ratmigs Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 (edited) Hi everyone. Haven't posted here in a while, so here you go - I just built a 1/72 Heller Mirage 2000 twin seater and finished it in the colors of an Indian Air Force bird commemorate the 20th anniversary of the limited, but well-publicized Kargil war with Pakistan. The Mirage played a key role in turning the tide in India's favor with several sorties including some dropping LGBs at extreme altitudes. The war clearly cemented IAF's love affair with the aircraft and it has since then been it's go-to jet for tough jobs. I picked an unusual color scheme for an Indian Mirage, a two tone camo reminiscent of the older Mirage variants flown by rival Pakistan and strikingly similar to French 2000Ns. I believe this camo was worn by the two seater serialed KT201 temporarily for few years starting in the late nineties along with an equally interesting single seater painted in an even more uncommon desert scheme. This aircraft wears an unusual (for IAF) nose art depicting a Northrop BQM-74 Chukar (aka Chakor in India) drone kill. The build is mostly OOB except the following mods - I cut the canopy open, inserted a clear plastic partition between both cockpits, slightly detailed the seats, added PE frets for cockpit from spares, managed to salvage 1300L drop tanks from the spares bin with styrene fins, built a Paveway LGB with a PWII (from an AMK Kfir) + 1000lb bomb + fins from FAB-500, cut open the elevons for droop, added a homemade pitot tube with toothpick and Dremel, fashioned a Remora EW pod with heated sprue. Overall, not my cleanest build with poor fit, terrible decals and raised lines, but throughly enjoyed putting it together. Hope you all like it! fullsizeoutput_7b fullsizeoutput_7a fullsizeoutput_76 fullsizeoutput_74 Edited April 16, 2019 by ratmigs 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoftScience Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Looks a million times better than mine. I like it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomthounaojam Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Bro Very nice and really like it, Jai Hind 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Cool jet didn't realise that they had them in service 👏 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc72 Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Nice job! You don't see Mirage 2000s here very often. I hope somebody will issue an up-to-date kit some day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 A nice Indian build and in a scheme that isn't grey! ;). The aircraft from the late 20th century period had such intersting schemes. Additionally the various skirmishes alng the border has produced more schemes that are invetive, colourful and intriguing. I'd not seen this particular one before. Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Very nice Deux Milles. Looks good in the Indian scheme with all the updates/add-ons you have made - great result 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Very nice. The Mirage 2000 is one of those aircraft which looks really good as a two-seater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Excellent work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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