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Hobby Master 1/72 Air Power Series HA1603 Mirage 2000C NATO “Tiger Meet” 2003, Cambrai, France

THESE ARE PRE-PRODUCTION PICTURES NOT THE RETAIL VERSION

NATO “Tiger Meet” 2003 was held in Cambrai, France and hosted by EC 01.012 at Base Aerienne 103. The 39th annual reunion of the association attracted 11 squadrons from various countries. The meet is used to build friendships but mainly to show their skills as pilots and teams. One of the traditions is that at least the Tiger Meet host paints one of its aircraft in a Tiger scheme. In 2003 the host team stole the show with “Tiger Eyed”, one of the most spectacular paint schemes done to date.

Professionally painted Great attention to detail All markings are Tampoed (pad applied) Option to display the model on a stand that is provided Model can be shown with the landing gear in the down or up positions Loads of optional armament has been provided Canopy can be displayed open or closed Extremely heavy metal with a minimum of plastic Highly collectable

Type: Mirage 2000C Function: fighter First flight: 1978 Crew: 1 Engines: (1) SNECMA M53-P2 afterburning turbofan Thrust: 14,462 lb (64.3 kN) 21,385 lb (95.1 kN) with afterburner Length: 47.10 ft (14.36 m) Height: 17.02 ft (5.20 m) Wing Area: 441 ft2 (41.98 m2) Wingspan: 29.96 ft (9.13 m)

Empty Weight: 16,534 lb (7,500 kg) Max. Weight: 17000 kg Normal take-off weight: 20,944 lb (9,500 kg) [fighter mission] Max take-off weight: 37,480 lb (17,000 kg) Max payload: 13,890 lb (6,300 kg)

Speed: at altitude: 1,455 mph (2,340 km/h) at 36,090 ft (11,000 m), Mach 2.2 [sustained] 1,550 mph (2,495 km/h), Mach 2.35 [dash] at sea level: 915 mph (1,470 km/h), Mach 1.2 Initial rate of climb: 55,971 ft (17,076 m) / min Service ceiling: 54,000ft (16,460m) Range: typical: 380 nm (700 km) ferry: 2,000 nm (3,704 km)

Armament: (2) 30-mm DEFA 554 cannons (125 rds ea) External hard-points: 9 Air-to-Air Missile: Matra Super 530, Matra 550 Magic, MICA Air-to-Surface Missile: AS.37, AS.39 Exocet, Wasp, ASMP cruise missile, AS30/ARMAT ARM Bombs: BAP 100, Durandal, BGL 1000 laser-guided, 250/400 kg GP, cluster bombs Other: ECM pods, rocket pods Unit cost: 23 million USD Variants: 14 Known operators: France (380) Abu Dhabi (36) Egypt (20) Greece (40) India (49) Jordan Peru (12) Qatar (12) Taiwan (60) United Arab Emirates (30)