Super Jaguar ... only this drawing ????

[The Rat]

the Chinese text said:"Prototype of juxtapositional-seated Flying Leopard(AKA FBC-1/JH-7/FB-7/) for PLAAF"

Great! I have an idea that we'll increasingly need your translational services in the coming years. My Chinese is limited to saying "I'll have a Tsing Tao please!"    

[newca]

My English is limited too, and if I'm not here, find me at ARC forum :dum:  

[newca]

By the way, this photo indicates a new JH-7A in PLAAF scheme(finally the PLAAF accepted it as they already have Su-30 series, now they want a "high and low" partnership), somewhere in south China. New one piece wind shield, twin ventral fin, no wind blade...

[Deino]

Hey~ meet you everywhere

As you know, the FBC-1/JH-7 has some relationship to F-111 back to its early days, and the battle purpose of PLAAF and PLAN is different, so 2 types of prototype were considered, at last, the real FBC-1/JH-7 is much Jaguar like due to Sino-UK "sweet moon" period back to later 1980's.

Here is the only pic I can find of side-by-side JH-7, maybe you have seen it.

YES, I simply love PROJECTS !!!    ...

Regarding the picture/drawing You posted I think it is a pure "copy and paste" of a good JH-7 line drawing with a F-111 fuselage ! You con also see the crew escape capsule from the F-111 and dont't think that China was developing the same system in parallel to the US.

Second - maybe just by comparing the Trumpeter JH-7 model with an F-111 kit - You need to insert a very big "plug" between the fuselage halves to fit a side-by-side cockpit!

Anyway I would like too see how the "real" JH-7-concept with side-by-side cockpit would have looked like !

PS: by the way regarding Your latest post in ARC-forum ... the Trumpeter Tu-160 will be out in Q3/Q4 this year ??  

Cheers, Deino  

[elmayerle]

Deino,

I agree that the posted side view is definitely a "cut 'n' paste" effort but I don't think a side-by-side seating version would be quite as drastic as you seem to imply.  Consider, for example, the single-seat and two-seat Hunter variants.  Or, for another relevant example, consider:

The single-seat VAK-191B:


The proposed two-seat VAK-191B:


If you hold up the front end of the two-seat Hunter to the Trumpeteer JH-7 kit, I dare say the growth in width, especially if carefully done with regard to area rule, is not that big an obstacle.

[newca]

Hey~ meet you everywhere

As you know, the FBC-1/JH-7 has some relationship to F-111 back to its early days, and the battle purpose of PLAAF and PLAN is different, so 2 types of prototype were considered, at last, the real FBC-1/JH-7 is much Jaguar like due to Sino-UK "sweet moon" period back to later 1980's.

Here is the only pic I can find of side-by-side JH-7, maybe you have seen it.

YES, I simply love PROJECTS !!!    ...

Regarding the picture/drawing You posted I think it is a pure "copy and paste" of a good JH-7 line drawing with a F-111 fuselage ! You con also see the crew escape capsule from the F-111 and dont't think that China was developing the same system in parallel to the US.

Second - maybe just by comparing the Trumpeter JH-7 model with an F-111 kit - You need to insert a very big "plug" between the fuselage halves to fit a side-by-side cockpit!

Anyway I would like too see how the "real" JH-7-concept with side-by-side cockpit would have looked like !

PS: by the way regarding Your latest post in ARC-forum ... the Trumpeter Tu-160 will be out in Q3/Q4 this year ??  

Cheers, Deino  

For JH-7, I don't have more info

For Blackjack model, I heard some one from Trumpeter said in public forum:"don't buy the old Amodel Tu-160, wait for our new kit in several months". He don't joke often, so I suppose it means we may see the new bomber kit in winter?

And, for Chinese jets lover, maybe some disappointment, the 1/32 Q-5 project is held up due to "lack of detail information"!! Holy Sxxx! A Chinese model factory told me they can't get Q-5's detail! Although there ain't no such Air Force open festival in China, but even I can take photos from retired Q-5 in the park! I don't know what's in Trumpeter's crazy mind, but it seems we either wait for a long time, or else hope a new model maker from Pakistan?  :dum:

[Geoff_B]

Any ideas what colour the Blue/Grey is on the JH-7A in PLAAF service ?