Subject: Re: 1/48 Italeri Mirage F1M
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Ulysses Almeida" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2013 08:33:41 -0800

Hi,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today.  Thanks again for sending it in.

Steve Bamford
ARC Air - Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.arcair.com

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  From: Ulysses Almeida 
  To: ARC Gallery Submission 
  Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 5:35 AM
  Subject: 1/48 Italeri Mirage F1M

  "1/48 Italeri Mirage F1M " 

  by "Ulysses Almeida"
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  I saw the picture of this plane on the net and thought it very attractive. This is a Mirage F1M of the Spanish Air Force as seen on July 3, 2006 in Koksijde (EBFN), Belgium. My greatest fear was finding a decal sheet with the markings, but fortunately, after some searching I found a decal sheet by Albatros named "The Dark Mirage". What a great collection of decals. It had all the necessary markings. After that, I had to do some minor alterations on the kit, such as; adding side headlights and navigation lights at the tip of the wings. The air intakes on the tail had to be re-sculpted.

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  The pale gray and gray tiger stripes were done with automotive paint. The underwing tanks were taken from another Mirage kit. 

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  The air intakes on top of the tail had to be re-sculpted. Somehow Italeri gosselly misrepresented this part of the jet. All in all, this was a fun kit to put together and the "low visibility" marking scheme really stands up for its name.

  "ULysses Almeida"

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