Man, the Mirage 50C is like, easily one of the best looking Mirage variants
Also small sidenote, but was the nosecone specific to the 50C and 5PA2/PA3 only capable of fitting the Agave, or could you probably fit a Cyrano IV into it as well?
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Well, the Venezuelan Mirage 50EV had that radar and it’s the brother of the Chilean Mirage 50C. Do you think the nose looks the same? If they’re not identical, they’re quite similar.
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They do look similar, but there’s also some differences between specifically the nose designs on each
Mirage 50C:
Mirage 50EV:
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Then I highly doubt it could carry that radar. The thing is, the Mirage 50C/DC were the only ones that were brand new from the factory and were based on the Super Etendard, which is why they carry the Agave radar that later evolved into the Anemone. In contrast, the Venezuelan Mirage 50s were Venezuelan Mirage III/5s that were modernized to the Mirage 50 standard and based on the Mirage F1, and then they changed the nose cone.
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By the way, did you notice that the cockpit in the photo you shared looks exactly the same as in the photos I’ve shared? It was really hard to find a picture of what the cockpit looked like. How did the people who made the picture you shared know what the cockpit looked like?
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That I’m not sure. 3rd party companies/groups that do modification kits for existing model kits seem to do very deep research into their subjects, sometimes moreso than the actual model kit companies lol. If memory serves, Vespa Models is based out of South America, so they likely have easier/more access to resources on South American aircraft.
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If you look at this photo of the Mirage 50FC cockpit, they are almost identical, although some small details on the instrument panel are different.
In fact, it makes me think that this is actually a photo of the Mirage 50C without the radar in the center, because they are practically identical, although the book where I got the photo mentions that it is the panel of the Mirage 50FC. In any case, they shouldn’t be very different from each other since in theory it is the same aircraft, but one with the Agave radar and the other without.
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