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Skyhiker
Love this ship

Spanjaard
iconic 🙂

Robert Podkoński
Of course, I'm in!

Ben M
💺

Torsten
A classic, follow 👀

CaptGPF
Oooh! Following!

Chris
First layer of white. Wanted to have a look how it works - and it works. Vallejo white is ok. The plan: Add a second layer of white and then some panels with light-grey or dark-white ...

Alec K
Interesting build! I am in 👍

Transall NG
Me too !

Lost_Erik
Fun challenge you have selected.

Chris
It is strange and funny doing the same things again and again and again. Three of the kits are almost the same.

Lochsa River
checking this out...love the all clear fuselage and want to see your masking....its in the stash here

Finn
Nice! So which one is your favorite?

Chris
It might sound amusing: I like the old Italeri 311 kit most, which has a decent buildable interior. The radial engines look impressive compared to the narrow and small ones on the 313/314 models, which have almost no interior. The new 311 kit from Special Hobby features a clear fuselage, which is fantastic, but it took me two days to mask the inside and outside. The photo-etched parts, such as levers, handles, gauges, seatbelts, and chains, look good but are challenging to handle and become invisible once the fuselage is closed. On the other hand, there are exquisite resin parts included.

That's my current perspective. Perhaps you can ask me again after I finish assembling the four planes.

But, shh! Let me share a secret with you: "I actually like all four of them!" 😉

Villiers de Vos
Booking my seat.

Nicolas
Joining in.

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Doubtingmango
Great fun! Watching…

boywellum
Great thread, especially for a beginner like me. Thank you.

I've got about 60 WW2 RAF, RN etc, 10 Luftwaffe and then an old Supermodel CANT Airone, an old Supermodel Pipistrello, an old Airfix Marchetti, an Azur IMAM Ro 37 bis on order and an old Italeri one of these, the 313/314. I really like these Regia Aeronautica planes, the camo schemes are very interesting. I've scoured all the versions in every scale to find different and interesting paint jobs for each plane. I'll be really interested to see how yours come out. They're looking great and as the instructions aren't the clearest, seeing how you make yours will help me a lot. I was thinking of making each side of the fuselage, wings and all separately, so I could then prime them and then stick the windows in afterwards without the need for masking, then paint the interior before sticking the two halves together, but I'll have to see. I'm very much looking forwards to seeing what paint jobs you choose. Great work, all the best,

Rich 🙂

Chris
I'm excited to see what they'll look like in the end. Painting before gluing the fuselage-halves together was no option, because there was a need of filling and sanding. I have to admit, the instructions are poor in lot of details, but it can be done. I too have a lot of italian planes waiting and I love them too: Fiat BR20, Cant 1007 Bideriva, Cant 1007 Monoderiva, Cant 501, SM 79, SM 81 and some of the Reggiane and Macchi hunters.

45 years ago the first two kits have been the Caproni 311 and 313 from Italeri. That is the reason to build them at my restart after a long pause. I still have the old models and the cover of the project shows the two old kits.
I am happy to have a lot of people sitting here watching the process! 😄

Cuajete
Well done so far.

Cuajete
Good progress 👍

I would like to know how those silicon brushes for masking work.

boywellum
Dear Chris, loving your work, I too am very interested in how you are doing your masking, I have only ever used tape/kabuki masks. I'm new to modelling so would you mind explaining to me exactly what you are using to mask and how you are doing it? It would be really helpful for me on some of my rarer planes that masks are hard to find and it also might work out cheaper for me, any help would be much appreciated. Thank you, Richard 🙂

Chris
underneath the album you can see the kits and the mask-set I bought. As it is not expensive I wanted to give it a try. All single masking-parts are cut and so I only have to take it and stick it to the canopy. That is ok for flat parts, but rounded windows are not good as the masking flim is not that adhesive. There comes the way I do it usually: with masking fluid. A long time I used tooth-sticks to apply it and lead it in the corners but now I use silicon brushes to apply the fluid and that is, I think, my preferred method.

Next weekend I will make a short video so you can see how I do it and how the silicon brushes work.

Villiers de Vos
Very nice progress.

Cuajete
Many thanks, Chris 👍

boywellum
Thanks Chris that would be great to see, much appreciated, all the best, Rich 🙂

Chris
Here you can see, how I use this type of brush: silicone-brush youtube.com/shorts/D6KoAt0rHF4?feature=share

boywellum
Thanks Chris you are very kind 🙂

Alec K
Very interesting masking method, thank you for sharing and making the video. Curious about the end result 👍

boywellum
Totally off topic but I'm really happy to see the support for Ukraine in peoples profile pics 🙂

Gordon Sørensen
Great looking builds, Chris! Interesting to see the differences (and similarities) between the Italeri and SH kits. Interesting video on the masking fluid. I assume it works best if the canopy panel lines are prominent and well-defined.

Cuajete
Thanks for the video. Much cleaner and better than with a normal brush 👌

Chris
Yes, the panel lines must be very prominent. And they are very good on the Italeri kits. Just enough to hold the rubber fluid but almost invisible. No more waste-brushes 😉

J R
All looking great I have the Italeri kits as well I cannot bring myself to mask those massive canopies

boywellum
I paint everything by hand, I sometimes use masks if there are ones on the market but generally I find painting canopies isn't that difficult by hand. A thin stiff straight brush, then you can scrape off any slight mistakes with a finger nail.

Moreno Baruffini
I don't know how it's possible that I missed this! Really a super interesting project and thanks for the video about masking fluid!

Pietro De Angelis
What an assembly line!
These Caproni kits from Italeri and even before Italaeri fascinated me a lot when, as a young man, a few centuries ago😅, i admired them behind the window of my favorite modeling shop, thanks so much for sharing.
Good work!

Transall NG
Many thanks to you, serial builder !
This kind of work is the only way to have a good comparison between kits.

Chris
I took a long time masking all 4 planes. But now I have finished that and have startet with the first two planes in Light-green. First mistake: I forgot the nacelles of the 311. 🙁 Well, it will come ...

Moreno Baruffini
Great progess! ...Nacelles will come, don't worry!

BetterTimes-Henry
Looks great. I have the kit in my stash, will have to build it soon 👍

Desert Marlin
After two hours, the whole cockpit, wings and "fuselage" were together. I got totally sucked in after the first two hours and it really got in the way of other projects! So fun!!!

Desert Marlin
Biggest issue is the choice of D-Day markings. The white bands are 60 mm on each wing and on the booms. This makes the individual stripes 12 mm. Pretty easy once you see it. I started out with 50 mm white band. That was clearly too short.

Desert Marlin
Model Master Neutral Gray on the underside and Vallejo 71.043 (US Olive Drab) on top. Lots of Tamiya Panel Line accent black overall.

Desert Marlin
The Mig Rigging is pretty fine... takes some "getting used to".

Ondrej Nasinec
You can never have too many Hornets..

Treehugger
Are these aftermarket decals?

gorby
WOW stunning result!

Jakub Fiala
Excellent work! 👍

Xu Ho
wow, love it, very nice & clean build.

Moreno Baruffini
Super interessante!

Andrea Brenco
Grazie Moreno, scusa per il super-ritardo!!!

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 ...