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The South African Airforce operated a number of Dassault Mirage variants. This included 7 variations of the Mirage III, which totalled 58 aircraft. A further 48 Mirage F1's were acquired from 1975, of which 16 were Mirage F1 CZ's, an air [...]
Or, "Now I know why they named it S*****hawk."
Oh god, why am I doing this to myself? I swore I'd never buy a Kitty Hawk kit but as far as reviews go this one seems to be one of the better ones (not made out of ABS, acceptable [...]
I don't normally build 1/72 models, but I was inspired to build this kit by the cool photos posted by Spiros (@fiveten) of Greek F.1CGs. I happened to have this model in my stash, but I added some XtraDecals for the HAF markings, as well [...]
This is my second contribution, and it ties in with my first ; it’s the Mirage F1 AZ in 1:48 of the South Africa Air Force (SAAF) during the early eighties. This a/c was crucial in lending tactical air-ground support to the various SADF [...]
This build was started 3 years ago as an experiment for me as I had built a number of civil aircraft in 1:24 scale and decided the time had come to stretch my scratch building knowledge by building a military fighter and what a journey it [...]
Hi everyone!
Here are a few mostly close-up shots of two HAF Mirage F.1CGs.
The HAF Mirage F.1CGs equipped the 342 and 334 All Weather Squadrons. A peculiarity of the HAF F.1CG was that they used the American Sidewinder air-to-air missile. [...]
Well there you have it, Finally finished.
I got the decal sheet from a friend of mine in IPMS Cape Town, and they came out just Fantastic.
So I hope you all enjoyed the build as much as I have, and I will post on my next build as I [...]
Well, its time for the 2nd last post. The build is completed, under wing stores and drop tank have been installed.
Just waiting for the custom decals to arrive and put on and then I can truly say that this mammoth built is complete.
This [...]
Well its time for another up date on the F1 project for all you die hard followers out there, it has made for some interesting progress the last few days, here is a basic outline of what I have done, as you all know, I'm sure, everything [...]
Hi,
This is the 1/72 Mirage F.1C from Special Hobby. I decide to represent the number 84 (3/12 of Cornwall squadron) during a visit to Tours in September 1979.
The pilot is on board, the reactor is running, additional traps air inlets are [...]