This very thick softcover book from
Mushroom
Model Magazine
is specifically devoted to the Mirage III O in Australian
service. This is an 8 1/2" by 11 1/2" (A4) book is
thick....did I mention it's thick?....312 pages thick!!! This
softcover cover
book is made from heavy weight paper, so it will hold up
well to continued use. The cover....(although a soft cover) is
made from thick glossy material and will hold together well.
This book
covers the selection and introduction of all 116 Mirage IIIO's into
Australian service in the early 1960's all the way to it's retirement in
1989. The bulk of the remaining Australian Mirages and spares were
sold to Pakistan in 1990 (where they were refurbished and put into
service) and 16 airframes were retained in Australia for museums,
display and instructional purposes.
This
exhaustive book is broken down in chronological order to take the reader
through the the Mirage IIIO's 30 years of service with the RAAF.
This story is told with almost 777 or so colour photos, 67 Black and White photos, 19
colour 4 view profiles and 4 pages of line drawings. For the
modeller you will find photos of all 116 Mirage IIIO in Australian
service, plus crash photos, walkaround photos including nose radar,
cockpit, ejection seat out of the plane, gear bays and the landing
gears, engine out of the aircraft, weapons photos including different
weapons load and so much more. This book also includes stories of
the aircraft in Australian service and some gun camera photos taken from
the Mirage of a variety of aircraft.
The books includes the initial
natural metal finish of the 1960's through the camo schemes, official and
experimental as well as the very colourful test aircraft at ARDU and the
commemorative schemes. As well as unit markings, unofficial adornments and
"zaps" are included.
As a modeller I particularly
enjoyed the way this book covered the different paint schemes used during the
service life of the Australian Mirage IIIO's. This is one very complete
book.
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Colour Profiles |
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Paint Scheme photos |
Camo
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Cockpit photos |
Ejection
Seat photos |
Weapons
load photos |
I'm very much impressed
with the quality and comprehensiveness of this book and I look forward to other
books from this company. I recommend this book to all modellers with an
interest in the Mirage IIIO in Aussie service or if they are planning
on building this aircraft as a model. I am quite pleased to add this book to my library.....it will
prove to be a very helpful book in my reference library. Special thanks to the folks at
Mushroom
Model Magazine for the review sample and bringing this book to my attention. You
can purchase this book through their secure online webstore at Mushroom
Model Magazine
Steve
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