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Trumpeter 1/72 J-10S


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This is the 1/72 Trumpeter J-10S, with the addition of DreamModel etched cockpit details and exhaust nozzle.  I’m sure that it is humanly possible to make the DreamModel etched exhaust work ... but I couldn’t manage it!  I just used the afterburner ring and put one part of the etched detail inside the kit nozzle for what I think is a pleasing effect; the cockpit set on the other hand worked fine.  Markings are one of the kit decal options. The Trumpeter kit goes together easily and, although I can’t vouch for the accuracy of the form in every regard, I think it looks good.

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That is a great build - very nicely done.

 

One thing I must say about the actual real aircraft though - it looks like Frankenstein's creation, almost like bits and pieces of other aircraft have been chopped off and stuck together!!

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Thanks for your kind comments, folks - much appreciated!

 

And you are right, the J-10 does look like the love child of some unlikely tryst between an F-16, a Typhoon and a Gripen ... or the result of borrowing the plans of the Lavi prototype.  "Vigorous Dragon" is a cool name though!

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