I have always wanted to start a
group build for the upcoming 60th National Day of People's Republic of China.
That didn't attract any interest here so I built this for ARC instead :)
This is the Trumpeter 1/72 J-10
built out of box. The markings is for the prototype aircraft with my
"what if" tail marking - which is the Chinese flag - masked and
sprayed on. Tail was painted with Tamiya paint and lots of Gunze clear to make
it gloss (still prefer Gunze paint but I didn't have the colours with me).
The kit's fit is quite good, and I
used very minimal putty. The colour guide seems to be wrong. The guide
suggested Gunze 334 and 337 for the camo but it seems too light for me when
compared to the photos and videos of the J-10 prototype. So I used Gunze 331
and 334 (darkened with 331). Looks close enough for me.
Click on
images below to see larger images
Weathering is very light
using Testor's Olive Green diluted with mineral spirit. Background of the
photo was a custom made Soviet flag. Did not get around to making than
Chinese flag.
Happy Celebrations
Comrades!
David Chong
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