I started painting this 1/72 Trumpeter J-10 (which is a great kit! No fitting problems at all!) and after I'd completed applying the paint, I realized I'd painted the wrong shade of grey on it for what I initally wanted this thing to be (I've got another... few... J-10's that I can fix my error with). After adding a second shade of grey, this became a Hellenic Air Force J-10. I put the missiles that came with the J-10 to the side, and used some leftover Magic and Mica missiles to arm it (again, initially intended for what this plane was supposed to be). I added two under air intake missile pylons after finding a picture of a prototype J-10 with bombs on hardpoints in about the same location. Used some decals from an old Esci F-5 (almost tempted to make it a Norwegian fighter instead) to finish it off.
Rear view
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Last top view
Underside view
You've got a real corker there. It's beautiful. Love the froggie missiles on her.
Great stuff, keep them coming
:cheers:
Patrick
Wrong shade of grey?
There's no such thing as a wrong shade of grey here!
Congrats!!
:wub:
Thanks again!
Well, incorrect shade of grey is more accurate. I was going off of an older set of painting instructions for a Mirage 2000, and it called for too light a shade of grey. When I added the intermediate blue, I looked at it, and it looked like one of Alvis's Avro Arrows (the greek one). What was going to be a French J-10 (hence the Froggie missiles) became a Greek one with the addition of a third shade of grey, ala their current low-vis scheme on their F-16's and some of their F-4's. I've got another J-10 that will be done up in the proper French scheme.
That is SOOOOO awesome. Man can you imagine the kink in the Congress's shorts if this actually happened!
I don't care what anyone else says, that thing looks like the Eurofighter!
Now I'm really temted to do one in prominent ID markings....
QuoteI don't care what anyone else says, that thing looks like the Eurofighter!
Now I'm really temted to do one in prominent ID markings....
I think it looks like half a Mig 1.44, myself. When I get my next J-10 done (probably a Russian one), I'll take some pics of it and the 1.44 next to one another.
One thing that really struck me about the J-10 is not only is it similar to the IAI Lavi, but when you compare it to pictures of the aborted Mig-33 (or Mig-35, I forget which... it's that Mig "F-16" looking thing), the fuselage lines, tail shape, and even the intake are very similar to one another. I was thinking of hacking up a J-10 and adding Mig-29 wings and tailplanes to it to make the Mig-33/35, but I just can't bring myself to do that to such a sweet looking plane.
Oh b******'s I'd resisted the temptation to buy this kit as well !!!
Anthony what's your production rate - must be high ?
Chris
Freakin' awesome concept, AnthonyP! :wub: