Special Hobby 1/72 Special Hobby Special Hobby Mirage F.1 CR Plastic Model Kit

      The Mirage F.1 owes its creation to a private initiative by the French Dassault company. The Armée de l' Air ordered the construction of two prototypes designated Mirage F.2 and F.3 with JTF10 engines. However, Dassault built one more prototype with smaller dimensions and an Atar 9K engine at its own expense. This prototype, which took off for the first time on 23 December 1966, was chosen and production airframes were introduced into the armament of the Armée de l'Air as single-seat Mirage F.1C fighters and two-seat Mirage F.1B training fighters. During the service, part of the Mirage F.1 machines was modified by adding a refueling probe to the Mirage F.1C-200 version. The French Air Force also used two reconnaissance versions, the Mirage F. 1CR and the Mirage F.1-200 converted Mirage F.1CT. The Armée de l'Air received a total of 246 examples of all versions of the Mirage F.1. The Mirage F.1 also became a successful export item. It entered service in Europe, Spain and Greece . I