[Modelsvit] Mirage 2000D 1/72 WIP
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The kit
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First job, paint as many pieces as possible on the sprues
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Placing parts in the cockpit
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bonding of the two fuselage halves
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The ejection seats
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I'm making the two kits I received
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Gluing the walls of the landing gear boxes
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I refined the edge of these parts so that it does not touch the fuselage
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No interference!
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For gluing the wings, my method is to start by gluing the extrados...
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Then the lower surface on the fuselage on the nose side and the engine side
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Then I glue the intrados to the extrados
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and here is the joint line between the fuselage and the upper surface is correct
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Installation of air inlet mice
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and finally air inlets
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Gluing the antennas, fins and control surfaces, and drilling holes for the different probes which will be glued later.
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Apply putty where it is needed
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Testing paint mixes
green = Gunze H 65 + H420
Blue gray = Gunze H42 + H331
green = Gunze H 65 + H420
Blue gray = Gunze H42 + H331
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Color comparison with two Heller Mirages made a few years ago
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Preparation of the canopies with masks and Maskol Humbrol
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Base paint, green and blue gray
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Painting almost finished, radome ok, nozzle ok!
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The AMX is big or the M2000 is small?
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Décals ok !
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Decals OK for the second
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I applied the varnish (glossy alcad)
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the landing gears and gear doors are installed
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the tanks are those from Syhart, very good material
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the tank from Syhart, and that from Modelsvit
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the gray SCALP missile is that of Modelsvit, the lighter one comes from the box of the Hasegawa eurofighter
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I tinkered with the pylon to add the MDD (Missile Departure Detector), it will be an illusion!
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Painting of all the carriages, still a few points to finish and it will be good... just missing the missile 🙂
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And here we are, we are getting closer to the weathering phase
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collages of underwing loads
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collages of underwing loads
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Satin varnish past
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Satin varnish past
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While waiting for the resin seats to arrive, I glued all the antennas, probes and installed the armament.
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Almost the end!
The main landing gear lights are missing.
The main landing gear lights are missing.
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The end !
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Comments
43 31 December 2023, 08:47
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Salut Pierre
C'est la meilleure que j'ai trouvée, elle évite de flinguer la gravure du karman
3 February, 11:30
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Excellent tonal and sun bleaching effect on the camouflage. Very well done!
12 February, 04:31
Album info
WIP of the build