1/72 Hasegawa Mirage F1 EQ-6

Gallery Article by Bartosz Piotrowski on Feb 23 2012

 

 

My model represents an aircraft from the period of the Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988.  The aircraft is configured to destroy radar. This Mirage is Iraqi "Wild Weasels".

 

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Weapons loadout:

  • 2 x MATRA R550 Magic. 

  • 1 x Thomson C.S.F. Barracuda in electronic countermeasures. 

  • 1 x Thomson C.S.F. Caiman CT51J the electronic countermeasures. 

  • 1 x Fuel tank. 

  • 1 x MATRA Armat air-to-surface/anti-radiation missile. 

  • 1 x MATRA Phimat Chaff dispenser.

Caiman is a converted missile model Aerospatiale ASMP from Mirage 2000N Heller kit.

Painting:
Model Master paints: Blue 2048 / Radome Tan 1709 / Dark Tan 1742.

Decals: 
Carpena.

The model has revamped the vertical fin base.

Bartosz Piotrowski

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Photos and text © by Bartosz Piotrowski