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Mirage 2000-01 ESCI 1/48 - finished!


exdraken

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  • 3 weeks later...

decals are on!

the old ESCI kit decals did not disintegrate, and behaved rather ok!

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the ejection seat warning triangles need a white background, or you source others....

 

 

thanks for watching!

 

Werner

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  • exdraken changed the title to Mirage 2000-01 ESCI 1/48 - decals

I will prepare pylons and missiles.....

Matra Super 530F

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at least length-wise they seem ok. in real life the should be 3500mm long :)

 

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blue or red?

 

which Magic missile would you recommend for an inert show round?

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a bit on the slow side lately,

 

but I found a pair of suitable Matra Magic II missiles

 

this is form an old FM set for upgrading the Mirage F1... :)  of course the Eduard Brassin missiles have long surpassed these molds :)

shape-wise they are rather ok though!

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but those here are probably more suitable for conversion to the red inert ones, sometimes seen on the M2k prototypes

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that is how a FM missile looks assembled:

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for sure state of the art 20 years ago, a bit crude and irregular fins especially for 2021 ;)

nevertheless, they look ok proportionally, something that cannot be said for many Magic missiles out there! (Eduard Brassin and Reskit come to my mind :thumbsup: ..)

 

she is on her feet finally!

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got her long Master pitot

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nozzle fits, that is good! but still needs some more painting :)

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pylons mounted

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missile resting test-wise

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not too much action here in this thread unfortuantely, but I neverthess post an update. (final?)

 

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small things to do, some pitos to mount, re-attach the second Magic.... etc

but had to take her out in this splendid Autumn light!

 

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  • exdraken changed the title to Mirage 2000-01 ESCI 1/48 - armed

weather -wise not that nice today, but still, I think she is finished!

 

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salut, 

Maybe I manage another set of photos until the gallery entry is due ;)

 

 

was great fun,... lets see if more is possible for me in this GB!

 

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  • exdraken changed the title to Mirage 2000-01 ESCI 1/48 - finished!
9 hours ago, alt-92 said:

Funny how that long tail makes the 2000 look more graceful than the more muscled appearance of the production variants :)

 

 

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unfortnuately a totally different color scheme... so hard to compare..... but at least the same ESCI base kit 

not sure which one is more stylish;) 

 

but the series M2k definitely took my by storm many years ago already!

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