by _BlackHawk_ » Sun Jun 29, 2014 8:29 pm
I wish someone would more their arse on releasing a Mirage V in 1/48, because I'll get at least 2 of them plus a Mirage IIIE. I've been looking at what loads the Daggers carried and from what I gather, Wings of the Malvina's is wrong in their statement that the Daggers carried two 1300l drop tanks and up to 4 250lb bombs or one Mk 17 500lb bomb. The figures I find say a range of 1300km with 4700l of external fuel and about 2000lb of bombs.
Both San Julian and Rio Grande are about 650km to bomb ally, so you're at max range already and that's with maximum tanks. You'd have to have three 1300l tanks at very least (confirmed by most pictures) giving 800l less fuel. You're not going to be able to carry the Mk 17 on the center line hard point nor 4x250lb bombs on an MER. It would make sense that with 800l less fuel, you're not going to be able to carry maximum pay load and besides that fact, you've only the two rear fuselage hard points for bombs available. Thus if you want to build a Dagger, I'd say three 1300l drop tanks and two 250lb bombs on the rear fuselage mounts is your only option.