1/72 - Dassault Mirage F-1 family by Special Hobby - F-1B/C/CG/CE/CH/EQ/ED/AZ/CZ released - Heller F-1B rebox

[Enzo the Magnificent]

11 minutes ago, Dennis_C said:

Have Special Hobby ever issued the B version as a separate box? Or was that only within duopack?

 

Definitely a seperate boxing.

 

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/special-hobby-sh72291-mirage-f1b-be--986506

 

 

[Borisz]

15 hours ago, Dennis_C said:

Have Special Hobby ever issued the B version as a separate box? Or was that only within duopack?

 

And there was a Simple Set.

[Homebee]

Reedition - ref. SH72294 - Dassault Mirage F.1CG

Sources:

https://www.specialhobby.net/2021/12/novinky-ze-special-hobby-122021.html

https://www.specialhobby.eu/vlastni-produkce-1/special-hobby/Mirage-F-1-CG.html

 

 

V.P.

[Hook]

5 hours ago, Homebee said:

Reedition - ref. SH72294 - Dassault Mirage F.1CG

Ookh, nice. Missed that one the first time around.

 

Perhaps the Spanish / Moroccan boxing will be repopped as well. 

 

Cheers,

 

Andre

[Piotr Mikolajski]

6 minutes ago, Hook said:

Perhaps the Spanish / Moroccan boxing will be repopped as well. 

 

Rebox was released in July: https://www.specialhobby.net/2021/07/novinky-ze-special-hobby-072021.html

[Homebee]

Rebox by Heller in 2022 - ref. 30319 - Dassault Mirage F-1B

Sources: 

https://www.glow2b.de/view.php?sku=1010303190

https://www.glow2b.de/view.php?sku=1010353190

 

 

V.P.

[Hook]

Things come full circle F.1B-wise in Gentlemen's Scale - for years the initial Heller kit was the only OOTB option.

 

Cheers,

 

Andre

[tony.t]

I like it. Am assuming the blue wings on the decal represent the clear bits to go over red wings. A lot of clear film which would benefit from a trim. 

 

Tony

Edited June 5, 2022 by tony.t

[Tbolt]

1 hour ago, tony.t said:

I like it. Am assuming the blue wings on the decal represent the clear bits to go over red wings. A lot of clear film which would benefit from a trim. 

 

Tony

 

Yes that's just the artwork for the decals where they've used blue to show where the carrier film goes. That's a lot of carrier film on the wings, they might have been better of doing the crowns (?) separately.

[Piotr Mikolajski]

On the other hand, the modeller applies the decal once and has all the parts properly fitted, and the film over the whole wing gives an even surface. Whether softeners can cope with these decals is a separate issue.

[Tbolt]

46 minutes ago, Piotr Mikolajski said:

On the other hand, the modeller applies the decal once and has all the parts properly fitted, and the film over the whole wing gives an even surface. Whether softeners can cope with these decals is a separate issue.

 

But if they wanted to make it easy for the modeller like that they might as well printed the red on the carrier film since it's there anyway and then you wouldn't have to worry about painting the red and matching it to the decal red. They've done it for the fin but not the wing or tail ( not sure where the yellow is for the fin though? ).

[Piotr Mikolajski]

4 minutes ago, Tbolt said:

 

But if they wanted to make it easy for the modeller like that they might as well printed the red on the carrier film since it's there anyway and then you wouldn't have to worry about painting the red and matching it to the decal red. They've done it for the fin but not the wing or tail ( not sure where the yellow is for the fin though? ).

 

Yes, and that would make the most sense. If this isn't some kind of printing error, it looks like the decals for the vertical stabilizer don't have yellow elements, only 65. The design of these decals doesn't look like the best thought out. The modeller has to match both yellow and red paint to the decals.