Matt Roberts Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 (edited) Well we have seen what an exceptional modeler can do with the J-10 in Yufei's build around here http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index....09&hl=yufei, now here is what an average builder can do with it. Not a bad build, the only areas that I had problems with that were not self inflicted were with the decals, they really were not that good. Thin but tore easily, some of the few stencils I used silvered and didn't have enough numbers to do the airframe number ('Bort Number') as correctly as I knew how. I also had trouble polishing the canopy seam line in that it was both on the outside AND inside of the canopy. It's a bit hard to get a sanding stick or even pad inside the canopy. It took me 3 tries to get it ok to my standards - (no matter how low they may be!) The last snafu I did looking at the pics is that I think my missiles may be skewed a bit - ala a Super Hornet when they shouldn't be! It's a problem I have recently noticed that I rush the final stages of building, just so I can get it off my desk and start on something else. Here it is with my Revell Eurofighter, to give you an idea of the size of the J-10 Here is the build thread with more detailed info on the build and some info towards the end on numbering of the PLAAF airframes http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index....howtopic=206177 Happy Modeling Matt Edited July 20, 2010 by Matt Roberts Quote Link to post Share on other sites
geedubelyer Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Hi Matt, I think you're being a bit hard on yourself. Your J-10 looks pretty good on my monitor Thanks for including the comparison pic with the Typhoon. I found that one particularly fascinating :huh: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Collin Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Great looking built. I have this kit in the "on deck" stash awaiting to be built in a "what-if" paint job. I'm just trying to figure out what the what-if is. Cheers ATIS Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ranger_Chris61 Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Definatly a plane you don't see every day being built, though wiht the side by side it definatly looks like the Chinese made a knock off Euro. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stephen Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Very nice Matt Stephen Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Roberts Posted July 20, 2010 Author Share Posted July 20, 2010 (edited) Considering all of the 'Lavi Knockoff' talk whenever the J-10 is mentioned I thought it'd be interesting to it them side by side with the airframe which is does most closely resemble I didn't think of it as a Typhoon knock off, just it was an interesting comparison versus the normal F-15 or F-16 airframes we're all familiar with. If I had a current Rafale build (my last one was destroyed by a 3 year old a while back!) I'd have shown it also as they are all basically the same configuration and it's interesting to see differant design solutions. It is sort of like showing a F-100, Mig-19, Super Mystre and maybe Su-7 as all similar solutions to the same operational demands. Edited July 20, 2010 by Matt Roberts Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Qian Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 Great looking build! Following yours and Yufei's build and learning that the decals were a real bother, maybe I'll try to paint a layer of Flat Clear over the decals while they're still on the backing paper so as to strengthen them to prevent tearing. Hope it helps for my Dragon when I get around to starting mine. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 Nice build.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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