Dave Williams Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 The sprues and instructions are up at Hobby Search. Like most KH instructions, you need to pull the color markings pages out since they are printed double sided and cover two pages, so the adjacent pages usually don’t match up. https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10658602 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericg Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 (edited) What if it wasn’t an issue of quality control, but a conspiracy amongst some manufacturers to deliberately send kits out with issues so that modellers had to fix things themselves, thereby raising the overall skill level of the modelling community? Edited January 11, 2020 by ericg Daniel Leduc, themongoose, thierry laurent and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Beck Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 announced release February Lothar, Royboy, Marcel111 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lothar Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Yessssss, most likely I will not build it, but MUST have it just to have it Strange attitude - I know. Lothar Kagemusha, Derek B and Rick Griewski 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Possible 2000B box art? I've merged the two threads and edited the title to encompass all the Kitty Hawk Mirage 2000 kit releases. LSP_K2, Out2gtcha and Tony T 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgrease Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 A question and then a couple photos. My question is how much weight do I need to put in the nose for this confirmed tail-sitter? I haven’t installed the main gear legs yet so that I can paint. Someone on FB claimed 45g, and that’s a lot of weight for the rather fragile nose gear leg. Anyone have an idea? And for photos - I’ve installed the instrument panel coaming and the pilot is also seated after being painted. rafju, Out2gtcha and Marcel111 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Unless the 45g is way overkill, the weight will not sit on the nose gear, but on the main gear as it is supposed to offset the weight in the rear of the aircraft. So if 45g is needed to just slightly make it a nose sitter, you can estimate around 85g - 90g on the main gear and around 5g on the nose gear. jgrease, Christoffer Lindelav and LSP_K2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgrease Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 A couple of observations as I move along with this kit: -so many parts for variants but no instructions on when to use them -decals are great for any of the French jets, but I’m guessing the Greeks, Brazilians and Taiwanese don’t use French stencils after they get the planes... -the gear legs are as spindly as they can be! I’m definitely going to be epoxying the main gear legs in as the locating tabs do not help to steady or even place them properly. -nose weight is definitely going to be an issue which I’ve asked about here, but there’s no way the nose gear in the kit is supporting that much additional weight. In any event, lots of lessons learned here. I’m bound to do a -D when they are available, but I’ll wait for sturdier gear legs and more marking choices. Here’s a couple of photos of my progress: Overall jet before primer: Closeup of the IFR probe. I drilled a hole and inserted some plastic rod to reinforce the crappy butt joint that KH designers opted for. I’m convinced the designers have never built a model of anything: And finally after a coat of Stynlrez primer: Looking forward to paint at this point. John rafju, GusM, LSP_Ray and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Regardless of any issues you've had John it looks terrific! Looks like the kit could benefit from the G-Factor treatment. jgrease 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 2 hours ago, Out2gtcha said: Regardless of any issues you've had John it looks terrific! Looks like the kit could benefit from the G-Factor treatment. +1! jgrease 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenshb Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 5 hours ago, Out2gtcha said: Regardless of any issues you've had John it looks terrific! Looks like the kit could benefit from the G-Factor treatment. Or put it on a stick and build it in flight:) With the separate control surfaces and slats, it could provide quite a dynamic display. That's what I'm planning to do... jgrease and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokey Pete Posted January 29, 2020 Author Share Posted January 29, 2020 5 minutes ago, jenshb said: Or put it on a stick and build it in flight:) With the separate control surfaces and slats, it could provide quite a dynamic display. That's what I'm planning to do... +1 I think mine will be on a stick too. The lines of the jet are just too pretty to ruin with ugly undercarriage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collin Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Gear up for sure here, 2000-series looks best in-flight. Cheers Collin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel111 Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Looks beautiful! Can^t wait to see this kit for real! jgrease 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgrease Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, jenshb said: Or put it on a stick and build it in flight:) With the separate control surfaces and slats, it could provide quite a dynamic display. That's what I'm planning to do... If you're doing this plane gear up then be prepared to do a bit of work to close those gear doors up. The nose gear door needed shimming and putty, and the two main gear doors I closed up needed a bead of putty and some attention to level out. 8 hours ago, Out2gtcha said: Regardless of any issues you've had John it looks terrific! Looks like the kit could benefit from the G-Factor treatment. Thanks very much Brian! I feel like any KH kit takes two kits to build - one to learn all the issues and one to build correctly. John Edited January 29, 2020 by jgrease Marcel111, Rick Griewski and Out2gtcha 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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