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hi all,

 

My KH 1/48 Mirage F-1 is almost done and thus far I am very happy with the results.

 

BUT, the kit decals have turned out to be very thick and will not sit down on the panel lines and rivets despite large quantities of micro set/sol....

 

Does anybody know of a set of decals that would be available to model a French AF F1 CR in the sand/brown paint scheme of the late eighties, sometimes referred to as the Chad 1?

 

kind regards and thanks in advance,

 

DB

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13 hours ago, exdraken said:

Hmmm you mean the ones included in the standard Italeri kit?

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/italeri-2618-mirage-f1-ct-cr--105475#

 

Which squadron / markings exactly do you want?

I think the squadron would be ER 1/33 Belfort according to the instructions with side number 611. It looks like the Italeri decals are almost the same but for a jet painted silver underside as apposed to mine which is grey. 

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13 hours ago, eclipse said:

Chad 1?

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Ou Chad 2? 🤔😉

F1CR_1987_33-CA_JFL.jpg

Wow, ok, good find. The jet I have decals for is the bottom one, side number 611 although the design on the fin is different. My mistake, my opening comment referred to Chad 1.

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5 hours ago, Jabba said:

If you can find them Carpena did 2 decal sheets with the colour schemes that you are looking for. These are CA48030 and CA 48039, see pictures below. I got these pctures via dstorm.eu on their decals page.

 

https://www.dstorm.eu/pictures/decals/car4830_3.jpg

 

https://www.dstorm.eu/pictures/decals/car4839_3.jpg

 

 

Awesome, thanks very much. I will take a look through and see whats there, cheers

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Thanks v much for the info folks.

 

So it looks like I have painted mine in Chad 2 colors, the darker of the dark browns with the grey belly, not silver.

 

So basically a matter of finding decals for any tail number that suits the Chad 2.

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https://www.pinterest.com/pin/458241330839764609/

another one:

F1CR_33-CA-NR_JFL.jpg

https://www.escadrilles.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/F1CR_33-CA-NR_JFL.jpg

603 has the Mouette (blue circle and white gull)

611 the red Hache (axe)

 

both can be foudn on various decal sheets

no idea about thge sharkmouth though..

 

e.g. here:

https://the48ers.com/dassault-mirage-f-1-cr-3-3-schemes.html

or here:

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/mission-mark-decals-mmd48001-mirages-f1s-armee-lair-pt1--736406

 

I guess you can copple toghether what you need.... if not... let me know.. ;) 

 

 

 

 

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Chad 1 paint scheme was the one on the both Mirage F1CR implied in the raid over Ouadi-Doum in january 1987. Chad 1 has been worn from june 1986 and progressively replaced by Chad 2 from mid-1987.

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On 5/15/2022 at 1:30 PM, exdraken said:

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/458241330839764609/

another one:

F1CR_33-CA-NR_JFL.jpg

https://www.escadrilles.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/F1CR_33-CA-NR_JFL.jpg

603 has the Mouette (blue circle and white gull)

611 the red Hache (axe)

 

both can be foudn on various decal sheets

no idea about thge sharkmouth though..

 

e.g. here:

https://the48ers.com/dassault-mirage-f-1-cr-3-3-schemes.html

or here:

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/mission-mark-decals-mmd48001-mirages-f1s-armee-lair-pt1--736406

 

I guess you can copple toghether what you need.... if not... let me know.. ;) 

 

 

 

 

thanks v much, I will take a look at Berna decals, never used them before.

 

and seeing the 611 jet in such a clear photo i have to say.....rather bland!! Too late though

 

cheers

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Hey all,

 

Just a follow up on the decal issue I was having.

 

I located some after market sheets that were all available but in Europe however I am keen on wrapping up this build by the end of this week.

 

I tracked down some Tamiya decal solution and found much better results with the KH kit decals than my first attempt using Micro Scale Set/Sol.

 

Two observations, the French roundels on the KH sheet appear thicker than the remaining letters, numbers and data and were the only slightly problematic ones to apply. 

 

This may be because of the color as apposed to the black lettering?

 

Secondly, my Micro Scale set/sol were old.......probably very old considering I cant even remember where I purchased them. So that may also be a factor.

 

all in all, decals appear to have worked well and should have some pics up in the next day or two.

 

cheers and thanks for the assistance

 

 

 

 

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