Mirage III V-01 French VTOL

Plastic kit for a French Mirage III V-01 VTOL prototype
   Exclusive kit (No analogue at the market)   

• 1:72 scale
• Dimensions (built) length 250 mm / wingspan 121 mm
• 214 parts
• Photo-etched parts and airstairs included
• Cockpit can be displayed open
• unbuilt/unpainted
• Paint and glue not included

The Mirage III V-01 was a French vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) prototype fighter aircraft, developed in the mid-1960s. It was fitted with a TF104B engine and eight Rolls Royce RB162-1 lifting jets. The design was in response to a NATO specification for a VTOL strike fighter. Although its good prespectives, on 28 March 1966 the Defence Ministry halted the Mirage III V production programme for financial reasons.