Italeri Mirage F1C

[BlackSheep214]

My second choice. 1/48 Italeri Mirage F1C. I will admit, I had been working on this last week a bit. This is what I've gotten done thus far...

Rear fins installed on fuselage.



Wings, pylon points attached, weapons, cockpit, center belly tank and three tiny fins on pod - the skinny one on the lower right. Boy, were they a nail biter when using tweezers and gluing them on. I was sure they were going to shoot off the tweezers into the vast nothingness to God knows where. Each fin was about a little over 1/16th - 3/32nd an inch each. Thankfully, they didn't fly off the tweezers. Used Gorilla glue to hold them in place.

[Medicman71]

Very nice start!

[BlackSheep214]

I’d love to get at least another pair of the sidewinders instead of using the larger “bullpup” style missiles.

[Stikpusher]

I do love the F1C! It’s a sexier, more elegant design than the delta wing Mirages.

The missiles are the R550 Magic, the Sidewinder type, and the R530, . In AM, Eduard makes some nice R550 Magics, and I think some R530s as well.

Looks like fast progress so far!

[BlackSheep214]

To give you an idea just how tiny these pylon fins were....

[Stikpusher]

One of those pods is an ECM pod and the other is a chaff dispenser.

[BlackSheep214]

Thanks for the info. Kit instruction guide never specified what they were. I knew one of them was sort of an ECM pod. Didn't know what the other was.

[Stikpusher]

I believe that it is the Barracuda ECM pod with the two lower blade antennas and the chisel/blade ends, and the Phimat chaff dispenser that looks similar to a missile with the pointed nose, tail fins, and blunt trailing edge

[Stuart]

I do love the F1C! It’s a sexier, more elegant design than the delta wing Mirages.

Totally agree with that - it's always been my favourite Mirage.

Great progress thus far Tom - looks like you're having fun with those tiny little bits!

[jkim]

Great to see! Not too familiar with this aircraft so it is doubly interesting.