Tom, as much as I find the Pucara an appealing airframe, I'm going to sit back and wait a few years for people to do the full autopsy on the new Kinetic kit before I consider spending money on it.

Little nibbles of work here and there today, where upon closer examination I found the forward windscreen does not have a frame for the bottom of the glass, so the sprue attachment point is on the glass itself. This is only the case in the B/D/N kit; the C/5 kit has the bottom sill molded into place. The clear separator between the forward canopy and the rear canopy also exhibits this problem, along with some curious "frosting" along one of these bottom edges. Ugh.

Some taped-together test-fitting of the Aires engine show that it looks to be an almost-perfect drop fit, so I think i'll turn my attention towards that for the next couple of days.

A small update: the syh@rt decals arrived today, so I have all the components in one place. The primer coat is curing and I'm snowed in, so I have a feeling tomorrow will see a lot of work on the Mirage.

I'm sure you're going to beat this thing, and you've chosen a final scheme that will hide all kinds of secrets and look great to boot.

This kit looks like a rough one all around. Your tenacity is paying off.

Great scheme rendition, Wes!
Suits the Mirage2000!

This is a spectacular decal job, Wes.
This is a beautiful Mirage2000!

Your Mirage WIP is also a very detailed build review of kit itself. A dog of a kit it seems, shame. On the bright side your perseverance paid off because it’s looking really fancy, very eye catching paint work