crobinsonh Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 (edited) It has been a long time since I did any modelling after caring for my father with my family for the best part of 18 months. I bought both the Mirage 2000C and the 2000D as I have always had a soft spot for Mirages. Along the way I have collected a fair bit of AM. Most importantly at this stage the amazing Mirage crew from Reedoak, the ejector seats from Eric Jolly and the Quinta Studios 3D decals for the cockpit. I started with what I imagine will be the hardest part for me the figures as I am not figure painter. To go with the figures I also assembled and painted the cockpit. To start with we have the cockpit sides, sprayed very dark gray and black and some chipping for wear and tear. Everything was brush painted with a matt GX varnish afterwards. First off was the ejector seats from Eric Jolly - I added some additional small details (cables etc) and the Quinta seat cushions and signage. Then I got down to starting with the figures using this video as an inspiration for techniques. Edited August 7, 2022 by crobinsonh Landrotten Highlander, scvrobeson, Fanes and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobinsonh Posted June 11, 2022 Author Share Posted June 11, 2022 The first phase of figure painting after collecting various references. johncrow, alain11, geedubelyer and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobinsonh Posted June 11, 2022 Author Share Posted June 11, 2022 (edited) Second phase working on the main cockpit areas and additional work on the figures. These are Eric Jolly cockpit pieces with Quinta details. More details added to the figures and placed onto the ejector seats with additional belt details. Note I did a bit of hacking to get the pilots legs in! Edited June 11, 2022 by crobinsonh Sasha As, F`s are my favs, alain11 and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbert Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 Nice start ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott_t Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 looking great ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geedubelyer Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 Phenomenal I'd say that video worked wonders. Your crew look amazing. Brilliant start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobinsonh Posted August 7, 2022 Author Share Posted August 7, 2022 (edited) Did some more work a couple of weeks ago to keep the Mirage 2000D moving :-) First the kit nose u/c and the first part of the main wheel wells. Now the resin parts for the engine. I apologise for the iPhone shots in natural light. You can just about see the detail in the main part of the engine. Edited August 7, 2022 by crobinsonh F`s are my favs, MikeMaben, scvrobeson and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 Those figures look great! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ROM Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 Hello Amazing work! Have you chosen the markings and loadout? Romain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TinyJoe Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 Really nice build! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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