Frech Mirage (F1 and 2000C) air defence blue

[Anatol Pigwa]

Good day fellow modelers.

 

I am trying to find the aforementioned color, preferably as a airbrushable acrylic. I read that the Vallejo take on it is not really close to the real thing. Any other suggestions?

 

Do I assume correctly that there were actually two colors:

 

Air defence blue used for the whole plane (on the Mirage F1)

 

Blue as part of the air defence camo scheme on the Mirage 2000C

 

Regards

Edited November 28, 2021 by Anatol Pigwa

[Graham T]

IIRC Xtracolour provide these colours but as enamels.

[Des]

5 hours ago, Anatol Pigwa said:

Air defence blue used for the whole plane (on the Mirage F1)

 

Undersurfaces on the F1C & B in the air defence scheme were aluminium according to Cocardes Hors-Serie No.1 Mirage F1 and had a low demarcation line on the fuselage.

 

In some photographs , especially in late service this appears to be a light grey which unless there was a repaint is presumably down to weathering or a result of the photographic process.

[Anatol Pigwa]

8 minutes ago, Des said:

 

Undersurfaces on the F1C & B in the air defence scheme were aluminium according to Cocardes Hors-Serie No.1 Mirage F1 and had a low demarcation line on the fuselage.

 

In some photographs , especially in late service this appears to be a light grey which unless there was a repaint is presumably down to weathering or a result of the photographic process.

My question is, which colors manufacturers produce a paint that most closely approximates:

 

AFNOR A 620 Gris/bleu-vert moyen fonce

AFNOR A 625 Gris/bleu moyen clair

 

And whatever the correct blue is for the french air defence scheme of the Mirage F1.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[BillyB]

Link, HTH.

 

https://www.hataka-hobby.com/HTK-AS78-Modern-Brazilian-AF-paint-set-vol2

 

Regards,

Bill...

[Anatol Pigwa]

13 hours ago, BillyB said:

Link, HTH.

 

https://www.hataka-hobby.com/HTK-AS78-Modern-Brazilian-AF-paint-set-vol2

 

Regards,

Bill...

Thanks, I ordered about a third of Hatakas modern airforce aint sets yesterday (incl. the Hellenic and Brazilian paint sets) so hopefully they will do the trick.

[scotthldr]

The two colours that you ask for are different 

 

Mirage 2000 consists of

1620 Gris/bleu-vert moyen fonce X396

1625 Gris/bleu moyen clair X395

 

while the Mirage F1

 6345 Bleu de Mirage X377 ,although FS35164 is more or less a perfect match

 

Xtracolor do all 4 colours mentioned above, Hatakas suggestion of 36375 and 35164 for the M2000 is way out and they obviously got confused with 35164 being on the F1 and not the 2000🤷‍♂️

 

I’ve recently used the Xtracolor paints for the M2000, and they are spot on.