Tag: Mirage

• Mirage III CJ – Part Five – The Cavalry

  

  That was the phrase used to describe the Mirage IIIC in a recent YouTube story about the Yom Kippur war. Apparently two Israeli F4 Phantoms were engaging a vastly greater number of MiGs that were trying to destroy a desert airfield. The Mirages were touted as the cavalry coming to save the Phantoms, but I…

  Dick Stein

  January 28, 2026

  1:72 scale, Czech models, Decals, Israeli aircraft, Model Airplane, Scale Models

  IAF, Mirage, Yom Kippur War

• Mirage III CJ – Part Four – Who’s Hiding?

  

  And from whom? Where are they lurking? Is it all just nonsense these days? I have no idea – I presume the various air forces have worked out how to hide in the air with grey paint and rubber knobs on every sharp point of an aircraft. The business of greying out national insignia to…

  Dick Stein

  January 26, 2026

  1:72 scale, camouflage, Colour Schemes, design, Israeli aircraft, Model Airplane, Painting, Scale Models

  camouflage, Israel, Mirage, stealth

• Mirage III CJ – Part One – The Very Thing

  

  I set myself the task of building Israeli aircraft for a desert museum airfield – this kit was sitting on the shelves of a specialist dealer when I went to look for decals. How could I resist? It shows a horrible modification of a beautiful aircraft on the box top…but the sides promise the original…

  Dick Stein

  January 24, 2026

  1:72 scale, French aircraft, Israeli aircraft, Model Airplane, Scale Models

  Israel, Mirage, photo-reconnaissance

• Mirage F.1C – Part Four – I Must Build More

  

  a. More French aircraft. b. More jet aircraft. c. More Hasegawa aircraft. d. More varied operators. The completion of the Moroccan Mirage F.1C has been a real pleasure – a kit that had few flaws to trap me. Of course I made mistakes but I made them early and easy. And this is the point…

  Dick Stein

  August 19, 2021

  1:72 scale, camouflage, Colour Schemes, Decals, French aircraft, Lacquer, Model Airplane, Painting, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Mirage, Morocco

• Mirage F.1C – Part Two –

  

  I am not a naturally suspicious person. I do not see conspiracies in every coup, assassination, or Disney movie. I regularly send money to Nigerian princesses. Yet I suspect every tricycle-geared airplane that they build…they are all tail-sitters just waiting for us to have a moment’s lapse of attention. I regularly weigh and balance planes…

  Dick Stein

  August 17, 2021

  1:72 scale, design, French aircraft, Model Airplane, Modelling materials, Scale Models, subassembly

  centre of gravity, landing gear, Mirage, weight distribution

• Mirage F.1C – Part One – Stash Build

  

  And it turned out to be part of someone else’s stash. These things come to you. There’ll be a bring and buy sale at a model exhibition or a swap meet at the local club. If you are told of it in time you can prepare yourself by rummaging in the wife’s purse or the…

  Dick Stein

  August 16, 2021

  1:72 scale, Decals, finances, French aircraft, Model Airplane, Modelling Club, Scale Models

  Dassault, French Air Force, Hasegawa, Mirage