Speedman Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 (edited) The Pakistan Air Force's No.1 Fighter Conversion Unit operated FT-5 trainers (export version of the JJ-5) 1975-2012. The kit is very basic having no cockpit and a solid wings with no tabs. With the parts off the sprue you could easily believe this was resin rather than an injection kit. Edited February 2, 2014 by Speedman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Nice to see a couple 1/144s being entered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedman Posted January 5, 2014 Author Share Posted January 5, 2014 I painted and fitted the exhaust today, as well a separating and cleaning up the major components then gluing the drop tanks together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedman Posted January 6, 2014 Author Share Posted January 6, 2014 The fuselage has been buttoned up after gluing some Liquid Metal in the nose space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedman Posted January 6, 2014 Author Share Posted January 6, 2014 (edited) My PC had a minor "brain fart" and did a double post on the 6th So I'm using the "double" to update it. 11 Jan: the wings are on and I've modified the tip of the tail as I wasn't happy with the profile. I cut a section out, glued in some card and sanded it to shape. Edited January 11, 2014 by Speedman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedman Posted January 12, 2014 Author Share Posted January 12, 2014 (edited) I'm pretty unimpressed with this kit to be honest, if this is an example of Attack's quality I'll be avoiding them in the future. The engraving is good, the fit is good and the decals are nice and sharp... But the research and instructions done by Attack are decidedly unimpressive. Several lumps, bumps and aerials are AWOL, the Pakistani Air Force paint guide is completely fictitious (although the box art artist got it right) and they instruct you to mount the 23mm cannon on the wrong side! This kit retails for £8-10, for that I expect a manufacturer to do their homework. I don't mind making corrections to parts, errors can be found in most kits but when there are so many obvious errors it really annoys me. I'm glad I managed to get this one cheap on eBay! The tailplanes are fitted, I've fitted the cannon on the correct side and made the bump that sits to the rear of it as well as the bump on the starboard side of the intake. I also fitted the inner sections of the main gear doors. Edited January 13, 2014 by Speedman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedman Posted January 18, 2014 Author Share Posted January 18, 2014 I've added the main gear legs and the rest of the gear doors, I replaced the very small outer doors with card as they looked far too thick. I've added the gear actuators with parts from my Eduard CS-92 that I've not used so that saved me having to make them from scratch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedman Posted January 24, 2014 Author Share Posted January 24, 2014 I've painted the "cockpit area" black before gluing the freshly masked canopy on. Before I prime it, I'll make the large blade aerial thing that sticks out of the starboard fuselage just under the canopy and glue it in place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedman Posted January 29, 2014 Author Share Posted January 29, 2014 Primed and first colour on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Thast looking rather nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedman Posted January 30, 2014 Author Share Posted January 30, 2014 Thanks. I've painted the rest of the camouflage as well as a few coats of Clear and an oil wash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedman Posted February 1, 2014 Author Share Posted February 1, 2014 Got the decals on tonight, as well as painting and fitting the undercarriage and painting the wheel wells. Just a few things to do to finish it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedman Posted February 2, 2014 Author Share Posted February 2, 2014 (edited) Finished. After painting the gap in the red stripe decal (Did I mention I'm not impressed with Attack's errors?) I weathered the undercarriage and painted the wingtip lights. More photos in the gallery. Edited February 2, 2014 by Speedman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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