Hello gang!
Here is some pics of a model I´ve just finished, it´s a Heller kit with FCM decals, 1/72 scale. I made this model in honnor of this aircraft, that after 30 years of service in the Brazilian Air Force they were retired last year, this painting scheme represents the scheme when they arrived in Brazil late in 1972.
Enjoy the pics!







Comments and critics are welcome!

Hi Paulo!

Nice Mirage! Congratulations
I particulary like the red markings over the metal finish. This indeed gives the plane a very "early" look. I hope the retired aircraft weren't all scrapped and some were kept for museums or for display.
This is another thing Brazilians and French have in common, besides the fact of being the last World Cup winners! Allez la France!

Jean-Luc

Hello Jean-Luc,
Fortunatelly they didn´t scrap the old planes, indeed one of them was painted in this paint scheme I did and it shall go to the Aircraft Museum in Rio de Janeiro city.
France and Brazil have more things in commom, it was in France, back in 1906 that the brazilian inventor Alberto Santos Dummont did the first flight of a heavier than air plane in the Bagatelle field with the 14 Bis, this year we going to celebrate the Centennial of this flight...
Thanks for replying!
Regards

I always thought that the Mirage was a nice looking aeroplane, and yor model does it justice Paulo
The Mirage and the Hawker Hunter are 2 aircraft that just look right, along with the Spitfire, of course
Mal