stalal Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 This is Italeri Mirage 2000D. Its a Kinetic kit in Italeri box. I have used the following aftermarket to detail this model Aires 4577 - 2 Martin Baker Ejections Seats for Mirage 2000D Some bits of Eduard 48693 - Mirage 2000D Exterior Aires 4553 Exhaust Nozzle Olimp ORA48-01 Mirage 2000D Detail Set Wolfpack 48-150 cockpit detail set There is no need for aftermarket at least for the decals as the kit comes with fantastic decal sheet. References on these links were very helpful during the build http://florent1973.free.fr/FrenchAirWings/francais/aviation/aviation_index.htm http://www.primeportal.net/hangar/luc_colin2/mirage_2000d_walk.htm Overall it was a nice kit to build and en enjoyable experience. But there were some glaring mistakes like the exhaust, cockpit, fuel tanks & nose radome length. I used Olimp set to get fuel tanks with correct shape and PDL-CT/S pod. Aires seats were far superior to what was in the Wolfpack set. Its too bad sides of the seats had to be sanded down to fit. In any case, that detail would not have been visible. I have used Gunze H series paints and used the mix of following shades to get the colors that matched references Dark Grey : H331 H042 H057 H305 Dark Green : H309 H330 H73 Overall an enjoyable build. Still need to improve on photography. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
falcon20driver Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 What a beautiful looking build! The bang seats look amazing, and how did you accomplish the weathering on the drop tanks? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
a4s4eva Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Nice work Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stalal Posted February 6, 2015 Author Share Posted February 6, 2015 Some more detailed pictures with better quality. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crazy Snap Captain Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Nice job! Beautiful build mate! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sentry30 Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Nice 2000! Remembers me on my time in Kandahar, were these flew in this configuration. Still need to improve on photography. Take it outside in sunlight and you'll be amazed on how real the colors look! Thanks for sharing! Daniel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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