spyrosjzmichos Posted July 18 Author Share Posted July 18 21 hours ago, MARU5137 said: Exceptional workmanship. Your Mirage is taking shape nicely. What an elegant and aesthetically pleasing aircraft to the eye. 15 hours ago, themongoose said: Oh that looks so pretty! I think cleaning up the lines and making it look like it’s doing mach2 is perfect for the Mirage - Nice show! Thank you guys! The French certainly know how to make sexy looking jets! I'm not a huge fan of depicting aircraft in flight usually preferring to have them wheels down with RBF tags. MARU5137 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 Great work, such a fine looking aircraft. spyrosjzmichos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyrosjzmichos Posted July 30 Author Share Posted July 30 15 hours ago, Kagemusha said: Great work, such a fine looking aircraft. Thanks Andy! The Mirage 2000 is indeed an elegant aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyrosjzmichos Posted August 29 Author Share Posted August 29 Hello everyone! Next big update on the Mirage 2000 with basic camo and initial weathering done. I used reference photos of the #217 as my main inspiration although I'll be adding a bit more weathering based on other reference photos. The main camouflage was done with MRP paints (MRP-356 and MRP-357) while the nose cone and smaller details with Vallejo acrylics. I used the black basing technique, with the overall model being initially primed in black, followed with patches of the main colours using splatter patterns and then light layers of the main colours again. I also used lighter versions of each colour to spray a few random panels. As a final touch, I tried to recreate various areas of paint retouching with darker versions of the main colours by adding just a drop of black. I also applied the black basing technique on the central fuel tank, using white and dark aluminum from Alclad. While the exhaust is a nice piece of moulding, unfortunately it came with a crack... I will see if I can hide that under the tail protrusion of try to get a replacement... Brett M, johncrow, Starfighter and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyrosjzmichos Posted August 29 Author Share Posted August 29 A few more detail shots Fanes, Alain Gadbois, LSP_Kevin and 23 others 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 very nice paintjob! MARU5137 and spyrosjzmichos 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockie Yarwood Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 Looking great! spyrosjzmichos and MARU5137 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyrosjzmichos Posted August 29 Author Share Posted August 29 7 hours ago, blackbetty said: very nice paintjob! 3 hours ago, Rockie Yarwood said: Looking great! Many thanks guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaxos345 Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 Bravo Spyros John spyrosjzmichos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geedubelyer Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 Looking fab Love these dirty jets spyrosjzmichos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett M Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 Love the paintwork, excellent! spyrosjzmichos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 Indeed, great shadow work! spyrosjzmichos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyrosjzmichos Posted August 30 Author Share Posted August 30 10 hours ago, zaxos345 said: Bravo Spyros John Thank you John! 9 hours ago, geedubelyer said: Looking fab Love these dirty jets Many thanks! The Greek Air Force does have a talent in creating dirty jets! 4 hours ago, Brett M said: Love the paintwork, excellent! Thank you so much Brett! 3 hours ago, Out2gtcha said: Indeed, great shadow work! Thank you Brian! MARU5137 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanes Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 How did I miss this beautiful and dirty Mirage? Fantastic work - will use that as reference for my small scale one. spyrosjzmichos and MARU5137 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeroen_R90S Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 That looks awesome! If I may offer a point, the windscreen does not seem to fit as flush as on the photo's of the real one, but probably to late to fix now? spyrosjzmichos and MARU5137 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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