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Desert Marlin
The REEDOAK 3D Printed Pilots are awesome!

Desert Marlin
This project will have both pilots on the intercom and watching the engine startup process. That is why the same type figure is used in both cockpits. They both monitor the engine to ensure that the EGT and RPM is increasing appropriately. Each has their hand on the control stick to be able to open their MIC as they confirm everything is normal at start. The plan is to have the aircraft loaded with a Nuke (Apache Cruise Missile?). Seems appropriate to me for the days we live in now...

Desert Marlin
Have to pause this one until I get the BIG ED kit #33216...

Treehugger
Maybe go for resin seats as well?
Seems like kit plastic never can compete with resin seats. 🙂

Though, I no longer crave for resin interior for the cockpit because of the work, but seats are ok.

Desert Marlin
I'll paint these up and see if I can tolerate them. If they are too bland, I have time to change my mind! Thanks for the idea!

Desert Marlin
Great video of the weapon that goes with this version of the Mirage 2000N

Youtube Video

Desert Marlin
Time to return to the 2000N... Let's Nuke something!

Desert Marlin
I got the ResKit Mirage 2000N Cockpit Set (Detailed Version).

Desert Marlin
As I have begun work on this kit, I am yet again struck by the lack of information in the variations and options provided in the kit. For example, the tail tip is not called out that applies to the 2000N version. While the nose of the 2000D is provided in the kit, it has to be modified to make it correct for the 2000N. Oh bother…

Desert Marlin
Selected "most appropriate" tail tip and mounted the correct nose to fuselage.

Desert Marlin
Okay, now I'm excited to get some paint on this cockpit!!! ResKit, you guys have done some great work with your 3D Resin Printing!

Desert Marlin
I'm back to it!

Treehugger
Oh, did you fiddle with the nose part to make it match the N version, or did you have to buy aftermarket nose for the N version? I have this kit in my stash, but haven't really looked any it yet.

Desert Marlin
I'm using the D nose but converting it to an N version. I'm also closing the "sucker doors" on the inlets to represent an engine that is not yet started... I'm assuming initial hydraulic power is applied from the APU and auxiliary hydraulic pumps have brought the gear door up. I'm going to close the speed breaks for pre-engine start configuration...

Eric Thornton
Looks like BAM has some corrected noses still need the N one. Maybe reach out to him. I could use the corrected nose for this kit also. The Reskit stuff looks amazing.

bam-models.com/produ..2000-corrected-nose/

Desert Marlin
Thanks for the heads up! The BAM nose looks fantastic! Sadly, the 2000N nose has a pitot tube and does not have the RDY antenna lines. It seems that much of the 2000N systems are somewhat earlier than the -5 systems. Everything I can find on the 2000N seems to be somewhat austere compared with the 2000-5. The ResKit cockpit is worth every penny!

Mr D
Like it 😀👍
Nice when the pilot looks like he's actually doing something and engaged with the craft.

Desert Marlin
Thanks. It's really sad to remove detail from the ejection seat, but that is the only way to get the pilot in place...

Ben M
The pilot looks amazing.

Desert Marlin
The pilot is from REEDOAK. They have several different figures in various poses so the realism can be developed based on the aircraft scenario. This model is being build to represent events just prior to engine start.

Desert Marlin
Remaining cockpit items:
1. Glass
2. Decals on seats
3. A little more weathering
4. Fix pilot's France Flag
5. Add WSO's Right shoulder patch
6. Check that I can get the canopy actuators in after everything is assembled...
7. Add HUD glass

Martin
Cool project! I have my Popcorn ready, so I'll follow closely!

Laurent VILLANUEVA HELLER ForEver
great

Mr James
Great detail

Desert Marlin
The glass and HUD went in great! I had to lightly sand the edge of the glass to get it to fit snugly into the ResKit frame between the front and back seats. I used 1000 grit and lightly buffed all the way around the edge. Fits perfectly!

Desert Marlin
Cockpit is done! Looks like the ResKit cockpit tub fits perfectly! Lots of trimming to get the crew in the proper fit. Right now, I think it's ready for final checks before fuselage join. The forward control panel needs some sanding for fit, but it does work. I have left the seats, pilots and control panels loose until final fuselage join just to have "wiggle room" before closing. I was able to adjust the forward control stick to make it match the pilot's hand more closely. Just need to check a few more things and then join the fuselage halves!

CaptGPF
The pilots are only as good as the paint job - which is AWESOME!

Desert Marlin
Thanks Mate!

Guy Rump
Looking great, pilots are outstanding. 👍

Desert Marlin
Thanks! I can't believe this version of the 2000 is so "old"...

Mr D
Going to be a beauty 👌😃👍

Desert Marlin
Started cleaning the canopies…

Desert Marlin
Got the frames for the canopies!

Laurent VILLANUEVA HELLER ForEver
attention aux couleurs sur les notices kinetic etc , certaines sont fausses!

John
Following with interest! 👍

Desert Marlin
Laurent: Oui Monsieur!

Dave Flitton
The pilots look like they are impatiently waiting for you to finish the aircraft so that they can fly!

Paul Eden
Cockpit and figures are next level. Excellent.

Desert Marlin
I got the canopy frames in the mail. The "detchord" in the forward canopy is perfect!

Mr D
Done a really smart job on cockpit n pilots 😁👍
It will be show peice of the Aircraft so worth the effort,
Did you have decals for the green display screen's ??

Mark Sherwood
Cockpit and pilot and nav/weapons, exquisite.

Desert Marlin
Screens are aluminum paint with clear green over the aluminum.

Gary Victory
Very nice work on the cockpit and pilots.

Michael Kohl
Absolutely

Desert Marlin
Thanks All ...

Desert Marlin
The Eduard Mask kit makes the process pretty easy!

Mr D
Nice 👍👍 such a smart aircraft good scale to showcase the details 👌

Desert Marlin
Aye! 😃👍

Desert Marlin
IJN Green is NOT the correct green for these planes. Sorry Kitty Hawk, just not right...

Mr D
Very nice 👍👍

Desert Marlin
Small Disaster. Soured Paint/Gloss has occurred. I'm a little bummed. It takes longer to get everything finished!

Desert Marlin
Using water and a paper towel(s), I am able to verify where the soured paint/gloss has occurred. It has to be removed since the decal process will definitely find the errors during application. If the coating cannot stand water, it will never support the markings...

Mr James
Oh dear... looks like you got away without too many bruises 🙂

Desert Marlin
So far so good...

Desert Marlin
Panel lines and shading tomorrow!

Desert Marlin
Panel line accent applied. Need to review and clean up anything out of place and then apply some poly to get ready for markings! Also need to fix the wing slats on the left wing. The method for mounting these slats is really weak...

Desert Marlin
A little more is done...

Desert Marlin
Kitty Hawk Decals are what they are.

Desert Marlin
Pretty much done. I need to research a little bit, but there is history between the USA and France where the indigenous peoples are concerned. Suffice it to say that this image of an Indigenous Chief at the Wailing Wall and this particular Mirage 2000N seem to intersect just a little bit.

Desert Marlin
More pictures tomorrow evening. The build is essentially done at this point so more pictures are needed! Cheers!

Desert Marlin
This was a pretty difficult build.

Desert Marlin
Calling this one done...

Ben M
Niiiice! The cockpits are especially amazing.

Desert Marlin
Thanks! I had a tremendous amount of trouble with the painting...

Laurent VILLANUEVA HELLER ForEver
good result ! well done !

S B
What a beauty and what an absulutely stunning finish!!! Congrats, DM!

Mr D
Brilliant.
You got a great result in the end.... Very smart 👌👍

Eric Thornton
Oh it's shark mouth also, nice! Turned out great. 👍👍

Guy Rump
Great job, a real beauty. 👍

Desert Marlin
Thank you all! BTW, the shark mouth was not supposed to cross the formation lights, but, alas, it does...

Neuling
So good. I like big scale aircraft models. 👍👍

Desert Marlin
Thanks Neuling!

CaptGPF
An absolute stunner. Marlin! 🫡

Живко Джаков
Interesting start!

Simon O'Gorman
I felt very uncomfortable cutting out the fuselage sections - I'd never done that before - but with the doors dropped open it means the cockpit will be more open.

Ben M
Watching… I built this one last year.

Simon O'Gorman
Ah, cool! It's my first go at airbrushing and all going very slowly. But I'll get there in the end.

Michael Jonker
Great show. Watching with interest 🍿

LucLuke B
I'll be building this one soonish so am following.

Alex K
Me too... I've built the ancient-tool Airfix, but I have also bought the new one, and watching your work progress helps a lot.

Simon O'Gorman
Ah, look forward to seeing how you go lads. I'm no expert I'm afraid but you may pick up some tips as to what not to do
🙂

Ben M
Watching.

Guy Rump
Following. 👍

Robert Podkoński
Following too. Good job so far, keep it up!

Andy M
Never built a biplane before so watching this with interest!

Simon O'Gorman
Thanks Robert. Slow going, but I'll get there.

Jennifer Franklin
Very nice work, looking forward to seeing a finished model. 👍

Dave
Watching progress on this one, looks good.

Łukasz Gliński
Joining the party , looks promising 👍

Thomas Espe
👀

Benny Michiels
Following.

Andy Ball
Terrific journalism on this build, I see the learning curve has yielded results! Bravo.

Simon O'Gorman
Thanks Andy, I'm recording the all the disasters along with the little wins. And the learning curve has been dramatic!

Ethan Flory
Looking very good Simon!!

Simon O'Gorman
Thank you Ethan, and to everyone above. Encouraging comments are like a little shot adrenaline. They are all very much appreciated.

Nicolas
Looks very good so far. Joining for the final.

Simon O'Gorman
Thanks Nicolas, nearly there!

Alec K
Nice work there, looks like it was a fruitful learning journey 👍

Guy Rump
Nice result! 👍

LucLuke B
Well done. It looks like a fiddly model to build.

Robert Podkoński
Cool!

gorby
It's almost as if I know how special this dio will be. 😉

Cristian A
Definitely watching this one!

Ricardo Reis
Welcome Cristian; it'll be a slow build, together with the Su-27 I'm building simultaneously 🙂

Skyhiker
👀

Desert Marlin
Gonna be great!!!

Guy Rump
Another aircraft from the Special Hobby stable, this one my first Finnish Air Force plane. 👍

Guy Rump
Made a start on this one. The internals colour is Vallejo Model Air Light gull gray. 🙂

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Moreno B, Rui, Sukhoi242, Gergo T, Djordje N, Bernd G & 1 other mate. 👍

Nicolas
I'm very intrestet in finish wwII planes, following.

Guy Rump
Fuselage together, wings and tailplane added. Filler required on fit between fuselage and wings. 🙂

Welcome aboard Nicolas. 👍

Many thanks for your interest and likes Matti T, Duster_d, Jocaj & Franck D. 👍

Robert Podkoński
Watching with interest, too.

Guy Rump
Nose/engine now fitted. 🙂

Welcome Robert! 👍

Many thanks for your interest and likes Robert P, Neil & Vincent. 👍

Guy Rump
Cockpit masked and added. Primer applied and pre-shading of panels etc. 🙂

Many thanks mate for your interest and like Dave A. 👍

Guy Rump
Vallejo Model Air Light Gull Gray added all over as base colour. This will be the main underside colour. 🙂

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Живко Джаков & walaroo. 👍

Guy Rump
Camouflage added to top of aircraft Vallejo Model Air NATO Black, Dark Slate Grey & Light Gull Grey. RLM04 used for the stripe and underside of wings. 🙂

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes William J & airjuneau. 👍

Guy Rump
Decals now added. 🙂

Many thanks mate for your interest and like Patryk S

Marco Gallmann
A rare subject, I cannot remind if I ever seen this Aircraft before. I will take a seat and looking forward to the further progress.

Moreno Baruffini
Well done on the camo and the decals! I have a similar plane I my stash, following with interest!

Guy Rump
I now declare this aircraft completed. The aircraft denoted was flown by 2 Lt Veikko Taina of 3.LLv 30 at Hyvinkaa in Oct 1941. Thanks for joining me mates. 🙂

A warm welcome Marco & Moreno, both of you pull up a stool. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Saerani, Marco G, LynC, Ignacio vB & Pietro DA. 👍

Nicolas
Nice result Guy.

Moreno Baruffini
I agree, well done!

Marco Gallmann
Thanks Guy and congratulations for the final result, looks great 👍

Guy Rump
Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Ben M, Cuajete, Daniel K, Freak & 1 other mate. 👍

Guy Rump
Many thanks Nicolas, Moreno & Marco for your very kind comments. 👍

Guy Rump
Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Sebastian M & Neil P 👍

Guy Rump
Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Remco v H, Ignacio v B & Villiers DV. 👍

Guy Rump
Many thanks mates for your interest and likes scaleffect & Dom S. 👍

Sebastijan Videc
great job! -got a couple waiting for me in the stash

J35J
Great work Guy!👍🏻

Guy Rump
Many thanks for your kind comments Sebastijan & J35J. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Sebastijan V, J35J, Lukasz G, Marc & 2 other mates. 👍

Guy Rump
Many thanks mates for your interest and likes David C, Sebastien C & LucLuke. 👍

Guy Rump
Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Andrew B, megagnome & Lukas M. 👍

Thomas E.
Do you know Finnish Wartime Archive? If you like: www.sa-kuva.fi
There is a search engine. Type in: Fokker
May be you are interested.

Guy Rump
Thanks for the information Thomas, I've had a look and it's really good, many thanks. 👍

Many thanks mate for your interest and like Thomas E. 👍

Guy Rump
Many thanks mates for your interest and likes SM, Noel B & 1 other mate. 👍

Guy Rump
Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Lost Erik & 1 other mate. 👍

Guy Rump
Many thanks mate for your interest and like Dave F. 👍

Stephen Lesley
Easily one of your best. Just nailed the camo to perfection.

Guy Rump
Thank you for your kind comment Stephen, I greatly appreciate it. 🙂 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Stephen L & Ravlich01. 👍

Guy Rump
Many thanks mate for your interest and like Derek B. 👍

bughunter
Oh, the place of our dreams - realized true to scale 👍

gorby
Nice work!

Jorge Ferreira
Ó Ricardo achas mesmo que essas decals 3d têm bom aspecto ? Na foto não acho.

Spanjaard
those 3D decals look good, but the details in the original cockpit look just amazing!

Desert Marlin
The 3D decals seem like a mixed bag...

Ricardo Reis
@Jorge, têm sim... o problema é que o cockpit tem o detalhes ainda mais definido, é mesmo lindo, o sacana...

@Spanjaard, the details in the cockpit are more crisp than the details on the decals... it breaks my heart! 🙁

@Desert Marlin, yup, quite. :\

Ben M
You might leave a comment on the 3d decal page so people know what they're getting in to.

Ricardo Reis
@Ben, with GWH this is always the case, I had to do the same thing with my F-15 some years ago; Eduard has done it better, because they always have parts with details and parts that are flat, for this purpose

Cristian A
Grabbing a seat!

Ricardo Reis
Welcome @Cristian

Guy Rump
Vallejo Model Air Interior Green & Black for inside fuselage. Bomb bay, Vallejo Model Air Black & Silver for structure, BS Dark Green for bombs.

Guy Rump
Fuselage together. I am using the newer Airfix version of the Eduard masks which seem to fit the clear parts ok so far...

Guy Rump
Very welcome as usual Roland 🙂

Guy Rump
Primer on and shading completed, ready for painting very soon. 🙂

Guy Rump
Thanks Roland, it's coming along very slowly at the moment...hopefully I will get a move on and make some further progress soon 🙂

Guy Rump
Vallejo BS Dark Green and BS Earth applied to the top of aircraft. 🙂

Guy Rump
Vallejo Black applied to fuselage, wings and tail.

Guy Rump
Undercarriage engine completed. Second one almost done as well. 🙂

Guy Rump
Finally regarded as complete. My first attempt at a 4 engined bomber and my first attempt at rigging (aerial wires).

The aircraft denoted here is from 1943. PH-H (LM321) was the Squadron marking of 12 Sqn RAF. LM321 flew with a number of Squadrons including 460, 550 and 100. It was finally lost on the night of 10/11 June 1944 over Acheres.

Two pilots that flew in PH-H with 12 Squadron were Flight Leader Sqn Ldr FS Knight and Pilot Officer Thomas Forbes.
Thomas Forbes flew PH-H on 22 June 1943 on an operation to Mulheim whilst serving with 12 Sqn C Flight. Plt Offr Forbes was killed in action on an operation to Turin on 12 July 1943.
C Flight leader Sqn Ldr Knight and his crew failed to return from an operation to Cologne on 28 June 1943. Four are buried in Dutch cemeteries and three are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. Their average age was 23.

Guy Rump
Many thanks Roland 🙂

Guy Rump
Thanks for the like Albert. 👍

Guy Rump
Thanks for the like Carlos C 👍

Guy Rump
Many thanks mate for your interest and like Tom B. 👍

Guy Rump
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Guy Rump
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Landlubber Mike
Wow this is beautiful! Well done!

Guy Rump
Many thanks for your very kind comment Landlubber Mike, I greatly appreciate it. 👍

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István Szücs
Great work!

Guy Rump
Thanks for your very kind comment Istvan! 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Gary, Martin, Istvan S, Richard D & Neil. 👍

Stephen Lesley
What a superb build. Nailed the colours and the "feel" of the Lancaster. I must also commend you on your consistently excellent work with Vallejo paints. When applied correctly they are outstanding and so smooth.

Guy Rump
Many thanks for your very kind comment Stephen, I really appreciate it. 👍

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