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The International Best for Modelling and Reference
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Volume 38 • Issue 05
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Mirage and Gnat in 1/72
The Big Bang
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Special Hobby’s New Mirage F1 in 1/72
By
Peter Doyle
Mirage F.1CG
Kit No:
72214
Scale:
1/72
Type:
Injection Moulded Plastic
Manufacturer:
Special Hobby
Hannants/Squadron
www.cmkkits.com
erhaps competing with the Hawker Hunter
for the accolade of the most visually
pleasing design of postwar jet fighter,
Marcel Dassault’s elegant Mirage F1 first took to
the air as a private venture in 1966. It was
developed from the Mirage III and was powered
by a SNECMA Atar 9K engine. In French service
the initial version, the Mirage F1C (C for
chasseur
or fighter) was intended to replace the AdlA’s
Mirage IIICs, Vautours and Super Mystère B2s
and entered
Armee de l’Air
service in late 1973
when Mirage F1Cs joined EC (Escadron
de
Chasse)
2/30, Normandie-Niemen, at Reims
where they replaced Vautour IINs. In 1975 it was
the turn of EC 2/5 and 1/5 at Orange where
Mirage IIICs were replaced whilst EC 3/5 was
upgraded during 1981. Then in 1976 the Super
Mystères of EC 3/12 at Cambrai were replaced
followed by EC 1/12 in 1978 and EC 2/12 in 1980
and finally EC 1/10 at Creil started to receive
aircraft in 1981 to replace Mirage IIICs. These
were soon transferred to Reims to combine with
EC 30. Reportedly about 162 F1Cs were built of
which the last seventy nine were F1C-200s,
which could be distinguished by the addition of
a flight refuelling probe and an airframe number
in the 200 series. Thereafter the Mirage F1B was
developed, twenty of which entered service in
the early 80s spread across all F1 squadrons (B
for
biplace
or two seater).
Subsequently the need for a dedicated
tactical reconnaissance aircraft was recognised
and the F1CR was developed. Two different
camera housings beneath the nose were
commonly seen catering for panoramic and
vertical cameras plus a laser rangefinder. These
entered service in 1983 with ER 2/33 (Escadron
de Reconnaissance)
at Strasbourg where they
replaced Mirage IIIRs, followed by co-located ER
1/33 and ER 3/33 in 1988.
As the Mirage F1Cs of EC 5 and EC 12 started
to be replaced by Mirage 2000Cs in the late
1980s, surplus F1C-200s were converted into
Mirage F1CTs to undertake the ground attack
role in order to replace Mirage IIIEs and Mirage
Vs. The F1CT featured the addition of a laser
rangefinder beneath the nose plus various other
systems and weapons modifications to enhance
ground attack performance. They first entered
service with EC 1/13 replacing Mirage IIIEs at
Colmar in 1992 and EC 3/13 in 1993 replacing
Mirage Vs.
At this point some extraordinarily complex
squadron and base reshuffling started to take
place initially in 1993 and 1995, and is worthy of
an article in itself. This saw ER 33 taking over the
former EC 30 Mirage F1Cs and F1C-200s at Reims
whilst keeping its own F1CRs but moving them
in from Strasbourg to Reims. Coincidentally EC
30 took over operation of EC 13s F1CTs at
Colmar. The final F1Cs and F1C-200s retired in
June 2003 and at that point EC 3/33, still at
Reims, took on some F1CTs from Colmar to
undertake the Mirage F1 OCU role. Then in July
2005 EC 3/33 disbanded and its F1CT’s returned
to Colmar and were assigned to EC 1/30 which
now took over the OCU function. In 2009 Colmar
closed and all remaining F1CRs, F1CTs and F1Bs
were gathered together under the ER 33 banner
operating from Reims until 2011 and then from
Mont de Marsan. The last F1CTs stood down in
October 2012 and finally only ER 2/33 with
F1CRs and F1Bs remained until that, too closed
down in April 2014. Four aircraft were then kept
airworthy solely for the Bastille Day flypast on
14th July 2014.
As well as French service many Mirage F1s
were also exported to countries too numerous
to mention, including Spain and Greece.
Additionally there were F1A attack versions
used, not least by South Africa.
Over the years there have been a number of
passable Mirage F1 kits starting with a Heller
one in the late 1970s which was followed by an
Airfix kit shortly afterwards. Hasegawa came
next with a good kit that continues to be
reissued, including as an F1CR, and which has
also been released by Revell. Finally ESCI
released a kit, popular at the time because its
recessed panel lines but not especially accurate.
But now we have the Special Hobby kit. I have
to say that this, without a shadow of a doubt, is
undoubtedly the best 1/72 kit of a post World
War II subject that I have made in a long time. It
is accurate, fits together well, has a wealth of
detail and can be completed as pretty well any
single seat version of the F1 from the sprues
included. The kit has excellent mouldings with
crisp refined panel lines. Parts are supplied for
the F1C, the F1C-200, the F1CR and the F1CT and
presumably cover most export versions too.
There are also parts for two different F1CR
camera fairings for the F1CT laser rangefinder
fairing, and three fins of which one is without
ECM sensors, one has the early round pointed
style of sensors and one has the more recent
chisel edge style as fitted to the F1CT and later
to some F1CRs. Martin Baker Mk4 ejector seats
are provided and there are Mk10s for the F1CR
and F1CT. There are also three different
instrument panels.
A splendid selection of stores is offered
including pairs of Matra R550 Magic missiles of
three different types, a pair of Matra Super
P
F1C-200, 5-NR number 238 of EC 1/5, subject
of this article seen at its home base of
Orange-Caritat in 1982. The missiles are
acquisition or training rounds
The finished model as F1C-200 of EC 1/5. NB
the correct designation for the Mirage F1s is
F1C, F1CT etc. not F.1C, F-1C or F.1CT etc. as
seems to appear on most kit boxes
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530Fs, two different
varieties of
Barracuda ECM
pods, a
Phimat pod, a pair of Paveway IIs, a
Raphael TH reconnaissance pod, a
Thales ASTAC elint pod, an RP35P
optical reconnaissance pod and a
pair of 1,300l drop tanks. Finally
there are two pairs of additional
stores pylons in resin. The initial
three releases are for Greek and
Spanish single seaters and for a
French F1B. Generally everything is
very well fitting and belies the fact
that this is a short run kit.
As all the parts I needed were
included I chose to make a Mirage
F1C-200 from the early 1980s,
based on photos taken at BA115
Orange-Caritat in 1982. I started as
recommended with the cockpit
tub. The instrument panel, coaming
and rear bulkhead fit together well
and can be fitted easily into the
fuselage halves. At the same time
the nose wheel bay was added as
well as the jet pipe assembly. I
chose to use a resin jet pipe and
exhaust nozzle from CMK, which
were specifically designed for the
Special Hobby F1 kit. There’s not a
lot wrong with the kit items but the
resin is just slightly better detailed.
The fuselage halves went
together well and once that was
done the cockpit was painted,
mainly in black. The four part
Martin Baker Mk 4 and Mk10
ejector seats provided are accurate
replicas and for my F1C-200 I
needed the Mk 4 seat. It didn’t
however have belts moulded in or
otherwise supplied nor ejection
handles and so to save time I chose
to use the resin seat newly released
by CMK, which included a
photoetch fret containing both.
Seats were black with dark green
cushions and mainly tan belts, and
the ejection handles were of the
double loop type.
Following this various other
parts of the fuselage were added
including the intakes, the fin plus
its aerials either side, the tailplanes,
the ventral strakes and the panel
on the
underside
of the intakes
that included the air brake detail.
Air brakes were normally closed on
parked aircraft and flaps were
retracted, all of which made life
easier for construction of my own
subject. The tailplanes were more
often than not positioned with the
leading edge angled upwards to
some varying extent. To do this
requires the front locating pin to be
removed but is otherwise easily
achieved. I always like to imagine
that it’s the result of the pilot, as the
engine shuts down, pushing the
control column forward to make his
subsequent egress from the aircraft
a little easier.
Having cemented together the
wings, which fitted without any
problem, I joined together the
nose-cone halves, which in my case
included the component with the
refuelling probe, it being an F1C-
200 that I was building. Once
assembled the nose-cone was
fitted to the nose and this required
a good deal of refining and careful
adjustment of the mating surfaces
to fit seamlessly. To prevent tail
sitting I found that the nose-cone
filled with my usual mix of Blu-Tack
and lead shot was perfectly
sufficient.
The front main undercarriage
doors were normally seen closed
although it was not uncommon to
see them open for maintenance
access, often in association with an
open canopy. I was planning to fit
them closed and started with the
front upper doors. These were a
good fit in the closed position,
albeit the lugs which on the actual
aircraft locked the upper doors to
the lower needed to be removed.
Next I fitted the delicate single
piece main undercarriage assembly
and the single separate strut.
Although seeming a little fragile
the assembly had a realistic scale
appearance, was plenty strong
enough and had the advantage
that everything was set at the
correct angle. Once the legs were in
place the front lower doors could
also be fitted, again in the closed
position. This then left the rear
main doors to be added in the
open position at a later stage.
The nose undercarriage leg
followed together with the door
that attached to the front strut. The
nose wheel main door was fitted
closed. For enhanced detail resin
replacement wheels from CMK
were fitted. From a study of
numerous photos it became
evident that the sit of the aircraft
varied from more or less level to
slightly nose high. This was no
doubt a result of what fuel and
stores were being carried, with
lighter loaded aircraft tending to be
a little nose high and more heavily
loaded aircraft less so. As
something of a generalisation F1Cs
and F1C-200s were often seen to be
nose high and F1CTs less so. The kit
provides for the more heavily
loaded possibility and to represent
my F1C-200 I removed the nose
wheel oleo and replaced it with a
4mm longer piece, which I made
up from the spares box. Some
gentle bending of the scissors link
was required to widen the gap so
the new piece would fit in.
Next the accurately fitting thin
clear canopy and windscreen were
attached with liquid cement being
used where there was no danger of
damage being caused by capillary
action drawing it up inside. Glue 'n'
Glaze was used elsewhere, and
then Milliput was used to fill any
gaps between the canopy and the
fuselage. I also used Glue 'n' Glaze
to fill the glass covered emergency
access points behind the
windscreen rather than the fiddly
transparent components.
Before I added the final details
such as aerials and wheels I sprayed
the fuselage underside in Alclad 2
Semi Matt Aluminium to represent
the aluminium paint of the original
and painted the upper surfaces in
my own
Bleu de Mirage
mix. Most of
these small parts have been
cleverly thought out including the
trio of pitots around the nose,
which each have a large circular
base that fits into a circular recess
in the fuselage and results in a
perfect scale appearance. Finally,
on the matter of pitots, be warned
that the main nose pitot is very
vulnerable. I bent mine three times
before it finally broke off
completely at which point I
decided to us a metal replacement
from Master.
Painting and Finishing
Several things struck me as I
trawled through over three
hundred photos of Mirage F1s
taken over the last forty years
whilst trying to find inspiration for
finishes for the completed model.
The first was how appalling the
British summer weather usually
was, with leaden skies and often
rain, not helped by my then
primitive camera equipment
resulting in pictures totally
unsuitable for publication! This
contrasted markedly with the
weather and light in France and the
much better photos taken there.
The next thing which I hadn’t really
noticed at the time, was the huge
variety of different squadron fin
markings on Mirage F1s. It was also
evident that markings had toned
down in stages over time from the
extravagant fin markings of the
early F1C years with yellow
outlined roundels and red trimmed
intakes to rather smaller and more
subdued markings by the mid
1990s. Also evident were different
equipment fits over time. Obvious
externally was the lack on original
aircraft of both the fin mounted
RWR antennae and the IFR probes,
some of which aircraft were still the
same in the early 2000s.
Subsequent F1C-200 aircraft were
built with both RWR antennae and
IFR probes. As time progressed a
few standard F1Cs also appeared
with RWR antennae. Then there was
the different chisel shape of the
RWR aerials of F1CT aircraft and
these were eventually retrofitted to
F1CRs in the mid 2000s. Finally
there was the apparent colour
difference between F1CRs and the
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