[Modelsvit] Mirage 2000D 1/72 WIP
The kit
First job, paint as many pieces as possible on the sprues
Placing parts in the cockpit
bonding of the two fuselage halves
The ejection seats
I'm making the two kits I received
Gluing the walls of the landing gear boxes
I refined the edge of these parts so that it does not touch the fuselage
No interference!
For gluing the wings, my method is to start by gluing the extrados...
Then the lower surface on the fuselage on the nose side and the engine side
Then I glue the intrados to the extrados
and here is the joint line between the fuselage and the upper surface is correct
Installation of air inlet mice
and finally air inlets
Gluing the antennas, fins and control surfaces, and drilling holes for the different probes which will be glued later.
Apply putty where it is needed
Testing paint mixes
green = Gunze H 65 + H420
Blue gray = Gunze H42 + H331
green = Gunze H 65 + H420
Blue gray = Gunze H42 + H331
Color comparison with two Heller Mirages made a few years ago
Preparation of the canopies with masks and Maskol Humbrol
Base paint, green and blue gray
Painting almost finished, radome ok, nozzle ok!
The AMX is big or the M2000 is small?
Décals ok !
Decals OK for the second
I applied the varnish (glossy alcad)
the landing gears and gear doors are installed
the tanks are those from Syhart, very good material
the tank from Syhart, and that from Modelsvit
the gray SCALP missile is that of Modelsvit, the lighter one comes from the box of the Hasegawa eurofighter
I tinkered with the pylon to add the MDD (Missile Departure Detector), it will be an illusion!
Painting of all the carriages, still a few points to finish and it will be good... just missing the missile 🙂
And here we are, we are getting closer to the weathering phase
collages of underwing loads
collages of underwing loads
Satin varnish past
Satin varnish past
While waiting for the resin seats to arrive, I glued all the antennas, probes and installed the armament.
Almost the end!
The main landing gear lights are missing.
The main landing gear lights are missing.
The end !
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5 October 2024, 06:36 -
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WIP of the build