Luke1199 Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 Hi all, so this is my first post here and first go at a 1/48 scale model. It's the Trumpeter JF-17 Thunder/FC-1 Xiaolong kit in the Pakistan Air Force scheme (no way I was trying the green/red scheme 😅).  It's carrying 3 fuel tanks, 2 x PL-12s and 2 x PL-5s.  Pretty good kit, no major issues- though I'm never a fan of creating my own holes for hardpoints and I'm still not completely used to using the photoetched parts. But nevertheless happy with the result and my 7th model complete. Thanks!    26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark V Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 Wow!  Very impressive.  I’m not familiar with the type, but there are F-16 similarities in the wings and horizontal stabilators. A hint of Gripen in the fuselage? You have done it up well.  Thanks for posting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 Niiiice stuff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 Great Thunder! Â 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col Walter E Kurtz Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 3 hours ago, Mark V said: I’m not familiar with the type It's apparently a Sino-Pakistan collaboration... made in Pakistan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark V Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Col Walter E Kurtz said: It's apparently a Sino-Pakistan collaboration... made in Pakistan. Ah, well Pakistan has F-16s so...? Not to say that China doesn't have a few now either.😉 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Nice work! Well done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 3 hours ago, Mark V said: Ah, well Pakistan has F-16s so...? Not to say that China doesn't have a few now either.😉 Pakistan has F-16s for very very long..... Them more got embargoed after their nuclear test, but in the late 2000s some block 52 were delivered, E.g to fight the taliban .... There seems to be no proof of Pakistani or actually any F-16 having ended up in China.... ANway , it's design is from the 1970s... should be very secretive by now. Arguably though China got hold of considerable F-35 technology...which translated into the very similar doverterless intake design adopted for Thinder and later J-10s.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiampieroSilvestri Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Beautiful Chengdu JF-17!  Saluti  Giampiero 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Cracking build of a rare type in RFI,improving with every build! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Nice model, and interestng – I never heard of the 'Thunder', so thank you for widening my horizon!  Kind regards,  Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantherhawk27263 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Very nicely done!!! Excellent job, it's a beauty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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