Mirage 2000C Braz. Air Force - 1/72 - Revell
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2015 7:22 pm
Howdy Guys!
My first work here at ISM and since it´s one of the three I have on the bench now, would like to share with you.
A little bit of Contemporary History:
Brazilian Air Force has issued a bid for renewing the fighter vectors, presently based on the good & old F5-E Tiger, which even with her life extended for almost a decade on her F5-EM version, ('E' version Modernized), is expected to last till max 2018-2020. The project named "FX-BR".
However, since the bidding dragged for years and the supersonic Mirage IIIEBR were already coming to the end of their useful life, in 2005 Brazilian Goverment bought 10 Mirage 2000C (monoplace) + 2 Mirage 2000D (biplace) all ex-French Air Force to equip the 1st Air Defense Group (nicknamed "JAGUARS") to fill the gap (hopefully) untill the end of the bidding process. Latter, the bidding dragged for so many years due bureacracy and political issues, that the Mirage 2000's were already retired in 2013! But this is another story...
Here are some pics of the Mirage 2000C with Brazilian colors:
This is the art box of the kit, showing a French Tigermeet Version:
The sprues:
Canopy and windshield:
FCM Decals, allowing to built Brazilian and Peruvian versions :
Painting Masks for the Braz Air Force Star:
Photo etched parts from Eduard: (first time I´ll use it):
Jumpstart:
Seat:
Panel:
Tub:
Some lad added with silicon based glue for not sitting on her tail:
Fuselage ok:
Wings ok:
Canopy & windshield masked:
Exhaust tube fixed:
Masking after some flat black paint:
Then, some ALCLAD for burnt metal effect:
Masks off:
Some silver dry brush inside:
and some black on the tires and flight refueling probe:
White on the tailfin:
and on missiles:
R-530
R-550
Air intakes showing that some fillin' and sanding needed:
As well as on the wingroots:
That´s all for the moment. Will try to advance a little during the weekend.
Cheers!
My first work here at ISM and since it´s one of the three I have on the bench now, would like to share with you.
A little bit of Contemporary History:
Brazilian Air Force has issued a bid for renewing the fighter vectors, presently based on the good & old F5-E Tiger, which even with her life extended for almost a decade on her F5-EM version, ('E' version Modernized), is expected to last till max 2018-2020. The project named "FX-BR".
However, since the bidding dragged for years and the supersonic Mirage IIIEBR were already coming to the end of their useful life, in 2005 Brazilian Goverment bought 10 Mirage 2000C (monoplace) + 2 Mirage 2000D (biplace) all ex-French Air Force to equip the 1st Air Defense Group (nicknamed "JAGUARS") to fill the gap (hopefully) untill the end of the bidding process. Latter, the bidding dragged for so many years due bureacracy and political issues, that the Mirage 2000's were already retired in 2013! But this is another story...
Here are some pics of the Mirage 2000C with Brazilian colors:
This is the art box of the kit, showing a French Tigermeet Version:
The sprues:
Canopy and windshield:
FCM Decals, allowing to built Brazilian and Peruvian versions :
Painting Masks for the Braz Air Force Star:
Photo etched parts from Eduard: (first time I´ll use it):
Jumpstart:
Seat:
Panel:
Tub:
Some lad added with silicon based glue for not sitting on her tail:
Fuselage ok:
Wings ok:
Canopy & windshield masked:
Exhaust tube fixed:
Masking after some flat black paint:
Then, some ALCLAD for burnt metal effect:
Masks off:
Some silver dry brush inside:
and some black on the tires and flight refueling probe:
White on the tailfin:
and on missiles:
R-530
R-550
Air intakes showing that some fillin' and sanding needed:
As well as on the wingroots:
That´s all for the moment. Will try to advance a little during the weekend.
Cheers!
really nice camo