A rhinoplasty - the Mirage F.1 as it perhaps should have been?

[Rickshaw]

I read some time ago, that the Mirage F.1 prototype originally flew with a Mirage III radome.  Well, one of the things I've never really liked about the Mirage F.1 has been it's "Pinocchio nose", so I decided to see what the prototype looked like.






What a difference a nose makes!  I wish the Mirage F.1 had gone into service with this nose instead of the one it had.  Much nicer!

The Model

An ancient Heller F.1B kit I picked up off Evilbay.  I had to scratch the undercarriage 'cause the Heller one was much too fiddly and weak.  Made it from bent paperclips. 

[Logan Hartke]

I like it, though the downward curve reminds me of the AIDC F-CK-1.

Cheers,

Logan

[Volkodav]

Great model but I still prefer the pointy nose, always have liked it and would loved it if Australia had taken the option to build them here, RAAF and RAN