Enzo the Magnificent Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 I seem to have lost my mind... Over in the Dassault GB I am building two Mirage IIIs and a Mirage F1. In this GB I am building two Mirage IIIs. So in the interests of symmetry it seems only fair that I build a Mirage F1 as well. So far, every Mirage F1 that I have built in French markings has been in the classic blue air defence scheme. I fancied a change in the Dassault GB and so am building an F1CT in the tactical scheme, which I have never done before. It changes the whole look of the aircraft. I'm very pleased with how that build is progressing as the camouflage looks really good, so I suddenly had the urge to build another... This will be a Mirage F1CR using the last of my Special Hobby "simple kits". Not to worry though, I still have plenty of boxed SH F1s in The Stash. I'm planning on building a Greek one in the Southern Europe GB and a Spanish one in either the Southern Europe GB or the Desert GB. Just had a very silly idea... But back to this build. Here is the kit with the in-progress F1CT in the background. The sprues, in photos cribbed straight from my F1CT build. The decals will be from this Print Scale sheet to represent an aircraft of ER 1/33 Belfort. 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 This is the way - Build 'em All! Nice subject choice again boss. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke1199 Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 Great subject Enzo- love the special hobby F1, look forward to seeing this build 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 Nice idea Enzo, I love the look of an F.1 in a camo uniform, very ruffty tuffty, Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 Good morning Enzo Very interesting subject ...have fun with your build .. Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted March 2, 2023 Author Share Posted March 2, 2023 The interior built up and ready for fuselage assembly. Experience has shown me that it is a good idea to remove the locating pegs on the jetpipe and also reduce the length of the jetpipe slightly. This aircraft carried an IFR probe. However, I elected to use the nose half without the probe as I know for a fact that I will just knock it off at some point during assembly. I will add the probe as one of the final items. The wings and fin are just push-fitted at this point. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 22 hours ago, Enzo the Magnificent said: The interior built up and ready for fuselage assembly. Experience has shown me that it is a good idea to remove the locating pegs on the jetpipe and also reduce the length of the jetpipe slightly. This aircraft carried an IFR probe. However, I elected to use the nose half without the probe as I know for a fact that I will just knock it off at some point during assembly. I will add the probe as one of the final items. The wings and fin are just push-fitted at this point. Nice work, fast progress. That looks like quite a bit of weight behind the nose gear bay, have you put any in the nose as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted March 3, 2023 Author Share Posted March 3, 2023 9 hours ago, Tbolt said: That looks like quite a bit of weight behind the nose gear bag, have you put any in the nose as well? No. That is 10g in the fuselage, which seems a lot but because it is so close the the undercarriage, it has less of a moment. I think only 5g would be needed in the nose but it would be difficult to fit that in, even using liquid gravity. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 Ah, watching carefully, as I am building the same kit! Mine will be a F1CR with the little prince and the battle axe on the other side. Alex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 39 minutes ago, Enzo the Magnificent said: No. That is 10g in the fuselage, which seems a lot but because it is so close the the undercarriage, it has less of a moment. I think only 5g would be needed in the nose but it would be difficult to fit that in, even using liquid gravity. That's good it's only 10g at that point, I was concerned it needed a lot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted March 14, 2023 Author Share Posted March 14, 2023 Proceeding at pace... Joints cleaned up. Windscreen fitted and masked, together with the cockpit, intakes and jetpie interior. Pre-primed with a coat of lacquer and then primed with grey plastic car primer from a rattle can. The model was sprayed overall with Lifecolor UA-073. The camouflage pattern was then masked with my usual technique of Blutak worms, masking tape squares and Copydex. I neglected to take a photo of this stage, but here is the equivalent stage from my F1CT build in the Dassault GB. Sprayed with Lifecolor UA-238 and masking removed. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted March 24, 2023 Author Share Posted March 24, 2023 Some detail painting done. Ready for decal application. In fact all my Mirages have hit the decalling stage at once, so tomorrow witll be a lot of fun! 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted April 14, 2023 Author Share Posted April 14, 2023 Decals applied. The greeblies have been painted up and are ready for fitment. The wheels are still in the paint shop. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 Very good job Enzo She looks very nice with the decals on .. Have fun with the rest of your build Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted June 7, 2023 Author Share Posted June 7, 2023 Finished! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted June 8, 2023 Share Posted June 8, 2023 Good morning Enzo Very good job there too .. Best regards Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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