Rick K Posted May 10, 2021 Author Share Posted May 10, 2021 Fuselage buttoned up. Lots of putty on the nose cone. Then scribe correct lines. HUD film positioned with Future will look pretty cool when light hits at particular angle. scvrobeson and Derek B 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick K Posted May 10, 2021 Author Share Posted May 10, 2021 Putty, sand, repeat. Putty, sand, repeat. There at more gaps on this kit than a Lauren Hutton/Michael Strahan conference. Windscreen secured and final masking of cockpit. Gunze Mr. Finishing Surfacer 1500 overall primer. Seams and problem areas hit with Gunze Mr. Surfacer 500. Alex, LSP_K2, scvrobeson and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 Gaps or not, it looks pretty in the all-black primer! Rick K 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick K Posted May 11, 2021 Author Share Posted May 11, 2021 (edited) Radar nose cone painted Gunze 307 Dark Ghost Grey after paint cure is masked. Camouflage is French Air Force scheme, Light Grey and Med Blue Grey. Starting off with Gunze 308 Light Ghost Grey I marbled the upper disruptive pattern then... give the undersides full coverage. Marbling done I blend with ez passes of well thinned Gunze 308. The Medium Blue Grey is a recommended brew by Icarus. I used Gunze 72 Intermediate Blue and 337 Medium Grey mixed at 2:1. Thinned 1:1 with MLT. Edited May 11, 2021 by Rick K jgrease, scvrobeson and Derek B 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek B Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 On 5/11/2021 at 2:49 AM, Rick K said: The Medium Blue Grey is a recommended brew by Icarus. I used Gunze 72 Intermediate Blue and 337 Medium Grey mixed at 2:1. Thinned 1:1 with MLT. Awesome! Derek Rick K 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick K Posted May 12, 2021 Author Share Posted May 12, 2021 (edited) Blue Brew applied. Marbled and blended. Intakes added. And....what for it...Putty, Sand, Repeat. Putty, Sand, Repeat... Touch ups completed a little gloss overall. On to the next step. Edited May 12, 2021 by Rick K Fanes, jenshb, Derek B and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Nice work on that paint! The marbled undercoat is really working well for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick K Posted May 16, 2021 Author Share Posted May 16, 2021 (edited) Decals applied. I got this kit at our local club meeting with no decals. Using Icarus decals was a joy, such high quality. Then I snagged a set of stencil decals from Berna. For the most the Berna decals were useless as they were out of register. The wing walk decals were pieced together from a set of 1:72 FW190 stencils. Not red stencils I settled for black. Meh, close enough. Then some work on the refuling probe. The kit probe tip is hideous anad was replace with MasterModel NATO Probe 72-018. Yeah, it's friggin' tiny, nice detail though. Arm was painted MRP WWI Night Camo Black and tip MRP NATO Black with Alclad 101 Alumninum. A pain to mask. Happy with results. Panel line wash and... a few overall passes of heavily thinned black/brown brew with some attention to the exhaust areas followed by Tamiya Flat Clear to seal. Cockpit masks removed. While the varnish cures on to the ResKit exhaust nozzle. This is truly a gem. The detail is exceptional and delicate. After tedious cutting and sanding the pour stubs are removed. . Edited May 16, 2021 by Rick K LSP_K2, scvrobeson, Fanes and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 Excellent update RIck! It looks really good! Matt Rick K 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick K Posted May 17, 2021 Author Share Posted May 17, 2021 Reference photo give me some great detail of the exhaust. Now the challenge is to duplicate. Or at least come close. Test fit yields an oversized look. Had I secured the ResKit upgrade earlier in this build I'd make the adjustments. This is what happends when yopu get a resin upgrade after the kit is 90% complete. Pardon the dust... Overall Alclad 101 Alumnimum then a wash of Tamiya Clear Blue followed with Tamiya Clear Orange. A wash of thinned black/brown blends everything down. scvrobeson, Derek B and LSP_K2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick K Posted May 17, 2021 Author Share Posted May 17, 2021 (edited) Somehow a set of Mirage 2000 ResKit wheel set wound up on my bench. Like the exhaust, these are finely detailed little gems. Primed up and ready for some paint. Landing gear and external fuel tank installed. Wheels and hubs painted (lost images, my bad) and installed. Launch rail for the IRIS-T missiles also installed. Exocet and IRIS-T loadout starboard side complete. Edited May 18, 2021 by Rick K Derek B, LSP_K2, alain11 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 Looks great. Yes, we all know how it goes when a piece of AM just somehow appears on your bench by magic. Happens to everyone, just have to put it to use. Matt Rick K and LSP_K2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick K Posted May 19, 2021 Author Share Posted May 19, 2021 On 5/9/2021 at 3:56 PM, Derek B said: Love your work Rick! Looking forward to completing mine once I complete a master pattern and a model build for a friend, so your work is inspiring me. Like you, I also want to make the HAF fleet in 1/72 scale, but other scales also. I have the same decals and for reference, I use internet images and ioannis Lakkas' 'Mirage 2000 under the skin' book, which is very good. As the Airfix M2000 is very basic and only represents the prototype version, I more or less had to resort to scratch building the cockpit on mine. This is as far as I got up to now: Derek That's some nice scratch work. Mine is basically OOB with exception of a few PE details and AM ordnance, wheels. Derek B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick K Posted May 19, 2021 Author Share Posted May 19, 2021 On 5/10/2021 at 5:50 PM, Thunnus said: Gaps or not, it looks pretty in the all-black primer! Cheers John! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick K Posted May 19, 2021 Author Share Posted May 19, 2021 On 5/12/2021 at 3:50 AM, Derek B said: Awesome! Derek It's a beautiful day. Derek B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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