It’s very rare to see French fighters decorated with art drawings on the fuselages, except during the Tiger Meet seasons. This way we can applaud with this exiting new reference from Zotz. This time the french Mirage f1 CT (tactical fighter) during operations over the Balkans carried pin up on their left fuselage. They belong to the “30ieme Escadre” based  at Mayenheim in the east of France in Alsace land. 10 F1CT from squads 1/30 and  2/30 were based at Istrana in may-june 1999, during operation « Trident » over the Kosovo.

Particular on these aircrafts are the number of dropped bombs painted under the cockpit and far back a  pin up like the ones one found in the ‘40s in USA.

 So we meet  Paula (1)"Valjevo Typhoon"(2/30),n°229,coded 30-QC ; (2)Rebeka"Obvra Tornado"(1/30),n°234,coded 30-SI; (3)Marta"Titovo Uzice"(1/30),n°237,coded 30-SM ; (4)Monica"Dakovica Twister"(2/30),n°243,coded 30-QJ ; (5)Diana"Pristina Sunrise"(2/30),n°244,coded 30-QH ; (6)Michela"Kragujevac Storm"(2/30),n°254,coded 30-QV ;(7)Alexandra"Nis Hurricane"(2/30),n°256,coded 30-QK ;(8)Francesca"Sjenica Paradise"(1/30),n°260,coded 30-SO ; (9)Laura"Krajevo Storm"(2/30),n°278,coded 30-QA ;and lastly (10)Gabriela"Ponikve Twister"(2/30),n°280,coded 30-QE.

 The sheet give you all the stencils for maintenance, weapons, roundels for one aircraft; and obviously the codes, the painted bombs, names of the pilots and pin up (with a white decal to place under to avoid transparency problems). The notice (in color) specify all you must know on a 4 view drawings. Even if the decorations have been temporally worn, they belong to modern airwar history, and put a “touch” on this beautiful design fighter made by Dassault. Highly suggested for the Italeri 1/48 kit! JPP

November 2005

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