10, 2020 4 hours ago, jenshb said: Excellent! When did the Mirage 2000 crew start wearing the same helmet as the Rafale? The LA-100 helmet started to be distributed to all fighter pilots (french air force and navy) from 2004, knowing the change was not done in 1 day... Cheers Norbert Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JackMan Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 On 5/10/2020 at 4:39 AM, GeneK said: You always make me smile, JackMan. I'm with you. Gene K Thanks, Gene Now, if only we had a decent 1/72 Rafale to go with these pilots. The raised panels and mediocre details of the Revell/Italeri kits as well as the under-sized Hobbyboss kits just don't cut it. If only Revell would pantograph their wonderful 1/48 Rafale M into 1/72 scale. Been aching to do at least a couple of naval Rafales ever since I watched the "Rafale Chillout" series of videos on youtube. Right now, my hope is on Modelsvit. After they're done with the Mirage 2000 series, I hope they do the Rafale series next. I also hope Hasegawa might give it a go. I like their Eurofighter kit. Fine details, simple to put together and not as complex as the Revell one. So I'm hoping Hase might go that route with 1/72 Rafales too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Glynn Jacobs Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Another vote for 1/72nd scale! Beautiful work! I'm also with JackMan on a more accurate Rafale kit (the "M" for me!). Italeri was a prototype with lots of wrong/missing details and Hobby Boss has a kit with nice details (EXCEPT the missing IRST ball clearly shown on the box!) but alas, under-scale. Revell would be a nice choice to get this right. WARDOG Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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