1/72 Italeri Mirage 2000P

Gallery Article by Marlon Guevara

 

Peruvian Air Force
4th Aerial Group, La Joya Air Base, Arequipa, Peru 

This Italeri kit is good, but the defective cockpit is wrong like the magic missiles.

 

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Modifications:

  • Discarting of refueling probe..

  • Modification on the tail of the magic missiles.

  • Marked of the cockpit and the windshield frames

  • Addition of 2 cannons.

  • Addition of 2 subwing tanks (from 1/72 Mirage IIIE Eastern Express)

Painting:
This version displays desertic camuflage, based on La Joya Air Base(4th Aerial Base) at Arequipa,south of Peru, consisting in model master enamels: Upperside in Armor Sand(FS 30277) and Field Drab(FS 30118). Underside in Light Ghost Gray(FS 36375). 

Decals:

  • Albatros(Caribean falcons), excellent but the numeral 042 that represent,is wrong.
  • Part of Aztec(Peruvian Air force I) and a some of the kit.

Peruvian Mirage 2000’s were ordered initially in number of 26, but by wrong decision of the corrupt government of former Peruvian President Alan Garcia, the order was reduce to 12,and the destiny of the rest is unknown.

Marlon Guevara

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Photos and text © by Marlon Guevara