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Mirages, Tornado and Rafale...

Started by Archibald, August 27, 2006, 05:29:01 AM

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Archibald

August 27, 2006, 05:29:01 AM
Ok here's some photos of my collection of Mirages prototypes, along with Tornado and Rafale...
First, the two VG Mirages from the late 60's, the G and G8.

I joined my French Tornado to the two... hey, these 3  are the only VG european aircrafts!

French counterpart of the Tornado was the Mirage G8. Two of them flew between 1971 and 1974, but were never mass-produced...



In may 1972, a fixed-wing G8 was launched, the ACF or Super Mirage... the program was cancelled in december 1975 and the unfinished prototype scrapped  <_<



In march 1979, the delta wing Mirage 4000 made its madden flight...


...And in 1986, it was the Rafale A!


None of these prototypes was produced, but the Rafale M and Mirage 2000 were.
King Arthur: Can we come up and have a look?
French Soldier: Of course not. You're English types.
King Arthur: What are you then?
French Soldier: I'm French. Why do you think I have this outrageous accent, you silly king?

Well regardless I would rather take my chance out there on the ocean, that to stay here and die on this poo-hole island spending the rest of my life talking to a gosh darn VOLLEYBALL.

anthonyp

#1
August 27, 2006, 07:05:29 AM
Holy cow!  Those are great!  What'd you use to make the G, G8 and ACF?

Absolutely top notch, Archie!

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Archibald

#2
August 27, 2006, 07:57:03 AM
Thank you, productive comrade!
This is a complicated story and building! I merged cardboard and paper with spare parts from Heller...
To keep the things simply:
- the G cockpit is from a Mirage 2000N (which gave its decals to the G8, and its exhaust to the 4000 ;) ) The rest is cardboard and paper, around a MiG-23 exhaust. VG system come from an old toy.

- The G8 was made from a MiG-23 aft body. I think I also used the MiG-23 cockpit, but I'm not sure! The nose cone come from Heller Viggen.

- For the ACF, I used a Mirage F-1 as basis. the nose cone is a CF-100 drop tank.
Aft fuselage is a tube of paper glued around two exhaust, and pushed on the aft fuslage of the F1 (this method is difficult to explain, but work well)

- The 4000 is paper and cardboard only, salvo the cockpit and canopy of course!

These models were very difficult to make, particularly obtaining a good result (the 4000 was rebuild four times, and Anigrand released its model just at the moment it was finished  <_< )
King Arthur: Can we come up and have a look?
French Soldier: Of course not. You're English types.
King Arthur: What are you then?
French Soldier: I'm French. Why do you think I have this outrageous accent, you silly king?

Well regardless I would rather take my chance out there on the ocean, that to stay here and die on this poo-hole island spending the rest of my life talking to a gosh darn VOLLEYBALL.

Leigh

#3
August 27, 2006, 08:09:43 AM
:wub: The Mirage is just an absolutely beautiful plane with so many possibilities. Those are great.

I invite all and any criticism, except about Eric The Dog, it's not his fault he's stupid


Leigh's Models

Archibald

#4
August 27, 2006, 08:24:41 AM
Next step : another Mirage G (better!) and a Mirage F2 (fixed-wing forerunner of the G, in fact Dassault used the F2 as basis to save time and money)
King Arthur: Can we come up and have a look?
French Soldier: Of course not. You're English types.
King Arthur: What are you then?
French Soldier: I'm French. Why do you think I have this outrageous accent, you silly king?

Well regardless I would rather take my chance out there on the ocean, that to stay here and die on this poo-hole island spending the rest of my life talking to a gosh darn VOLLEYBALL.

Brian da Basher

#5
August 27, 2006, 03:53:34 PM Last Edit: August 27, 2006, 03:54:12 PM by Brian da Basher
Wow Archie those are some very beautiful birds you built there! Your imagination when it comes to new building methods is an inspiration!

Now I only wish I'd bought stock in the LocTite™ company...


Brian da Basher

NARSES2

#6
August 28, 2006, 01:53:53 AM
That's a superb "historical" collection Archie
Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.

SebastianP

#7
August 28, 2006, 02:52:10 AM
In case anyone is interested, Greg Goebels of www.vectorsite.net posted the September vectors a little early - this month's featured aircraft is the Dassault Etendard/Super Etendard. Lots of nice info in his articles...

Archibald

#8
September 02, 2006, 02:07:36 AM
There was another Mirage who flew in June 1966, the Mirage F2.



And after many, many hours (years?) of work... Here's the WHOLE fleet of the Mirage family. I mean all the planes who flew, from the Mirage III to the 4000 :)
(If you consider that the VTOL Mirage were Mirage III derivatives)



King Arthur: Can we come up and have a look?
French Soldier: Of course not. You're English types.
King Arthur: What are you then?
French Soldier: I'm French. Why do you think I have this outrageous accent, you silly king?

Well regardless I would rather take my chance out there on the ocean, that to stay here and die on this poo-hole island spending the rest of my life talking to a gosh darn VOLLEYBALL.

Archibald

#9
November 30, 2006, 10:21:43 AM
Hello! Thread resurrected! As Iranian F-14A with its profiles, I puut all the Mirages in this thread... lots of upgrade since september!
The Mirage G has been dismantled and changed into a spanish Mirage F2.
another Mirage-G 100 times much better has been made, a Mirage F1E, a MegaMirage...
What I like is twin-jets Mirage (projects, prototypes or production aircrafts).
Here we go for some pics :)







King Arthur: Can we come up and have a look?
French Soldier: Of course not. You're English types.
King Arthur: What are you then?
French Soldier: I'm French. Why do you think I have this outrageous accent, you silly king?

Well regardless I would rather take my chance out there on the ocean, that to stay here and die on this poo-hole island spending the rest of my life talking to a gosh darn VOLLEYBALL.

Archibald

#10
November 30, 2006, 10:24:32 AM


Mirage F2 (prototype and spanish air force) Mirage G and Mirage F1E  
King Arthur: Can we come up and have a look?
French Soldier: Of course not. You're English types.
King Arthur: What are you then?
French Soldier: I'm French. Why do you think I have this outrageous accent, you silly king?

Well regardless I would rather take my chance out there on the ocean, that to stay here and die on this poo-hole island spending the rest of my life talking to a gosh darn VOLLEYBALL.

Rafael

#11
November 30, 2006, 11:47:21 AM
Majestuoso despliegue Archi!!! I like the way you mix Plastic and Cardboard (Yum!!). Gives me ideas......
Understood only by fellow Whiffers....
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UUUuuumm, I love cardboard (Cardboard, Yum!!!)
OK, I know I can't stop scratchbuilding. Someday, I will build something OOB....

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Archibald

#12
November 30, 2006, 01:36:06 PM


From down to up, in chronological order

Mirage IVC. Forerunner of the Mirage IVA bomber, it was a heavy fighter in the class of the Phantom... too expensive for the AdA  <_<

Mirage IVA

Mirage VI from 1969

Mirage G8 (mach 2.34 in 1973 european speed record, still to break)

Mirage ACF (fixed wing G8 with M53s cancelled in 1975)

Mirage 4000

Rafale-A prototype

Rafale M




King Arthur: Can we come up and have a look?
French Soldier: Of course not. You're English types.
King Arthur: What are you then?
French Soldier: I'm French. Why do you think I have this outrageous accent, you silly king?

Well regardless I would rather take my chance out there on the ocean, that to stay here and die on this poo-hole island spending the rest of my life talking to a gosh darn VOLLEYBALL.

tigercat2

#13
November 30, 2006, 05:44:13 PM
What a GREAT collection.  Send more pics!!!


Wes W.

Archibald

#14
November 30, 2006, 11:44:59 PM
It seems that the pictures of your impressive collection had some influence on me, Tigercat!  ^_^
So, a la demande générale, more pics to come...  
King Arthur: Can we come up and have a look?
French Soldier: Of course not. You're English types.
King Arthur: What are you then?
French Soldier: I'm French. Why do you think I have this outrageous accent, you silly king?

Well regardless I would rather take my chance out there on the ocean, that to stay here and die on this poo-hole island spending the rest of my life talking to a gosh darn VOLLEYBALL.
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