Mirage F.1

[Ian the Kiwi Herder]

Tidy your desk???

Ooooohhh saucer of milk, table four

You got home yet ?

Ian

[Archibald]

Given the Mirage F.1 was a direct competitor to the F-16, what if the Mirage F1M-53 (Mirage F.1 with SNECMA M-53 engine) had beat the F-16 in the "deal of the century" and been selected by Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Norway and then gone on to be selected by other F-16 users.  We could then see F.1s in the colours of:

• Belgium,
• Denmark,
• The Netherlands,
• Norway, and
• Any other F-16 users

Also, I wonder if the F.1 would have continued to be developed further in lieu of the Mirage 2000?

BTW, this was the Mirage F1-53:



Will look to produce a line drawing shortly.

Regards,

Greg

http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,8955.0/highlight,f1em.html

My entry to this sympathetic board, three years ago!

The F1 M53 stand no chance against the F-16.

Better to give the thing to the french navy, to replace the Crusaders. Kill the Super Etendard in the same motion.

Then give the F1 M53  to the French air force, instead of the Mirage 2000.

Sold the Crusaders, Jaguars, Atar - Mirage F1 and the french 400*Mirage III to foreign customers.


Thanks to massive savings (the F1 M53 is cheap) you can have the Mirage 4000 in the late 70's...

Without the french navy to force the EFA into a lighter naval fighter, France stay in the talks in 1985. Maybe the 4000 is the basis of a join (Typhoon + Rafale) european fighter...

[GTX]

Would anybody like to guess what I've got planned for the VERY near future 











Ian

An F-16...Hat, coat, gone!

[Ed S]

Would anybody like to guess what I've got planned for the VERY near future 











Ian

A new bookshelf and a bigger desk?



Ed

[GTX]

See what happens when those silly people at Dassault get things back-the-front:



regards,

Greg

[ElectrikBlue]

See what happens when those silly people at Dassault get things back-the-front...

More silly things from people at Dassault!

[Sauragnmon]

Greg, I bet your mutant wings-at-the-tail version, with a big powerful engine, would be rather scarily optimized for higher speeds, she's got area ruling in spades.

[GTX]

Greg, I bet your mutant wings-at-the-tail version, with a big powerful engine, would be rather scarily optimized for higher speeds, she's got area ruling in spades.

Well, you know some people are always worried about having a nice 'hourglass' figure on their lasses...

Regards,

Greg

[ElectrikBlue]

A 3D preview of Greg's Mirage F.1 and another silly variant inspired by the XFV-12!

[pyro-manic]

That canard-F1 has just got to be put into plastic!

[PanzerWulff]

See what happens when those silly people at Dassault get things back-the-front:



regards,

Greg

I'm in the middle of doing something similar with the F-16 LOL
"Panzer"

[PR19_Kit]

Bumped 'cos I have a question about the Mirage F1.

What's the bulge just forward of the nose gear bay on some F1s? It's not there on Spanish ones and is also missing on some French ones too. The part in the Heller kit, it's an optional fit, looks like a strike camera fairing but it doesn't have a title that I can see anywhere.

[Weaver]

IIRC, it's a doppler radar aerial: some F1s have a nav/attack system and some don't.

EDIT:  some F1s have a laser rangefinder in a similar position, but I still think the fairing in the pic is doppler.

[rickshaw]

IIRC it is a doppler altimeter, Weaver.  I believe only Mirage F1CT carry it.

[Zero-Sen]

Looks like a CR machine of the BR11 recce squadron. Must be a small camera.