RAF Dassualt Mirage 111

bacofoil · January 31, 2009, 05:44:06 AM

"What if" in 1957 the "Ministry" cancelled the P1/Lightning along with all the other aircraft programs at that time.
By the early 60s its clear that the RAFs only fighter the Hunter needs to be replaced in that role and a radar equiped aircraft is needed.The selection goes to Dassualt and the excellent Mirage 111,which enters service in 1967.
RAF aircraft are fitted with the Rolls Royce 67 engine,2 Aden cannon and british avionics.
One of the first squadrons to re-equipe with the Mirage is 43.
Each squadron has 18 Mirage F.1 fighters and 2 Mirage T.2 conversion trainers which may have looked like my model here.?
Any and all comments welcome.

Mossie · January 31, 2009, 06:07:12 AM

Very pretty! Lovely clean build bacofoil!

Ian the Kiwi Herder · January 31, 2009, 06:52:50 AM

Holy Poo that is seriously, seriously good.

Come on, details, kit ?, scale ?, modifiactions ?, paint & decals used ? - Enquiring minds need to know; especially mine as I still have an Esci 1:48 IIIE hovering near the workbench.

Ian

sotoolslinger · January 31, 2009, 07:24:52 AM

Quote from: Ian the Hunter-Gatherer on January 31, 2009, 06:52:50 AM
Holy Poo that is seriously, seriously good.

Come on, details, kit ?, scale ?, modifiactions ?, paint & decals used ? - Enquiring minds need to know; especially mine as I still have an Esci 1:48 IIIE hovering near the workbench.

Ian

Must agree is that a Mirage III with an Alpha jet nose

Effin Beauty

Mike Wren · January 31, 2009, 07:31:57 AM

oooh, very, very nice!

bacofoil · January 31, 2009, 07:33:39 AM

Thanks for comments guys.
As for the kit,it is the old Heller 1/48 Mirage 111 C or B built petty much as is.Bought it several years ago at Biggin Show for £5 and been stored since then.I got the idea that it might look good in RAF trim from dvd with Fairey Delta 2!!!! Strange how my mind works!!!Its a bugger of a kit to get together with the nose section being seperate from the rest and the upper wing part not wanting to line up,lots of shime(and swearing) and super glue helped.
Decals are from an Extra decal set.
I think mybe an RAF F-104 Starfighter could be next(no wing problems there!) so going to Modelkraft tommorow and see what I can find!!
Thanks again.

cthulhu77 · January 31, 2009, 08:15:38 AM

I like shiny pretty things...this one, I love !

tanktastic43 · January 31, 2009, 08:25:50 AM

a pretty french bird wearing english garb. very nice indeed.

Dork the kit slayer · January 31, 2009, 08:47:35 AM

John Howling Mouse · January 31, 2009, 08:52:26 AM

An all-round beauty! Love the black canopy outlines: decal stripes or masked and painted?

Green Dragon · January 31, 2009, 09:11:42 AM

Excellent build Bacofoil, really nice finish.

Paul Harrison

Tophe · January 31, 2009, 10:19:08 AM

Beautiful model

Just a question: why do you call it 111? (for French people, it is 3, written III in latin writing), a mix Mirage III+F-111 would be funny, but was this your subject?

Nick · January 31, 2009, 11:34:03 AM

Wonderful looking build, very tempted to try a metal finish.

I agree with Tophe here, it should be III and not 111. This mixing up of Roman numerals does irritate me a bit....

GTX · January 31, 2009, 12:07:11 PM

Simply stunning - any chance of some more pics, especially underneath.

BTW, I take it the "Rolls Royce 67 engine" the RR Avon RB.146 Mk.67 as trialled by Australia? If so, I can imagine the RAAF also continuing with this as their operational variant and potentially sharing production with the RAF. Would the SEPR rocket engine pack also be used?

Regards,

Greg

noxioux · January 31, 2009, 01:07:15 PM

That's mind-blowingly good. Your idea and execution of the idea are simply first-rate!