1/48 Italeri Mirage F.1E

by Nikolas Hakime "El Hereje"

Photos by Joan Vaccaro

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This is a Spanish Air Force Mirage F.1E.  The 462nd squadron is placed on Gando AFB, in Gran Canaria, Canary Islands.  This is an Italeri kit, with Hi-Tech resin seat, some photo etch in cockpit from the Eduard kit for Mirage III, and scratch built radar cover, clear parts interior and aft landing gear.  The sidewinders are from Hasegawa and the Matra 530 is originally from kit witha  scratchuilt front lens.  The whole plane is painted with acrylic Gunze Sangyo (upper surfaces) and Tamiya (lower).  Finished with Micro satin+matt varnish.  Decals are from Albatros Modelwork.

SALU2 desde Barcelona

Nikolas

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Photos © Joan Vaccaro and text © by Nikolas Hakime "El Hereje"