Mitsubishi F.1 RAF.

[smeds]

My 1/48 Mitsubishi F.1 of 6 Squadron RAF.

Apparently the Japanese were looking for a new trainer. They looked at the Jaguar T2, but after thinking it over for a while, they decided on building their own a/c due to logistics and cost. They came up with the Mitsubishi F.1 / T.2, which not surprisingly look remarkably similar to the Jaguar. It even had Rolls Royce / Turbomeca Adour engines.

This is something I have wanted to do for a long time.

[NARSES2]

Does look nice    Front end has a slight F.5 look about it from that angle

[PR19_Kit]

How can we tell it's NOT a Jaguar though? 

[kerick]

Nice photo of a well done project! Any more pics? Pretty please?

[chrisonord]

Very nice, and you beat me to it, sort of.  I have the single and 2 seater versons, and both are going to be SEPECAT Cougar's. Back story being BAe had a host of things they could do to the Jaguar to improve it but couldn't do it to the actual aircraft as it was, so ended up redesigning the Jaguar an£d made a few subtle external modifications to the extent it was as good as a "new" aeroplane, so it got renamed Cougar.

[smeds]

[kerick]

That F1 looks really good to me! I have one half built in the drawer of doom. This could bring it out to the daylight again.

[The Rat]

Absolutely gorgeous.    Got one in the stash, should get it out and have a go.

How can we tell it's NOT a Jaguar though? 

I believe the vertical stabiliser curving into the top of the fuselage is the easiest diagnostic, others may have a different part they go for.

[Weaver]

Nice one: that looks great! 

The real reason the Japanese built the F.1/T.2 instead of the Jaguar was that SEPECAT were asking for too much money for the licencing rights.

How can we tell it's NOT a Jaguar though? 

Intake splitter plates, tip rails, straight trailing edges, LERX, Vulcan on left-hand side of cockpit instead of ADENs under the intakes.

[kitbasher]

Nice one: that looks great! 

The real reason the Japanese built the F.1/T.2 instead of the Jaguar was that SEPECAT were asking for too much money for the licencing rights.

How can we tell it's NOT a Jaguar though? 

Intake splitter plates, tip rails, straight trailing edges, LERX, Vulcan on left-hand side of cockpit instead of ADENs under the intakes.

Yep.  Wing plan is more Mirage F1 than Jaguar.

None of the above prevents it from being a very good build, well done 

[Old Wombat]

Nice! Has an undersized TSR.2 look, to me.  

[Weaver]

Nice one: that looks great! 

The real reason the Japanese built the F.1/T.2 instead of the Jaguar was that SEPECAT were asking for too much money for the licencing rights.

How can we tell it's NOT a Jaguar though? 

Intake splitter plates, tip rails, straight trailing edges, LERX, Vulcan on left-hand side of cockpit instead of ADENs under the intakes.

Yep.  Wing plan is more Mirage F1 than Jaguar.

None of the above prevents it from being a very good build, well done 

Interestingly, the Jaguar early prototypes had protruding splitter plates, as depicted on the Matchbox model.

[kitbasher]

Interestingly, the Jaguar early prototypes had protruding splitter plates, as depicted on the Matchbox model.

As did the original Airfix 1/72 Jaguar (which also had a pointy nose).

[su27rules]

      Nice!!

[comrade harps]

Neat