The Berkshire Mirage - Fairey Delta F.1

[CammNut]

No real back story to this one. I have always thought the UK missed out big time not turning the Fairey FD.2 into a fighter. I have looked at it several times, but never known what to do with that drooping nose - complicated, unnecessary, heavy and ugly. And then it came to me, why not replace it with the nose from a Saab J35 Draken? Well you would, wouldn't you? And use the cockpit from a Lightning, so now the pilot can see over the nose without all that articulation.

So then I grafted on the rear fuselage from a Hawker P.1083 thin-wing Hunter with its variable-area afterburning Avon nozzle. And slim underwing fuel tanks from a Heller Mirage IIIE. And what do you get? Well, you get what looks a lot like a Mirage IIIC - almost to the inch. That's how close Fairey came to starting a delta dynasty to rival Dassault's. Add a pair of fuselage-mounted Firestreak missiles and the colours and decals from a Lightning and you have the Delta F.1.

[crudebuteffective]

wow that is better than a good thing on a good day

[Old Wombat]

 

[Knightflyer]

Very VERY nice, I do like that! 

[PR19_Kit]

Oh YES!

That's really, REALLY good, and brilliant cross-kitting. 

[chrisonord]

Daymn....I like that
Chris

[Steel Penguin]

that is scarily good 

[kitbasher]

top banana! 

[Pellson]

Really, really good!!

[Scotaidh]

me likey!   

[Leading Observer]

Awesome work

[Gondor]

One of the best bit's of kit-bashing I have seen for a while 

Gondor

[Doug K]

 Very cool

[KiwiZac]

That's gorgeous! The mods and markings really sell it. Bravo!

[AeroplaneDriver]

Beautiful build. That looks just right.