Rafale "Heart of Mirage"

[sletch]

CHAPTER IV

Hum... Thinking about it... it's true   (said Paul)

Excuse-me?   (answered Karl)

Sorry,  I was thinking about Dassault aircraft's...

... and???  

Oh, so sorry Karl  I was thinking about a book I was reading last night. It talks about the story of Dassault jet aircraft's, especially the Rafale    


Well, to be honest, I am not that big fan of the Rafale. I do prefer the old style delta fighters such as the Mirage III  


Ah ah... Did you know, that Mirage and Rafale share the same DNA code?  

Realllly???"  

I am not kidding ! The book says something like "under the skin of the Rafale, beats the heart of a Mirage"  

A Rafale... heart of Mirage... It's a nice concept!  

It is more than a concept, it exists... I saw it on what-if modelers  


The Rafale "Heart of Mirage"

[pyro-manic]

Ohh, that's rather clever. I love it!

I must say, I do like the Rafale - it's far and away the most attractive of the current generation of fighters (prettier than the Typhoon, and the hideous spawn of LockMart just cannot compete. Sukhoi's big beasts are lovely, but the Rafale still comes out on top IMO). But you're right - there's something "right" about the Mirage III that hasn't really been repeated since... There was a great build a little while back of a Rafale all in BMF like an early Mirage III that was posted here.


Good stuff!

[loupgarou]

VERY VERY clever! Nearly too clever for me 
I had to look back and forth many times between original and model photos before I understood 

[bearmatt]

Very nice! Makes me think of that Tanguy & Laverdure Retro style Rafale too.
Great job

Cheers

bearmatt

[Hobbes]

Very nice! Creating the masking must have taken forever...

[PR19_Kit]

Love it! 

The 'air brakes' on the upper wings are pure Mirage. 

[sletch]

Hi,

Ohh, that's rather clever. I love it!
I must say, I do like the Rafale - it's far and away the most attractive of the current generation of fighters (prettier than the Typhoon, and the hideous spawn of LockMart just cannot compete. Sukhoi's big beasts are lovely, but the Rafale still comes out on top IMO). But you're right - there's something "right" about the Mirage III that hasn't really been repeated since... There was a great build a little while back of a Rafale all in BMF like an early Mirage III that was posted here. Good stuff!

Thank's a lot pyro'   Not that easy to chose between the Sukhoi 27and the Rafale    If I had to choose, I would take... the Berkut  



I do agree with the... "the thing" which is supposed to be a new version of the Lightning

VERY VERY clever! Nearly too clever for me    I had to look back and forth many times between original and model photos before I understood  

Funny, I had nearly the same comment on a French forum  

Very nice! Makes me think of that Tanguy & Laverdure Retro style Rafale too. Great job Cheers bearmatt

That was the idea  

Very nice! Creating the masking must have taken forever...

Not really. I used Maskol from Humbrol to create the "patch" :




It was not that difficult, finally (well... I'd rather say : "surprisingly"  )

Love it!   The 'air brakes' on the upper wings are pure Mirage.  

So is the flag  ...

Thank you very much for your nice comments  

/ Frederic

[NARSES2]

Lovely 

[Dizzyfugu]

Totally agree - both in idea and execution.   

Deserves a 2013 Whiffies nomination 

[Slerski]

Nicely done. The French flag is the final touch 

(Always feel sad when I see some squadrons that were disbanded and they will never reappear.)

[Weaver]

Cracking idea and a very pretty result - nice one! 

[sletch]

Hi,

Lovely 

Many thanx NARSE2 

Totally agree - both in idea and execution.    Deserves a 2013 Whiffies nomination 

Wow ! Thank you very much Dizzyfugu 

Nicely done. The French flag is the final touch  (Always feel sad when I see some squadrons that were disbanded and they will never reappear.)

It took me a lot of time to mask, paint, un/remask, paint, etc. Finally,  I found the effect really cool 

Cracking idea and a very pretty result - nice one! 

many thank Weaver 

I am really glad that you seem to appreciate my Rafage... ugh  ... I mean my Mifale... Oh whatever it is: Thank you  !

/ Frederic

[Mirage]

Nice paint and nice idea, Sletchy !
But you already know it ! 

Cheers !

[rickshaw]

That is nice.  You can imagine the silver mirage breaking out of the dull Rafale.  Gotta agree that the Rafale is the epitome of Gallic "style" compared to its competitors which invariably look like they're made of slap-sided blocks of concrete. 

[sturmvogel]

Absolutely stunning!