Subject: Re: Mirage 2000B
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Ulysses Almeida" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 14:05:36 -0800

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

Steve Bamford
ARC Air - Aircraft Resource Center
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ulysses Almeida 
  To: ARC Gallery Submission 
  Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 5:01 PM
  Subject: Mirage 2000B

  "1:48 Italeri Mirage 2000B" 

  by "Ulysses Almeida"

  Please include your ARC Discussion Forum Name with your submission 
  Ulysses

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  This is a superb kit issued by Italeri. I had the greatest time building it. The fitting was perfect, the paint was modelmaster but I mixed the paints to get the blue-grey shade just right. The decals are a mix of FCM's decal sheet for the Mirage and the sheet that came with the model. It's no coincidence the kit resembles the French Mirage, they were bought by the Brazilian Air Force in an "eleventh hour" decision to cover for the inevitable retirement of the Mirage IIIBR. The French government quickly deactivated twelve (10 C + 2 B) Mirages, refurbished them and sold them to Brazil.

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  The rush to get these planes was such that they were put into operation with all the warnings in French and only got the unit badges and markings in Portuguese. The first units arrived on the 4th of September, 2006. The Brazilian Air Force gave their two Mirage 2000B the designation F-2000 B. The Mirage 2000 were decomissioned in 2013.

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  December 31, 2013 marked the end of the Mirage 2000 era in Brazil. The last flight of the Mirage 2000 was made with destination to Rio de Janeiro to occupy a place in the Air Force Museum.
  "Ulysses Almeida"

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  Just delete any of the boxes below you don't need.....it's not important to include them.....they are there to give you an idea of the finished article.  It is best to limit your article to no more than 60 or so photos, so the finished webpage won't take too long to open.

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