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The rocket motor mounted under the tail is more common on the French and Swiss Mirage 3 version. It may have been initially delivered to the IAF, but I don't think the IAF used this option ( certainly not common ). It was used as a booster to intercept high altitude bombers so the plane rate of climb was increased. Then you can launch the Matra 530 missile ( which the IAF did not use operationally ) Regarding the green color, there are two possibilities: 1- it is a heat resistant paint to protect the area from the rocket high temperature exhaust. or 2- this is Zinc Chromate and is used as an anti corrosion paint. The aircraft is then painted again. So normally unless the aircraft underwent repairs ( at Bedek facility of IAI ), that area would be painted and not left with the Zinc Chromate as is. I think that most likely it is a high temperature painted area and if the rocket is never to be used, then that panel is painted over. Isaac
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Cut away with rocket booster
Here is a cutout originally from Flight magazine I found on the web ( someone edited the logo off this image; bad boy! ).
You can see the detachable rocket booster assembly. Isaac
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On feet...
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drop fuel tank.
These fuel tank are from the super myster model. |
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Very impressive model
I hope that I will see it in reality at the IPMS Israel meeting on Hanukkah in Latrun.
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Congratulations on this great build and good luck at the contest
Happy Chanukah חנוכה שמח Isaac
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very good work on this silver Mirage....well done.
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Thanks friends
Happy Chanukah חנוכה שמח |
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Well done, Yaron.
An outstanding model. Congratulation for its completion. Theo |
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First off, Yaron and Yaov... Happy Chanukah!
Yaron, what an amazing build! I have not been around as much as I'd like, and much to my dismay I discovered I missed the correction pages for the fuselage national insignia pages. Is there any way to have them available again? |
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