VG 33 Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Hi Here is my new finished kit with this reconnaissance fighter Dassault Mirage F1 CR from Special Hobby. This one is N°603 #33-NR of Escadron de Reconnaissance ER02.033 in 1988 in Chad. The shark mouth was added before going back to Reims AB, France. The vanilla/chocolate camouflage is typical of the Chad operations during the 1980s. She was loaded with two 1200 L fuel tanks, two Magic air-to-air missiles, a Phimat chaff dispenser under the starboard wing and a Barracuda ECM pod under the port wing. Patrick 33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smudge Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Very nice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NealParkes Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 That is a nice looking Mirage you h ave built, congrats and thanks for sharing it with us. Neal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
replicant Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Hello Patrick, your F1 is really beautiful, the colors look very, very real. What colors did you use? I am a real fanatique of the F1, built some... Chapeau! Thomas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzby061 Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Wow! I had to scroll back up to the top to check the scale. Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Patrick, Very, very nice build of one of the prettiest Dassault weenie cookers! The scheme you chose is also very nice. Good job! BTW, how did the kit go together- I have one I want to do in Spanish colors and markings, but haven't taken it off of the shelf. Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val_Ukraine Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 She is very pretty in that african camo! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VG 33 Posted January 23, 2018 Author Share Posted January 23, 2018 On 20/1/2018 at 7:54 PM, replicant said: Hello Patrick, your F1 is really beautiful, the colors look very, very real. What colors did you use? I am a real fanatique of the F1, built some... Chapeau! Thomas Thank you Thomas. On the upper side I used A : Gunze H318 & B : Tamiya X-9 (10 parts) and X-1 (4 parts). On the under side it was Alclad Duralumin. Patrick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Really nice F 1 there, love the scheme too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Very nice :).... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toniosky Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 excellent build ! Which paint references did you use ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhizhou Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Excellent build Patrick, a nice miniature replica of the F1 CR. Thanks for sharing your build Zhizhou 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galaxyg Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Great looking plane / build / colours. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 TOP NOTCH of a build. GORGEOUS scheme. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VG 33 Posted January 26, 2018 Author Share Posted January 26, 2018 21 hours ago, toniosky said: excellent build ! Which paint references did you use ? Hi Just a couple of answers above On the upper side I used A : Gunze H318 & B : Tamiya X-9 (10 parts) and X-1 (4 parts). On the under side it was Alclad Duralumin. Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rémi Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Beautifull finish I love the "shark mooth" scheme. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toniosky Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 11 hours ago, VG 33 said: Hi Just a couple of answers above On the upper side I used A : Gunze H318 & B : Tamiya X-9 (10 parts) and X-1 (4 parts). On the under side it was Alclad Duralumin. Patrick Oups, sorry I didn't see this one Merci beaucoup ! Antoine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VG 33 Posted January 28, 2018 Author Share Posted January 28, 2018 On 26/01/2018 at 6:45 AM, Rémi said: Beautifull finish I love the "shark mooth" scheme. Thank you Rémi. Ther is no proof of the simultaneity of the shark mouth and the flare dispenser at the bottom of the fin, but neither the contrary, so I chose to let them. Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 (edited) Wow! Patrick, you've done a great job there, well done. My build of one of these has stalled for the moment due to lack of time. I would be very happy if mine finished off half as good as that! Some people have had problems getting the nose on following the suggested build sequence, I ended up attaching the nose halves to their respective fuselage halves before joining everything together, it allowed me to fettle the fit, how did you get on with that? Edited January 28, 2018 by Wez 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VG 33 Posted January 28, 2018 Author Share Posted January 28, 2018 (edited) Hi I made the nose as usual gluing both parts and filling them with leads. I cut the Pitot as I would replace it with a brass Master one. Patrick Edited January 28, 2018 by VG 33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 19 minutes ago, VG 33 said: I cut the Pitot as I would replace it with a brass Master one. Yes, it's very delicate and prone to breaking, I also took the IFR probe off to rejoin it later. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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