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J-10Z Twin-Firebird (Shuāng huǒ niǎo) - Finished page 2

Started by Tophe, January 12, 2023, 04:32:43 PM

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Tophe

2 days ago, I saw at an incredibly low price (about 2€ = 2 US $) a 1/144 model kit of the Chengdu J-10 (the Chinese canard F-16) so I ordered 2 copies, to build a zwilling my way. Grand total including packing and postage: €5.22 ($5.62). Delivery scheduled in March, 2023 yes.
According to Wikipedia in different languages (and Google Translate), the name of the J-10 is in the West (or in Chinese): Raptor (Měng lóng) or Firebird (Huǒ niǎo) or Vigorous Dragon (Yuánqì long). My J-10Z will be the Twin-Firebird (Shuāng huǒ niǎo) or Twin-Dragon (Shuānglóng).
I plan to have fuselages close to one another to decrease size, and that will give me 2 additional foreplanes, to make a TT-tail maybe, and the foreplanes wil be located further in front under the nose to increase the whif side. And, of course, tail cut-off and wing moved forward, maybe biplane because no wing between fuselages. I like this project, to be built rather soon.

[the word "realistic" hurts my heart...]

Tophe

Quote from: Tophe on January 12, 2023, 04:32:43 PMI plan to have fuselages close to one another to decrease size, and that will give me 2 additional foreplanes, to make a TT-tail maybe, and the foreplanes wil be located further in front under the nose to increase the whif side. And, of course, tail cut-off and wing moved forward, maybe biplane because no wing between fuselages. I like this project, to be built rather soon.
Well, I have not yet a vectorial drawing of J-10 to show you my model project but I can use a J-10-like F-16 (for the principle I plan to follow): :unsure:
[the word "realistic" hurts my heart...]

Tophe

Quote from: Tophe on January 12, 2023, 10:06:40 PMWell, I have not yet a vectorial drawing of J-10 to show you my model project
I have it now, here is the goal: <_<

= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/F-16drwH_bd.jpg
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Tophe

Sorry I forgot several things:
Quote from: Tophe on January 13, 2023, 12:51:18 AMthe foreplanes wil be located further in front under the nose to increase the whif side. And, of course, tail cut-off
Corrected now: <_<

= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/F-16drwH_be.jpg
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kerick

" Somewhere, between half true, and completely crazy, is a rainbow of nice colours "
Tophe the Wise

Tophe

Thanks! I hope you will not be disappointed... :-\  ;)
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Tophe

[the word "realistic" hurts my heart...]

Tophe

[the word "realistic" hurts my heart...]

Tophe

I have been informed that the parcel left China yesterday. It may arrive much sooner than the promised March 13th if "by air", or normally in March if "by sea". We will see.
[the word "realistic" hurts my heart...]

Tophe

Before I had a J-10 source of drawing, I started with a true F-16, well I can complete the related F-16 (canard, biplane, short, zwilling, TT-tail)...

= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/F-16drwH_bp.jpg
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Tophe

Before the final J-10Z (with T-T-tail, canard foreplanes under the nose, shortened tail), there was the simple twin XJ-10Z, double of classical J-10 of course (as feasibility prototype):  <_<

= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/r_j-10-front2.jpg
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Tophe

I have seen the YJ-10Z had already the TT-tail but not the canard foreplanes under the nose, this was an intermediate step:  <_<

= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/r_j-10-front2-TT.jpg
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Tophe

Quote from: Tophe on January 26, 2023, 08:44:29 PMBefore the final J-10Z (with T-T-tail, canard foreplanes under the nose, shortened tail), there was the simple twin XJ-10Z, double of classical J-10 of course (as feasibility prototype):  <_<
Another view of the XJ-10Z, "proving" it was "real"...: <_<

= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/j-10-front-Z-.jpg
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Captain Canada

Cool plane with a cool name ! Nice one Tophe !
CANADA KICKS arse !!!!

Long Live the Commonwealth !!!
Vive les Canadiens !
Where's my beer ?

Tophe

Thanks!

The Chinese J-10 is not the only plane to be nicknamed Firebird, there is also a Northrop Grumman drone which is a twin-boomer (hurrah!) : https://www.northropgrumman.com/what-we-do/air/firebird/
And years ago, our friend tonton42 also invented a Firebird plane, which I double today into a Twin-Firebird also: <_<

= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/Twinomerfirebird.jpg
[the word "realistic" hurts my heart...]