A pair of Chengdu F-7s

[zebra]

Here's my pair of Chengdu F-7s, just finished in the MiG-21 STGB. Both built from Trumpeter 1/48 kits. First up, the Iranian F-7N, built from the J-7B kit with minor mods (such as repositioning the long probe on the nose), and Aztec decals:

 

 

 

 

 

And the Bangladesh Air Force F-7BG, from the J-7G kit, using Caracal decals. Only mod to the kit was to add a scratch built cannon on the left - annoyingly, despite most operators of this aircraft having guns on both sides including the Pakistani aircraft that can be built from the kit, it can only be built OOB as an aircraft with one gun. 

 

I couldn't resist this scheme. Matching the colours was difficult, I haven't got it spot on but it's not far off. Still a bit disappointed with the outcome tbh, because whilst it's a real scheme, on a model it looks unrealistic to me!

 

 

 

 

thanks for looking

Julian

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[GiampieroSilvestri]

Fantastic Chengdu J-7s!

I have built a Bangladesh airforce Chengdu J-7GB by combining a Trumpeter 1/48 scale Mig-21F-13 with the wings of an AAmodel Chengdu J-7GB before Trumpeter brought out the model.

 

Saluti

 

Giampiero

 

[Wulfman]

Two lovely builds !

 

Wulfman

[Bertie McBoatface]

Very nice work on both of them.

 

Perhaps the blues on the Bangladeshi one appear too strong to you, too saturated ? 

[exdraken]

Yeah!!

Great results you managed to deliver un time!!

 

The Iranian scheme is especially interesting!!