Subject: Re: Costantinos Stoumpanos HAF Mirage2000BGM, lease post on March 25 2007, Hellenic Indipedence Day
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Stoumpanos Constantinos" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 10:57:54 -0800

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Hi,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today.  Thanks again for sending it in.

Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com

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  From: Stoumpanos Constantinos 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 10:38 AM
  Subject: Costantinos Stoumpanos HAF Mirage2000BGM, lease post on March 25 2007, Hellenic Indipedence Day

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  "1/48 Heller Mirage 2000BGM" 

  by "Constantinos Stoumpanos"
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              Hello, everybody.

              After  returning to the big modelling family, I decided to go on and construct a Mirage 2000BGM in HAF(Hellenic Air Force), colors. The only available kit in the scale was that of Heller's, and so the journey began. The kit was for the -N type, so I had to make a -B type out of it. It was a very difficult construction(for my league), specially within the cockpits, where I used two Eduard photoetched sets for the Mirage 2000C Heller kit. A lot of improvements there, and in particular on both HUDs, which where made by scratch. All the canopies had fitting problems because of the photoetched parts, who weren't supposed to be used on this kit, but I think I managed it quite well.

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         A lot of changes too, on the fuselage, the wings ad the tail, to create a Greek M2000B. The differences are spotted on the tail and fuselage antennas, and the units self-protectig system ICMS-2000. Also scratch made was the Magic-2 missile and the rear part of the centerline, attached on the fuselage, and a few details inside the main landing gear bays. The kit was also in lack of stencil walkways, so I had to paint them myself. Unfortunately, I decided to make the s/n 203 M-2000BGM, which was lost during training in a accident, but I was told that after applying the beautiful Icarus Decals stencil set for Greek Mirage 2000.

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         At the end, it was a difficult, but fun to made construction, which learned a lot of stuff, along with all the suggestions and points made, by my friands at www.modelclub.gr. Thanks for looking, I hope you enjoyed my work.

  Costas aka Melpas1013

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