mirage f-1

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hey guys

im just thinking about buying the italeri mirage f-1ct/cr and i was wondering if the kit was any good, so i ask you people with infinite knowledge to tell me if this kit is any good

thanks in advance

blake

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Hello Blake,

I think it’s the 1/48th scale kit (ex ESCI modified into F1CT/CR).

If it is, yes, the kit is good enough to render a good Mirage F1. There are no important inaccuracies and the rendering is good. A clue : I’ve been working among Mirage F1s and when I look at the kit (I’ve built a Mirage F1C-200 of E.C.2/12 Picardie, No257, coded 12-KO) I “see” the plane as it was on the parkings of the air base…

Personnally, I’ve lengthened the nose by 3 mm, because the original kit is a standard F1 without the refuelling probe… and neither Italeri nor ESCI had made the modification for the F1C-200 series…

It’s not a difficult task but you must have good detail picture to achieve correctely the work. I can’t send pictures because I have no scanner… Sorry.

regards

Jicéhem

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hey Jicehem

thanks for the tips, its a bummer that you dont have a scanner but i think(hope) i will get along fine,im just about to go out and buy the kit now. thanks again

blake

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Hello Hoffy,

Here are two pictures of the 1/48th scale ESCI/Italeri Mirage F1, modified into a MF1C-200 series.

I made them 15 min ago… The weather is not very fine !!!

As you can see, the rendering is good.

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j215/jicehem/IMG_0010.jpg

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j215/jicehem/IMG_0007.jpg

Regards,

Jicéhem

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hey Jicehem

thanks for the photos, they look really nice, i’d be happy if mine turned out to be half as good as that.

blake

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Hello Hoffy,

Here are pictures of Mirage F1CRs… and some explanation about the kit.

If you want to know more, email me directly at

jjcmmt@wanadoo.fr

Regards

Jicéhem

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hey jichem

thanks for those photos, i think they are really going to help in the construction of this model

thanks for all your help

blake

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I’ve forgotten to tell you the ejector seat on MF1CR/CT is not the same as on F1/F1C-200 and depends also of the era. Until the '90s, the ejector seat was Martin-Baker F1RM4 (or Mk 4) with ejection handles over the pilot’s head (to be seen on my kit (F1C No 257)). From the beginning of the '90s onwards the model is Martin-Baker Mk 10 (zero-zero ejection) with lower ejection handles.

If you need more information, email me diectly.

Regards

Jicéhem

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Thanks also, I’ve always wanted to do a kit of the Qatari F.1EDA’s that I worked around/with back in the Gulf in 90-91.

Mike

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