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Italeri Mirage 2000D 1/48


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This is Italeri Mirage 2000D. Its a Kinetic kit in Italeri box.

I have used the following aftermarket to detail this model

  1. Aires 4577 - 2 Martin Baker Ejections Seats for Mirage 2000D
  2. Some bits of Eduard 48693 - Mirage 2000D Exterior
  3. Aires 4553 Exhaust Nozzle
  4. Olimp ORA48-01 Mirage 2000D Detail Set
  5. 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.

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  • 3 weeks later...

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

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