Derek B Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 Hi Nick - nice work I understand about your modelling 'allowance'...I also suffer similar constraints! lol There are indeed many good images available on the internet (thankfully). For the Mirage blue colour on my (1/72) kit, I am using Humbrol 144 intermediate Blue enamel, as it is close to the faded Mirage blue colour (looks more blue in some lighting, but more grey in others - perfect for my needs). Cheers Derek Cheetah11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alain11 Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 Hi Nick looks good to me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ...A lot of things have been said about the Mi 2000 colors , and everyone has his own idea, but in the end , it's a matter of taste , and how your eye perceives colors ( doesn't it ,) .... too light ?? bluer ??? or .... blue / grey ??? .. Do you want another point of view ???? ...Happy modelllling Alain if we consider that French , and Greek Mi 2000 has the same colors https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.liakis.com%2Fgreekmiragecolors.php&psig=AOvVaw1LydQk7OTO_HJ2tfy9Yflm&ust=1611246202441000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CM0BEK-JA2oXChMI0O6x_vWq7gIVAAAAAB0AAAAAEAk Derek B and Cheetah11 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeroen_R90S Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 Hard to believe this model had it's nose shortened so much -looking great so far! Derek B and Cheetah11 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheetah11 Posted January 22, 2021 Author Share Posted January 22, 2021 Thanks for all the compliments and interest gents. Just a small update. The Xtra Color did not work for me . There seem to be a bit of green in the shade so I had to mix my own version. This is a representative picture I went with. This color seem to change with every photo. A small setback. The light Grey on the fuselage did not dry completely and remains tacky. Strangely this is only on the spine of the model. It is better today but I will give it a day or two before painting the rest of the fuselage and wings with the Blue-Grey. I airbrushed the front section of the fuselage to get a feel for the color on the model. Cheers Nick Starfighter, jgrease, Landrotten Highlander and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red Dog Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 looking Good Nick. The colour of these Mirage are always a challenge When I do my C, I will probably try the greek MRP references: Celomer 356 & 357 They are referenced as Greek, but since greek use the french colours, I rather think MRP should have named them french Celomer is a french reference standards anyway scvrobeson, Derek B, Cheetah11 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Matt Foley Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 It is impossible to really make a color selection premised on print media or on the web. The best way is to get the actual color chip and then (some may disagree) "scale it" to 1/32 etc. Red Dog is onto the right colors I bet...I also have the MRP colors on hand and will use those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheetah11 Posted January 23, 2021 Author Share Posted January 23, 2021 The Mirage 2000C I am modeling is one at Dijon at around 1988. Fortunately I have the book Superbase 19 Dijon by John Blackman which details the Mirages on the base at around the time . The cammo pattern at the time was sprayed on and small variation can be seen between aircraft. There is also a fairly large feather between the colors. The only way to model this realistically is to airbrush freehand, hopefully depicting the real painting process in miniature. So time to clean my Iwata HP-B with a .2mm needle and start to spray. Main colors on. Quite a few touch ups still to to. Cheers Nick Madmax, Marcel111, Rockie Yarwood and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Matt Foley Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Looks great Nick. Cheetah11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheetah11 Posted January 25, 2021 Author Share Posted January 25, 2021 A bit of cutter magic. I used almost half a bottle of softener on the walkways of the Italeri Mirage III ( and those are Cartograf decals) so this time I decided to see if the Silhouette cutter can cut them. I also post shaded the model a tiny bit. If you need the file just PM me. Nick Rockie Yarwood, scvrobeson, Derek B and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 2 hours ago, Cheetah11 said: If you need the file just PM me. Nick, you could always upload it to Scale Model Paint Masks! Kev Rockie Yarwood, Derek B and Fanes 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alain11 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Nick , the blue / grey color ,and the walkways are perfect !!!!!!!!! Alain Cheetah11 and Derek B 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokey Pete Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 That does it, I’m gonna have to invest in a mask cutter now. There’s no way I could unsee those painted on walkway markings and use decals Cheetah11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheetah11 Posted January 28, 2021 Author Share Posted January 28, 2021 On 1/25/2021 at 2:15 PM, LSP_Kevin said: Nick, you could always upload it to Scale Model Paint Masks! Kev Done Kev USMC Herc, LSP_Kevin and Derek B 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 17 minutes ago, Cheetah11 said: Done Kev Awesome! Always glad to see new content go up there. I'm trying to create what amounts to an online library of paint mask resources, so the more the better! Kev Cheetah11 and Derek B 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheetah11 Posted February 5, 2021 Author Share Posted February 5, 2021 (edited) I started to add decals to the model. Alain kindly sent me the options on the Berna Decals that he is not using. This enabled me to do a cold war jet of around 1988 at Dijon. The Super Base book on Dijon has a few good photos of the time period. Before digital cameras the amount of reference photos of the Mirage 2000 is a little scarce and the book fortunately provide ample reference. Thanks again Alain Some more work for the Silhouette. Some of the decals from the kit have a lot of carrier film, in particular the hoist attachment circles. These are also very poorly defined on the instructions . I used the front page of the ' Mirage 2000 under the skin' to position them. Once I realized what they were for it was easy to position as the hoist points are nicely engraved on the wing. Masked and painted And done Cheers Nick Edited February 5, 2021 by Cheetah11 scvrobeson, Out2gtcha, Madmax and 17 others 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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